Eclipse Sequence

Hi all. I am mostly a deep sky guy but couldn't pass up the chance to capture this eclipse. I was in St. George, Utah to help my parents move home for the summer and caught the eclipse in full annular mode. What a sight. I couldn't get the whole thing because the sun set behind the hills before the exit was complete, but I like the sequence none the less. The color change was really amazing. Take a look. The full resolution version has detail in the sunspots but it was much too big to post here. Maybe I will add it to my website soon and post a link to the full version. Holy Cow! What a sight.
Cheers,
Tyler

PS - Captured with a Nikon D700, Nikkor 300mm VR F/2.8 with TC20EII 2X at 600mm effective focal length. Processed in Photoshop.

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Here is one that is a little bigger, but still reduce to 1/4 of the original.
Cheers,
Tyler

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Nice images, Tyler! Thanks for sharing.
I had a great experience in Page, at the event hosted by the Glen Canyon NPS folks. We were on a hilltop at the west end of Lake Powell, with a nice low horizon to the west. Our new home in Torrey was in the annularity zone, but just barely, and I wanted to be right on the center line. I knew I'd made the right decision when I saw Andy Lunt and his team setting up their Lunt Solar booth next to me. ;^) Got some great views through their 152mm, before watching the eclipse in my own 60mm. We had several dozen volunteers on hand, with a wide variety of setups, so the number of visitors at my scopes (had a white-light filter on a TV Ranger, too) was reasonable enough to allow my wife and I plenty of eyepiece time.
I've been enjoying some great images online this morning, but it was great to watch it in real time. Seeing the moon gobble up sunspots and filaments, Bailey's Beads at 2nd and 3rd contact, the Ring of Fire itself, and the sunset over a distant butte while still in the final partial phase were all just fantastic! Feeling the air drop from around 95 to perhaps 70 in that short period was pretty neat, too.
All in all, one of the most amazing events I've ever seen! Astronomical, or otherwise!
Linton

Thanks for the great photo Tyler. We had good weather here in Petaluma, CA., just south of the annular path. Our view was something like your second sun from the top, so to speak. I had my little 80mm refractor with a mylar filter, and I also set up a simple projection with 60mm binocs and some white cardboard. (I was impressed at how nicely that projection worked--I'd never done that before--it was almost as good as the view through the 80mm.) My wife and 3 girls came out to watch most of the eclipse--I don't usually get that much participation! A good time was had by all.