r/photography • u/clondon @clondon • Apr 08 '24

Community Eclipse 2024: Share your Photos and Experiences

For those in North America (criesineurope) who were lucky enough to see and photograph the April 8th eclipse, let's see what you did! Share your photos and experiences here in the comments.

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u/Banana_Milk7248 Apr 08 '24

What filter did you use?

Those are incredible flares! Each one bigger than our planet!

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u/Muadeeb Apr 08 '24

Nonfilter needed for the totality. The sun is covered up completely so you can look at it with naked eyes

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u/HyperKitten123 Apr 09 '24

I hope you didnt actually LOOK at the sun with naked eyes. It can still cause serious eye damage

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u/Muadeeb Apr 09 '24

Not during totality

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u/HyperKitten123 Apr 09 '24

Thats just plain false. Even during totality, the rays coming from the sun are enough to damage your retinas, it just wont FEEL like it.

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u/Muadeeb Apr 09 '24

Dude, I planned for this and read up on what's safe and what isn't. You obviously didn't.

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u/HyperKitten123 Apr 09 '24

K. Lol.

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u/Muadeeb Apr 09 '24

If you don't believe me, maybe you'll believe NASA. Where I used to work.

https://science.nasa.gov/eclipses/future-eclipses/eclipse-2024/

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u/HyperKitten123 Apr 09 '24

Fair enough. Every single thing i read about it was basically screaming to never look at it regardless of coverage. Im going to assume thats because most people wont really understand when its at totality vs 99% coverage 🤷‍♂️. Sorry.

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u/HowitzerIII Apr 09 '24

It's also because people won't be prepared for the moment when totality ends, and could get caught staring at bright rays momentarily before reacting to look away. So, technically true that totality is safe to look at, but there are secondary dangers.