Total Eclipse Montage

Our viewing site enjoyed virtually perfect conditions from early in the morning (we arrived around 9.00AM) until the end of the eclipse at around 4.45PM.

This eclipse included the best and most prolonged shadow-bands – both before and after totality – that any of us had seen.

Nikon D3100 DSLR with 300mm telephoto and 2x converter.

Image credit: Zoë Hannah.

The Sun’s Corona

This is a composite of several images, each exposed for a different part of the corona.

Subsequent HDR (high dynamic range) processing in Photoshop CC has brought out some of the structure in the coronal streamers. It is interesting to compare the corona here with that at the 2017 eclipse. The streamers here are much less extensive, probably due to the quiescent state of the Sun.

Nonetheless a couple of prominences are visible on the limb and one of them seems to be linked to structure in the corona.

Composite of 9 exposures 1/250 – 1/8 second at f/11 and ISO-800 with the same equipment as above.

Eclipse viewing site, Elqui Valley

Our group had exclusive use of a football pitch to set up our equipment.

The pitch is sandy soil – the Chilean climate here does not support grass!

Pinhole images of the eclipsed Sun

A locally-sourced colander was pressed into use to project pinhole images of the crescent Sun onto a handy shirt.

Another great eclipse!

Group leader Dr John Mason flanked by Zoe and myself, sharing the exhilaration of having seen a brilliant eclipse.

Note the lucky eclipse hat!