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Old 05-20-2012, 09:11 PM
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The clouds cleared and winds died, so I thought it might be cool to get some aerial shots of the sunset eclipse......Very interesting view from 3300ft!















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Old 05-20-2012, 09:14 PM
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Pete you are The Man! I knew somebody is going to do the slideshow
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Old 05-20-2012, 09:19 PM
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clouded over here, so thanks for the pics.
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Beautiful! We were on the ground, with pinholes in file folders and with crescent-shaped dapples...and we heard a plane overhead and wondered what it might look like up there.

Thanks for the photos!
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Old 05-20-2012, 09:20 PM
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Pete, did you use any kind of filter on the lense??

Great shots, quite different perspective from "up there"
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Old 05-20-2012, 09:44 PM
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Thanks for the kind comments, guys.

I just used the 70-200mm on the Digital Rebel. The only "filter" is the extra distance the light travels thru the atmosphere when the sun is flat on the horizon. I did play with many manual settings (and trashed about 50% of the pics) to get some keepers.

It was a beautiful night to fly............
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Old 05-21-2012, 05:57 AM
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Pete - you rat, I knew if I didn't go out, you would! You just wanted to hog the eclipse sunset! Great pictures, really cool.
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Old 05-21-2012, 06:43 AM
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That is very cool.

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Old 05-22-2012, 11:44 PM
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Default Path of Totality...
This is RV related... Honest! I flew my RV-6 from my home in northern Oregon down to the southern end of the state (Grants Pass/3S8) to intercept the northern edge of the path of totality on Sunday. The overcast skies of the northern part of the state gave way to partly cloudy skies down south, perfect for eclipse viewing... Until totality came around. A pesky cloud appeared and threatened to obscure it, but it wasn't totally successful allowing us to experience the event...

Below are the results of the trip. A very cool astronomical event to see! The next one scheduled for 2017 will go right over my house so it won't require an RV ride unless it's to escape the weather again...







Oh, and I had tailwinds both ways... Honest!
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