Yaay, I’m back! 21 hour drive to southeast Missouri done in a day and a half. 23 hour drive back to the Phoenix area in another day and a half because the eclipse traffic was terrible. 4 hours of sleep in my truck each time. Coffee is my friend…
The day of the eclipse dawned almost clear with only a few thin high clouds. As totality approached, the clouds got a bit thicker but didn’t block the sun much at all. Much better than the 2017 eclipse in North Carolina where there were patchy clouds trying to block the sun during totality.
Just before and after totality were the shadow bands caused by atmospheric distortion. I took a video of them. I don’t know how well it turned out since I haven’t seen any of the pictures and videos yet. Too tired after the trip. There’s always tomorrow. I’ll be posting them on my website after they get cleaned up and I’ll post a link to it then.
The total eclipse was amazing! The corona made a beautiful ring and a large prominence was visible on the bottom of the ring so it looked like the letter Q. I wanted to get some pictures through my telescope but my camera broke just before the eclipse started so I had to take the pictures with my cell phone and they didn’t come out very well. Maybe Photoshop can clean them up.
My daughter absolutely loved the eclipse! And we had a great time on the trip!
Yaay, I’m back! 21 hour drive to southeast Missouri done in a day and a half. 23 hour drive back to the Phoenix area in another day and a half because the eclipse traffic was terrible. 4 hours of sleep in my truck each time. Coffee is my friend…
The day of the eclipse dawned almost clear with only a few thin high clouds. As totality approached, the clouds got a bit thicker but didn’t block the sun much at all. Much better than the 2017 eclipse in North Carolina where there were patchy clouds trying to block the sun during totality.
Just before and after totality were the shadow bands caused by atmospheric distortion. I took a video of them. I don’t know how well it turned out since I haven’t seen any of the pictures and videos yet. Too tired after the trip. There’s always tomorrow. I’ll be posting them on my website after they get cleaned up and I’ll post a link to it then.
The total eclipse was amazing! The corona made a beautiful ring and a large prominence was visible on the bottom of the ring so it looked like the letter Q. I wanted to get some pictures through my telescope but my camera broke just before the eclipse started so I had to take the pictures with my cell phone and they didn’t come out very well. Maybe Photoshop can clean them up.
My daughter absolutely loved the eclipse! And we had a great time on the trip!