Total Eclipse of the Sun visible in USA - plan ahead for August 21, 2017
Aug 21st, 2017, 06:59 PM
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I was on top of Sutton Mountain north of Mitchell OR along with about 60 other people. Some of the crowd actually camped out up there last night. I had free parking in a field about 3 miles west of Mitchell. It was no more uncomfortable than a coach seat on Amtrak overnight.
Aug 22nd, 2017, 02:56 AM
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Well, let me tell you--it was "something".
We did drive to Charleston Sunday and had a WONDERFUL dinner at an Italian restaurant. EVERY hotel was at capacity. I had made our reservations in June and I knew where (North Charleston) it was but it was CHEAP. And fine. VERY nice people.
Today it was supposed to rain over the entire coast. SO se just started to drive north (to where our beach place is--70 miles from ctown) and decided to just continue to the condo, unload, and then go back south to Georgetown.
We made a circle through Georgewon ( a Wonderful Revolutionary War ere ttown) and they were win full swing. People were on the sidewalks at 10AM, lots getting ready, etc.
Unloaded our things and headed back. Traffic had really picked up (12noon) so we just pulled into a big parking lot in Georgetown. Perfect. Our kids met a delightful young man who was in full thrall, having driven from Pittsburgh for this. He hung out with us. our DGD was running around. As the "bite" got bigger out of the sun we all got more excited. There were drifting clouds and when it was near totality, we were yelling at them to go away. It just began to get subtley dark--the shadow got longer and the sky blackish gray. It was wonderful to see the sliver get smaller and smaller and then truly when it was total, it was just mystical and magical.
Then as the sun reappeared DD pointed to the ground and there were "shimmers' of sunlight that looked like a river water moving. It was ALL worth everything we did to do it.
The traffic back to our beach place was bumper to bumper--15 minute trip took an hour.
We did drive to Charleston Sunday and had a WONDERFUL dinner at an Italian restaurant. EVERY hotel was at capacity. I had made our reservations in June and I knew where (North Charleston) it was but it was CHEAP. And fine. VERY nice people.
Today it was supposed to rain over the entire coast. SO se just started to drive north (to where our beach place is--70 miles from ctown) and decided to just continue to the condo, unload, and then go back south to Georgetown.
We made a circle through Georgewon ( a Wonderful Revolutionary War ere ttown) and they were win full swing. People were on the sidewalks at 10AM, lots getting ready, etc.
Unloaded our things and headed back. Traffic had really picked up (12noon) so we just pulled into a big parking lot in Georgetown. Perfect. Our kids met a delightful young man who was in full thrall, having driven from Pittsburgh for this. He hung out with us. our DGD was running around. As the "bite" got bigger out of the sun we all got more excited. There were drifting clouds and when it was near totality, we were yelling at them to go away. It just began to get subtley dark--the shadow got longer and the sky blackish gray. It was wonderful to see the sliver get smaller and smaller and then truly when it was total, it was just mystical and magical.
Then as the sun reappeared DD pointed to the ground and there were "shimmers' of sunlight that looked like a river water moving. It was ALL worth everything we did to do it.
The traffic back to our beach place was bumper to bumper--15 minute trip took an hour.
Aug 22nd, 2017, 04:57 AM
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A spectacular success here in Wyoming! We went to a site about 30 miles east of Riverton where there are Indian petroglyphs carved into cliffs. It's BLM land so many people were camped all along the 5 mile dusty road leading into the site.
We found a place where we had a small pond directly in front of us.
A few thin clouds obstructed the view as the show started but they soon cleared.
During totality the temperature dropped 10-15 degrees, birds stopped flying, insects came out. The Bailey's Beads transition into the diamond ring effect was astonishing. There were cheers as we entered totality, but then hushed silence except for an occasional celebratory gunshot.
Low clouds on the horizon turned sunset colors at noon and were reflected in our pond.
Back in town we finished the evening learning to do a reel dance at the site of the 1838 Rendevous. A wonderful day!
We found a place where we had a small pond directly in front of us.
A few thin clouds obstructed the view as the show started but they soon cleared.
During totality the temperature dropped 10-15 degrees, birds stopped flying, insects came out. The Bailey's Beads transition into the diamond ring effect was astonishing. There were cheers as we entered totality, but then hushed silence except for an occasional celebratory gunshot.
Low clouds on the horizon turned sunset colors at noon and were reflected in our pond.
