The Solar Corona: 1991 July Total Solar Eclipse. A large, superb and exquisite asymmetric corona accompanied totality. Location: Beach Front, San Jose del Cabo, Baja California Sur.
Photo Taken: 1991 July 11
Photo Details: Canon Film 35mm SLR, Lens Focal Length 300mm

Diamond Ring: 1991 July Total Solar Eclipse. Sunlight streams through a lunar lowland to produce this flash of sunlight. Location: Beach Front, San Jose del Cabo, Baja California Sur. Photo Taken: 1991 July 11. Photo Details: Canon Film 35mm SLR, Lens Focal Length 300mm

A Total Solar Eclipse Composite: 1991 July Total Solar Eclipse. Two partial phases of this eclipse and totality are combined in this composite image. Duration of totality was a long 6m 53s! Total solar eclipse durations of this length or longer will not happen again until well into the 22nd century (2132 June 13 with a duration of 6m55s). Location: Beach Front, San Jose del Cabo,Baja California Sur. Photo Taken: 1991 July 11. Photo Details: Canon Film 35mm SLR, Lens Focal Length 300mm

Beach Overlooking Sea of Cortez, Morning of the 1991 July Total Solar Eclipse. Nervous eclipse watchers prepare for morning eclipse. Heavy clouds from a passing front moved off by mid-morning making for a perfect eclipse day! Location: Beach Front, San Jose del Cabo, Baja California Sur.
Photo Taken: 1991 July 11

Total Solar Eclipse Movie. Frames from photos taken at the 1991 July 11 and 1998 February 26 total solar eclipses. Partial eclipse leads to totality and back to partial eclipse. Notice diamond ring, inner and outer corona and prominences during totality.

The Sky During the Caribbean Total Solar Eclipse of 1998 February 26. Cruise ships plowing the Caribbean provided spectators with a clear horizon and sky to experience this eclipse. Bright stars and planets often appear around the totality eclipsed Sun. Venus appeared above an eerie eclipse horizon where sunlight streams past the Moon's shadow. Jupiter and Mercury appeared just below and above eclipse Sun. Mars was above. (Moon, planets and stars graphically enhanced.) Location: m/S Ryndam, Caribbean Sea.

The Hybrid Solar Eclipse of 2005 April: Graphic Animation. This graphic animation shows the eclipse as it would have been seen from Gainesville, Florida where Sun was only partially eclipsed. Partial eclipses pale in comparison to the awe-inspiring spectacle of a total eclipse of the Sun. The following eclipse movie and photos are of this eclipse taken from the South Pacific Ocean where the eclipse was total. (Animation by H.L. Cohen)

The Hybrid Solar Eclipse of 2005 April 8. The Sun played hide and seek with clouds. This was a hybrid (annular-solar) eclipse with totality lasting only 35 sec. in the South Pacific Ocean! Minutes before totality the Sun stayed hidden. Then, as totality began, the captain of the m/s Paul Gauguin expertly maneuvered the ship into a hole in the clouds. Then as if a curtain had parted to start the show, the eclipsed Sun revealed herself in all its glory! Note spectacular "sun halo" as clouds parted at second contact when totality began. Venus also becomes visible near right edge. (Click movie to enlarge.) A frame of this movie showing totality appears below. Location: m/s Paul Gauguin, South Pacific Ocean.

The Hybrid Solar Eclipse of 2005 April 8. The eclipse was total in the South Pacific Ocean aboard the m/s Paul Gauguin. Venus appears to right of eclipsed Sun through hole in clouds during the 35 sec of totality! (Click picture to enlarge.) This is a single frame from above movie. Location: m/s Paul Gauguin, South Pacific Ocean.

The Hybrid Solar Eclipse of 2005 April 8. First Contact occurs as Moon begins to move onto Sun's disk. Look at top of image! Can't see it? Then click image to see enlarged image of upper limb. The orangey color of Sun is due to the filtration used to block the harmful solar rays. Location: m/s Paul Gauguin, South Pacific Ocean.

The Hybrid Solar Eclipse of 2005 April 8. Diamond Ring appears as sunlight streams through lunar mountains at Moon's limb (edge). Location: Ms Paul Gauguin, South Pacific Ocean.

