Nanaimo’s Brent Richardson photographed the different stages of the solar eclipse today (Aug. 21). BRENT RICHARDSON photo

Nanaimo’s Brent Richardson photographed the different stages of the solar eclipse today (Aug. 21). BRENT RICHARDSON photo

PHOTOS: Nanaimo looks up for solar eclipse

Residents viewed and photographed today's rare phenomenon.

  • Aug. 21, 2017 7:00 p.m.

Nanaimo had its eyes on the sky today for the solar eclipse. Residents were out taking pictures as the moon blocked out 86 per cent of the sun for a couple of minutes at about 10:20 a.m. Monday.

Brent Richardson, who took the photo above, set up his camera on a tripod at his home in the College Heights area and took photos at random intervals using a 200-millimetre lens and two neutral-density filters.

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