Diamond Ring at Third Contact - 2017 Total Solar Eclipse
Totality ends when a string of dazzlingly bright beads (Baily's Beads - Wikipedia) appear along the edge of the Moon and quickly merge to become the crescent Sun. This incredibly brilliant segment (i.e., the diamond) is seen along one edge of the Moon, which is still silhouetted by the solar corona (i.e., the ring). The diamond ring effect is short-lived since its growing brilliance overpowers the corona, which quickly fades from view.
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Additional eclipse photos can be seen at: 2017 Total Solar Eclipse Photo Gallery.
For more information on this event, see: EclipseWise 2017 Total Solar Eclipse.
Technical Details
- Title: Diamond Ring at Third Contact - 2017 Total Solar Eclipse
- Date/Time: 2017 Aug 21 at 17:45:08 UTC
- Eclipse Circumstances: Altitude = 54°, Azimuth = 143°, HA = -1.41
- Location: Casper College, Casper, WY
- Mount: Losmandy G-11 German Equatorial Mount
- Telescope: Vixen ED100SF Refractor (100mm, f/9, fl=900 mm)
- Camera: Nikon D810
- Exposure: 1/1000 sec, f/9, ISO 200
- File Name: TSE2017-C1074-dr3w.jpg
- Processing (Adobe Camera Raw): Exposure Adjustment, Clarity, Sharpening, Noise Reduction
- Processing (Adobe Photoshop CC2017): Curves, Layers
- Rights: Copyright 2017 by Fred Espenak. All Rights Reserved. See: Image Licensing.
