Eye protect is a must in this business. Today they came in especially handy.

I attempted to photo the eclipse today despite the Houston cloudy sky. I got a small break in the cloud cover about 15 minutes prior to eclipse peak of 1:16 PM Central Time.
I used my iPhone 7+ with my laser eye protection glasses and positioned the glasses between the camera lens and the Sun.
Most of the images were out of focus or too brightly distorted, but this image turned out pretty good.

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