"Baily’s Beads are bright spots around the Moon during a solar eclipse that are caused by sunlight passing through lunar valleys. This composite shows the progression, from left to right, from the first ‘diamond ring’ – a moment when one last bright point of sunlight shines beside the faint corona, resembling a diamond on a ring – fading through Baily's Beads into totality and beyond until a 'diamond ring' occurs again as the Sun starts to reappear. "

Taken with a Sky-Watcher Evolux 62 ED telescope, Celestron NexStar Evolution mount, ZWO ASI2600MC Pro camera, 360 mm f/5.8, Gain 100, Diamond Rings: 200 x 1/ 3-second exposures Baily's Beads: 400 x 1/ 6-second exposures, Totality: stack of 7 x 1/400-second exposure.

Location: Dexter, Missouri, USA, 8 April 2024