Scott Kissinger<p>This was totality — photographed from my parents’ yard in Southern Illinois during the April 8, 2024 eclipse.</p><p>The sun’s corona was blazing, and we could even see flares along the edge.</p><p>A moment of awe, silence, and cosmic perspective.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Eclipse2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Eclipse2024</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TotalSolarEclipse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TotalSolarEclipse</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Astrophotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Astrophotography</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SouthernIllinois" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SouthernIllinois</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SolarCorona" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SolarCorona</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EclipseFlares" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EclipseFlares</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FediverseSky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FediverseSky</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BackyardAstronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BackyardAstronomy</span></a></p>