Here are some stills I pulled from the 1080p proxy of the 12K video. The only reason for the difference in brightness between the images (other than the sun going behind the moon) is that there was some light cloud cover that rolled in during totality.
On the plus side, you can clearly see the solar prominences in the 3rd and 4th pic. I can’t wait to look at the full res from the cameras.
Shot on a Blackmagic Design 12K Pro with 100-400mm lens with a 2x extender.
My #homeassistant produced this nice image, because today was totally clear sky and my solar panels were providing full power. It's funny how doing things at home is so clearly visible in power usage.
This cosmic coincidence is truly fascinating: the Sun is about 400 times wider than the Moon, but it’s also 400 times farther away from Earth. This perfect balance makes them appear almost the same size in our sky, allowing the Moon to occasionally cover the Sun completely during a solar eclipse.
The world's biggest renewables & storage project, in northern Australia, will have 12 GW of wind, 12 GW of solar, and 32 GWh of storage. It will supply both Singapore & Australia. The project will likely be rolled out in two stages – with the first sized at 12 GW of wind & solar and 16 GWh of battery storage.
I wasn't planning to do any solar imaging yesterday, but I changed my mind once I saw what the sunspots were up to! That large sunspot region is cranking out solar flares at an impressive rate. Hopefully I'll get another chance to image on a clearer day before they disappear around the side.
The world’s biggest solar plant has come online in China, capable of powering a small country with its annual capacity of more than 6 billion kilowatt hours.
The facility in a desert region of the north-west province of Xinjiang covers 200,000 acres – roughly the same area as New York City.
The 5GW complex, which was connected to China’s grid on Monday, is powerful enough to meet the electricity demands of a country the size of Luxembourg or Papua New Guinea.
Now that's fascinating. While everyone's talking about all the active #Solar activity, I just worked PJ2/W4IPC on 28.012.1 MHz CW. #AmateurRadio#HamRadio
I feel like I just accidentally invented the perfect #solar#astrophotography gadget for doing daytime polar alignment.
I mean, I guarantee someone has done something like this. I just figured I would have to make a custom 3d printed mount, not literally attach two random things with a screw.
"The ‘rooftop #solar conundrum’ is another issue, where increased tariffs have spurred demand for rooftop panels, leading to a decline in demand from the national grid.
...contribute to the ‘capacity payment conundrum’, ..purchasing agreements obligate the gov to make payments even when plants are not generating electricity."
A few folk were going 'blah blah blah your #solar panels are at the wrong angle for your latitude blah blah blah it'l gonna be so bad blah blah blah’ when I showed the polycarbonate bins with a 10~15° angle that they would be installed onto.
Well, here we are with a clear day in early April and they're pumping out 3,500 watts out of a theoretical-maximum-that-will-never-actually-be-reached of 4,000 watts.
Auf dem Rückweg nach #Dortmund gab es dann auch mal #Sonne - eher so was wie Sonnenuntergang, aber so, das sie direkt auf zwei der vier Solarzellen des #Velostudios fiel - Pro Batterie (2 Stück sind im Anhänger) sprangen 80 Watt raus. Die Motorunterstützung beträgt 150 bis 250 Watt - bei den aktuellen Wetterverhältnissen hätte ich mit weniger gerechnet :-) #DIY#camper#solar#photovoltanic#fahrrad