Observation by Steve Knight: Eclipse Earthlight

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Steve Knight

Observer

Steve Knight

Observed

2026 Aug 12 - 17:41

Uploaded

2026 Aug 17 - 23:17

Objects

Eclipse
The Earth

Equipment

Canon 90D
Askar SQA55

Location

68° 24' N 26° 28' W

Target name

Eclipse Earthlight

Title

Eclipse Earthlight

About this image

Here’s an extremely processed stack of 731 video frames of the beginning of the total solar eclipse.

I was trying to pick up the features of the moon illuminated by the full Earth, you can clearly see Mare Serenitatis and Mare Tranquillitatis and if you squint Mare Crisium.

Mildly please with this. Particularly as I was on a liner, in a rough sea, very windy, manually tracking, in the Arctic 6 miles from the Greenland coast.

Appreciate that the correct term is Earthshine but I have always preferred Earthlight. Also a very good novel by Arthur C Clarke.

Files associated with this observation

Earthlight high ISO_l4_ap216 better cropped.png (495.5 kB)

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