Black Hole Sun

The last glimmer of the sun is seen as the moon makes its final move over the sun during the total solar eclipse on Monday, August 21, 2017 above Madras, Oregon. A total solar eclipse swept across a narrow portion of the contiguous United States from Lincoln Beach, Oregon to Charleston, South Carolina. A partial solar eclipse was visible across the entire North American continent along with parts of South America, Africa, and Europe. Photo Credit: NASA/Aubrey Gemignani

LIGHT'S OUT: Today was the day. The day we'd been waiting for for years now. The Great American Eclipse. 

Christian and the kids were down south, in the totality zone (lucky dogs). Meanwhile I was home with the dogs. :/ (Me = unlucky dog.)

The southern contingent rose before the sun, and headed from Bend to Madras, 'ground zero' of the eclipse in Oregon.

Christian and I spent a lot of time strategizing about where they should go try to go view the eclipse. We had a short list of public properties, and Christian decided upon the water department as their target.

As wonderful luck would have it, they were the only ones there. Score!

Meanwhile, back here at MPA. I cued up the Science Channel and NASA TV coverage of the event.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=130&v=g0dz8TpV9RY


I'm without a good camera right now, so I had to bust out the 15 year old point and shoot/fixed lens camera for the event. This was the best I could do.

CJ and Annabelle will be home tomorrow, so stay tuned for first person reports from them about experiencing totality!