As totality ends, the events that led up to totality play out in reverse. Here we see the second instance of Baily’s beads, bits of uncovered sun shining through valleys between mountains on the edge of the moon, appear along the western limb of the moon. These are named after British astronomer Francis Baily who described them during the annular eclipse of 1836.

Location: Hot Springs, Arkansas.

Telescope/mount: Celestron Super C8+ with Celestron f/6.3 focal reducer/corrector.

Camera: Canon EOS mirrorless R8. 1/2000 second exposure at ISO 100.