You don't need a ton of professional gear to capture an image of the total solar eclipse next month, but photographers and space agencies say it is necessary to use eclipse glasses or solar filters to avoid damaging your eyes and phones.Mélanie Meinrad holds solar glasses over her phone to take a photo of the partial solar eclipse on Aug. 21, 2017, in London, Ont.
While Quebec City and Dallas are both in that path, Moussette booked his trip because the phenomenon will last 51 seconds longer in Texas. Space agencies and ophthalmologists agree that looking at a partial solar eclipse without approved eye protection can cause lasting eye damage. The Phillippe Moussette's photo of the total solar eclipse on Aug. 21, 2017, shows the sun's outer atmosphere — a white ring called the corona — peeking out behind the moon.
"You can put the phone in your glasses and take a picture. It's possible, but I recommend you use a filter," said Moussette, who started his astronomy photography career on a Minolta SRT 100 film camera in 1998. Elliot Braun aligns his toy planets on the sidewalk as crescent shaped beams of light from the partial eclipse shining through foliage create images of the sun on the ground around him during the partial solar eclipse in London, Ont., in August 2017.