This image was processed to preserve detail in the inner corona. Click on the image for a higher-resolution version.

This image was processed to enhance detail in the middle and outer corona.
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Equipment: Borg 77mm ED refractor, Kenko Sky Memo mount, Nikon D70
F-ratio: f/6.5
Exposures: 1/2000 second x 2, 1/1000 x 2, 1/500 x 2, 1/250 x 2, 1/125 x 2, 1/60 x 3, 1/30 x 3, 1/15 x 3, 1/8 x 3, 1/4 x 3, 1/2 x 3, 1 second x 3 at ISO 200
Date: March 29, 2006
Location: Salloum, Egypt
Technical Notes: This eclipse sequence was taken via a script using ImagesPlus, enabling me to spend the entire period of totality obseving. The exposures were composited using the Merge to HDR feature  in Photoshop CS2. The resulting image was copied and then a Radial Blur of 20 pixels applied to it. This blurred copy was subtracted from the original image and then combined with the original image using Linear Light  to enhance detail. A slightly enlarged image of the lunar disk was pasted into the center to obscure artifacts created by lunar motion during the sequence of exposures.