Eclipse Photography UNFILTERED LIMB Several blazing solar prominences were visible along the Moon's silhouette moments before third contact during the 2017 eclipse. Totality is the only time prominences are visible without protective filters and reveal their pinkish color. Nicolas Lefaudeux used the same telescope camera and compositing technique to produce this image as he used for the one seen on the top of page 60. GLITTERING BEADS A rapid series of short exposures permitted Fred Espenak to catch Baily's Beads - parts of the solar disk seen between the Moon's crater rims and mountains as the Sun emerged during third contact. The image is a montage of 13 exposures of 1 /1000 second at ISO 200 taken with a Nikon D810 DSLR camera and 1,000-mm lens at f/10. 62 APRIL 2023 * SKY & TELESCOPE