Back in town we finished the evening learning to do a reel dance at the site of the 1838 Rendevous. A wonderful day!
Aug 22nd, 2017, 06:17 AM
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Just an amazing show! In mid-Missouri we lucked out with clear skies. Venus came out, the corona was a beautiful silvery aura, the cicadas started screeching, the horizon glowed around us,the air cooled and we were rewarded with the diamond ring at the end. .
We had no issues with crowds or traffic, but our flight out of Kansas City last night was delayed 6 hours due to thunderstorms and we didn't get home until 5 am. I'm barely functioning on 2 hours of sleep so the whole thing seems like a dream.
Thanks to everyone on Fodor's who gave me the inspiration to make the trek and not settle for 90% totality.
We had no issues with crowds or traffic, but our flight out of Kansas City last night was delayed 6 hours due to thunderstorms and we didn't get home until 5 am. I'm barely functioning on 2 hours of sleep so the whole thing seems like a dream.
Thanks to everyone on Fodor's who gave me the inspiration to make the trek and not settle for 90% totality.
Aug 22nd, 2017, 06:58 PM
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I too have been burning the candle... and was taking-in ALL related data before I made final commitments.
My Sunday-night hotel room was in Pendleton, Oregon, and from there I had the option of a probably-not-too-busy Interstate highway to the southeast, toward Boise, Idaho, which crossed the totality zone before Boise...
OR my long-anticipated idea of spending the two minutes at the Painted Hills of Oregon.
http://infinitelegroom.com/2015/12/0...a-true-wonder/
Mind you, it doesn't really matter a whole lot where, within the zone of totality, you spent your two minutes, BUT your mind sorta wants to put SOMEthing into the background while you are focusing/learning years before about all that will go on in the sky.
But since my mind long-ago began putting the Painted Hills into the backdrop, I started envisioning the experience from that location.
Waves of human analysis came over me as the trip approached... and so I left at 2:00am the day before, happily driving nearly alone on an Interstate for about 4 hours that first day (but slightly on-alert after a sign heading EAST just outside of Seattle warned: "Oregon-bound traffic expect delays Solar Eclipse August 21")
(the vast majority of Seattleites heading to Oregon go south on I-5, and not east on I-90)
I acquainted myself with lots of weather maps, and generally sensed the coast would be clear around my areas of choice.
Went to bed Sunday night with no certainty yet just where I would head come Monday morning... I spent a whopping 5 hours at the hotel and then left at 3:20am for another 3 1/2-hour drive.
(The 'cloud cover' map showed 12-16 percent in the Boise/edge of Oregon area... and just 2 or 4 percent nearer to the true center of Oregon... and Oregon's great state traffic website showed no trouble spots anywhere at that hour)
At that last minute, I decided to target the Painted Hills as originally (imagined).
For a while I was astounded that very few were on the roads (had Oregon thrown a party and nobody came?)... on a minor highway I drove for an hour with high-beams on, and never had to dim them, as I never saw a soul) (between 4:00am and 4:10am there were three unique and different deer sightings though)
Then I cut to another minor highway... and suddenly there was a (moving) line of cars... eventually the sun popped-up to reveal tons of campers in fields/farms and on the roadsides, who seemed as if they may have been there a day or two. They seemed to be coexisting quite well, and appeared to be content to be in-place for the big event.
The roads were not clogged... and once or twice I got lucky and the whole group went one way, while I was heading in the other direction (at forks in the road).
By 7:15 I arrived in Mitchell, Oregon... where I'd been a couple of years earlier, on a reconnaissance mission of a sort. UNfortunately I didn't get to see the Painted Hills with my own eyes then, due to construction.
Mitchell itself seemed rather compelling, with LOTS of people having camped in tents in and around main street. So I was still puzzled about whether to go, or to stay in Mitchell.
Finally I asked for a second opinion, from a local man who was selling concessions to the Mitchell campers... and he encouraged me to go the 6 or 8 miles to the Painted Hills.
On approach there, the sides of the roads were crammed, with vehicles showing plates from states far and wide. But I drove in, and there was extra parking on a large, farm-like lot.
Then I hiked through the entrance, and up the long path to a plateau where forest rangers were hosting a display and giving away free eclipse viewers (not technically 'glasses').
Most of the eventual attendees were long set-up, lining higher ridges with expensive cameras at the ready. I never saw any hint of people racing around frantically as totality approached.
