Blog reader Herm Donatelli traveled from Atlanta to South Carolina to witness the total solar eclipse on Monday August 21.

He equipped his camera with a filter so he wouldn’t damage it.  “I unfortunately forgot to remove my solar filter during totality,” he wrote, “and thus had no pictures of my own during that time. That’s what makes the composite so realistic!”

Here’s his rendering of the eclipse in time.

(composite eclipse photo by Herm Donatelli)