"The Sun was eclipsed; it was all gone.
It was like ink and without light.
The stars were visible in the daytime."
-- Hyaku Rensho. (Total solar eclipse of August AD 975)
There are photos from our families expedition to T-Lea Farm, Tellico Plains, Tennessee for Great American Total Eclipse August 21, 2017. In the Shadow of the Moon - 2 min 37 sec.
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Solar Corona - Tellico Plains, Tennessee - Total Solar Eclipse 2017, New York City Expedition, photo by Igor Kuskovsky |
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Total Solar Eclipse 2017 August 21 Canon 60D Tellico Plains, Tennessee, New York City Expedition, photo by Igor Kuskovsky |
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Diamond Ring Total Solar Eclipse 2017 Celestron Nexstar 4SE Astrophotography |
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Solar Corona Great USA Eclipse 2017 Celestron Nexstar 4SE Astrophotography |
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Solar Eclipse 2017 Aug 21 Dimond Ring and Solar Corona |
Solar activity was pretty
active (compare other days when no sunspots was visible). Three bright solar flares
and couple of sunspot areas (Wolf Number about 66).
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The Beginning of Total Solar Eclipse 2017, Aug 21 - Coronado SolarMax II 60 Telescope, Celestron Nexstar 4SE Tripod, Canon 60Da Camera, Tennessee Astrophotography |
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Total Solar Eclipse 2017 - Celestron Nexstar 4SE Telescope, Canon 60Da Camera, Solar Filter Spectrum Telescope ST525G, Tellico Plains, Tennessee Astrophotography |
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Telescope Nexstar 4SE Camera Canon 60Da Total Solar Eclipse 2017 Tennessee Astrophotography |
Temperature dropped about 10 degrees Fahrenheit (or 5 degrees Celsius) during the Totality. It was cold! Even small clouds disappeared around the sun, probably because of such temperature inside moon shadow.
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Total Solar Eclipse 2017 Black and White T-Lea Farm Tellico Plains Tennessee Astrophotography |
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Tennessee Astrophotography - Great Total Solar Eclipse 2017, T-Lea Farm, Tellico Plains |
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Great American Eclipse August 21 2017 Celestron 4SE |
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Tennessee Astrophotography - At night before the Solar Eclipse - Milky Way - T-Lea Farm, Tellico Plains |