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Bob Peck's Observatory545 viewsBob with his very classy solar setup.
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Post-Totality 1544 viewsA few seconds after Third Contact (end of totality).
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Pre-Totality 8540 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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My Setup on the Upper Pads538 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 Setting Sun536 viewsThis unfiltered photo conveys an impression of the end of the eclipse as most observers saw it.
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Going, going...535 viewsWe didn't get to see the end of the transit because it occurred after sunset in our location.
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As good as it gets530 viewsThis image, captured near the end of totality, shows the rominences as well as the incipient diamond ring,
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Squatter 528 viewsSomeone beat me to my pad, so I went up to the Upper Pads area, where I got a better view anyway.
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It's almost over525 viewsThe Sun is obscured by a bush as it nears the horizon.
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First Contact plus 4-1/2 hours - a different take518 viewsSlower camera settings produced a dimmer Sun.
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First Contact plus 1 hour, 11 minutes504 viewsVenus plods its way along the top of the Sun's disk. (Not a mistake - these pictures are 180 degrees reversed from the visual view.)
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First Contact plus 2 hours486 views
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