It was a good crowd, and what was there matched their needs.
Eventually a marked hush came over the group with about 5 minutes before totality began... and then most erupted in unison with gleeful screams as they were impacted by the eclipse.
What I saw was... just... unmatched by anything... and it helped that they were (things I'd taken for granted all my life, knowing about them only what I needed to know)... which were just... sorta... shuffled differently this time, and in such a way that I could really SEE aspects of (one in particular) that I'd never been able to witness before.
And perhaps what was most significant about the whole thing was its predictability (in modern times).
If it happens around you in 1200BC, and surprises the heck out of you... and you (can't have your friends around drinking beer and playing poker - or whatever you did before and after)... you may talk about it for a while, or pass the tale down for a couple of generations... but soon after that it will die-out.
The fact that so many were able to make plans and go somewhere to see it, might be the real phenomenon in all of this. And a great inspiration to draw from it is to tell your kids to keep studying math (instead of the more popular alternative which is to be afraid of math).
For it was math which presented the ability to know in advance how to witness such a unique event and even when dumbed-down it remained clear to people from all walks of life that they should make and effort to SEE such a thing.
Oddly, while standing there on the hilltop awaiting the eclipse, I met a man who is a geologist, and after the two minute highlight was over, I was invited to walk around the rest of the Painted Hills which I'd yet to see.
This one-on-one tour guide knew everything (I could ever know enough to gain from his knowledge) and we spent the better part of two hours walking around as the crowd thinned-out in major fashion from the park, and the parking lots nearby.
Due to (amazing) preparation for the day, I turned a sure-fire major sunburn (from that final, spontaneous experience) into a minimal, small-area sunburn.
Sunscreen is your friend...
Beyond that, the time we spent at the park made the later drive very comfortable... until (I finally caught-up with carmageddon near Oregon's northern border)... a giant crowd of travelers turned a poorly-planned highway that comes to a stop light into a long, stalled back-up.
Mercifully, that ended after a few miles, and then it was a drive through steady traffic at freeway speeds the rest of the way home.
That while others reported waits of seven to nine hours to go the first 100-ish miles from the town of Madras, Oregon, where a 50,000 strong celebration was hosted.
As I drove through remote outposts in Oregon, I saw a sign which said:
"Antelope(, OR) - 28 miles",
and as I'd always wanted to visit this assumed-to-be mecca made infamous by a 1980's commune, I turned west and aimed toward it. Upon arrival all I really wanted was a spot to sit and have a meal... the local Cafe seems to have been closed for years... and that caused me to say to myself: "This town was probably better off when The Bhagwan was running it"
Not far from Antelope, a sign read: Madras - 35 miles... and had I anticipated that (reality, of my then being so near to Madras after the eclipse), I might have opted to stay to the east and reduce the effect on my own traffic delays.
What if everybody had left Rajneeshpuram all at once back in the day?
Anyway, it was an awesome experience... and while that two minutes rivals most anything, it may well have been the understandings/additional-data about people which will stay with me the most (crowds, gathering patterns, tendency for early planning, etc).
Oddly, I never witnessed any hotheads getting hotter at one another during the whole trek to Oregon, so perhaps those who might be really drawn to an eclipse come from a slightly less volatile subset of the population.
I'm glad everybody had fun!
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F
L
I too have been burning the candle... and was taking-in ALL related data before I made final commitments.
My Sunday-night hotel room was in Pendleton, Oregon, and from there I had the option of a probably-not-too-busy Interstate highway to the southeast, toward Boise, Idaho, which crossed the totality zone before Boise...
OR my long-anticipated idea of spending the two minutes at the Painted Hills of Oregon.
http://infinitelegroom.com/2015/12/0...a-true-wonder/
Mind you, it doesn't really matter a whole lot where, within the zone of totality, you spent your two minutes, BUT your mind sorta wants to put SOMEthing into the background while you are focusing/learning years before about all that will go on in the sky.
But since my mind long-ago began putting the Painted Hills into the backdrop, I started envisioning the experience from that location.
Waves of human analysis came over me as the trip approached... and so I left at 2:00am the day before, happily driving nearly alone on an Interstate for about 4 hours that first day (but slightly on-alert after a sign heading EAST just outside of Seattle warned: "Oregon-bound traffic expect delays Solar Eclipse August 21")
(the vast majority of Seattleites heading to Oregon go south on I-5, and not east on I-90)
I acquainted myself with lots of weather maps, and generally sensed the coast would be clear around my areas of choice.
