James Moore submitted this photo of the eclipse taken by his granddaughter Carly Dickens on Saturday.
The ring of fire eclipse was more of a crescent for most Carson Valley residents who found a piece of welding glass or a filter to watch on Saturday morning.
Valley resident Michael Smith said he drove to Golconda to catch the whole show and caught his photo at 9:25 a.m. during a few brief moments of the annularity.
If it seemed brighter on Saturday morning, that’s because the sun was more intense as the moon moved into position.
Scott McAffee’s photo captured the eclipse in a lens flare projected out.
Over in Smith Valley, George Peterson saw gaps in the trees taking the shape of the sun.
“It took me a moment to realize what I was looking at,” he said. “The gaps in the tree leaves formed an aperture for eclipse viewing.”
Johnson Lane resident Frank Davis took his photo through a filtered solar scope at about 9:30 a.m. local time. Gardnerville astronomer Ray Bertucci caught a photo through his telescope.
James Moore’s granddaughter Carly captured the eclipse with her camera.
Genoa residents Gim and Joyce Hollister used a piece of welding glass to watch the eclipse. Joyce made a pinhole camera out of a shoebox to watch as the moon slowly bit into the sun’s disc.
Students from the University of Nevada, Reno, and University of Nevada, Las Vegas, launched a weather balloon from Winnemucca to observe the eclipse.
A total solar eclipse will occur April 8, 2024, crossing the United States from Texas to Maine.
