Posted on 06/28/2021 3:24:10 PM PDT by MtnClimber
Explanation: It may look like a paper Moon. Sailing past a canvas Sun. But those are not cardboard clouds. And it's not make believe. The featured picture of an orange colored sky is real -- a digital composite of two exposures of the solar eclipse that occurred earlier this month. The first exposure was taken with a regular telescope that captured an overexposed Sun and an underexposed Moon, while the second image was taken with a solar telescope that captured details of the chromosphere of the background Sun. The Sun's canvas-like texture was brought up by imaging in a very specific shade of red emitted by hydrogen. Several prominences can be seen around the Sun's edge. The image was captured just before sunset from Xilingol, Inner Mongolia, China. It's also not make-believe to imagine that the Moon is made of dense rock, the Sun is made of hot gas, and clouds are made of floating droplets of water and ice.
Need more arrows!
Well, unfortunately no camper on the Jag so had to settle for this.
My main camera I used for the close up shots was a Canon 7D Mark II with a Sigma 150-600mm lens.
Canon 7D Mark II with Sigma 150-600mm Contemporary lens. Since the 7D2 is a 1.6 crop sensor camera, the equivelent focal length was 600 x 1.6 = 960mm.
We were on a private ranch (friends of my sister) near Glenrock. Here are a few pics from the ranch.
While on the subject of Wyoming, have you ever read “The Fetterman Massacre” by Dale Brown? It used to be titled “Fort Phil Kearny,” but they changed the title.
It is an excellent book about life in Wild West Wyoming. Margaret Carrington, the Fort Commander’s wife, wrote a book about that Fort as well.
“Well, speaking of solar eclipses - we drove up to a friend’s ranch near Casper Wyoming for the 2017 Total Eclipse.”
We stayed at a motel in Casper (got the reservations some years earlier for $85.00/night - it went to over $600.00 per not too much later).
The Wife almost did not want to go ‘what’s the big deal?’ Boy -O- Boy did she have a great time!
Thanks for your photo(s)!
Thanks so much for the reply. Enlightening!
I use Nikon equipment myself, so I’ll try a little experimenting with this stuff.
How do you like the Sigma lens?
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My wife wasn't keen on it either, but once it was show time, she really enjoyed it and couldn't wait to tell her friends how cool the total eclipse was! Here is my sister (far) and wife with their special glasses on watching the event.
No, can’t say that I have. Sounds interesting.
I love it! Honestly, for the money it's probably the best value going for a "long" tele lens. It gets a little soft a full 600mm zoom, so I usually back off a little bit (580 maybe). There are two versions - the "Contemporary" and the more expensive (by $1000) "Sport" version. The IQ of the two is very very similar. From comparison reviews of the two I've seen you'd be hard-pressed to tell the difference. The more expensive one is sturdier (and heavier) with better weather sealing, but I felt that was over kill for me since I'm not a professional. It is available for Nikon mount. I rented one for a week for $65 through www.lensrental.com before I decided to buy it.
Nice!
Thanks very much!
As an aside I’ve been fortunate to see three total solar eclipses (2 USA, 1 in Germany). I asked my neighbor, an astrophysicist who actually went up on the Challenger before the ‘BOOM’ if he was going to se it he said yes, told me where (I can’t remember...) and that it was his 12th.
I look forward to the next opportunity to see the next one.
Best!
It is amazing to me that from the perspective of the Earths surface, the Sun and Moon are virtually the same size!
With moons that close, the tides there must be humongous!
This was our second total eclipse. The first was mid 1970s (75 I think). We were newly married and I was stationed at Malmstrom AFB in Gt Falls, MT. We lived right in the center of the path of totality, Only had to step out into the back yard to see it.
Nice, you seem to know how to use it. Someone used my credit card to purchase a Cannon EOS 5Ds. The card company wiped the charge to my account and then the camera got sent to my house a few days later.
It wasn't me, I swear!
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