But then after most of an hour of waiting, the sun finally found a low optical-depth patch and was visible! We could see it for about one minute. We were still looking through many many clouds, but I was able to take a few pictures. As a bonus, due to the clouds there was no solar filter necessary! (Actually, I'd tried it out beforehand and realized that with my camera at on its least-sensitive settings, it can take a pic of the direct solar disk without saturating. Nikon D4, 1/8000, 340 mm, f/45.)