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"At once this disk of sky slid over the sun like a lid. The sky snapped over  
the sun like a lens cover. The hatch in the brain slammed. Abruptly it  
was dark night, on the land and in the sky. In the night sky was a tiny  
ring of light." Annie Dillard

The result of 2 years of planning, 12,000 kilometres travelled and 5,000  
feet climbed: 2 minutes 30 seconds of a near-horizon total solar eclipse  
over the Pacific Ocean. Photographed from a remote location above La  
Higuera, Coquimbo Region, Chile on June 4, 2019.

This tiny part of Chile was the only place in the world where the 2019  
total eclipse, which occurs when the moon moves between the sun and  
Earth, was visible.

The location I chose was planned months in advance, high enough to be  
above the marine layer, remote enough to be away from the crowds, and  
as close as possible to the path of greatest totality.

It"s so easy to fixate on a single thing and not see the big picture. The Sun"s corona is undeniably beautiful, but the effect that the total eclipse had on the sky and Earth affected me even more profoundly. My sense of connection to the Earth, and to humanity, renewed.

Artwork by https://twitter.com/Reuben_Wu