Annular eclipse in progress, May 20, 2012

Posted by kohjb
on Thursday, May 24, 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. 

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