Sunset of Totality
Sunset during the totality phase of the total solar eclipse of 2017 over Lake Chatuge in Hiawassee, Georgia. This image is one frame, not a composite image. The 15mm lens allowed capturing the foreground and lake as well as the sun in the sky. The angle to the sun at this point was about 66.5 degrees above the horizon. The 100 degree field of view was needed to get everything in the frame. The solar eclipse of 2017 passed across the entire United States from the northwest to the southeast. The path of totality was approximately 70 miles wide and totality lasted a maximum of approximately 2' 30" depending on location. Lake Chatuge is a 7500 acre lake created in 1942 when the Tennessee Valley Authority created Chatuge Dam on the Hiawassee River in North Carolina. The lake straddles the border of North Carolina and Georgia. (6.0 sec at f/13, ISO 100) </br> </br>©John Cothron 2017, For consideration only, no reproduction without prior permission.
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