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xkcd #2917: Types of Eclipse Photo (imgs.xkcd.com)

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The most rare, top-tier eclipse photo would be the Solar Earth Eclipse, but the Apollo 12 crew's attempt to capture it was marred by camera shake. They said it looked spectacular, though.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

I went up to the Lake Champlain area where there was some high altitude cloud cover. Fortunately, it didn't affect the viewing basically at all. A cool side effect of the clouds/related atmospheric conditions though was that the sun had a 22° halo. I wish that 1) I'd had a camera that could capture it and that 2) I'd had the presence of mind to pay attention to what happened to it in the moments before and after totality.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

I was watching, hoping to see the shadow on the ground. It was too fast to see but I did notice the sky going dark before totality and then lighting up before it ended.