The 2024 Total Solar Eclipse

The Total Solar Eclipse of 2024 was a rare opportunity for those who live in North America and the United States to experience totality across the country. I began planning my trip a year in advanced and brought carry-on luggage full of astrophotography gear in order to capture the event. Here you will find the images and videos I produced as part of that trip.

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Images

On the day of the total solar eclipse (April 8, 2024) I began photographing the sun early so I could focus and align the scope. I immediately noticed some large prominences, so I zoomed in by adding my TeleVue PowerMate 2.5x and swapping the camera with the ZWO ASI290MM-Mini.

The Loop

On the day of the total solar eclipse (April 8, 2024) I began photographing the sun early so I could focus and align the scope. I immediately noticed some large prominences, so I zoomed in by adding my TeleVue PowerMate 2.5x and swapping the camera with the ZWO ASI290MM-Mini.

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This was the sun on the day of the total solar eclipse in the United States. It had some very prominent, well, prominences that prominently appear in most of the eclipse photos.

The Eclipse Disc

This was the sun on the day of the total solar eclipse in the United States. It had some very prominent, well, prominences that prominently appear in most of the eclipse photos.

2024-04-08

This is the last image I took of the sun before the moon covered it completed. This phase of the eclipse is known both as C2 (second contact) and totality.

The Crescent Sun

This is the last image I took of the sun before the moon covered it completed. This phase of the eclipse is known both as C2 (second contact) and totality.

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Here a longer exposure reveals details along the solar limb (the sun's edge) as the moon travels closer to totality.

Crescent Eclipse

Here a longer exposure reveals details along the solar limb (the sun's edge) as the moon travels closer to totality.

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When the sun's disk is fully covered, the brilliant light is no longer there to overpower the fainter corona and it becomes visible with slightly longer exposures.

The Corona

When the sun's disk is fully covered, the brilliant light is no longer there to overpower the fainter corona and it becomes visible with slightly longer exposures.

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During the eclipse, there was an instant just as the moon covered the sun that the corona was not yet visible. The moon fully covers the sun's disc but not the prominences that arch above the chromosphere, so these get captured in this type of exposure.

Eclipse Burn

During the eclipse, there was an instant just as the moon covered the sun that the corona was not yet visible. The moon fully covers the sun's disc but not the prominences that arch above the chromosphere, so these get captured in this type of exposure.

2024-04-08

A series of images taken during the total solar eclipse of 2024 on April 8th in Hot Sprints, Arkansas. The sun on the day of the eclipse, the 'diamond ring' formed when the moon was just shy of covering the entire solar disc, the blazing corona during totality and the solar flares on one side as t he moon exited the other.

The Total Solar Eclipse of 2024

A series of images taken during the total solar eclipse of 2024 on April 8th in Hot Sprints, Arkansas. The sun on the day of the eclipse, the 'diamond ring' formed when the moon was just shy of covering the entire solar disc, the blazing corona during totality and the solar flares on one side as t he moon exited the other.

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I took this photograph as the moon was moving away from the sun, signaling the end of the eclipse. The moon creates a stark contrast with the sun that brought out rich details on the surface and edges. The solid edge in the image is caused by the technique I use to create the frame, which is essentially subtracting the surface details from the image of the outer corona to create an inverted rendering that has depth, detail, and contrast.

The Tail (end) of Totality

I took this photograph as the moon was moving away from the sun, signaling the end of the eclipse. The moon creates a stark contrast with the sun that brought out rich details on the surface and edges. The solid edge in the image is caused by the technique I use to create the frame, which is essentially subtracting the surface details from the image of the outer corona to create an inverted rendering that has depth, detail, and contrast.

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At the height of totality, the sun becomes a silver ring in the sky and if you are able to look, you can see bright red dots where the large prominences exist. It is a deeply transforming experience and of all the photos I captured, this one looks closest to what I saw with my unaided eyes.

The Ring of Fire

At the height of totality, the sun becomes a silver ring in the sky and if you are able to look, you can see bright red dots where the large prominences exist. It is a deeply transforming experience and of all the photos I captured, this one looks closest to what I saw with my unaided eyes.

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Just as the moon begins to completely cover the sun in what is referred to as C1 - first contact, the contrast from the last bit of light creates a bright flare and creates the illusion of a celestial diamond ring.

The Eclipse Diamond

Just as the moon begins to completely cover the sun in what is referred to as C1 - first contact, the contrast from the last bit of light creates a bright flare and creates the illusion of a celestial diamond ring.

2024-04-08

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Videos

I planned over a year for this total solar eclipse. I dragged gear across the country and watched the forecast predict thunderstorms as the day drew near. The experience itself was unforgettable. Here is my story about, and my photographs of, the 2024 Total Solar Eclipse. Taken on location in Hot Springs, Arkansas.

Total Solar Eclipse 2024

I planned over a year for this total solar eclipse. I dragged gear across the country and watched the forecast predict thunderstorms as the day drew near. The experience itself was unforgettable. Here is my story about, and my photographs of, the 2024 Total Solar Eclipse. Taken on location in Hot Springs, Arkansas.

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