The Hybrid Solar Eclipse of 2005 April 8. Sun's inner Corona with chromosphere (inner atmosphere) and prominences appear during this solar eclipse. Location: Ms Paul Gauguin, South Pacific Ocean.

The China Total Solar Eclipse of 2009 July 22. Overcast skies threatened to hide the Sun during eclipse. But, clouds moved on and off to give views of the Sun through hazy skies that somewhat muted the corona during totality. But this was better than Shanghai, 125 mi. to the northeast, which was sadly clouded out with rain. This eclipse had the longest duration of totality of the 21st century, 6m39s in the western Pacific Ocean. (In eastern China totality lasted about one minute less, approximately 5m38s.) Location: Anji County, China (Tianhuangping Pumped Storage Power Station Reservoir), Zhejiang Province. Photo Details: Canon DSLR, EOS 5D Mark II; Canon EF 100-400 mm lens; f/4.5-5.6 IS USM at 400 mm with 1.4x for Effective FL = 560 mm; Equiv. ISO 200; various exposure times at f/8, white balance at Daylight.

Beginning of the Annular Solar Eclipse of 2012 May 20. Seconds after the eclipse began one can notice the Moon entering the lower solar limb at 05:24:21 p.m. MST. (Enlarge image and look just before 6 o'clock position.) The disk of the Sun also shows several sunspot groups and the edge (limb) of the Sun also appears redder and dimmer due to an effect called limb darkening. Finally the orangey color of Sun is due to the filtration used to block the harmful solar rays. (The Sun is basically a white colored star.) Location: S.W. USA. Lake Powell Shore, Utah (Approx. 2,000 ft. N. of AZ Border). Photo Details: Canon DSLR, EOS 5D Mark II; Canon EF, Tele Vue 76 mm, f/6.3 APO Refractor with Tele Vue 4x Powermate for effective f/25 focal ratio. Thousand Oaks Solar Filter (transmission 0.001%, optical density 5); Equiv. ISO 2000; 1/60 sec at Equiv. f/25, white balance at Auto.

Deep Within the Annular Solar Eclipse of 2012 May 20. The Moon has progressed almost two-thirds of the way across the solar disk in this image taken at 06:09:50 p.m. MST. Location: S.W. USA. Lake Powell Shore, Utah (Approx. 2,000 ft. N. of AZ Border). Photo Details: Canon DSLR, EOS 5D Mark II; Canon EF, Tele Vue 76 mm, f/6.3 APO Refractor with Tele Vue 4x Powermate for effective f/25 focal ratio. Thousand Oaks Solar Filter (transmission 0.001%, optical density 5); Equiv. ISO 2000; 1/60 sec at Equiv. f/25, white balance at Auto.

A Crescent Eclipsed Sun. The eclipses Sun takes on the appearance of a beautiful crescent during the annular solar eclipse of 2012 May 20. Photo taken at 06:31:51 p.m. MST less than one minute before the annular eclipse commences. Location: S.W. USA. Lake Powell Shore, Utah (Approx. 2,000 ft. N. of AZ Border). Photo Details: Canon DSLR, EOS 5D Mark II; Canon EF, Tele Vue 76 mm, f/6.3 APO Refractor with Tele Vue 4x Powermate for effective f/25 focal ratio. Thousand Oaks Solar Filter (transmission 0.001%, optical density 5). Equiv. ISO 2000; 1/60 sec at Equiv. f/25, white balance at Auto.

The Annular Portion of the Eclipse Begins. This image was taken with several seconds before the start of the annular portion the annular solar eclipse of 2012 May 20. (Image taken at 06:32:08 p.m. MST.) Location: S.W. USA. Lake Powell Shore, Utah (Approx. 2,000 ft. N. of AZ Border). Photo Details: Canon DSLR, EOS 5D Mark II; Canon EF, Tele Vue 76 mm, f/6.3 APO Refractor with Tele Vue 4x Powermate for effective f/25 focal ratio. Thousand Oaks Solar Filter (transmission 0.001%, optical density 5). Equiv. ISO 2000; 1/60 sec at Equiv. f/25, white balance at Auto.

