• File: May 20, 2012, Annular Eclipse from Newcastle, Utah

    Imaged from Newcastle, Utah. Stellarvue 70ED with double stack Coronado 60 mm filters, Lumenera Infinity 2-1M camera.
  • File: 2012 Annular solar eclipse from Taiwan

    Annular Solar Eclipse on May 21, North coast, Taiwan.
  • File: 5/21 Annular Eclipse

    Took this shot with a simple Sony Cybershot, at full zoom, with no filter. While uploading to my computer later, I noticed the reflected image of the eclipse against the background of a cypress tree. A very cool optical effect that I was just lucky to catch!
  • File: Annular eclipse: 2nd contact in the Grand Canyon

    2nd contact taken from the South Rim of the Grand Canyon on 5-21-2012 at 1:33 UT using a Astro-Tech AT111EDT ED Refractor Scope and modified Canon 5D. The picture was taken with an ISO setting of 800 and an exposure of 1/2000 of a second. The filter I made using Badder Astro Solar 5ND film.
  • File: Annular Eclipse of 2012 in Hydrogen-alpha over Magdalena Ridge Observatory

    New Mexico Tech generously hosted an eclipse party at the Magdalena Ridge Observatory at an altitude of about 10,700 feet, allowing us a grand view of annularity. This was taken with an Imaging Source DMK41 camera on a Borg76ED telescope with a Lunt LS50/B1200 blocking filter on a Celestron CG5 mount...
  • File: Annular Eclipse of May 20, 2012

    by Rod Pommier Location: Redding, CA, USA. Equipment: Celestron Super C8 Plus with Byers fork mount with f/6.3 focal reducer-corrector. Canon 20D DSLR. Thousand Oaks Optical type 2 full aperture glass solar filter. The majority of the annular eclipse as seen from Redding, CA. The sequence begins...
  • File: Annular eclipse from Kanab, UT

    Composite image of the 5/20/2012 annular eclipse as seen from near Kanab, UT. Imaged with a Nikon D70 at 200mm using a solar filter. Bruce Waddington
  • File: May 20, 2012, annular eclipse from Redding, CA

    by Rod Pommier Location: Redding, CA, USA. Equipment: Celestron Super C8 Plus, Byers Fork Mount. Thousand Oaks Optical full aperture Type 2 glass solar filter. Canon 20D, ISO 800, Exposures all 1/1000 second. Date:2012-05-20, 18:30 PDT. The moment of central annularity of the eclipse as seen...
  • File: Second Contact, Annular Eclipse of May 20, 2012

    by Rod Pommier Location: Redding, CA, USA Equipment: Celestron Super C8 Plus, Byers Fork Mount. Thousand Oaks Optical full aperture Type 2 glass solar filter. Canon 20D, ISO 800, Exposures all 1/1000 second. The moment of second contact of the annular eclipse.
  • File: Partial phase, annular eclipse of May 20, 2012

    by Rod Pommier Location: Redding, CA, USA. Date:2012-05-20 Equipment: Celestron Super C8 Plus, Byers Fork Mount. Thousand Oaks Optical full aperture Type 2 glass solar filter. Canon 20D, ISO 800, Exposure 1/1000 second. An image of the partial phase of the annular eclipse, showing ingress...
  • File: Annular eclipse in progress, May 20, 2012

    After 3rd contact, a picture of the May 20, 2012 Annular Eclipse in coming to an end. Taken from Pyramid Lake near Reno, Nevada. The missing chunk from the Sun almost looks like it is spewing steam. Taken through a solar filter with a Canon 60D, 75-200mm + 1.4 telecompressor, 0.4s, f/4, ISO 400.
  • File: Baily's beads during second contact

    by Rod Pommier Location: Redding, CA, USA Date and Time: 2012-05-20, 18:27 PDT Equipment: Celestron Super C8 Plus, Byers Fork Mount. Thousand Oaks Optical full aperture Type 2 glass solar filter. Canon 20D, ISO 800, Exposures all 1/1000 second. Baily's Beads are areas where the Sun's...
  • File: May 2012 annular solar eclipse from Shiprock, NM

    Solar eclipse at it's deepest phase, May 20th 2012 at 07:34 P.M. MDT, outside of Shiprock, New Mexico. Meade 4.5 inch newtonian, with a Orion 5.81" Solar glass filter. Taken with a Olympus C-750 UZ. 1/320 second, at f/2.8, ISO 50.
  • File: Annular eclipse in Hydrogen-alpha from Littlefield, AZ

    Annular phaseof the eclipse on May 20, 2012, from Littlefield, Arizona. This was imaged with a Lunt 100 solar scope at .8A and a DMK 41 camera.
  • File: Annular Eclipse montage, May 20, 2012

    A composite photo of the annular eclipse on May 20, 2012. Shows the path of the Sun as it was eclipsing, with the Eclipse Stage of the Symbiosis Gathering at Pyramid Lake, Reno, in the foreground.
  • File: Annular Solar Eclipse with Clouds

    Taken at Whiskeytown Lake, near Redding, California. Just before eclipse maximum, some thin clouds moved in front of the sun, creating the red effect.
  • File: Annular solar eclipse sequence from Whiskeytown Lake

    Sequence of images (five minute intervals) taken at Whiskeytown Lake, near Redding, California. Thin clouds created a reddish effect on one image about a half hour before maximum eclipse. Thick clouds obscured the sun completely from about a half hour after maximum eclipse until a break in the clouds...
  • File: Setting annular eclipse from Albuquerque, NM

    Beautiful sunset from Albuquerque during May 20th annular eclipse. Taken with a tripod mounted Canon T1i, Tamron 18-270 lens, polymer filter.
  • File: Annular solar eclipse 2012 over Cedar Breaks National Monument

    Composite photo of the annular solar eclipse over Cedar Breaks National Monument in Utah, USA 20 May 2012. Taken with Canon 60D 300mm F5.6 at various exposures using a solar filter.
  • File: 21 May 2012 partial solar eclipse in the Philippines

    The image shows the progression of the partial eclipse of the Sun beginning from the maximum eclipse up to the final phase as seen by Philippine observers last May 21, 2012. It was taken using a hand-held Panasonic Lumix DMC-FH2 digital camera on a Galileoscope with Baader 5.0 ND solar filter.
  • File: Setting eclipse through a New Mexico wind farm

    After the crowds left following annularity, we kept shooting, and happened to be in just the right location to photograph the sun passing through a distant wind farm at sunset. The photographs show the three-levels of nearby hills, with the wind turbines backlit by the sun. We estimate that the windmills...
  • File: 2012 annular solar eclipse at sunset

    This image was taken in Bryce Canyon National Park seconds before the sun disappeared below the horizon during the 2012 Annular Solar Eclipse. The equipment used to capture this image was an Explore Scientific 127mm APO refractor on an Orion Sirius mount, an Orion Glass Solar Filter and a Nikon D300...
  • File: Annular Eclipse, May 2012 in Vallejo, California.

    Collage of the annular eclipse of May 2012, from Vallejo, California. William Optics 90mm Megrez with Canon XTi. 1/125th second exposures at F/0
  • File: Annular Eclipse Family Portrait

    After the eclipse peaked I took down my telescopic gear. That's when I got this shot of my mom, my youngest brother and myself, reflected in a Thousand Oaks solar filter, with the eclipse shining through the filter in the center of the image.
  • File: Ring of fire sunset

    2012 May 20 annular eclipse as seen from Lake JB Thomas (Texas)