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Diamond Ring757 viewsA blazing diamond ring heralds Third Contact, the end of totality.
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Sunspots757 viewsThe Sun in this early-pre-totality eyepiece-projection shot is too big to fit into the frame, but the sunspots do show up well.
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Post-Totality 4757 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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Totality - a few seconds after Second Contact756 viewsAfter the eclipse went total, I had to try several different exposure settings to get it right - 1/2 second seemed to work best.
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Post-Totality 2755 viewsThe Moon is rising, the Sun is setting. How will this end?
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Totaity minus 26 minutes752 viewsC2 - 25 min, 57 sec
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Black Drop Effect748 viewsFirst Contact plus 11 minutes. Venus appears to be glued to the rim of the Sun's disk. This is known as the "Black Drop Effect."
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First Contact plus ~30 minutes747 viewsAbout halfway through pre-totality.
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28 Minutes after Third Contact743 viewsC3 + 28:08
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First Contact741 viewsVenus takes a tiny nibble out of the Sun's disk just past the 5 o'clock position.
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Shortly after End of Totality740 viewsAbout 10 seconds after Third Contact
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Totality - The Corona740 viewsThe Sun's corona is now totally visible. Yes, that really is a star in the lower left quadrant of the frame - it is Alpha Leonis, better known as Regulus.
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