Cop Car, what did you do during the eclipse of 2017?
I stayed at home: 1) Hunky Husband and I had commitments keeping us here, 2) I had been ill for six days, and 3) NASA and others take much better photos than do I.
Let's start with a video that takes about as long as the totality portion of the Great American Eclipse 2017 lasted for those who saw it.
Next, photos that I took of the interesting shadows caused by the sunlight passing through tree leaf groupings. You can tell by the shapes that we achieved about 90% coverage of the solar disk by the lunar disk. Please click on each of the images to see the enlarged version.
Many local people drove up to Nebraska. Ross Janssen Chief Meteorologist for KWCH TV drove up with Millie, his constant companion. She is a favorite of Ross's TV viewers and was shown in a photo from Beatrice, Nebraska, sporting shadows similar to those in the above two photos. (I can't find a copy to post!) BTW: Ross and Millie are both just as nice as they look! (I stole the photo from Ross's twitter posting from Nebraska.)
About a mile south southwest of us is Park Hill Elementary School. The third-grade class got a science lesson, today!
As promised, NASA came through with a video showing the Great American Eclipse 2017 at several points along the path of totality. It runs 3:46+ so I'll give you the link: NASA Video. I've not watched the whole thing, but I did catch that they did some spectrographic work from a flying platform.
Me? Our neighbors, Jason and Tonya, had an extra pair of glasses that HH and I used for direct viewing of the event. Such glasses were in short supply (and I've not left the house for several days), so I was happy to use the borrowed pair. I'm told that, at the only place in Wichita to have glasses available within the last few days, people stood in line for up to three hours - until the supply gave out.
Comments
Sorry you haven't been well. You got some good photos of that shadow effect, which I did not know about. Fascinating.I feel frustrated that I couldn't see the total eclipse, as I had planned before I got sick, but my son in law saw it in the Madras area in Eastern Oregon. I can hardly wait to see his photos.
Marianna--Thanks for the commiseration. My illnesses pale to insignificance in comparison to what you've been/are going through. Too bad we can't take some of the anguish and pain away from those who have a super-abundance and spread it thinly across lots of well folks. As to the eclipse: it too pales to insignificance in the big scheme of your life. Sorry you missed it! BTW: I had observed the leaf effects during a partial eclipse in the early 1960s; so, I knew to make pin-hole cameras with cardboard, beforehand, and to observe the leaf effects.
Joared--NASA is a national treasure. With them around to do the photography I see no need to waste time on my own poor efforts! I find the "live in the moment" philosophy annoying in some cases; but, I agree that there is no need to live life through a view-finder.
Those shadows are so interesting. The limbs stand out so well in the photos. We had about 60% and really, it was pretty much like a slightly overcast day. A couple of gals at work and I take a 10-15 minute walk that time of day, so we were out in it. We all thought it would be darker. I didn't notice any shadow effects, but then I'm not that observant.
Bogie--Sorry your eclipse event didn't give you more. Of course, it never dawned on me to mention the shadow effects to anyone. Having experienced them 50+ years ago, I felt that everyone knew about them.
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Sorry you haven't been well. You got some good photos of that shadow effect, which I did not know about. Fascinating.I feel frustrated that I couldn't see the total eclipse, as I had planned before I got sick, but my son in law saw it in the Madras area in Eastern Oregon. I can hardly wait to see his photos.
Posted by: Marianna | August 22, 2017 at 06:22 PM
Enjoyed your photos. Lots of good coverage on TV, NASA internet site plus I did view our 60% eclipse here.
Posted by: joared | August 23, 2017 at 08:34 PM
Marianna--Thanks for the commiseration. My illnesses pale to insignificance in comparison to what you've been/are going through. Too bad we can't take some of the anguish and pain away from those who have a super-abundance and spread it thinly across lots of well folks. As to the eclipse: it too pales to insignificance in the big scheme of your life. Sorry you missed it! BTW: I had observed the leaf effects during a partial eclipse in the early 1960s; so, I knew to make pin-hole cameras with cardboard, beforehand, and to observe the leaf effects.
Joared--NASA is a national treasure. With them around to do the photography I see no need to waste time on my own poor efforts! I find the "live in the moment" philosophy annoying in some cases; but, I agree that there is no need to live life through a view-finder.
Posted by: Cop Car | August 24, 2017 at 09:31 AM
Those shadows are so interesting. The limbs stand out so well in the photos. We had about 60% and really, it was pretty much like a slightly overcast day. A couple of gals at work and I take a 10-15 minute walk that time of day, so we were out in it. We all thought it would be darker. I didn't notice any shadow effects, but then I'm not that observant.
Posted by: bogie | August 27, 2017 at 05:42 AM
Bogie--Sorry your eclipse event didn't give you more. Of course, it never dawned on me to mention the shadow effects to anyone. Having experienced them 50+ years ago, I felt that everyone knew about them.
Posted by: Cop Car | August 28, 2017 at 03:59 PM