Third Contact - the final diamond ring

Diamond Ring
This image was taken just as the totality was ending. It is personally the photograph that I think was the best I took during the eclipse. This image shows the inner corona and the sun's disk just starting to appear.

As with the photographs taken during the Total Phase no filters were used for this image. The idea is to stop down the camera and get a shot before the full intensity of the sun breaks through. It is not safe to look through the viewfinder at this point. After totality the sun should be lined up and you can activate the shutter without looking as the sun emerges. I had a bit more trouble with the first diamond ring at Second Contact.

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