Went to bed Sunday night with no certainty yet just where I would head come Monday morning... I spent a whopping 5 hours at the hotel and then left at 3:20am for another 3 1/2-hour drive.
(The 'cloud cover' map showed 12-16 percent in the Boise/edge of Oregon area... and just 2 or 4 percent nearer to the true center of Oregon... and Oregon's great state traffic website showed no trouble spots anywhere at that hour)
At that last minute, I decided to target the Painted Hills as originally (imagined).
For a while I was astounded that very few were on the roads (had Oregon thrown a party and nobody came?)... on a minor highway I drove for an hour with high-beams on, and never had to dim them, as I never saw a soul) (between 4:00am and 4:10am there were three unique and different deer sightings though)
Then I cut to another minor highway... and suddenly there was a (moving) line of cars... eventually the sun popped-up to reveal tons of campers in fields/farms and on the roadsides, who seemed as if they may have been there a day or two. They seemed to be coexisting quite well, and appeared to be content to be in-place for the big event.
The roads were not clogged... and once or twice I got lucky and the whole group went one way, while I was heading in the other direction (at forks in the road).
By 7:15 I arrived in Mitchell, Oregon... where I'd been a couple of years earlier, on a reconnaissance mission of a sort. UNfortunately I didn't get to see the Painted Hills with my own eyes then, due to construction.
Mitchell itself seemed rather compelling, with LOTS of people having camped in tents in and around main street. So I was still puzzled about whether to go, or to stay in Mitchell.
Finally I asked for a second opinion, from a local man who was selling concessions to the Mitchell campers... and he encouraged me to go the 6 or 8 miles to the Painted Hills.
On approach there, the sides of the roads were crammed, with vehicles showing plates from states far and wide. But I drove in, and there was extra parking on a large, farm-like lot.
Then I hiked through the entrance, and up the long path to a plateau where forest rangers were hosting a display and giving away free eclipse viewers (not technically 'glasses').
Most of the eventual attendees were long set-up, lining higher ridges with expensive cameras at the ready. I never saw any hint of people racing around frantically as totality approached.
It was a good crowd, and what was there matched their needs.
Eventually a marked hush came over the group with about 5 minutes before totality began... and then most erupted in unison with gleeful screams as they were impacted by the eclipse.
What I saw was... just... unmatched by anything... and it helped that they were (things I'd taken for granted all my life, knowing about them only what I needed to know)... which were just... sorta... shuffled differently this time, and in such a way that I could really SEE aspects of (one in particular) that I'd never been able to witness before.
And perhaps what was most significant about the whole thing was its predictability (in modern times).
If it happens around you in 1200BC, and surprises the heck out of you... and you (can't have your friends around drinking beer and playing poker - or whatever you did before and after)... you may talk about it for a while, or pass the tale down for a couple of generations... but soon after that it will die-out.
The fact that so many were able to make plans and go somewhere to see it, might be the real phenomenon in all of this. And a great inspiration to draw from it is to tell your kids to keep studying math (instead of the more popular alternative which is to be afraid of math).
For it was math which presented the ability to know in advance how to witness such a unique event and even when dumbed-down it remained clear to people from all walks of life that they should make and effort to SEE such a thing.
Oddly, while standing there on the hilltop awaiting the eclipse, I met a man who is a geologist, and after the two minute highlight was over, I was invited to walk around the rest of the Painted Hills which I'd yet to see.
This one-on-one tour guide knew everything (I could ever know enough to gain from his knowledge) and we spent the better part of two hours walking around as the crowd thinned-out in major fashion from the park, and the parking lots nearby.
Due to (amazing) preparation for the day, I turned a sure-fire major sunburn (from that final, spontaneous experience) into a minimal, small-area sunburn.
Sunscreen is your friend...
Beyond that, the time we spent at the park made the later drive very comfortable... until (I finally caught-up with carmageddon near Oregon's northern border)... a giant crowd of travelers turned a poorly-planned highway that comes to a stop light into a long, stalled back-up.
Mercifully, that ended after a few miles, and then it was a drive through steady traffic at freeway speeds the rest of the way home.
