I took this picture handheld- wish I'd had time to change my camera settings but that would've meant taking my eyes off the eclipse.
Mercury is in the bottom left.
1/80 sec. f/9 400mm ISO 6400
Canon 80D with a Tamron 18-400mm lens
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I tried taking photos, but quickly turned to a high-powered pair of binos. I too saw Mercury, and was amazed to see a prominence of reddish orange at the base of the corona, which extended many more degrees than I had anticipated. Looking at the shadow of the moon was like peering into a black hole. We all were awestruck when we removed our protective eye wear at the beginning of totality. Next time I'll have an automated imaging set up so I don't have to fiddle with the camera.
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Mar 22, 2020
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I suppose that you're aware of the next total solar eclipse visible in North America. The path of totality goes from Mexico into Canada.
Where did you go to see totality?
@HumanistJohn Thank you for asking. Yes, I am well aware, and am planning! I'm looking at Vermont and northern Maine as a likely destination--4 minutes of totality!
For the 2017 eclipse, I avoided the mass of humanity in eastern Oregon, largely comprised of folks heading directly north from California, and instead chose to head east to Winnemucca, Nevada, and north on Hwy 95 toward eastern Idaho. Settled in for the event in Lime, Oregon--nothing there, really. Was surprised to see how many of us had chosen the same location, but avoided the traffic jams.
We had taken the train from San Francisco to Bend Oregon. The train actually stops in a national park and there's not even a station there. AMTRAK busses you from there to Bend. The trip to Bend took about an hour. Coming back that evening: we left Bend at 5:30 but did not get to where the train was until almost 1 in the morning.
The day of the eclipse we drove from Bend to Madras but the sky was hazy so we headed back toward Bend.
We thought about Maine for 2024 but don't know about the weather. We obviously want to maximize our chances of a clear sky of course.