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Total Solar Eclipse 2017

Our eclipse photos were taken with a Pentax K-50 using a 200 mm lens. Right after start of occlusion. Totality. If you click on the image, I believe that Mars and Mercury are visible (about 3 o’clock and 8 o’clock, respectively). “Diamond Ring.” Near end of eclipse.

Glamping in Madras

We spent the (long) weekend of August 17-22 in Madras, Oregon so we could see the 2017 eclipse. Madras is in the path of totality, but just out of town there was Solar Town, dead center in the path. We got a “Glamping” (Glamorous Camping) package, which got us a very large tent (including set-up […]