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Annular Eclipse - 2nd and 3rd contact mosaic
Another image from the recent collaborative expedition with Colin Legg to Newman, Western Australia. This sequence was taken from one of the non-timelapse cameras.
The bottom sequence, from left to right, shows the beginning of the annular phase, 2nd contact. The Sun's inner atmosphere, the chromosphere, is visible as a thin red line between the crescent. The lower portions of the Sun (not visible in this image) were below the horizon at the time! Images were taken 4 seconds apart.
Similarly, the upper sequence shows the end of the annular eclipse, 3rd contact. Again, the chromosphere and some Bailey's Beads are visible. Images were taken 2 seconds apart.
The middle image shows the Sun during full annular eclipse; still massively distorted because of atmospheric refraction. This frame is slightly enlarged relative to the sequences.
Canon 5D Mark III, 500 mm, 1/1000 sec @ f/8, ISO 100
Processing: 2nd and 3rd contact mosaics were sharpened to increase the contrast of the chromosphere, and median blurred to reduce the noise slightly.
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