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Just got back from Nashville late this afternoon. Grandson, Sandy's birthday, and eclipse all great.
I can't compete with Gary but here is a nice pic of the sun just starting to re-emerge taken by my niece who claims to have no photographic skills whatsoever. Taken with an OK point-and-shoot camera with no filters, exposure on auto.
The rest of these pics were taken with a Sony Cybershot, basically a snapshot camera.
A friend of our son let us all watch from her back yard on a lake in Hendersonville, Northeast of Nashville. Watchers included our nephew and his family who drove up from Orlando and several friends of Rob. Lots of nerds (and we are talking PROFESSIONAL nerds...software engineers, scientists, etc.) and kids. Great group with whom to share the experience.
Here is the false sunset just before totality. We were really lucky on cloud cover. As you can see, it was partly cloudy but the sun remained in the clear for the duration of totality, a little over 2 minutes from our vantage point. Unfortunately for many, in Nashville a large cumulus cloud rolled in just before totality and hid the sun for the duration. This included about 8000 folks who had gathered at the Adventure Science Center in downtown Nashville.
And we also saw lots of crescents among the dappled light under some shade trees.
One last shot at totality. Rob has a good camera but no filters for this application. Again, just shot on auto exposure.
We also saw "snakes on the ground" and some pics were taken. Waiting for them to be posted so I can grab them to post here.
We're in Salem, OR with about 100 diehard eclipse chasers in Jay Pashachoff's group. Booked it 1 1/2 years ago. Driving up from LA in Anne Marie's Acura RDX.
George must still be on the road driving home to so Cal from Oregon. I hope he posts photos. I hope he didn't get skunked.
Just a few more eclipse photos and then I’ll be done.
Had I more time, cameras, and presence of mind I would have taken some dramatic photos with clouds like "Heyitsgary" did, but no. These were taken are from our camping site that I believe Lainey would have enjoyed, it was particularly "GREEN".
The moon's first nibble.
The moon's final nibble.
The sun's final showing
The landscape north of Casper WY.
Our wonderful camping neighbors...Henry and Darcey.
The last attempt of the sun to show brightly and showing Baily's Beads.
Thank you, Gary! I doubt I'll still be kicking for the next big Great American Eclipse on August 12, 20145. The one on April 8, 2024 isn't crossing as many states.
Gary those are AWESOME pictures. I had the fortune of spending the eclipse with a friend in Gallatin, TN (north of Nashville) right on the centerline of the eclipse path. The weather turned out to be darn near perfect. I think the folks who didn't see eclipse totality or never have, don't realize how astoundingly different it is than the rest of the eclipse. The view of the "black hole sun" against the black sky with surrounding corona and solar flares is.... well.....amazing. The human eye has far more dynamic range than a camera so it can resolve a lot more of the detail of the corona. A camera usually won't catch the full extent of the corona or if it does, it will saturate and blow out the portions closer to the sun. The view through a decent set of binoculars was superb. I've been fortunate to see a lot in this world from landscapes scattered around the world and beneath the waves and I've got to say, I was impressed.
Now the traffic on the other hand.... We spent 15.5 hours in the car last Monday. 6 hours down (much of it back roads) and 9.5 hours getting back home. Not much fun but well worth the trip.
Can you tell I had a really good time?
Mark
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Gary those are AWESOME pictures. I had the fortune of spending the eclipse with a friend in Gallatin, TN (north of Nashville) right on the centerline of the eclipse path. The weather turned out to be darn near perfect. I think the folks who didn't see eclipse totality or never have, don't realize how astoundingly different it is than the rest of the eclipse. The view of the "black hole sun" against the black sky with surrounding corona and solar flares is.... well.....amazing. The human eye has far more dynamic range than a camera so it can resolve a lot more of the detail of the corona. A camera usually won't catch the full extent of the corona or if it does, it will saturate and blow out the portions closer to the sun. I've been fortunate to see a lot in this world from landscapes scattered around the world and beneath the waves and I've got to say, I was impressed.
Now the traffic on the other hand.... We spent 15.5 hours in the car last Monday. 6 hours down (much of it back roads) and 9.5 hours getting back home. Not much fun but well worth the trip.
Can you tell I had a really good time?
Mark
My daughter and I saw 2 -/2 minutes of totality from Excelsior Springs in Missouri and then had some time before our (supposed) 7:10 PM flight towards home, via Vegas. Since she's a zookeeper in Sacramento, CA her choice was to make a beeline for the Kansas City Zoo. The trip took about 45 minutes longer than the 45 it would have. Not too bad. She ran around the zoo and got her zoo fix in. Our fight out was 3 hours late due to severe lighting and rain in the area. We kept getting stuck sitting on the runway or just near the departure gate. Everyone's connecting flights out of Las Vegas were long gone by midnight so we spent the night in a Hampton. Still, it was so worth it.
On the other hand, there's my ex husband and his buddy my, sister, etc. They were all in Pinedale, Wyoming, as was my son and daughter-in-law. My ex and sister sat their butts on the porch and wouldn't drive the extra 25 miles to totality because there might be traffic. My son and daughter in law, did make the drive. They saw totality and were thrilled.
