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Post-Totality 1740 viewsThe Moving Finger writes, and having writ,
Moves on; nor all your piety nor wit
Shall lure it back to cancel half a line,
Nor all your tears wash out a word of it.
- The Rubaiyat of Omar KhayyamSep 07, 2019
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Post-Totality 2636 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 MistressSep 07, 2019
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Diamond Ring686 viewsThe Diamond Ring heralds the end of totality at 13:58:47 local time.Sep 07, 2019
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Totality 3625 viewsA longer exposure shows up the corona somewhat better. We are now approaching the end of totality.Sep 07, 2019
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Totality 1668 viewsAnd here face downward in the sun
To feel how swift how secretly
The shadow of the night comes on ...Sep 07, 2019
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Pre-Totality 10744 viewsNor now the long light on the sea:Sep 07, 2019
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Totality 2635 viewsIf you look closely, a prominence can be seen at approximately 9 o'clock on the disk of the eclipsed Sun.Sep 07, 2019
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First Contact695 viewsAt 12:39:58.1, local time, the Moon starts to encroach on the disk of the Sun. Since there is not much to say about partial phase eclipse images, I have captioned them with stanzas from Archibald Macleish's poem "You, Andrew Marvell" - a magical piece which best conveys the awe and wonder of the stunning natural spectacle we know as a total eclipse of the Sun - and, in the case of the post-totality shots, a few verses from other metaphysical works.Sep 06, 2019
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First Contact plus 6 minutes599 viewsThe lightweight mount I was using made the scope sensitive to vibration - hence the shaky picture.Jul 21, 2019
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About 20 minutes after First Contact646 viewsA big chunk of the Sun is gone already.Jul 21, 2019
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Prior to First Contact610 viewsWith the H-Alpha setup, the Sun doesn't entirely fit into the field of view of the 70mm scope.Jul 21, 2019
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Nearing sunset647 viewsThe foreground trees show up a little better in this shot.Jul 21, 2019
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