I was extremely lucky here in Charleston, SC. Forecasters were calling
for thunderstorms with 60% chance of cloud cover. I debated driving to the
upstate where the weather would be better but was reluctant to get on the
road. I stayed home and set up my refracting telescope for viewing along
with two sets of binoculars and film glasses for viewing. E-620 with 50-200
zoom for documentation. Neighbors came by so we had a party of about a
dozen. During the run up we had only intermittent thin cloud cover which
posed no problem for viewing but we were surrounded by heavy clouds. Twenty
minutes before totality a thundercloud started passing to the north and my
stomach formed a knot, but we stayed clear through totality until just
after the second diamond ring. After that it was totally obscured. During
the 1 1/2 minutes of totality we had a lightning show just to the north.
It was awesome! This was my third eclipse ( two totals and 1 annular) but I
am not jaded. Already thinking about 2024. Will post images later.
Charlie
On Tue, Aug 22, 2017 at 11:50 AM, Dean Hansen <hanse112@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> One long evening and one long day of driving found me pulled off on a
> parking area on I25 south of Douglas, Wy, at 8:30 PM Sunday evening.
> I was totally exhausted and spent the night sleeping in the car. By
> morning there were probably twenty other cars/campers parked here, and
> more pulled in during the morning. Had a nice view to the west over
> rolling sagebrush land, with smoke-obscured mountains in the far
> distance. I stayed put.
> For those who think a 90% eclipse is a non-event, well, maybe.
> But I simply don't have the words for totality. Mind-blowing,
> jar-dropping, spiritual, amazing--none of these come even close. One
> serious eclipse-watcher there had some huge Celestron telescope set
> up, and he welcomed all there to take a peek. I put a welding goggle
> filter over a OM 300 mm silver-nosed lens on my OM4T and took several
> shots as the moon progressed across the sun. I also had the Canon
> 1014 XLS on a tripod on the top of the car doing its one frame/second
> time lapse of the scenery to the west.
> Part of the fun was talking to many of the other observers
> there--wonderful folks, and every last one was as carried away as I
> was by totality. I'm starting planning for the 2024 eclipse that goes
> from Texas to Maine, with totality lasting four minutes.
> Totality is orders of magnitude above 90%. I don't have the words
> to express it. The drive was worth it many times over.
> Totality Dean
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