The Annular Solar Eclipse of 2012 May 20,
Whiskeytown Lake, California

Whiskeytown Lake
Whiskeytown Lake
, near Redding, CA,
snapshot by F. Ringwald.
Our 
setup, with Dillon looking thoughtful
Our setup
, with Fresno State physics graduate student
Dillon Trelawny observing, snapshot by F. Ringwald.

Annular eclipse sequence
Annular eclipse sequence
. This is series of exposures through an Orion 90mm f/10 refractor and Thousand Oaks Type 2+ white light solar filter with a Canon EOS 60Da camera at ISO 100, each image being a single 1/13 to 1/80-s exposure, by F. Ringwald.


Crescent 
shadows, under a tree
Crescent shadows
under a tree,
snapshot by F. Ringwald.
Eclipse crowd
Eclipse crowd of about 2000
,
snapshot by F. Ringwald.



The Lunar Eclipse of 2003 May 15

Lunar eclipse in totality, 2003 May 
15
Lunar eclipse in totality
, 2003 May 15. This is a 1/15-s exposure on 800-speed Fujicolor Superia X-Tra film, through a 90mm refractor at f/10 by F. Ringwald.

Lunar eclipse emerging from totality,
2003 May 15
Lunar eclipse emerging from totality
, 2003 May 15. This is a 1/15-s exposure about an hour after the previous one, by F. Ringwald.

Lunar eclipse after totality, 2003
May 15
Lunar eclipse after totality
, 2003 May 15. This 1/8-s exposure was taken about an hour after the previous one, by F. Ringwald.

Full Moon, 2003 May 15
Full Moon
, taken about an hour after the end of the lunar eclipse, 2003 May 15. This is a 1.0-s exposure on 100-speed TMax film, through a 90mm refractor at f/10, by F. Ringwald.

Lunar eclipse crowd, 2003 May 15
Lunar eclipse crowd
, 2003 May 15. This is a 1/15-s exposure on 800-speed Fujicolor Superia X-Tra film, through a 50mm lens at f/3.5 by F. Ringwald.

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