After the second Baily’s beads, the second diamond ring effect appears. The first bit of uncovered sun appears on one side of the moon while the sky remains dark enough for the inner corona, the sun’s atmosphere, to shine around the rest of the moon. This creates the illusion of a brilliant diamond ring in the sky. As soon as this effect has been photographed, the solar filter has to be replaced on the telescope lest the bright sun damage the telescope and camera.

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.