Photographer

Enrico Africa

Location

Magdalena Ridge Observatory, NM

Date

May 20, 2012

Equipment

Lunt LS50 Hydrogen-Alpha filter with B1200 Blocking Filter Borg 76ED Imaging Source DMK41 Camera OPT reducer Celestron CG5 Mount

Description

New Mexico Tech kindly hosted an eclipse party at the Magdelena Ridge Observatory, enabling us to witness annularity at over 10,000 feet in altitude. This is a composite of exposures bringing out both surface features and promiences.

Photographer

James Kevin Ty

E-mail

jkty@astroleaguephils.org

Location

Xiamen , Fujian , China

Date

May 21, 2012

Equipment

Canon EOS 500D DSLR with Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 IS L lens with Canon 1.4x converter set at 560mm f/8 (35mm equivalent of 900mm f/8) 1/2000 sec exposure set at ISO 100.

Description

Chromosphere, prominences and Bailey's Beads visible seconds before 2nd Contact!!! What a great view !!! Amazing !!!

Photographer

James Kevin Ty

E-mail

jkty@astroleaguephils.org

Location

Xiamen , Fujian , China

Date

May 21, 2012

Equipment

Canon EOS 500D DSLR with Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 IS L lens with Canon 1.4x converter set at 560mm f/8 (35mm equivalent of 900mm f/8) 1/2000 sec exposure set at ISO 100. Kenko Sky Memo-R tracker

Description

Beautiful Annular Solar Eclipse in Xiamen , China! Worth the trip and wait !

Photographer

Jim Failes

Location

Lund, Nevada

Date

May 20, Approx. 6:30 pm

Equipment

Nikon Coolpix point and shoot

Description

During Sunday's eclipse, a large elm tree about 200 feet away cast huge pinhole images of the annularly eclipsed sun on a schoolhouse. Each pinhole image is 2 feet in diameter.

Photographer

Rod Pommier

E-mail

pommierr@ohsu.edu

Location

Redding, CA, USA

Date

2012-05-20 17:10 PDTand later

Equipment

Celestron Super C8 Plus, Byers Fork Mount. Thousand Oaks Optical full aperture Type 2 glass solar filter Canon 20D, ISO 800, Exposures all 1/1000 sec

Description

This sequence shows the majority of the annular eclipse photographed at intervals. The sequence begins in the upper left hand corner showing the full solar disk with sunspots before first contact. The last image in the bottom row was taken just before the Sun became covered with clouds during the last half of egress. The three central images of the middle row show second contact, mid annular eclipse as seen from Redding, CA, and third contact, respectively.

Photographer

Anthony Guiller Urbano

E-mail

anthony_urbano@yahoo.com

Location

Philippines

Date

May 21, 2012, 5:52 am local time

Equipment

Sky-Watcher 4-in f/9 refractor, Baader 5.0 ND solar filter, Kenko NES mount, Canon 450D DSLR camera

Description

Partial Eclipse at sunrise (5:52 am local time) taken from Quezon City, Philippines. Sky-Watcher 4-in f/9 refractor, Baader 5.0 ND solar filter, Kenko NES mount, Canon 450D DSLR, 6/10 sec exp, IS0 1600. Photo Credit: Anthony Guiller Urbano

Photographer

Mike Killian

Location

United States

Date

Sunday May 20, 2012

Equipment

I was shooting with a Canon T2i DSLR, 400mm Canon L Lens with a threaded black polymer solar filter

Description

A 747 aircraft crosses the crescent sun during an annular solar eclipse May 20, 2012. Shot from a mountaintop above Kanarraville, Utah. www.MikeKillianPhotography.com

Photographer

Greg Cowan

E-mail

gcowan565@yahoo.com

Location

Boise, ID

Date

20-May-2012 19:03MDT

Equipment

FUJIFILM FinPix S5100 ISO 64, 1/2048sec, F8.9 57mm Filtration: none Hand held.

Description

Sun and moon emerging from cloud bank.

Photographer

Tom Killgore

Location

Albuquerque, NM

Date

5/20/2012

Equipment

Panasonic GH-1 with 14-140mm lens Baader film solar filter handheld

Description

This was shot from the lava flow plateau of the Petroglyph National Monument in Albuquerque. The summit in the distance is Black Volcano, one of three volcanic peaks.

Photographer

David Aragon

E-mail

Cadha13@gmail.com

Location

Off of Atrisco Vista in ABQ

Date

05/20/12 1938 MDT

Equipment

I used a Sony Alpha 900, Minolta 70-210mm f4-5.6, 8x ND filter, 4x ND Polaroid roll film filter, circular Polaroid filter, UV haze filter, a no name 2x teleconverter, shot in RAW format and processed to jpg via Photoshop Elements. I used a Minolta Anglefinder V to view on the tripod.

Description

I was on the side of the road with thousands of people facing west and mounted the camera vertically to better track it.