A Ring Eclipse. This type of solar eclipse is called an annular eclipse because at maximum eclipse the Sun takes on a beautiful, bright "annular" or ring appearance. (Image taken at 06:34:21 p.m. MST.) Location: S.W. USA. Lake Powell Shore, Utah (Approx. 2,000 ft. N. of AZ Border). Photo Details: Canon DSLR, EOS 5D Mark II; Canon EF, Tele Vue 76 mm, f/6.3 APO Refractor with Tele Vue 4x Powermate for effective f/25 focal ratio. Thousand Oaks Solar Filter (transmission 0.001%, optical density 5); Equiv. ISO 2000; 1/60 sec at Equiv. f/25, white balance at Auto.

Sunrise Partial Eclipse of Sun. On the morning of 2013 Nov. 3, the eastern USA coast had a partial solar eclipse. (The eclipse was total in the Atlantic Ocean and Africa.) Skies in Gainesville were about as clear as they get! (Temperatures were cool, about 50°F.) Greatest eclipse occurred before sunrise so the Sun rose in eclipse and we needed a very clear, unobstructed horizon. Location: Paynes Prairie overlook on US441, Gainesville, Florida (Lat. +29.574222°, Long. -82.334162°). Photo taken 3 minutes after sunrise at 6:48 a.m. EST and 16 minutes before eclipse ended. The center of the Sun was probably only about 1/2 degree high! Photo Details: Canon DSLR EOS 5D Mark II, Lens Canon 100-400 mm, f/4.5-5.6, Ultrasonic IS at 400 mm. Exp. 1/4000 sec at f/16, ISO equiv. 200. No filter used.

Sunset Partial Eclipse of Sun. On the evening of 2014 Oct. 23, the eastern USA coast had the Sun set in a partial solar eclipse. This was the opposite of the 2013 Nov. 3 sunrise partial eclipse! See above. (The eclipse was partial across North America but eastern areas had the thrill of seeing a sunset eclipse!) Skies in Gainesville were again exceptionally clear! (Temperatures were nice, about 70°F.) Greatest eclipse occurred after sunset so the Sun set in eclipse and we again needed a very clear, unobstructed horizon. Location: Near corner of SW 75 St. and SW 85 Ave, Gainesville, Florida. Two photos are shown here: (1) Composite (showing stages of eclipse against background sky and landscape). (2) Sun Setting in Eclipse (behind trees). The latter was taken when Sun just 1.5 degrees above horizon as it set behind a tree line at 6:41:33 p.m. EDT (about ten minutes before sunset). Sun is obviously highly distorted and colored due to atmospheric effects. However, the monster sunspot group now on the Sun and a few other small spots are clearly visible. At this time the Sun's diameter was nearly 25 percent obscured by the Moon. Photo Details: Canon DSLR, EOS 5D Mark II on Tele Vue 76 mm, f/6.3 APO Refractor. Thousand Oaks Solar Filter (transmission 0.001%, optical density 5). ISO 800; Photo (1) Various exposures from 1/1000 sec to 1/60 sec. Background with Canon EF 100-400 at 100 mm, f/11, 1/1000 sec, ISO 800. Photo Photo(2) 1/45 sec., white balance at Auto.
Note: The Sun had one of the largest sunspot groups in recent years during this eclipse. This large sunspot group greatly enhanced the view of the eclipse. See Sun Picture Page for more details.

Total Eclipse Partial Phase Preceding Totality from the Makassar Strait in Indonesia. Partial eclipse phases precede totality with this image taken about 4 minutes before totality. Date UT: 2016 March 8, 00:31 (Local Time: 8:31 a.m. Indonesia CST.) Location: Makassar Strait, Lat. -01°36' S, Long. 118°03' E. Photo Details: Fixed Mount. Canon DSLR, EOS 5D Mark II with Canon EF 100-400 at 400 mm. Thousand Oaks Solar Filter (transmission 0.001%, optical density 5). Exposure: f/8, 1/125 sec, ISO 800.

