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I promised myself that I would just look at the eclipse this time. That worked for a while, but toward the end just before the diamond ring, I had to grab a few shots. If you look closely, the planet Jupiter shows up in the lower left of the frame.

The length this time wasn't as long as the total eclipse I saw in 1991, but it was absolutely spectacular! For those of us who were in the umbra, we got our money's worth! If you were only in the penumbra, don't make that mistake again. If you weren't in the umbra or the penumbra of the shadow, oh well...

The weather was CAVU and the eclipse performed as promised. Yes, I would do it again!

Image of the 2017 total solar eclipse copyright Jon Burch Photography

Photography is all about using light to capture the emotion and beauty of a fleeting moment. For me, this adventure began with a single spring image using a small Kodak film camera of a freshly watered central Kansas ditch and has come full circle using modern digital techniques. My first camera was acquired by trading an ancient Royal typewriter to a fellow college student who was desperate to finish a term paper. It was a long time ago and that camera was my passport to an art that has fascinated me ever since. I owned and operated a professional studio in central Kansas for 20 years and moved to Colorado in 1994. Part of the studio's early success came from creating outdoor portraiture using controlled lighting...