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Totality minus 20 minutes718 viewsC2 - 20 min, 42 sec
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Pre-Totality 8651 viewsAnd over Sicily the air
Still flashing with the landward gulls
And loom and slowly disappear
The sails above the shadowy hulls
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Post-Totality 2705 viewsBut at my back I always hear
Time's winged chariot hurrying near
And yonder all before us lie
Deserts of vast eternity.
- Andrew Marvell, To His Coy Mistress
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Totality723 viewsTotality began at 7:41:20 and lasted for about 25 seconds.
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Dragon's Tooth737 viewsFourth Contact (end of post-totality partial phase) will occur at 8:34:23 local time, with the Sun well below the horizon.
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Pre-Totality 3696 viewsTo feel creep up the curving east
The earthy chill of dusk and slow
Upon those under lands the vast
And ever climbing shadow grow
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Shortly after End of Totality757 viewsAbout 10 seconds after Third Contact
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One minute after Third Contact747 viewsC3 + 1 min
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The annular solar eclipse of October 14, 2023 - Montage of 24 images755 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 NEOWISE970 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 6781 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 8651 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 7746 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 2691 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 3696 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 9704 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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