-Start out with a new image. 400 x 400 px.

-Go to Edit>Preferences>Guides, Grid and Slices... or hit Ctrl + K then Ctrl + 6

-Change the grid settings like this

-Now hit Ctrl + ' to activate the grid.

-Hit D to reset your palette to black and white.

-Fill the layer you're working on with black (Alt + backspace) , then using the grid select the right half of your layer (make sure its exactly half) and fill it with white (Ctrl + backspace).

-Your image should now look like this.

- Go to Filter>Stylize>Wind...

-Use these settings and hit ok.

-Now hit Ctrl + F 3-4 times. This will repeat the last filter you used, in this case Wind...

-Now rotate your image Counter Clock-Wise by going to Image>Rotate Canvas> 90 CCW.

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-Your image should now look like this.

-Now go to Filter>Distort>Polar Coordinates...

- and use these settings.

-You should have something like this:

-Now is where it get's subjective. I decided to go with a nice tint of blue.

-To colorize your image go to Image>Adjustments>Hue/Saturation...

Hue: 212

Saturation: 31

Lightness: 0

-These are the settings I used, feel free to expirement on your own with other colors.

-This is what the blue looks like.

-Now we are going to add the spacial body (planet or moon or whatever) that is being eclipsed.

-Make sure the Grid is still activated (Ctrl + ' to toggle)

-Make a new layer and then using the grid and the Circular Marquee tool make a selection like the one I have made here.

-Making sure you are on a new layer fill the Selection with Black (Alt + Backspace)

-Now apply these layer styles (Layer>Layer Styles)

-With these settings.

-Here is the final result:

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