Total Solar Eclipse Time Lapse

The August 21, 2017 total solar eclipse, seen from Jay Em, WY. (The location was a last-minute choice, as our primary viewing location in Nebraska had an unfavorable weather forecast. Made it to Jay Em an hour before first contact after a 6 hour night drive...) Cameras: Canon 6D, attached to a TMB-92 f/5.5 refractor Canon T2i on Sevenoak 360° Electronic Ball Head Contour Roam 3 Audio recording: Zoom H1 Exposure times (with Canon 6D): Partial phase: 1/3200 s through Baader solar filter Totality: 1/4000 to 1/2 s (3 s @ mid-eclipse) Processing: CR2 conversion: Dcraw Image registration: Octave (2D FFT cross-correlation) Blending: Enfuse Contrast/color balance: Rawtherapee Filtering: Gimp Blending: ffmpeg/Melt/Kdenlive The totality images were submitted to the Eclipse Megamovie project: Music: “Mountain Sun“, Audionautix “At Launch“, Kevin MacLeod () Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License