Total Solar Eclipse - July 2019
Some pictures from my trip to Vicuna, Chile to watch a total solar eclipse.
Looking south wide angle with Magellenic clouds lower and middle left
Centre of the galaxy with Jupiter lower middle
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
Sun about to pass below the western horizon with the moon still passing in front
Composite image made up of many exposures shows the complex structures