Eclipse Sequence

This is a sequence of nine images showing the solar eclipse as seen from Marion, Iowa on Sunday, May 20, 2012. The sequence starts (left) at 8:09 PM and ends at 8:19 PM. Sunset was 8:25 PM. I had ensured a sharp focus of the event in darkening conditions by earlier autofocusing the sky next to the sun's disk, then flipping the switch to manual focus. I used a 200mm lens.