Today
here in San Diego we were able to view a partial solar eclipse. We had sunny
clear weather through the day.
I
had purchased two solar filters for my camera lenses for this event. One cannot
safely photograph or view a solar eclipse without proper filtration. The
day before I experimented with my gear and was pretty well prepared for the
eclipse.
We
only experienced about a 40% covering of the sun, but it was still thrilling to
see and photograph.
Here
is the sun in all its glory with an added bonus of a large sunspot close to the center of the sun as we looked at it.
The
following is a series of 11 images taken between 1448 and 1518.
Here
is a the sun with the maximum eclipse---
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| At Maximum Occultation |
Finally
there is a larger version of the eclipse taken at 1618 which was about 40
minutes after the maximum eclipse here in San Diego.
Brilliant photos Nancy. We love them. Of course it was raining in Portland, so we didn't see anything here. John and Annie
ReplyDeleteNice shots. I was in Prescott but still managed to snap off a few.
ReplyDeleteThanks Gaelyn. Saw your post on Facebook. Am looking forward to the next full solar eclipse over North America in 2017!
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