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Solar Eclipse 2017: Solar Eclipse Aug. 21, 2017 as seen from Jay Em, Wyoming. See blog post. Click on any image to load larger image and start slide show.
Solar eclipse, Aug. 21, 2017. Partial phase is starting. Note the line of four sunspots just ahead of the edge of the Moon. The filtered shots were taken at 1/500 or 1/250, f8, ISO 800, 100-400mm lens with a solar filter at 400mm on Canon 5D Mark III Solar eclipse, Aug. 21, 2017, the Moon is starting to cover a line of sunspots. Solar eclipse, Aug. 21, 2017, nearing totality. Solar eclipse, Aug. 21, 2017, unlike the other images in this sequence, taken with a point-and-shoot camera through a telescope eyepiece. Because it was taken through a telescope, the image is flipped from actual view. Solar eclipse, Aug. 21, 2017, first image of totality and the corona. Shutter speed 1/250.
Solar eclipse, Aug. 21, 2017, faster shutter speed of 1/640 shows less of the corona and more of the details near the surface. Solar eclipse, Aug. 21, 2017, very fast shutter speed (1/2500) reveals prominences rising from surface of the sun at 12:00, 1:00 and 3:00. Solar eclipse, Aug. 21, 2017, a processed version of the previous image. Very fast shutter speed (1/2500) reveals prominences rising from surface of the sun. Solar eclipse, Aug. 21, 2017, after totality one final shot, then it was off to join the horrendous traffic jam going into Lusk. Solar eclipse, Aug. 21, 2017, my observation station in Jay Em, Wyoming. Left is a Televue 85 telescope for filtered visual observing and right is a Canon 5D Mark !!! with 100-400 zoom lens for filtered photography. During totality, I switched the camera to an unfiltered 300mm lens, handheld.

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