I got an unexpected opportunity to travel to Jackson, Wyoming, in the Grand Tetons,
to see the eclipse on August 21. I took a lot of pictures, but the bottom line is these phases of the eclipse:
The sky was clear, the time was near noon, and you could see the moon eat into the sun right along the ecliptic.
More below the fold.
Photograph by Alan Rice.
Photography contest, Runner-up.
Photograph by Vivian Dullien.
Photography contest, Winner.
20 votes were cast for the 7 finalists. Dr. Dullien’s splendid picture of the damselfly earned 8 of those votes and therefore is the winner of the 2017 contest. She will be awarded an autographed copy of Why Evolution Works (and Creationism Fails) by Matt Young and Paul Strode. The runner-up, with 6 votes, was Alan Rice’s frost pattern preserved in mud; Mr. Rice’s photograph will be displayed in 2 weeks.
Here are the finalists of the 2017 photography contest. We received 30 photographs from 11 photographers. We had considerable difficulty choosing seven finalists – most of the pictures were excellent, as you will no doubt see during the coming months. As before, we enlisted our wife to help with the choices, which are displayed below the proverbial fold. Unfortunately, the submissions did not lend themselves to being divided into categories, so we present one general category (which includes as much variety as we could muster). The text was written by the photographers and lightly edited for consistency.
The finalists are presented in alphabetical order of last name. Please look through their photographs before voting for your favorite. Polling will close Friday, August 4, at approximately 12:00 MDT.
Reed Cartwright contributed to this post.
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