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2017 Total Solar Eclipse C2 with Corona and Shadow Band During the 2nd contact of the Total Solar Eclipse, a Corona (atmospheric optics with the rainbow colour) appeared around the Diamond Ring, with Shadow Bands casting within the corona (the stripes on both sides of the Corona). A thin layer of cl...

2017 Total Solar Eclipse C2 with Corona and Shadow Band During the 2nd contact of the Total Solar Eclipse, a Corona (atmospheric optics with the rainbow colour) appeared around the Diamond Ring, with Shadow Bands casting within the corona (the stripes on both sides of the Corona). A thin layer of cl...

Happy New Years from PST(Pacific Time) timezone A Green flash occurred twice during the 2018 New Year Sunrise. Location: Dunedin, New Zealand. Time: PST(Pacific Time) timezone 2018/1/1 around 6am Equipment and setting: EOS 7D ISO100 1/13s Borg 71FL+x1.4+x2 cropped Photographer and credit: Taichi Nak...

Corona around the Diamond Ring C2

Corona at its largest during early second contact. Copyright: Taichi Nakamura
Location: Painted Hills in Oregon
Equipment: Televue Pronto 480mm f/6.8 and DSLR Canon EOS 6D
Settings: ISO200 1/1250

Diamond Ring Corona TaichiNakamura_2017.C2.Corona.jpg TaichiNakamura_2017.C2.Coronaend.jpg http://traceoflight.net/image_archive/TaichiNakamura_2017.C3.Coronastart.jpg TaichiNakamura_2017.C3.Corona.jpg Copyright: Taichi Nakamura Location: Oregon (North 44°38’ 3” West 120°12’15”) Date: August 21 201...

Ring around the Ring Colourful Coronae occurred during both C2 and C3. The Atmospheric optic appeared with the Diamond ring from the refraction of either the smokes of wildfire (happening around the time in Oregon and Canada) or from the ice crystals in the high clouds. http://traceoflight.net/imag...