BY KAREN BOSSICK

Sun Valley’s time in the moon shadow lasted one minute. But local shutterbugs snapped hundreds of photos of what experts are calling the most-photographed eclipse ever.

Among those taking photos was Hailey resident Mel Dyck, who shot the sequence from a backyard in Elkhorn, using his Canon G 11 point and shoot camera. Then he put together a composite—a first for Mel.

Hailey’s Ken and Ginna Lagergren drove north to Ketchum, then rode their bikes to a secluded spot along the river.

But even there, they learned, this was to be a communal event.

“When totality appeared, we heard cheers rise up from folks up and down the valley,” Ginna said. “Very fun. And it was sooooo beautiful! It was very dark out all around. The sun was BLACK with a white corona around it, and along one side was an exquisite PINK spot! Gorgeous!”

During totality, Ginna snapped one photo with her Nikon. Zooming in to the original photo at a large file size, she says, she can see stars sporting red, green, aqua, purple colors.

Also impressive were the crescent shapes the two saw on the ground where the sun shone through tree branches. They appeared four minutes before totality and four minutes afterwards.

“Very bizarre!” she said. “And they turned in opposite directions before and after.”

One thing Lagergren hadn’t been warned about were the crazy lights dancing on the water surface. She snapped a picture a moment after totality.

“I went to take another and they were gone!”