Viewing The Eclipse
The whole view of the sun on the morning of August 21, 2017 displayed a sprawling sunspot AR2671 seen here near the center of the solar disc. Measuring 140,000 miles, this sunspot is nearly twice the width of Jupiter.
Sunspot AR2672 is visible in the lower left section. A sunspot is a region of temporary cooler surface temperature caused by the sun's magnetic field which appears darker that the surrounding area in this image. Sunspots occur on the photosphere, the lowest layer of the sun's atmosphere. |
All photographs were taken on August 21, 2017 at the Glendo State Park in Glendo, Wyoming.
The Nikon Coolpix P900 digital camera with 83x optical zoom captured the above photographs with the Thousand Oaks Optical Solar Filter, 67 mm, for the partial phases and no filter needed for totality.
The home page photographs were taken with the Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS100 digital camera without a filter.
The Nikon Coolpix P900 digital camera with 83x optical zoom captured the above photographs with the Thousand Oaks Optical Solar Filter, 67 mm, for the partial phases and no filter needed for totality.
The home page photographs were taken with the Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS100 digital camera without a filter.