GALLERY u SOL AR SIZ ZLE Paco Bellido During a month with record high temperatures across Spain, on July 8th the Sun sported a fanshaped prominence that lifted 70,000 km above the photosphere. A smaller eruption sits above it. DETAILS: Coronado SolarMax II 60 hydrogen-alpha solar telescope and Imaging Source DMK 41AU02.AS CCD video camera. Stack of 3,000 images. q COLOS SAL LUNAR ECLIPSE Gianluca Masi On August 7th, two weeks before America's total solar eclipse, the geometry was reversed and the Moon glanced through Earth's umbra. Here it is seen rising over Rome's Colosseum at dusk. DETAILS: Canon EOS 7D Mark II DSLR camera at ISO 400 and a 100-to-400-mm zoom lens used at 153 mm. Exposure: 1/30 second. Gallery showcases the finest astronomical images submitted by our readers. Send your best shots to gallery@skyandtelescope.com. See skyandtelescope.com/aboutsky/guidelines. 76 JA N UA RY 2 018 * SK Y & TELESCOPEhttp://www.skyandtelescope.com/aboutsky/guidelines