Solar Eclipse - July 11, 1991

Photo Details:

• Instrument: AstroPhysics 7"-f/9 Starfire Refractor (178mm-f/6 with Focal Reducer)
• Filter: None
• Exposure: See Comments
• Film: Fuji Velvia
• Developer: E6
• Location: Near Todos Santos, Baja California Sur, Mexico (110d 12' W & 23d 19' N)
• Date: July 11, 1991
• Comments: This image is a composite of 1/2000 sec, 1/125 sec, 1/32 sec, 1/16 sec, 1/8 sec, and 1/4 sec photos. They were all taken in the span of about 1 minute during totality. Photoshop was used to build the image starting with the shortest exposure and progressively layering/blending outer parts of the corona shown by the longer exposures.