Before totality, the Moon gobbles up a string of sunspots along the solar equator as it moves from right to left in this image.

• Telescope: Stellarvue SVA130T-IS
• Mount: Losmandy G-11 with Gemini 2 controller
• Autoguiding: No
• Optical Configuration: 0.72x field flattener & reducer (f/5); Baader solar filter
• Camera: Canon 60Da
• Light Frame(s): Single, 1/5000-sec exposure
• Calibration: None (no darks, no flats, no biases)
• Exposure Time: 1/5000 sec
• ISO: 100
• Processing: Photoshop CC
• Imaging Location: Prairie City, Ore.

Before totality, the Moon slowly swallows up a string of sunspots along the solar equator during the 2017 solar eclipse.