Picture Gallery 2001

		The crescent sun, as viewed through a mylar filter, presages things to come!
		As the sun is slowly masked, its image (projected through leaves on a tree) also becomes crescent-shaped.
		As the last sliver of sun is covered, brilliant red prominences begin to appear.
		Baily's Beads shine out between the lunar mountains.
		The irregularity of the moon's edge is now clearly seen.
		As totality arrives, the inner corona becomes visible together with more prominences.
		A longer exposure reveals more of the corona.
		A 2sec exposure shows the true majesty of the eclipsed sun.
		A composite of eight pictures shows the delicate beauty of the full corona. The symmetric arrangement of streamers is typical of the corona at a sunspot maximum period.
		I made this image after the success of the enhancement process I discovered after the 2006 eclipse. The difference between the 2001 and 2006 coronas is quite striking.
		Another composite, showing prominences all round the sun's edge.
		A close-up view of the largest prominence group, showing that the biggest flare is actually floating above the sun's surface.
		With the sun's light shaded, the planets Mercury (half-way up, on the left) and Jupiter are just visible.
		The beginning of the end: the chromosphere is briefly visible as the sun's brightness re-appears.
		The Diamond Ring flashes out to announce that the spectacle is almost over.
		As the moon retreats, sunspots are revealed (again through a filter).
		Just to prove I was there! Poised in front of the camera I'm engrossed in the spectacle displayed through the darkness before me.