These photos were taken from the island of Aruba. I used an ancient Konica SLR camera with a 70-210mm zoom lens at maximum focal length and a 2x teleconverter. A Kodak Wratten 104 attenuating filter was used for shooting the partial phases. The morning was cloudy, and low, fast-moving clouds blocked the sun intermittently during the partial phases. But the sky was clear at totality.
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Diamond ring - A few seconds before totality,only a small portion of the sun's surface remains visible. The effect is like a diamond ring glinting in the sunlight. |
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Baily's Beads - Even closer to totality, the sun can be seen only through valleys on the edge of the moon. |
Solar corona - This view is why people chase
eclipses. A photograph only hints at the beauty of totality. Mercury and
Jupiter were easily visible near the sun (but outside the field of this
picture).
