Sunset over Santa Ana peak, 6/26 Photo by John Garrett The usual caveats apply—never look directly at the sun unless you have proper filters. Since I don’t have a solar filter, I’ve been waiting for the right conditions where the clouds allow the sun to be safely photographed. This event occurred on 6/26. To the naked eye, the sun was a faint disc, barely detectable, and even dimmer through the view finder of the camera. To emphasize how dim this sun was, I had my telephoto lense at its widest aperature and my shutter speed an 1/30 second, and still the light meter reported an underexposed photo. Even then, I didn’t stare at the sun, but took brief glances through the camera’s view finder. My mistake was to shoot too many photos while the sun was above the horizon. After I ran out of film, the sun dipped halfway below the mountains, providing a perfect frame for the distant towers. The sun should set in the same location this same day next year. By then I hope to have a solar filter to get the photo.