The entry diamond ring springs forth ad is brief, seeming a fraction of a second. Totality is upon us. A surrealistic eeriness engulfs the ship. Solar filters and glasses removed, all look up. The pearly-white corona is roundish and intricate with streamers issuing forth from all parts of the sun.
Some streamers are of-axis to center of sun.
The inner corona is vividly bright. Pinkish-red prominences are everywhere around the solar disk, too numerous to count in a brief time. One prominence at the 5 o'clock position is disconnected and hook-shaped. Venus shines in its glory to the lower left of the eclipsed sun. Mercury was not noted.