The Eclipse

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sakorick

August 22, 2017, 12:01:12 PM
The eclipse went off and the clouds moved in....right on time. I managed to get a few shots through the clouds but seconds before the totality a large low cloud blocked the whole thing out except for one lucky break. I didn't have a chance to take any RAW images and most of the full telephoto ones were not good. But here are a few that pretty much sum up what we saw. It was a lot of fun and worth the drive down to Smithville Lake. The one total shot I got was pretty bad but it is what it is. The Canon worked great and the variable filter was terrific. We saw no stars but saw many confused birds headed to roost. The one dog that was there had zero reaction.







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recoil junky

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August 22, 2017, 03:04:17 PM
We were at 97% coverage and I got  a few pictures as well through a #11 gold welding lens which I still need to download. Got one a shot of  Venus(?) I think.

RJ
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Jorge in Oz

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August 22, 2017, 05:08:32 PM
Great pics
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August 22, 2017, 08:20:40 PM
Here you are Rick a little compensation....


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lepQoU4oek4


...
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sakorick

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August 23, 2017, 02:37:21 AM
Quote from: j0e_bl0ggs;148841Here you are Rick a little compensation....


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lepQoU4oek4


...

Cool! The "dude" had about 50K's worth of sophisticated stuff there and forgot to take the lens covers off. The dude was a dude though....whatever a dude is.:MOGRIN:
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#5
August 23, 2017, 04:22:09 AM
Yeah made me giggle too! Nice vid in any case.
The space station transit will stick in the throat of the flat earfers...
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#6
August 23, 2017, 04:46:49 AM
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August 23, 2017, 06:53:45 AM
"Flat earth" was the second thing I thought about when I looked at that video. The first thing was "Could it be possible for a human being to be a bigger dork?"

Paul
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August 23, 2017, 07:36:00 AM
Quote from: gitano;148847"Flat earth" was the second thing I thought about when I looked at that video. The first thing was "Could it be possible for a human being to be a bigger dork?"

Paul

Have met bigger dorks....
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#9
August 23, 2017, 12:58:04 PM
Quote from: j0e_bl0ggs;148848Have met bigger dorks....

No way. The land owner didn't even like him. He is a Dork's Dork....Totally Dude!:MOGRIN:
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recoil junky

#10
August 23, 2017, 02:56:07 PM
It was a clear day.

Venus(?)



at 11:00



At 11:34 when "we" were supposed to be at 97%



Shadows were weird



And it was "this" dark



RJ
When you go afield, take the kids and please......................................wear your seatbelts.
Northwest Colorado.............Where the wapiti roam and deer and antelope run amuck. :undecided:  
Proud father of a soldier medic in The 82nd Airborne 325th AIR White Falcons :army:

Paul Hoskins

#11
August 24, 2017, 01:33:58 AM
I have little interest in celestial bodies except the one I married. ......Paul H

gitano

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August 24, 2017, 08:22:24 AM
:D:D:D

Paul
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