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How a photographer captured his eclipse photo

An incredible eclipse photo years in the making.

Gertsman’s remarkable wildlife photo, The Frigatebird and the Diamond Ring, was years in the making and the culmination of research, hard work, practice, scouting, and a pinch of luck. Gertsman captured his photo on April 8th, when the great total solar eclipse carved a path across North America, northeast from Mexico to Maine and the Canadian Maritime provinces. From a hired boat off the coast of Sinaloa, Mexico, Gertsman enjoyed four and a half minutes of totality in nearly ideal conditions and returned home to British Columbia, Canada, later that week with his dream photo.

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