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We observed the eclipse from The Links at Teton Peaks Golf Course, between Driggs and Victor, Idaho. It was almost on the centerline of the eclipse. The sky was clear, but the air was fairly hazy due to forest fires west of our site. The above 360° panorama of our site is best viewed in high resolution on a large screen.
Hazy tetons
f 6.6 @ 1/640, 70 mm, taken 2017:08:21 12:31:57.
At the Links at Teton Peaks Golf Course. A close view of the distant Grand Tetons.
Ken and Linda
f 5.6 @ 1/320, 70 mm, taken 2017:08:21 12:32:36.
The Jensens can only see the sun with these glasses!
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f 7 @ 1/1000, 600 mm, taken 2017:08:20 15:49:56.
The uneclipsed sun. Note the three sunspots in the center.
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f 6.6 @ 1/640, 600 mm, taken 2017:08:21 13:17:38.
First contact: The eclipse begins.
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f 6.6 @ 1/800, 600 mm, taken 2017:08:21 13:37:18.
And continues.
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f 6.4 @ 1/640, 600 mm, taken 2017:08:21 13:51:15.
And continues...
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f 6.4 @ 1/500, 600 mm, taken 2017:08:21 14:03:13.
Halfway there.
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f 6 @ 1/400, 600 mm, taken 2017:08:21 14:17:13.
The moon continues to cover the sun.
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f 5.4 @ 1/125, 600 mm, taken 2017:08:21 14:24:07.
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f 5.4 @ 1/200, 600 mm, taken 2017:08:21 14:26:09.
Getting darker.
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f 5.4 @ 1/100, 600 mm, taken 2017:08:21 14:28:37.
And darker.
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f 5.4 @ 1/20, 600 mm, taken 2017:08:21 14:31:45.
The auto exposure on the Canon T2i can't figure out how to set the exposure. It's really overexposed!
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f 5.4 @ 1/200, 600 mm, taken 2017:08:21 14:34:10.
Totality!! The protective filter has been removed, and the solar corona shines forth in all of its glory. Note the red prominences at the edge of the sun.
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f 5.4 @ 1/200, 600 mm, taken 2017:08:21 14:34:14.
Another view of the totality ecipsed sun.
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f 5.4 @ 1/250, 600 mm, taken 2017:08:21 14:34:17.
Get a load of the corona!
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f 5.4 @ 1/200, 600 mm, taken 2017:08:21 14:34:26.
More totality.
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f 5.4 @ 1/250, 600 mm, taken 2017:08:21 14:35:33.
The corona, although farther from the sun's surface is over 10 time hotter than the solar surface!
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f 5.4 @ 1/250, 600 mm, taken 2017:08:21 14:35:33.
The moon is moving on. Note the prominences are on the other side of the sun in this one.
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f 5.4 @ 1/200, 600 mm, taken 2017:08:21 14:35:45.
Perhaps the best view of the corona.
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f 7 @ 1/1000, 600 mm, taken 2017:08:21 14:36:30.
The diamond ring. The camera's autofocus could not handle the extreme contrast between the sun's limb and the dark sky around it, so I switched to manual focus. Unfortunately, I bumped the focus ring ever so slightly for this diamond ring shot, and it's a bit out of focus.
diamond ring
f 6 @ 1/3200, 270 mm, taken 2012:11:15 16:44:39.
This is better image of the diamond ring, a shot I got off of the internet taken by Rick Fienberg.
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f 5.4 @ 1/80, 600 mm, taken 2017:08:21 14:43:10.
The moon uncovers the sun.
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f 5 @ 1/200, 105 mm, taken 2017:08:21 11:38:19.
An airliner tries to keep in the path of totality.
Summit of teton pass.
The traffic leaving the path of totality was horrendous. Rather than take the route we came in on, through the town of Jackson, which was clogged with those who had watched the eclipse from the Grand Tetons, we went over Teton pass, which put us just south of Jackson. The view from the top of the pass was wonderful. As always, panoramas like this one are best viewed in high resolution mode. Despite our alternate route, we still encountered heavy, slow traffic all of the rest of the way back to Star Valley Ranch.
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f 8 @ 1/1250, 84 mm, taken 2017:08:21 15:27:35.
The Teton Pass road was quite steep.