#2917: Types of Eclipse Photo
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Types of Eclipse Photo
[Eclipse during totality]
The Standard
[Partial eclipse with lighter sky]
The Partial
[Two Cueballs and Ponytail looking and pointing at the sky]
The Reaction Shot
[Eclipse during totality with red "ribbons" around the Moon]
The Fancy Lens
[A blurry ring of light in the center]
The Focus Issues
[The rear of an SUV]
The Traffic Jam
[A dark circle on Earth's surface]
The Astronaut
[A gray cover of clouds]
The "Frustratedly Looking up the Cloud Situation in Australia for 2028"
(Sourced from explainxkcd.com)
Title text:The most rare, top-tier eclipse photo would be the Solar Earth Eclipse, but the Apollo 12 crew's attempt to capture it was marred by camera shake. They said it looked spectacular, though.