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The Crowd Gathers
Credit: Dan Sirbu
The Sky Looks Ominous (click on image for Satelite image from 6:35pm)
Credit: Dan Sirbu
The Equipment Is Ready (taken during a brief moment of sunshine)
Credit: Dan Sirbu
The Crowd Looks On
Credit: Dan Sirbu
Eventually, The Sun Sets
Credit: Tyler Groff (no relation to the Unix command)
HERE'S SOME INDIVIDUAL PICTURES TAKEN WITH MY QUESTAR
Stack of eight 2-second images taken at 6:26pm EDT.
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Best Single Shots
6:08pm
6:08pm
6:10pm
6:19pm
6:19pm
6:25pm
6:26pm
6:50pm
6:51pm
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Lighter
Darker
Video captured with Eos_movrec. Best 170 frames from 334.
Clouds passing through.
Just Venus by herself taken two minutes before the clouds arrived:
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Sun (w/ Baader solar filter): 12:51 EDT.
Exposure = 1/80 sec at ISO 100.
Venus: 13:35 EDT.
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