Staring At The Sun
Recently got back from spending a couple nights camping in Hoosier National Forest in Indiana. Wasn't there for the trees though, had come to see the moon blot out the sun. Still, even in the middle of the forest with a total solar eclipse occurring I couldn't help but indulge in a little street photography.
Other than a brief few minutes of totality, you can't see the eclipse with your naked eyes. For the two and a half hours of partial eclipse you need special glasses and they filter out everything but the sun, so you're looking at something like this.
Some folks there weren't worried about all that, they were just trying to ride out the eclipse it seemed. Either that or they were cattle rustlers.
I'd ordered a filter for my DSLR not much different from the eclipse glasses but it ended up not fitting anything but my partner's film camera. The eclipse glasses worked just fine for phone cameras but I completely forgot to take any with mine.
Most folks, when they notice you pointing a camera their way, put on their best public face and smile. Not my family.
Not everybody was staring at the sun, for some it was mainly a picnic in the woods.
Somehow, no matter where you go there's always someone feels compelled to pull their phone out and play music for everyone. Does anyone know if those anti-drone EMP rifles work on smartphones too?
Just after 1500 everything finally lined up and we had totality for an all too short couple of minutes. Can't quite pin down what but there's something about seeing it in person that makes any photo of it seem inadequate.
If you ever get a chance to catch a total solar eclipse, don't pass it up, it's such an amazing experience. Don't know that I recommend bringing your pets along though, poor thing was quite alarmed when the sun went out, made even worse by the fact that their humans weren't getting excited.
Very beautiful and very impressive photos
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We didn't get anywhere near totality up here but when the sun dimmed the geese and ravens were yelling about it in the desert. Pilot's already seen an eclipse, though. Old hat for him.
Cool totality shot!
Pilot's a pro! It was supposed to get a little bit past 99% here in Louisville but I wasn't going to miss totality.
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Great photos to capture the event @coloneljethro
Personally I thought that 2017's was much better than the total solar eclipse of 2024 - and I live along the hyped path of totality. I enjoyed being with family and watching because I doubt I'll be alive for the next one in 2044.
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Thank you! Honestly don't think I could pick one over the other myself, they were both over much too soon. Weather was definitely much nicer for this one, I was in Wyoming for the 2017 one and the temperature had barely gotten out of the 30s when the eclipse started. Got lucky as hell, think it's rained every day since.
Hermoso parque nacional
Realmente fue muy lindo
I ended up taking a short drive north that was made incredibly long due to traffic. We stopped at a small city park with events for my son to enjoy. I've seen partial before, but taking the glasses off during totality was incredible. Seeing the coronal hues spill out from behind the moon was awesome.
Ouch, I was afraid of that, how long did it take you? Where we ended up camping was only a hour or so from the house but I'd rather camp than deal with the traffic. I caught the 2017 eclipse on a whim (was already in the area on road trip) but seeing totality just blew me away, it's so amazing. After that I just wanted to see more. Glad y'all got to experience that!
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A spectacular shot, you shot some objects that were very memorable to me, indeed when we were in the forest, even though there were so many shady trees you managed to capture the moon covering the sun.
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The second to the last picture is so lovely
I wish I saw the eclipse but I didn’t…
Nice pictures all through!
It's even more lovely in person :)
This website shows when you can see an eclipse in your neck of the woods.
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seeing the photography that you uploaded is very amazing. I really like what you share because I really like the photography scene like you. Thank you for sharing with us
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LOL just like here as well. Worse if they're watching dumb Tiktoks on full volume.
Awesome photo of the eclipse. A bummer you can't see it with your naked eye tho. Must be so amazing if we could!
Aaaw animals freaking out about the eclipse. Like, wait whaaaaat it's bed time already, WTF?????. I bet they also laugh at us when they had something that's obvious for them or not a big deal yet see us freak out about it.
People gonna people no matter where they live I suppose. Just wish they could do it elsewhere sometimes.
Thank you! For me totality more than makes up for any disappointment at not being able to see the partial eclipse without glasses. Those few minutes when you can take off your glasses and gaze at the sun directly are just so incredible, I don't have strong enough words to describe the experience.
In 2017 it was mid-morning when the eclipse hit, so the animals had just started their day when it got dark, was rather eerie how quiet it got. Ha, I'm sure they do. Growing up we just used the dogs for weather forecasting, if they ever suddenly got under the porch we knew a storm was about to hit. They were much more accurate than the weatherman on the TV anyway :D