I took these photos at 6:15 PM Arizona time, while wearing a pair of 99-percent UV-reduction welder's glasses and a hat to block the sun from my eyes. I love the effect of the rays over the back wall of the yard. The palm tree in the background is about a full block away and stands about three stories tall. I'll take more photos around 6:30 PM. The apparent change in the sun's position from north of the palm to south of it was me taking photos from multiple angles, not any genuine movement of the sun itself. I think that pink-orange arc might be an optical illusion.
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| Sunset, 6:15 PM AZT May 20, 2012 by Jack V. Sage |
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| Sunset B, 6:15 PM AZT May 20, 2012 by Jack V. Sage |
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| Sunset C, 6:15 PM AZT May 20, 2012 by Jack V. Sage |
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| Sunset D, 6:15 PM AZT May 20, 2012 by Jack V. Sage |
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| Sunset E, 6:15 PM AZT May 20, 2012 by Jack V. Sage |
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| Sunset F, 6:15 PM AZT May 20, 2012 by Jack V. Sage |
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| Sunset G, 6:15 PM AZT May 20, 2012 by Jack V. Sage |
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| Sunset H, 6:15 PM AZT May 20, 2012 by Jack V. Sage |
I took this next batch of photos at 6:30 PM AZ time, two houses over for the first two, and about half a block north of the house for the other six. I had to move because the sun dropped too far below the horizon to see it over the roof of the houses behind ours. It makes a beautiful scene over the neighbor's Cereus peruvianus.
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| Sunset A, 6:30 PM AZT May 20, 2012 by Jack V. Sage |
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| Sunset B, 6:30 PM AZT May 20, 2012 by Jack V. Sage |
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| Sunset C, 6:30 PM AZT May 20, 2012 by Jack V. Sage |
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| Sunset D, 6:30 PM AZT May 20, 2012 by Jack V. Sage |
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| Sunset E, 6:30 PM AZT May 20, 2012 by Jack V. Sage |
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| Sunset F, 6:30 PM AZT May 20, 2012 by Jack V. Sage |
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| Sunset G, 6:30 PM AZT May 20, 2012 by Jack V. Sage |
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| Sunset H, 6:30 PM AZT May 20, 2012 by Jack V. Sage |
I took this last set of photos between 6:50PM and 7:15PM AZ time. The sun kept dropping below the horizon faster than I could walk to keep up with it, so I never did get a shot of the eclipse itself. There was a bite out of the upper left arc of the sun by 7:15, and the sunset was a bright neon orange to bright neon pink.
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| Sunset A, 6:50 PM AZT May 20, 2012 by Jack V. Sage |
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| Sunset B, 6:50 PM AZT May 20, 2012 by Jack V. Sage |
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| Sunset C, 7:15 PM AZT May 20, 2012 by Jack V. Sage |
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| Sunset D, 7:15 PM AZT May 20, 2012 by Jack V. Sage |
I love sunset photos. I live on the east coast and was unable to see this particular eclipse. I have been privileged to see two total solar eclipses. It's quite a feeling, isn't it?
ReplyDeleteIt certainly is. I got so caught up in taking photos and chasing the sunset that I walked almost a mile in flip-flops without realizing it. The blisters between my toes were worth it, though. :) Note to self: protective equipment for photographing an eclipse includes sensible shoes. Flip-flops definitely fail the sensible shoe test. :)
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