Total Solar Eclipse - August 2017

Some pictures from my trip to Alliance, Nebraska (USA) to watch a total solar eclipse.

 

Moon commencing to pass in front of the sun

 

Totality!

 

Solar prominences appearing at the end of the eclipse

Baily's beads effect as sunlight bounces down the valleys of the moon

 

Diamond ring to end the show

Composite image made up of many exposures shows the complex structures