WOW!
We are speechless! How does one describe such a grand experience as a total solar eclipse? Are we ready for another! Of course!
We had to fight with fog to see it. We awoke to fog in the morning. We excitedly watched it became thinner, even allowing the sun to shine through. At 9:04, we watched, with our solar glasses on, the tiny black spot beginning to cover the sun. Click on the picture to the left to make it bigger. You can maybe see the small corner at the bottom right of the moon covering the sun. Remember, I said I was not going to take any pictures--I wanted to enjoy the experience. I did!
Then at 9:41, the fog thickened, blocking much of the sun. At 10:16, however, the special effects of totality broke through! We could see the total eclipse! What an awesome experience! Truly worthy of the description "once in a lifetime!"
As the sun's crescent narrowed to just a thin line, we saw Bailey's Beads: the light broken up into dots and points of light. We saw an orange "flash" on the left side, a ways from the circumference of the darkened sun. The diamond ring was terrific! Both going into and out of totality! It was an explosion of light, with rays going out just like a diamond ring.
We saw beautiful white light from the corona. Then, we grabbed our binoculars and through the binoculars the "white" corona burst into colors! We saw an orange streamer from the corona at the left side. We saw a section of red start out around the sun's darkened disk from the right. Then orange and white going our from the corona.
Colors were fantastic! A flash of orange, then deep red starting to flash around the blackened circle of the sun. The binoculars helped us zoom in on this fantastic color show! First, that ring of red, then orange surrounded the blackened disk of the sun. There was clearly defined colors radiating out from that disk! It was tremendous!
Then, the diamond ring formed again, then was gone, followed by the corona. Back on came the glasses!
It was over! Run it again! Can we hit rewind? When is the next one?
Wow!
The fog prevented the 360 degrees "sunset". We did not think of looking for the shadow bands from the moon, and wonder if indeed they would have been visible with the fog and terrain of the park. And of course we could not see any stars.
But the total darkness, the tremendous colors of the corona, and the diamond rings....all equal an experience to cherish.
Here is our "picture" of the total eclipse:
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| Lindy's "Picture", at beginning.... |
Then at 9:41, the fog thickened, blocking much of the sun. At 10:16, however, the special effects of totality broke through! We could see the total eclipse! What an awesome experience! Truly worthy of the description "once in a lifetime!"
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| Temperature at 8:50 AM ( 61 degrees) |
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| Temperature at 9:50 AM (58 degrees) |
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| Temperature at 10:03 AM (56 degrees!) |
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| Taken at 10:16 - notice the fog toward the ocean... |
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| Temperature at 10:20 AM (55 degrees...) Think the fog had something to do along with the temperature...? |
We saw beautiful white light from the corona. Then, we grabbed our binoculars and through the binoculars the "white" corona burst into colors! We saw an orange streamer from the corona at the left side. We saw a section of red start out around the sun's darkened disk from the right. Then orange and white going our from the corona.
Colors were fantastic! A flash of orange, then deep red starting to flash around the blackened circle of the sun. The binoculars helped us zoom in on this fantastic color show! First, that ring of red, then orange surrounded the blackened disk of the sun. There was clearly defined colors radiating out from that disk! It was tremendous!
Then, the diamond ring formed again, then was gone, followed by the corona. Back on came the glasses!
It was over! Run it again! Can we hit rewind? When is the next one?
Wow!
The fog prevented the 360 degrees "sunset". We did not think of looking for the shadow bands from the moon, and wonder if indeed they would have been visible with the fog and terrain of the park. And of course we could not see any stars.
But the total darkness, the tremendous colors of the corona, and the diamond rings....all equal an experience to cherish.
Here is our "picture" of the total eclipse:
Thanks to Captain Dan's Pirate Pastry Shop! Look closely, you can see the corona around the circumference! This total eclipse was delicious, but our tongues were black the rest of the day!
Later!
Roving Riders, SWIRVIN around the Oregon Coast for a couple more weeks!
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