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19 August 2026 at 8:27 pm
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Indeed. The low altitude (7.5 deg where I was) and dust/smoke gave the corona a particularly golden colour with the naked eye. I have not seen this so prominently before. My video, a frame of which is here
https://britastro.org/observations/observation.php?id=20260817_060752_985cc9a5b50ad5a6
is pretty representative of the colour I saw with the naked eye.
