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My Setup on the Upper Pads224 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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Totaity minus 26 minutes273 viewsC2 - 25 min, 57 sec
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It's almost over233 viewsThe Sun is obscured by a bush as it nears the horizon.
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Three Minutes after Third Contact249 viewsC3 + 3 min 1 sec
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As good as it gets248 viewsThis image, captured near the end of totality, shows the rominences as well as the incipient diamond ring,
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Totality minus 7 minutes285 viewsC2 - 7 min, 18 sec
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Gone239 viewsThe Sun has set. The flat and featureless terrain of the Outback stretches far away.
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Two minutes after Third Contact247 viewsC3 + 2 min 16 sec
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The annular solar eclipse of October 14, 2023 - Montage of 24 images262 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 NEOWISE338 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 6303 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 8220 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 7248 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 2249 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 3225 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 9233 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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