Brilliant Beads [1]
Brilliant beads of sunlight, known as Baily's Beads, shine through mountains on the Moon in this photograph of the August 21 eclipse from Madras, Oregon. [NASA/Aubrey Gemignani]

Brilliant beads of sunlight, known as Baily's Beads, shine through mountains on the Moon in this photograph of the August 21 eclipse from Madras, Oregon. [NASA/Aubrey Gemignani]