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Bailey's Beads

            With the upcoming total solar eclipse on April 8th, 2024, I thought I'd go back and post another photo from the previous August 21, 2017, solar eclipse.  In this photo, you can see the phenomenon called Bailey's Beads.  This happens when the last little bits of the sun's light right before totality shine through the valleys of lunar craters and mountains on the surface of the moon.  This only lasts a mere matter of seconds, so to the be able to capture it all is extremely lucky.  But, as you can see, I cut off part of the sun and the moon.  This is because they move so fast across the frame of your camera when using long telephoto lenses that it can be hard to keep up.  In the excitement of nearing totality, I neglected to keep my sun centered in frame.

"Dots"
This image is being submitted as part of the #Flickr21 Photo Challenge, celebrating Flickr's 21st anniversary on February 10, 2025.  The theme for the 2nd day of the 21 day photo challenge is "Dots."  Of all the images I currently have up on Flickr, it came down to 3 possible ways to demonstrate this theme:  Snow, Stars, and this, Bailey's Beads.  While not the greatest image in the world (I mean, I did cut off the sun), capturing Bailey's Beads is rare and extremely difficult, considering the opportunity to catch them lasts mere seconds during each total solar eclipse.  I failed to catch Bailey's Beads upon the end of totality during this eclipse, and I don't think I captured them during the 2024 solar eclipse (as of this writing of an added note, I still have yet to really look at my 2024 eclipse photos because I am still disappointed in how that unfolded.  More on that whenever I eventually get around to uploading those photos to Flickr.)
   

Taken in: United States / Tennessee / Spring City (show map)

Taken on: August 21, 2017

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Camera: Canon EOS 70D, f/14.0, 1/3200 sec, 500mm, ISO 250 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon EOS 70D
Lens:	150-600mm
Aperture:	f/14.0
Exposure Time:	1/3200 sec
Focal Length:	500mm
ISO:	250
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Manual
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Center-weighted average
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic 13.2 (Windows)
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