That while others reported waits of seven to nine hours to go the first 100-ish miles from the town of Madras, Oregon, where a 50,000 strong celebration was hosted.
As I drove through remote outposts in Oregon, I saw a sign which said:
"Antelope(, OR) - 28 miles",
and as I'd always wanted to visit this assumed-to-be mecca made infamous by a 1980's commune, I turned west and aimed toward it. Upon arrival all I really wanted was a spot to sit and have a meal... the local Cafe seems to have been closed for years... and that caused me to say to myself: "This town was probably better off when The Bhagwan was running it"
Not far from Antelope, a sign read: Madras - 35 miles... and had I anticipated that (reality, of my then being so near to Madras after the eclipse), I might have opted to stay to the east and reduce the effect on my own traffic delays.
What if everybody had left Rajneeshpuram all at once back in the day?
Anyway, it was an awesome experience... and while that two minutes rivals most anything, it may well have been the understandings/additional-data about people which will stay with me the most (crowds, gathering patterns, tendency for early planning, etc).
Oddly, I never witnessed any hotheads getting hotter at one another during the whole trek to Oregon, so perhaps those who might be really drawn to an eclipse come from a slightly less volatile subset of the population.
I'm glad everybody had fun!
Aug 24th, 2017, 01:02 PM
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Thanks for coming back with your impressions. Did you notice how much colder it was when the eclipse happened?
We went to a local museum that had a large live stream to watch then went home and waited for it to give us our partial. My pencil hole in a paper worked fine and I could see the poor sun being eaten away. I tried the colander on the sidewalk but my pen hole projected onto white paper worked better.
We went to a local museum that had a large live stream to watch then went home and waited for it to give us our partial. My pencil hole in a paper worked fine and I could see the poor sun being eaten away. I tried the colander on the sidewalk but my pen hole projected onto white paper worked better.
Aug 25th, 2017, 03:26 AM
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Somebody asked me about the 'colder' effect, but as I'd hiked uphill and found myself in very hospitable temperatures despite a hot and dry climate which threatened much worse (potentially and eventually to considerable personal detriment), I sorta didn't take notice (when) the temperature dropped.
Perhaps the temp's effect on ME came across as delayed getting-warmer and for that reason I merely took comfort and tuned it out.
For some unique reason it was the perfect crowd of people, each very eager to be there, but I never noticed a single one interfering with others in any way.
And anybody who wished to do so, could go away anywhere amid the vast landscape and be alone for the big moment. And now, afterward, there are lots of representations on YouTube of the eclipse at the Painted Hills.
Perhaps the temp's effect on ME came across as delayed getting-warmer and for that reason I merely took comfort and tuned it out.
For some unique reason it was the perfect crowd of people, each very eager to be there, but I never noticed a single one interfering with others in any way.
And anybody who wished to do so, could go away anywhere amid the vast landscape and be alone for the big moment. And now, afterward, there are lots of representations on YouTube of the eclipse at the Painted Hills.
Aug 26th, 2017, 07:26 PM
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Some friends and I organized a trip about a month before. We flew to Portland and drove on Saturday (in zero traffic) to our 5-bedroom airbnb in the historic town Silverton, OR. Our stone house was on a country road, where we could step outside into the front yard for a spectacular view of the totality. There were no crowds, although at the 'take off your glasses' moment we could hear people cheering from a campground about a mile away.
Flowers closed, animals hushed, automatic streetlights turned on and it did get noticeably colder...although not completely dark. We had a photographer in our group so we didn't have to worry about taking photos - we were able to focus on the magnificence. All in all, a perfect experience, except for Spirit airlines, the only flight we could get at the last minute.
Flowers closed, animals hushed, automatic streetlights turned on and it did get noticeably colder...although not completely dark. We had a photographer in our group so we didn't have to worry about taking photos - we were able to focus on the magnificence. All in all, a perfect experience, except for Spirit airlines, the only flight we could get at the last minute.
Aug 27th, 2017, 06:24 AM
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NWMale, our paths crossed about 0715 in Mitchell. I bought 2 apple pastries from the vendor next to the tent village.
By 0820 I was hiking up Sutton Mountain which is the mountain to the east of the Painted Hills.
I took my digital thermometer on the trail. About 10 minutes before totality, the temperature along the trail was 83.
During the 2 minutes of totality, the temperature dropped to 72.
Three minutes after totality had ended, the temperature dropped another 5 degrees to 67.
