While I was enjoying looking at this incredible phenomenon, I had a device that was continuously counting photons. Several days later, I told a computer to do some math on the photons counted, and this is the result.
@joel Heh, I usually spend more time thinking about how it will perform, working on thumbnails/titles, etc., since making videos wouldn't be sustainable otherwise.
But for this video I mostly wanted to relay my experience, and I know it's not going to do well (it's a '9 of 10' right now), but that's not what's important :)
So many photos from the eclipse. I don't know what to do with all of them. Here's one of my favorite single subs. This was from just before the end of totality, and the prominences were incredible
For the record, this is the same image straight out of the camera. The only processing done was to debayer it (to make it color) and crop it. My wife likes it better this way. I think it looks pretty cool, even if it's not accurate.
#PPOD: From yesterday's eclipse live stream, scientist Ryan Lambert captured a special moment during totality when he removed the solar filter from his Unistellar Odyssey telescope. At the bottom of the disk, peeking out from behind the Moon is a large solar prominence. A smaller one can be seen at the 4 o'clock position. Credit: Ryan Lambert, Franck Marchis
My pastel sketch of #totality during yesterday's #TotalSolarEclipse. I wasn't there to see it in person this time, but I used the amazing photo shared by Tom Kerss (with permission) as a reference image. The #corona looked so different yesterday than it did when we saw the 2017 eclipse because we were in solar minimum then and near solar maximum now. There were several lovely #prominences visible too #AstronomySketching#SunSketch
April 8, 2024 marked the last total solar eclipse visible in North America for a decade. It was a unique opportunity for scientists and enthusiasts alike to observe and study the sun’s corona, as well as to experience the awe-inspiring phenomenon of day turning into night.