A thin crescent appeared. The shadow moved in after rising above the cloud bank. The blue over took us as I swiveled the video camera to the sun after capturing the shadow darkening. Even as it glinted for a long time , I could see the inner corona. We had full 360 degree view of ring of fire.
Bells rang in the town to the south.
The golden corona with the golden spikes were glorious. Venus was clearly seen. The golden color of the corona reminded me of that blue gold color on the landscape near Brandon in Canada in 1979. The spikes in the corona were all around just as the SOHO satellite had pictured it a week before the trip. White Venus was easy to spot below.