Most viewed - Eclipse from Thompson Peak, August 21, 2017
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IMG_7881.JPG40 viewsAs I imagined, there appeared to be daylight on the southern horizon. The digital back of Mike's camera shows brightly in the dim light of totality.
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IMG_7883.JPG38 viewsI tilt up to include the corona--small, but visible with the 16mm.
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IMG_7889.JPG38 viewsSomeone shouts, "The diamond!", and we realize totality has ended. It gets much brighter.
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IMG_7886.JPG36 viewsThe wide lens captures the remoteness of this place under the eerie light of the eclipse--this is what I was hoping for! A contrail can be seen above the person in the chair, one third of the way above the horizon. Directly above us-- Venus.
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IMG_7937.JPG34 viewsThe pollinators were busy doing their part!
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IMG_7887.JPG33 views
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IMG_7896.JPG32 viewsAn afterthought; with the 1.4 extender on the 70-200, I train the camera on what most people photographed, without much luck!
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IMG_7894.JPG31 views11:33 am; it's as though the sun is coming up again, but the increase in brightness is happening much faster.
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IMG_7898.JPG31 viewsWe hang out on the peak for another hour, taking photos, and wait for the crowd to descend. Too much loose rock!
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IMG_7871.JPG30 viewsTotality; I never saw a distinct shadow racing in from the west. It was more like a highly compressed sunset. It got cold! Thompson Peak is 10251'; the highest in the Sawtooth. I heard jet aircraft.
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IMG_7873.JPG30 viewsPeople cheered as the corona became the only source of light. Someone said it was OK to view it without protective lenses.
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IMG_7877.JPG30 viewsPeople busied themselves with an array of recording devices. Many had carried tripods to the summit. Some held the inexpensive viewing glasses in front of point-and-shoot cameras.
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