SkyNews | Where Earth Meets Sky

Michael Watson took this image of the eclipse from Oakville, Ontario, at 5:56 a.m. EDT. He used a * 1253mm focal length telescope. | SkyNews
Michael Watson took this image of the eclipse from Oakville, Ontario, at 5:56 a.m. EDT. He used a 1253mm focal length telescope.
Eclipses

Photos of the solar eclipse: June 10, 2021

A beautiful eclipse greeted northern and eastern Canadians as they woke up on June 10, 2021. Here’s what our readers saw.

By on Jun 10, 2021

A beautifully shadowed early morning Sun greeted northern and eastern Canadians lucky enough to have clear skies on June 10, 2021, as the annular eclipse swept across the country.

Drawing a line down North America, from the Yukon to Georgia, those east got a view of the partial eclipse. A strip around the globe, from Lake Superior to Russia, saw the annular eclipse.

A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon crosses between the Sun and the Earth. When an eclipse occurs and the Moon is smaller in our sky than the Sun (meaning the Moon is farther away), it creates an annular or “ring of fire” eclipse.

Here are just a few of the images taken by SkyNews readers in southern Canada.

Did you get pictures? Share your images with SkyNews by sending them to editor@skynews.ca.

Mark Turner climbed Boler Mountain to capture downtown London, Ontario, during the eclipse. He used a Canon 6D and Tamron 70mm-300mm lens to take the shot, as well as a Sony A7ii on a 400mm Cornado solarscope with etalon and blocking filter removed.
Jason Dain produced this composite image of the partial eclipse as seen from Halifax, Nova Scotia. He used a tripod-mounted Nikon D850, a 500mm f/4 lens with 2× teleconverter and Baader AstroSolar filter.
Jenna Hinds took this image of the annular solar eclipse in Toronto at 5:54 a.m. | SkyNews
Jenna Hinds, shooting from Colonel Samuel Smith Park in Toronto just after 6 a.m., took this picture of the annular eclipse on June 10, 2021.
Shooting from Fredericton, New Brunswick, Jeff Beairsto captured this image of the annular eclipse. Beairsto captured the images using a Nikon D600 with a 200mm f/4 prime lens through a solar filter. | SkyNews
Shooting from Fredericton, New Brunswick, Jeff Beairsto captured this image of the annular eclipse.
Shooting from Fredericton, New Brunswick, Jeff Beairsto captured this image of the annular eclipse. Beairsto captured the images using a Nikon D600 with a 200mm f/4 prime lens through a solar filter. | SkyNews
Beairsto captured the images using a Nikon D600 with a 200mm f/4 prime lens through a solar filter.
Michael Watson took this image of the eclipse from Oakville, Ontario, at 5:56 a.m. EDT. He used a * 1253mm focal length telescope. | SkyNews
Michael Watson took this image of the eclipse from Oakville, Ontario, at 5:56 a.m. EDT. He used a 1253mm focal length telescope. Click here to see the image on Flickr.
Pamela Weston shot the eclipse from Stanleyville, Ontario. Click here for her blog post about imaging the eclipse.
Shooting from the Reversing Falls toward St. John, New Brunswick, Paul Owen joked that he was actually eating a cookie when the Moon took a bite out of the Sun's light during the annular eclipse on June 10, 2021. | SkyNews
Shooting from the Reversing Falls toward St. John, New Brunswick, Paul Owen joked that he was actually eating a cookie when the Moon took a bite out of the Sun’s light during the annular eclipse.
SkyNews editor-in-chief Allendria Brunjes took this picture, from Georgian Bay waterfront in Collingwood, Ontario, at about 5:39 a.m.

More annular eclipse details

Looking for more on the eclipse on June 10, 2021, or resources about eclipses in general? Click here for more.

Read more
The Sun experienced an annular eclipse as it set a little west of Cedar City, Utah, on May 20, 2012. This image is of its partial phase.| SkyNews
The Sun setting during the partial phase of an annular eclipse. (Don Hladiuk)

Related Posts

Total solar eclipse of August 2017 as seen in Oregon. (NASA and Aubrey Gemignani) | SkyNews
Observing•Eclipses•News
The oncoming of a solar eclipse 

Two eclipses are coming up for people in North America to view: an annular solar eclipse in 2023 and a total solar eclipse in 2024.

Feb 07, 2023
Michael Watson took this image of the eclipse from Oakville, Ontario, at 5:56 a.m. EDT. He used a * 1253mm focal length telescope. | SkyNews
Eclipses
Photos of the solar eclipse: June 10, 2021

A beautiful eclipse greeted northern and eastern Canadians as they woke up on June 10, 2021. Here’s what our readers saw.

Jun 10, 2021
These images were taken during the total lunar eclipse September 27, 2015. Taras Rabarsky shot from the St. Lawrence Valley area using an 8-inch f/10 SCT with 0.63× focal reducer and a Canon EOS T2i camera attached to it in direct projection mode. The exposures varied from 1/320 second at ISO 200 during the shadow’s ingress to 2.0 seconds at ISO 1600 during totality. | SkyNews
Eclipses
Lunar eclipse: May 26, 2021

What is a lunar eclipse? Why does the Moon turn red, into a “blood Moon”? Learn more about this celestial event, visible from western Canada, and how to photograph it.

Apr 13, 2021
Don Hladiuk imaged the Sun as it set a little west of Cedar City, Utah, on May 20, 2012. | SkyNews
How to•Solar observing•Eclipses
How to photograph a solar eclipse

Here are a few simple photography tips from eclipse chaser Don Hladiuk on keeping your eyes safe and capturing a great digital memory.

Apr 12, 2021

Subscribe to SkyNews

Canada's magazine of astronomy and stargazing in print or digital.

January/February 2023 | SkyNews

Follow Us