2017 North American Solar Eclipse (Josh Putnam)

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2017 North American Solar Eclipse

For years before the 2017 Solar Eclipse buzz was building around it. Everyone understood that it was a big deal passing through our area. I knew this was a picture I had to have and knew that the opportunity was fleeting, so I had to make it happen. I read up and watched tutorials and learned everything I could in the years preceding the eclipse, so I could be prepared. One of the things that was often said, was get your solar filters well in advance, because they will go out of stock and be impossible to find as the date comes near. Fortunately I had taken the care to carefully save the delicate homemade filter I had made for the transit of Mercury just over a year earlier.

I also had the experience of that transit to draw on. After driving around 5 hours to the tiny town of Antelope Oregon, I found a spot and set up, and was soon joined by other astronomers. I started early and got images of the moon moving slowly into position. As a massive shadow swept across the land, you could hear people scattered all over the area cheering. At the key moment, I removed the solar filter and got all the key shots including the diamond ring. But this one was my favorite.

Without the intense light of the sun, the sky darkens and stars become visible. This was something I had heard about but not planned for. This is a hobby where a lot of these little lucky moments happen, and there is this exhilarating feeling of newness which is constantly reemerging. In the spur of the moment, I "named" the star which surely already had a name. In my not-so-private recollections of the event, I call it "Jordan's Star" after my firstborn son.

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	Image of the day	Top pick	Top pick nominations	Total submitted
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