Total Eclipse Inner Corona from the Makassar Strait in Indonesia. A conspicuous prominence pokes out from the inner corona near beginning of Totality. Solar bead at bottom. Duration of Totality about 2m46s. Date UT: 2016 March 8, 00:34 (Local Time: 8:34 a.m. Indonesia CST.) Location: Makassar Strait, Lat. -01°36' S, Long. 118°03' E. Photo Details: Fixed Mount. Canon DSLR, EOS 5D Mark II with Canon EF 100-400 at 400 mm. Exposure: f/8, 1/1500 sec, ISO 800.

Total Eclipse Outer Corona from the Makassar Strait in Indonesia. Near beginning of Totality. Asymmetric "Butterfly" Corona (typical of Sun moving toward solar minimum) and spectacular prominences. Solar bead at bottom. Duration of Totality about 2m46s. Date UT: 2016 March 8, 00:35 (Local Time: 8:35 a.m. Indonesia CST.) Location: Makassar Strait, Lat. -01°36' S, Long. 118°03' E. Photo Details: Fixed Mount. Canon DSLR, EOS 5D Mark II with Canon EF 100-400 at 400 mm. Exposure: f/8, 1/125 sec, ISO 800.

Total Eclipse Baily's Bead from the Makassar Strait in Indonesia. Last "Baily's Bead" appears near end of totality. Bead grew into spectacular "Diamond Ring" at end of totality. (See next picture below.) Vivid prominence on left. Date UT: 2016 March 8, 00:37 (Local Time: 8:37 a.m. Indonesia CST.) Location: Makassar Strait, Lat. -01°36 S, Long. 118°03' E. Photo Details: Fixed Mount. Canon DSLR, EOS 5D Mark II with Canon EF 100-400 at 400 mm. Exposure: f/8, 1/500 sec, ISO 800.

Total Eclipse Diamond Ring from the Makassar Strait in Indonesia. Spectacular Diamond Ring at end of totality. Vivid prominence on left. Date UT: 2016 March 8, 00:38 (Local Time: 8:38 a.m. Indonesia CST.) Location: Makassar Strait, Lat. -01°36 S, Long. 118°03' E. Photo Details: Fixed Mount. Canon DSLR, EOS 5D Mark II with Canon EF 100-400 at 400 mm. Exposure: f/8, 1/8000 sec, ISO 800.

Total Eclipse Composite of Partial and Total Phases from the Makassar Strait in Indonesia. Made from individual photos. Date UT: 2016 March 8. Location: Makassar Strait, Lat. -01°36 S, Long. 118°03' E. Photo Details: Fixed Mount. Canon DSLR, EOS 5D Mark II with Canon EF 100-400 at 400 mm. Various exposures, ISO 800. Partial phases with Thousand Oaks Solar Filter (transmission 0.001%, optical density 5).

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See below for a short, neat GIF Animation showing this composite unfold.

Total Eclipse GIF Animation of Above Composite. Neat, short animation shows Eclipse Composite (see above) unfold. Made from individual photos. Date UT: 2016 March 8. Location: Makassar Strait, Lat. -01°36 S, Long. 118°03' E. Photo Details: Fixed Mount. Canon DSLR, EOS 5D Mark II with Canon EF 100-400 at 400 mm. Various exposures, ISO 800. Partial phases with Thousand Oaks Solar Filter (transmission 0.001%, optical density 5).

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The Great USA Total Solar Eclipse from Madras. Weather stats predicted Madras, Oregon, would have the best probability of clear skies for the eclipse. Indeed, skies were clear though smoke in early morning produced some haze. Composite of Eclipse. Date UT: 2017 August 21. Totality from 10:19:24 to 10:21:24 a.m. PDT (Add 7h for UT.) Duration ~2m00s. Location: Round Butte Overlook Park, Madras, Oregon, USA. Lat. 44°36'02.16" N, Long. 121°16'26.61" W. Elevation 2,348 ft (715 m). Photo Details: Fixed Mount. Canon DSLR, EOS 5D Mark II with Canon EF f/4.5-5.6, 100-400 mm at 400 mm with 1.4x Amplifier for Equiv. Focal Length = 560 mm. Totality: Camera in movie mode w/exposure: 1/750s (ISO Auto). Frame rate 29.97.
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