I travelled to dallas to see the solar eclipse monday and noticed something strange that I've not seen anyone talk about. At the bottom right of the eclipse during totality after the diamond ring effect there was a persistant bright white dot that looked almost like it was on the surface of the moon rather than the edge. I'm assuming this was some atmospheric distortion but I really have no idea. Thoughts?

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[–] atx_aquarian 6 points 7 months ago

There were definitely a couple of prominences peeking out from behind the moon and visible as bright spots that persisted throughout totality. From my spot, I just noticed one.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2024/04/10/red-dot-2024-total-eclipse-astronomer-explains-solar-prominence-coronal-mass-ejection/73272304007/