The moon went in front of the sun
There were some clouds, but I managed to catch a usable photo or two
Oympus E-M1 II, Panasonic 100-300 II
300mm, f/7.1, 1/60s, ISO 200
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Holy shit - that bit at 5 o’clock was a solar flare?!?! I could see that with no magnification whatsoever! Amazing!
It was a prominence, not a flare. A flare escapes the sun’s magnetic field while a prominence does not.
Fair enough. I’m no astro-smith
Flares cause CME, and CME would appear like a prominence. CME and prominences are thought to be linked somehow, we’re not totally sure yet.
I uploaded some of my video to YouTube but I don’t know where to post it.
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I’m curious why they appear. The filter or camera optics maybe?
Those are solar flares.
Here’s a snapshot from seven years ago: https://www.cloudynights.com/topic/588869-eclipse-solar-flares-from-oregon/
I saw them with the naked eye
rip retinas
Viewing the eclipse during totality is safe without eye protection.
Can’t even see anything in totality with the solar filters.
Though it was still too bright for my phone’s camera to capture anything other than a bright ball.
It’s hard to use any kind of auto exposure for something like that. Only spot highlight metering has much chance, but most photographers would use manual.
There are manual options for phones, but most phones don’t have a long enough telephoto lens option to get good eclipse photos.
Yeah, I suspected I could fiddle with some settings to get a better result but didn’t want to spend the few minutes I had fucking around on my phone instead of experiencing the moment.
This title seems like something straight out of a Brian Regan skit.
“The moon went in front of the sun!”
“Yes, Brian. It’s called an eclipse-”
“But the suns bigger than the moon!”
really fantastic photo. it looks amazing
That’s just the sophon playing tricks on us
Kudos to the photographer, excellent work.
Thanks for sharing
What, really? Why didn’t I hear anything about this?
Anyone else notice the divit at the bottom? I saw it real time but wasn’t sure if it was just my perspective. Seems like it showed here too.
By divit, I’m talking about an itty bit of sun showing at the bottom.
Is it a larger crater on the moon? Light refraction cause by the gravity of the moon?
I viewed from the Perot Museum in Dallas and the announcement came on that it may have been a solar flare that was visible to the naked eye (due to the eclipse).
I watched some of the nasa livestream since I don’t have eyewear in a ~96% area, and it’s total overcast anyway. They basically said it’s a
CME (or flare?)edit: “solar prominence”, and not surprising due to the sun being near the most active phase of its 11-year cycle.Pretty cool that one made such a clear appearance. If you search for solar flare, you’ll see images of that similar arch visible in the photo. Must have been amazing to see one with the naked eye.
So, I’ve been at work all day. Did the sky fall? Did Jesus come back? No? Told ya.
