drrich2
Contributor
Well, it just passed though, and seeing as how I live just outside Hopkinsville, KY, and work in it, and as for many I was blessed to not get knocked out of it by cloud cover, I went out in my old Canon SL1 digital SLR with Canon 100-400 mm IS lens on a tripod and grabbed some shots. This is a crop from one of the ones I liked better:
A few observations:
1.) Even a fairly small sliver of sun lights up the countryside, anywhere from daylight to maybe half-strength (when it's really small). The sliver looks like an orange crescent moon, and that's with eclipse glasses (retinal damage from direct sun viewing is no joke!).
2.) It's not until that last sliver vanishes and 'totality happens' that the dark ball with a while halo suddenly pops into view (at least that's how I remember it).
3.) Totality entailed twilight conditions, not full darkness.
4.) Our totality was predicted to start at 1:24:39 p.m. CST, and last about 2 minutes, 40 seconds.
Richard.
P.S.: Hopkinsville was considered one of the prime locations to view the eclipse.
A few observations:
1.) Even a fairly small sliver of sun lights up the countryside, anywhere from daylight to maybe half-strength (when it's really small). The sliver looks like an orange crescent moon, and that's with eclipse glasses (retinal damage from direct sun viewing is no joke!).
2.) It's not until that last sliver vanishes and 'totality happens' that the dark ball with a while halo suddenly pops into view (at least that's how I remember it).
3.) Totality entailed twilight conditions, not full darkness.
4.) Our totality was predicted to start at 1:24:39 p.m. CST, and last about 2 minutes, 40 seconds.
Richard.
P.S.: Hopkinsville was considered one of the prime locations to view the eclipse.
