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Category Archives: Astrophotography
Creme de la Creme
Today’s post features that sweet little nougat found in the center of fine chocolates … in this case, the main feature of the Total Solar Eclipse … the awe-inspiring view of the sun’s corona, normally seen only during complete totality! The image below is a single image, captured using a very long exposure of the […]
Now You See Me … Now You Don’t
Today’s post features some of the solar phenomena that we cannot normally see, because of the extreme intensity of the sun’s brightness … the Solar Chromosphere and some Solar Prominences. When in totality, we are able to see a couple of interesting features of the sun. The sun’s Chromosphere is seen as a thin, red […]
From Diamonds to Beads …
… and Back to Diamonds! Today’s post features the early phenomena experienced during totality of the Great American Total Solar Eclipse of 2024 … the formation of the brilliant “Diamond Ring”, followed closely by the “breakdown” of the diamond ring into “Baily’s Beads”. I also have included some images of coming out of totality … […]
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The Alpha and the Omega …
… the Beginning and the End. Today’s post follows up on my recent, pre-eclipse post (“Out of this World”), if you missed it. This post features images captured of the Partial Phases of the April 08, 2024, Total Solar Eclipse. The Totality images (featuring the wonderful “Bailey’s Beads”, “Diamond Rings”, Prominences, the Solar Corona, etc., […]
Out-Of-This-World Experience
Today’s post begins what will be a multiple-post series, from the “Great American Total Solar Eclipse of 2024” adventure I experienced on Monday, April 08. I can honestly say that this was one of the most dramatic … uplifting … emotional … natural events I have ever experienced! I began preparing for this event well […]
Seeing Spots
Today’s post features an image I captured yesterday while conducting some solar exposure tests, for the upcoming April 08 total solar eclipse. I have been working a lot on preparing for this upcoming astronomical event … and this will be the last total solar eclipse to hit the continental United States for 20 years! Setting […]