Here is a photo I took of a tree shadow on the side of our building in St Charles, MO. Zoom in and you can see the crescents from the eclipse. We had about 98% totality.Was in totality for '17, 99% here in St. Louis today. If I wasn't leaving Wednesday for SLI in Huntsville, I would go to our friend's down in Sikeston for totality.
At least they're shutting down production so all 800 employees can migrate outside if they choose to view the eclipse, including providing glasses for everyone. Neato.
Only 27% here in Central Oregon, but you have to work with what you have. Shot in 2 fps VFR and edited to x60 time lapse. I wish I had this camera when totality passed overhead in 2017!
I’m glad to see other areas had acceptable weather, despite the forecasts. It was not looking good, forecast-wise here, but the cloud cover was thin and broken until the eclipse was about over. It’s solidly overcast now, a little over four hours later.From the Indianapolis area....we had great weather. We could feel the temp drop and then rebound. Street lights came on. I snapped pictures during the progression using my Seestar telescope with solar filter. Took the filter off during totality.
Why didn't you go to Cleveland?
Not flares. They are prominences. It's a common mistake if the news comentator is not well versed in solar astronomy.On TV they said those purple things were flares....
Yes I had difficulty explaining this to family. At least one was visible to naked eye. I finally just called it a flare.Not flares. They are prominences. It's a common mistake if the news comentator is not well versed in solar astronomy.
Seeing that was in itself an awe inspiring experience.At least one was visible to naked eye.
917 miles, and almost 15 hours of driving
Walked out my back door to the deck, glasses on, great view! Sorry for the hassle, we had it good in Ohio. Funny part, the frogs in the pond next door started chirping about 10 minutes before totality.So, I got in my truck and started driving again, heading north/east.
I kept going until the sky started clearing......mostly.
At some point with a bit of time to spare, conditions looked pretty good, and I pulled into a small town church parking lot and set up my chair.
Interesting to see the long-period regular angular adjustment that it does to keep the antennas pointed toward the Earth, while the solar panels stay Sun-locked. Wonder if they tuned the structural stiffness to have a resonance rather than be damped at that frequency, for a minimum of pointing energy required.Here's one from space - but hold on! Starlink satellites have cameras on them?!?
Here's one from space - but hold on! Starlink satellites have cameras on them?!?
Lucky!!Kids here had no school today
Hmmm… I’ve always wanted to see Alaska!View attachment 639626Make your plans!
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