There were about 60 people up there on top of Sutton Mt. which is probably an all time record.
As the crowd left, I went with another geocacher (Lavabears) and found the geocache up there.
It did take me 3 hours from the south end of Bend to get home (normally 55 minutes). The traffic was really bad southbound on US 97 Monday night with everyone headed home from Madras.
By 0820 I was hiking up Sutton Mountain which is the mountain to the east of the Painted Hills.
I took my digital thermometer on the trail. About 10 minutes before totality, the temperature along the trail was 83.
During the 2 minutes of totality, the temperature dropped to 72.
Three minutes after totality had ended, the temperature dropped another 5 degrees to 67.
There were about 60 people up there on top of Sutton Mt. which is probably an all time record.
As the crowd left, I went with another geocacher (Lavabears) and found the geocache up there.
It did take me 3 hours from the south end of Bend to get home (normally 55 minutes). The traffic was really bad southbound on US 97 Monday night with everyone headed home from Madras.
Aug 27th, 2017, 05:47 PM
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Whoa... my photos document my having been in Mitchell from 6:48 - 7:38 (am on Monday eclipse morning).
I bought my two pastries (one cheese, and the other what...??? ) from the vendor you cite earlier (during my window) vs. later. ("2 for $3")
Then I went to the local grocery store, which seemed recently opened for the day... bought a pretty-but-flimsy placemat and a postcard there. Mailed the post card at 7:38-ish, and then took my first picture at the Painted Hills at 8:35 or so.
It was so fortunate that the ample land known to the Painted Hills was plenty enough for all interested parties. Most viewed from a clifftop but anyone who so desired could have gone down to the west and been completely alone during the height of the eclipse. (a few selected that option)
(had the inside of the unit resembled the crowds in the parking lot, it would have been rather uncomfortable)
But I really came here today to give some travel advice on Nova Scotia, for it is the nearest I can get after betting on a horse at/(from) Saratoga and seeing the total eclipse of the sun within a week's time.
Now if you'll excuse me...
I bought my two pastries (one cheese, and the other what...??? ) from the vendor you cite earlier (during my window) vs. later. ("2 for $3")
Then I went to the local grocery store, which seemed recently opened for the day... bought a pretty-but-flimsy placemat and a postcard there. Mailed the post card at 7:38-ish, and then took my first picture at the Painted Hills at 8:35 or so.
It was so fortunate that the ample land known to the Painted Hills was plenty enough for all interested parties. Most viewed from a clifftop but anyone who so desired could have gone down to the west and been completely alone during the height of the eclipse. (a few selected that option)
(had the inside of the unit resembled the crowds in the parking lot, it would have been rather uncomfortable)
But I really came here today to give some travel advice on Nova Scotia, for it is the nearest I can get after betting on a horse at/(from) Saratoga and seeing the total eclipse of the sun within a week's time.
Now if you'll excuse me...
Aug 28th, 2017, 06:20 AM
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A couple of pictures from Sutton Mt. on the geocaching page.
https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/...d-d67bc52cdffd
The temperature went down 16 degrees in 15 minutes
https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/...d-d67bc52cdffd
The temperature went down 16 degrees in 15 minutes
Aug 29th, 2017, 04:07 AM
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My Solar Eclipse trip report with photos. Jump to the second page if all that interests you is the eclipse. http://www.mightymac.org/17totaleclipse1.htm
Sep 1st, 2017, 08:20 PM
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Great photos Keith. I also had a problem where I screwed up the focus on some shots just before totality, but so be it.
Regarding the temperature change here's a screen shot of Weather Underground's graph that I saved later that evening.
http://nelsonchenkin.zenfolio.com/ec...4c48#h94d44c48
NWMale, thanks for alerting us to this event, three years ago!
Regarding the temperature change here's a screen shot of Weather Underground's graph that I saved later that evening.
http://nelsonchenkin.zenfolio.com/ec...4c48#h94d44c48
NWMale, thanks for alerting us to this event, three years ago!
Sep 8th, 2017, 03:37 PM
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Thanks for letting me know Keith. This should work to see the gallery if you are interested:
http://nelsonchenkin.zenfolio.com/eclipse
Since Fodor's "Preview" button stopped working you can't test links any more.
http://nelsonchenkin.zenfolio.com/eclipse
Since Fodor's "Preview" button stopped working you can't test links any more.
