Reader Don McCrady sent some lovely photos of the eclipse (I thought readers would send ’em in en masse, but it didn’t happen). Don’t captions are indented, and you can enlarge the photos by clicking on them.
I thought you might like to show your readers some photos from this past Total Eclipse.
I flew down to a spot near Lampasas, Texas. Unfortunately, we had some issues with the clouds, but we did have sporadic clearing that allowed me to get some fairly good shots.
Here’s a shot from the partial phase as the moon encroaches the sun, here about to cover up the huge sunspot numbered 3628. This sunspot was easily visible to the naked eye through our eclipse glasses. (Even the Trumpanzees I was with were smart enough to wear them when looking at the eclipse.)
In this shot, the totality is just beginning and we can see Bailey’s Beads. These are the last vestiges of the sun as they become eclipsed behind the mountains and valleys of the moon’s surface, and are one of the most beautiful phenomenon to photograph during the eclipse.
Finally we have a shot near the end of totality showing the huge solar prominences, again visible to the naked eye.
These images were shot using a Canon EOS R5, a Canon RF100-500mm extended all the way to 500mm at f/8. Partial phases were shot through a mylar solar filter, and the totality was shot with no filter.
And from Susan Harrison:
The eclipse as seen from New York City:
That is insane detail of the eclipse – the sunspot and prominences too!
Both the photos of the Texas and of the New York eclipse are wonderful. Having been unable to go see the eclipse, I am enjoying the various documentations online. An edible eclipse is a special treat, indeed. 🙂
Thank you for sharing these.
Trumpanzees: Very clever! I laughed out loud.
And when I scrolled down and saw Susan Harrison’s eclipse-like foodstuff, I laughed out loud again!
What a fantastic photo of the prominences and corona! That is one of the nicest photos I have ever seen of the prominences of a solar eclipse.
Hear hear. Plus Bailey’s Beads. Great photos.
Sorry you couldn’t make it to Indianapolis for the eclipse. We had a marvelous view. I would not have wanted to spend time taking pictures during that brief period of magnificent beauty.
Excellent eclipse photos, but the New York eclipse made me hungry… ^_^
Nice & concise selection of eclipse photos — including the one with a foreground scrim of thin clouds masquerading as a solar corona.
I flew to Toronto for the ‘long weekend’ to see the eclipse with my kids. We intended to view it in Niagara Falls, but were willing to drive to Kingston if the weather was poor. Unfortunately the Weather Network showed that we had clouds from Hamilton all the way to Quebec city, so we were stuck with overcast skies and stayed in Niagara. While our view of totality was obscured, I did video the change in light levels, where we went from overcast afternoon to nighttime in a few seconds.
The eclipse basically showed that prayer is ineffective, as millions of people along the path of totality prayed for good weather, and the weather gods just laughed at us.
So off to Iceland for August 2026…
That’s my boy!
Hi Dad!
Great photos! Mine are pitiful, but are for the memories. Husband and I traveled to national forest, mostly isolated, for great (GREAT) viewing.