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I took around 600 photos with the Nikon D3200 during the eclipse. Here are the highlights. Most of these, where the Sun appears green, are through the #14 welding glass filter. The total eclipse pictures, like the one above, were taken without a filter because when the Sun is totally eclipsed, you can look at it and photo it without a filter.
I took around 600 photos with the Nikon D3200 during the eclipse. Here are the highlights. Most of these, where the Sun appears green, are through the #14 welding glass filter. The total eclipse pictures, like the one above, were taken without a filter because when the Sun is totally eclipsed, you can look at it and photo it without a filter.
Here's the sun through the filter before the eclipse began.
And it begins.... The Moon moved from Northwest to Southeast across the face of the Sun as we observed it. The size of the sun is smaller in this pic because I zoomed out a bit to get a sharper image.
This is the "Diamond Ring;"the moments before total eclipse where just a fraction of a degree of the Sun is uncovered by the Moon. This shot is still taken with the filter, as even with this tiny amount of the Sun exposed, it is still too bright to observe with the naked eye or unfiltered camera.
And then the eclipse is total. This photo is taken without the filter. I zoomed in all the way, as compared to the previous shots. The bright dot Southwest of the Sun is the planet Mercury. This is my best full eclipse shot. There are no words to describe what this experience was like...to gaze upon this the Corona with my naked eyes as it filled the sky where the Sun had been. It brought tears to my eyes when I saw it, and it still brings tears to my eyes as I type these words. The magnitude of the Corona compared to the size of the sun itself is indescribable. It is many, many times larger than the Sun itself. It is as if the sun triples or quadruples in size the moment the Sun is fully eclipsed by the Moon. The three giant streams that were flowing away from the Corona seemed to fill the sky. As beautiful as this picture is, it cannot come close to representing what I saw and felt in those 180 seconds of total eclipse. I will never forget this experience.
While the previous picture may bring tears to my eyes, this picture makes me want to high-five someone. As we were standing in awe of the eclipse and looking around at the planets, stars, and 360 degrees of "sunset" caused by the eclipse shadow, we noticed a plane flying across the sky close to the Sun. Somehow, I managed to get a shot of it. Therefore I present to you the fully eclipsed Sun, Mercury, and some airliner flying by. [Drops microphone]
And then it was over....
That's the last photo I took of the Great American Eclipse of 2017. I cannot wait to experience this again in 2024!
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