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The Final Sliver10 viewsA few seconds before totality.
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First Contact plus 28 minutes7 viewsVenus is well on its way across the Sun's disk.
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Two minutes after Third Contact4 viewsC3 + 2 min 16 sec
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A different view8 viewsAn early pre-totality eyepiece-projection shot, about 20 minutes after First Contact.
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About 20 minutes after First Contact8 viewsA big chunk of the Sun is gone already.
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First Contact9 viewsVenus takes a tiny nibble out of the Sun's disk just past the 5 o'clock position.
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Second Contact10 viewsFirst contact plus 16 minutes - Venus has now "detached" itself from the Sun's rim and is heading inward.
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Totaity minus 26 minutes5 viewsC2 - 25 min, 57 sec
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Last additions - Solar System |
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The annular solar eclipse of October 14, 2023 - Montage of 24 images2 viewsA montage illustrating the progress of the annular eclipse of October 14, 2023, as seen from Bryce Point, Bryce Canyon, Utah, from immediately prior to first contact to immediately after fourth contactNov 17, 2023
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Comet 2020/F3 NEOWISE21 viewsConditions for photographing Comet NEOWISE from my observatory near Anza, California were less than ideal. The comet was visible only in the northwest for a couple hours after sunset, at most, which put it squarely in the Los Angeles light dome. Another factor involved was the inexperience of the photographer - I hadn't done any night shooting with my DSLR before and I never got the camera focused properly, so the stars came out somewhat bloated and fuzzy. They also show some coma, I don't know why. But at least the comet itself came out reasonably well.Aug 23, 2020
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Pre-Totality 619 viewsAnd Baghdad darken and the bridge
Across the silent river gone
And through Arabia the edge
Of evening widen and steal onSep 07, 2019
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Pre-Totality 812 viewsAnd over Sicily the air
Still flashing with the landward gulls
And loom and slowly disappear
The sails above the shadowy hullsSep 07, 2019
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Pre-Totality 713 viewsAnd deepen on Palmyra’s street
The wheel rut in the ruined stone
And Lebanon fade out and Crete
High through the clouds and overblownSep 07, 2019
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Pre-Totality 214 viewsAnd here face down beneath the sun
And here upon earth’s noonward height
To feel the always coming on
The always rising of the night:Sep 07, 2019
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Pre-Totality 315 viewsTo feel creep up the curving east
The earthy chill of dusk and slow
Upon those under lands the vast
And ever climbing shadow growSep 07, 2019
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Pre-Totality 910 viewsAnd Spain go under and the shore
Of Africa the gilded sand
And evening vanish and no more
The low pale light across that landSep 07, 2019
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