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I impulse bought a cheap (sub-$100) telescope for viewing the eclipse, and caught this series to and from totality (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by thrawn21 to c/pics

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[Image description: a collage of seven photos, showing a view of the increasing eclipse, totality, and decreasing eclipse through the lens of a telescope.]

Bonus shot of the totality projected on a kid's hand through the sighting scope:

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[–] RubberElectrons 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

That's a great shot, I wasn't even aware it was happening today. Where was this located?

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Earth

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Heyo

[–] jaybone 4 points 1 year ago

I live there too.

[–] thrawn21 1 points 1 year ago

I drove from southern California to Chaco Culture National Historical Park in New Mexico for it!