The Great American Eclipse, as seen from Chapin, South Carolina

A test picture of the sun, taken on Sunday, August 20, about 24 hours before Totality would be reached the following day.
Note several small sunspots.

Except for during Totality, all photos of the sun must be taken with a special filter to prevent damage to the camera. The non-totality photos in this collection were all taken with an Orion full-aperture solar filter.