Photo of sun taken 09:00 showing sun spots (click to enlarge)
Photo of sun taken 13:05 as eclipse begins (click to enlarge)
Photo of sun taken 13:15 as eclipse begins (click to enlarge)
Photo of sun taken 13:25 (click to enlarge)
Photo of sun taken 13:35 with cloud cover (click to enlarge)
Photo of sun taken 13:45 (click to enlarge)
Photo of sun taken 13:55 (click to enlarge)
Photo of sun taken 14:05 (click to enlarge)
Photo of sun taken 14:15 (click to enlarge)
Photo of sun taken 14:25 (click to enlarge)
Photo of corola taken 14:36 (click to enlarge)
Photo of corola taken 14:37 with possibly Regulus, speck to top left of corola (click to enlarge to see Regulus)
Photo of corola and diamond ring effect as totality ends taken 14:38 (click to enlarge)
Photo of sun taken 14:45 (click to enlarge)
Photo of sun taken 14:55 (click to enlarge)
Photo of sun taken 15:05 with cloud cover (click to enlarge)
Photo of sun taken 15:15 with cloud cover (click to enlarge)
Photo of sun taken 15:25 with rotated sun spots from previous views (click to enlarge)
Photo of sun taken 15:35 (click to enlarge)
Photo of sun taken 15:45 with good view of rotated sun spots (click to enlarge)
Photo of sun taken 15:55 as the eclipse ends (click to enlarge)
Photo of sun taken 16:05 with good view of rotated sun spots (click to enlarge)
SOLAR ECLIPSE - AUGUST 21, 2017
These photos were taken from the Gignilliat dock on Lake Burton in Rabun County, GA with a Canon 70D camera, Tamron AF 18-270mm f/3.5-6.3 Di II VC PZD lens, and except during totality, 18-stop Firecrest ND 5.4 solar filter. The photos starting at 13:05 were shot at 246mm, f/8, and ISO800, at speeds depending on presence of clouds, but mostly at 1/4000. During totality, the photos were shot at ISO400 with 7-shot, 2-stop Automatic Exposure Bracketing around 1/125. These photos are a sample from over 200 rapid-fire shots taken during totality and single shots at 10-minute intervals before and after totality. Several sun spots can be seen in the enlargements of the 09:00 shot and some of the eclipse shots. An article "Photographic Exposure of a Solar Eclipse" by Dave Henry and Ken Sklute published on-line by learn.us.canon.com was extremely helpful in getting these results.
The Torbert-Burke solar eclipse crew of Edward, Sam, Molly, Julia and Edgar on the Gignilliat dock after photographing the eclipse (click to enlarge)
Sunrise from Gignilliat dock on August 20, 2017 (click to enlarge)
Photo of close-up corola with two pinkish solar flares taken 14:36 (click to enlarge)
Some PhotoShop color effects to accentuate corola
Click photo to right to see last glimpse of Bailey's beads at lower left and major solar flares at center right and lower right, taken 14:35:41
This page dedicated to the memory of Julia Torbert's father, Dr. Edward W. Burke, Jr., Professor of Physics & Astronomy at King College (now University) in Bristol, Tennessee
