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Capturing the Beads

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Introduction
2nd contact (The Movie)
Baily's Beads at 2nd Contact - 7 seconds
2nd Contact
Promenances at 1/1250
Inner Corona at 1/640
Inner Corona at 1/250
Inner Corona at 1/125
3rd Contact
3rd Contact Baily's Beads

Introduction

This page shows what I found when I looked at the photos. Using the results of the Libya trip, I had a very good idea what I would see at a particular shutter speed. Therefore, I shot at a fast 1/1250 until a couple of seconds after 2nd contact. I then got on the ground (since a meridian flip had turned my camera on its head) and adjusted the timing for 3 slower shots to get the inner corona. I reset to 1/1250 and just watched until near 3rd contact. I then shot the 3rd contact set.

2nd contact (The Movie)

I created this movie by combining the sequence of shots before 2nd contact. It shows the early stages of totality (before it is safe to look at with your eyes without filters.

Baily's Beads at 2nd Contact - 7 seconds

2nd Contact

Promenances at 1/1250

Inner Corona at 1/640

Inner Corona at 1/250

Inner Corona at 1/125

3rd Contact

3rd Contact Baily's Beads

Copyright

The Easter Island 2010 pages by Robert J. Hawley are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License. This permits the non commercial use of the material on this site, either in whole or in part, in other works provided that I am credited for the work and you apply this or similar license to the result. Some of the included works bear a similar copyright. Contact Me.

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