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The solar eclipse of August 21, 2017, dubbed "The Great American Eclipse" by the media, was a total solar eclipse visible within a band that spanned the entire contiguous United States, passing from the Pacific to the Atlantic coasts. As a partial solar eclipse, it was visible on land from Nunavut in northern Canada to as far south as northern South America. In northwestern Europe and Africa, it was partially visible in the late evening. In Asia, it was visible only at the eastern extremity, the Chukchi Peninsula.
File: The photos used in this photo were taken with a Canon Mark III 5D DSLR, which was attached to a Stellarvue 130 EDT Telescope. Individual frames were from 1/250 to 1/2000 at ISO 100.

Prior to this event, no solar eclipse had been visible across the entire contiguous United States since June 8, 1918; not since the February 1979 eclipse had a total eclipse been visible from anywhere in the mainland United States. The path of totality touched 14 states, and the re...

My fascination with the art of photography has been long standing. From the days of film to today's DSLR, I love all aspects of photography. I started taking photos with a focus on landscapes in New England and have since expanded to the same focus in the Pacific Northwest. I am also an avid astrophotographer with a DSLR. Have done some photography for journalistic stories and magazines such as the AKC magazine and an couple of astrophotography publications, i.e., Astronomy Magazine, etc. I like photographs that tell a story, whether it be about an individual, a place, a historical event, or history in the making, I also believe that photography is a way to express yourself and give others a look at the world through the photographer's...