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Annular Eclipse from Utah's Capitol Reef Park

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I can't say I got as many good shots of the entire event as many other people did, but we certainly did enjoy the view from Capitol Reef Utah.
https://maps.app.goo.gl/2ApJhtmbXi2MtXmc9
Thin clouds prevented sharp pictures during the 1/2 hour around totality, the only clouds we saw for 3 days in Utah (shrug).
In both telescopes, we could discern much more detail by eye than in the cameras, so visually the view was beautiful nonetheless.
Despite having 4 cameras with me, my eye was still the best "receiver" for observing the event as it progressed.
Eclipse_IMG_5200_Cloudy.jpg

For those who were equipped to see them, there are spectacular prominences around the edges of the sun these days. The edge of the moon passed across an enormous one (that looked like a "party tent" in my wife's words). All we could do is watch, and that we did, because I don't have a camera compatible with my Hydrogen-Alpha telescope (yet). I did come up with a work-around which kind-of worked by attaching my cell phone over the eyepiece, but it was fiddly. On the day I didn't want to fuss with it, I just wanted to watch.

Pictures turned out rather well in visual colors at least. I'm still processing other second/third contact images. Registax is slow so there's not much to see yet. I hope I can draw out the fine details. Hopefully I will have more to add soon.

We were not quite on centerline:
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Very nice Steven, I never tire of eclipse photos!
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Oh yeah and about the park: it's spectacular too. My wife and I easily enjoyed our day exploring as much as the eclipse that brought us there!

This photo is just the park entrance. The whole thing takes a day to drive through. My wife is a geologist so she was like a kid at the circus all day.
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splendid take thx .
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Sounds like a great experience all around!
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Looks like you had a good view through your scope. I know in my case that it there would be a possibility of spending too much time looking for the sun when the time comes around. And there just isn't that much time to see the eclipse!
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Nice imaging, and results...

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