Occulting Sun
Nevada, on July 29, 2003

I have four digital shots taken July 29, at approximately 4:00 PM PDT of the Sun above the desert of Las Vegas.

#1. Is original photo and reveals a small moon just past the 3 o'clock position of the solar disk.

 

Numbers 2 - 3 are filtered renditions through PhotoShop:

#2. Has brightness/contrast adjusted for view of strangely vertical elongated sun,

#3. Used the emboss filter to show definition of moonlet,

#4. Used the neon filter to show details revealed by the glow including moonlet glow.

Terrence

 

I think the object at 3 o'clock is the White Persona, with the Red Persona occulting the Sun at 5-6-7 o'clock.

Nancy