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British Expedition to Spain to Observe and Photograph Solar Prominences During the Total Solar Eclipse of 18 July, 1860

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British astronomer and chemist Warren de la Rue designed the first photoheliograph - an instrument that consisted of features from a telescope and camera. He then transported this along with a mobile photo studio and dark room from Plymouth to Rivabellosa to observe the solar prominences. There he managed to capture photographs of the rosy prominences using a "wet-collodion" process.

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