cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/14134657
Took this from Vermont where we had totality for 3.5 min.
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I got a similar photo, but not with a reflector. My image is the reverse of yours. :-)
I missed the correct exposure during C2, but was able to get it around C3 as totality ended. Maybe that's why it's the reverse. I wasn't using a reflector though, not sure where/how that'd be used.
I suspect they're saying a reflector telescope, or other telescope arrangement, that flips the image. I'm also a bit confused because while I also immediately assumed you had a flipped image, others are agreeing it was a 5 o'clock dot. My images (with a standard camera and lens) and memory (eyeballs and binoculars) put the dot at the 7. My post-totality beads are also to the left rather than right.
But still, your image is amazingly crisp. I jealous I spent time making fuzzier images. Best one I've seen here yet, short of observatory equipment. I had a crop dslr with a 70-200 f/4
The orientation of the sun and moon relative to the horizon actually depend on your latitude. Think of it in the extremes: Teo peoplee standing on the North and South Poles see the sky upside down relative to each other.
That makes sense. However, both of us identified the same city and everyone at this event was in the same hemisphere. So all the same moon orientation, but the approach/departure angles were entirely different across just a narrow band. 100 miles or something.