There was an obscuring of sorts, making for a total eclipse (of my heart) Taken in Andrews, North Carolina, on the Tenessee border. There were hundreds of thousands of people there for the party. :)
This is called a diamond ring. You have the "ring" and the shiny stone- off to the right. Isn't she pretty?
Beautiful crescent approaching C2 (C2 is the beginning of totality - a total eclipse of the sun) This looks like a crescent moon, but instead of craters, you can see the sun spot.
The last step before Totality. Presentation of Baily's Beads - the last sunlight shown between the mountains and craters of the moon.