Disclaimer : These photos do no justice to the spectacle created by the Moon blotting out the late morning Sun.
It started innocently enough as a small notch formed on the upper right edge of the Sun.
The bite got bigger....
....until our local star showed a fat crescent.
It progress until only a sliver remained
After the last ray of sun shined through a deep crater on the Moon's rim creating a diamond ring effect(not pictured), the elusive solar corona appeared. A close look at the photo below reveals a red promenience at the same position that the moon's transit started.
A longer exposure shows the star Regulus (circled) to the lower left of the eclipsed Sun.
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| He had to stay home because he couldn't pass the eclipse safety test. |
Brilliant photos, Mark! Congratulations!
ReplyDeleteThanks, the time of totality was the fastest two minutes of my life.
ReplyDeleteI have been waiting patiently for your pictures. I was not disappointed! Where did you end up going?
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