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    Should You Try to Take a Photo of the Total Eclipse?

    The cosmic event may be fleeting, but your friends’ reactions will be worth capturing.
    by Rebecca Boyle Aug 16, 2017 4 minutes
    Source: Albeiro Lopera / Reuters

    Most full moons, I try in vain to take a photo of our nearest celestial companion, and wind up posting something terribly blurry on Instagram. But even my best shots don’t depict what the scene feels like; I can only hope to preserve a piece of that feeling. So for something as rare and fleeting as a total eclipse, should I even try?

    Eclipse chasers are mixed on this, and many say eclipse novices shouldn’t bother; not only will the photo feel insufficient, it’s not worth missing the show just to put something on Insta. But they almost all agree on one thing: Take photos and videos of your surroundings, even if it’s just on your smartphone. when the sun disappeared. (If you do take photos, , and we’ll highlight them in our Instagram story!)

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