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submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by [email protected] to c/photography
 

The moon went in front of the sun

There were some clouds, but I managed to catch a usable photo or two

Oympus E-M1 II, Panasonic 100-300 II

300mm, f/7.1, 1/60s, ISO 200

#eclipse #Eclipse2024 #moon #photo #phtography #SolarEclipse #TotalSolarEclipse @photography #darktable
https://zaktakespictures.com/the-moon-went-in-front-of-the-sun/

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[–] Skanky 17 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Holy shit - that bit at 5 o'clock was a solar flare?!?! I could see that with no magnification whatsoever! Amazing!

[–] Zak 10 points 5 months ago (2 children)

It was a prominence, not a flare. A flare escapes the sun's magnetic field while a prominence does not.

[–] Skanky 11 points 5 months ago

Fair enough. I'm no astro-smith

[–] deweydecibel 4 points 5 months ago

Flares cause CME, and CME would appear like a prominence. CME and prominences are thought to be linked somehow, we're not totally sure yet.

[–] JimVanDeventer 16 points 5 months ago

I uploaded some of my video to YouTube but I don’t know where to post it.

https://youtu.be/Aw6TWpWcZCM

[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 months ago

Absolutely incredible, well done having that much definition on those solar prominences as well.

[–] Tylerdurdon 8 points 5 months ago (4 children)

Anyone else notice the divit at the bottom? I saw it real time but wasn't sure if it was just my perspective. Seems like it showed here too.

By divit, I'm talking about an itty bit of sun showing at the bottom.

Is it a larger crater on the moon? Light refraction cause by the gravity of the moon?

[–] [email protected] 14 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

I viewed from the Perot Museum in Dallas and the announcement came on that it may have been a solar flare that was visible to the naked eye (due to the eclipse).

[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

I watched some of the nasa livestream since I don’t have eyewear in a ~96% area, and it’s total overcast anyway. They basically said it’s a ~~CME (or flare?)~~ edit: “solar prominence”, and not surprising due to the sun being near the most active phase of its 11-year cycle.

Pretty cool that one made such a clear appearance. If you search for solar flare, you’ll see images of that similar arch visible in the photo. Must have been amazing to see one with the naked eye.

[–] Zak 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

It just looked like a little pink dot on the edge without magnification.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Yeah, it was the cherry on top (or bottom) of observing a total solar eclipse.

There were a few telescopes set up at the Perot, but I wasn't able to view totality through them.

[–] deweydecibel 5 points 5 months ago

You talking about Bailey's beads or the little red "pimple" looking thing on the bottom?

Bailey's beads are caused by the not-smooth lunar surface letting light pass in irregular ways.

That little red bit was possibly a solar flare.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

We noticed and I was able to focus our amateur telescope.... It was incredible, like a neon sign extending from the sun

[–] malloc 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Probably a software or deployment bug. Some asshole fucked up our rolling update of this shard. Won’t see another update in quite awhile

[–] Tylerdurdon 0 points 5 months ago

Twenty years from what I heard! Man, what kind of schedule is that?!?

[–] pikmeir 8 points 5 months ago

This title seems like something straight out of a Brian Regan skit.

"The moon went in front of the sun!"

"Yes, Brian. It's called an eclipse-"

"But the suns bigger than the moon!"

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago

Kudos to the photographer, excellent work.

Thanks for sharing

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

I have a 10x monocular that I brought, the flare was super bright. The way the colors muted leading up was super eerie

[–] affiliate 4 points 5 months ago

really fantastic photo. it looks amazing

[–] malloc 4 points 5 months ago

Beautiful shot m8

[–] quinkin 3 points 5 months ago

What, really? Why didn't I hear anything about this?

[–] Harbinger01173430 2 points 5 months ago

That's just the sophon playing tricks on us

[–] Mango 2 points 5 months ago

My sunsketcher app failed at the worst time. 😭

I was gonna help NASA.

[–] FartsWithAnAccent -2 points 5 months ago

I don't believe you.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 5 months ago

So, I've been at work all day. Did the sky fall? Did Jesus come back? No? Told ya.