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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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[–] behindthesailboats 34 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Very cool! I think in this case it's called "annularity" and not "totality"

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Ring of fire I think