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First Contact plus 6 minutes609 viewsThe lightweight mount I was using made the scope sensitive to vibration - hence the shaky picture.
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A few minutes after First Contact675 viewsThe Moon is nibbling on the Sun.
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A different view687 viewsAn early pre-totality eyepiece-projection shot, about 20 minutes after First Contact.
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Totality minus 41 minutes701 viewsC2 - 41 min 16 sec
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The Upper Pad area633 viewsI wound up camping out on the Upper Pad area at the OCA Anza site, where I had plenty of company.
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Post-Totality 4721 viewsAt this point I ran out of film, so I didn't make it to Fourth Contact with the post-totality images.
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Second Contact634 viewsFirst contact plus 16 minutes - Venus has now "detached" itself from the Sun's rim and is heading inward.
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My Setup on the Upper Pads614 viewsI set up where I could get a good view of the Sun all the way from first contact to sunset.
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The annular solar eclipse of October 14, 2023 - Montage of 24 images715 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 NEOWISE931 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 6729 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 8602 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 7692 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 2636 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 3640 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 9649 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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