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Nick James
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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.