The Great American Eclipse of 2017 was visible from a path crossing the entire continental United States. Anyone that has witnessed a total solar eclipse understands what a magical experience it can be. In order to depict all of the detail as it was seen visually, from the flame-like solar prominences, out to the wispy, solar corona required nine different images of varying exposures. This final composite photograph comes close to capturing that magic of witnessing a total solar eclipse.

Equipment: Nikon D5100, Nikon 300mm lens.

Individual exposures by Bob Horton. Scott MacNeill assisted with HDR compositing.