Rotareneg Posted August 22, 2017 Share Posted August 22, 2017 (edited) Well, that was well worth the 125 miles (one way) and 8 hours trip! The weather was looking a bit dubious at first due to heavy high level clouds, but it cleared up as we got close to the eclipse path. We were glad to find a nice spot just quarter mile from the center of the path without any traffic, closer to the highway and directly on center of the path it was pretty crowded. I'm surprised there weren't more accidents (or we just haven't heard about them yet) due to the number of people who were just pulled over onto the side of highways sitting in folding chairs 5 feet from the road. Several exposures merged together, the blue squiggly spot (handheld 1/15" at 600mm equivalent) on the bottom left is the star Regulus: A sequence of exposures showing the corona and and some nice red prominences: Moments before totality, with the umbra darkening the nearer clouds and the very distant clouds already out of the eclipse. The image is a bit blurry because of the 1/15s hand-held exposure: And a panorama centered to the east showing the general area while we waited a hour or so before the eclipse arrived: Edited August 22, 2017 by Rotareneg 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zaphod Posted August 22, 2017 Share Posted August 22, 2017 Would of been complete if your car was an eclipse too 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TSe419E Posted August 22, 2017 Share Posted August 22, 2017 Great pictures. Thanks for sharing. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lt DeFault Posted August 22, 2017 Share Posted August 22, 2017 My wife and I went to South Carolina to see totality. It was incredible. Unfortunately, I don't have any pictures. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ssnake Posted August 22, 2017 Members Share Posted August 22, 2017 Thanks for that photo sequence. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grenny Posted August 22, 2017 Share Posted August 22, 2017 34 minutes ago, Ssnake said: Thanks for that photo sequence. He should have added a spoiler warning! I want to whatch the event when its played in germany again. :-) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ingolf Posted August 22, 2017 Share Posted August 22, 2017 Thanks Rotareneg for sharing those amazing pictures! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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