My Eclipse Photos

[CaliforniaPeggy]

The first ones are early in the eclipse; the last ones are late, with the moon near its maximum.

[tularetom]

1. Thanks for taking those

We had company for dinner and completely forgot about the eclipse until after they left when it was too late.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. My pleasure, my dear tularetom!

My husband and I are amateur eclipse chasers, and when we discovered that we could see it from our own town, well!

I was quite hungry, cold and tired when we got home, but I was also very happy!

[pokerfan]

3. Good ones!

We got clouded out.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

4. Oh, thank you, my dear pokerfan!

We'd thought we would be clouded out too...

But the clouds played peek-a-boo with the sun, and enough light came through to make it worthwhile...

[Stargazer09]

5. Beautiful!

I love the pink glow.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

6. Thank you, my dear Stargazer09!

I honestly don't know where that pink glow came from...it didn't show when I took the pictures...

It IS cool, though, isn't it?

[Stargazer09]

10. Sometimes

The camera seems to have a mind of its own.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

12. Omigod, that's for sure! LOL. n/t

[MADem]

7. Very neat!!!! nt

[CaliforniaPeggy]

8. Thank you so much, my dear MADem! I had fun taking them. n/t

[villager]

9. Thanks for these. Had fun watching it through pieces of paper, and the various

...welders' masks and viewing devices people brought out into the street with them...

My youngest son wondered what the big deal was, but I think even he wound up impressed... (!)

[CaliforniaPeggy]

11. You're welcome, my dear villager!

My husband used a piece of heavy welder's glass to look through...

A number of people out walking stopped to chat and have a look. Some were unaware that the eclipse was today.

It was cold and windy, but we had a great time!

I'm sure your son was impressed. There's nothing quite like looking at the real thing.

[left on green only]

13. Thank you for taking these pictures to show us

I know you probably saved my eyes from becoming even worse (I was counting on you from earlier in the day). This causes me to give pause and remember back to the times when the inhabitants of this planet did not understand what was happening.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

18. My dear left on green only!

I had no idea you were counting on me...

I'm glad I came through for you.

Speaking of not understanding what's happening: When my husband and I saw the total eclipse of 1991, even though we did understand the science of it, we still were weirded out by how it looked and how we felt.

I can easily understand how the people of long ago reacted as they did.

[Permanut]

14. Awesome delightful, thank you!

We were clouded over in Portland, so we missed it here.

[laconicsax]

17. I got plenty of pictures in PDX

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10364919

It's all about timing--watching the slightly brighter section of clouds and waiting until they thin enough to see anything.

[Permanut]

27. Wow, good job, laconic!

[niyad]

15. thank you so much for sharing these--we were clouded out here.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

20. It's always my pleasure to share, my dear niyad...

I'm glad you enjoyed these!

[Lugnut]

16. Very nice!

Thank you for sharing your pictures with those of us who live on the other side of the country.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

24. My pleasure, my dear Lugnut!

I had a great time taking these, and watching it happen.



Hey, I envied the folks who got the true annular eclipse, lol!

[laconicsax]

19. Fantastic shots!

What filter were you using to get that pink glow?

[CaliforniaPeggy]

26. Thank you, my dear laconicsax!

No special filters; just the normal UV one to protect the lens.

I have NO idea where the pink glow came from.

[Mz Pip]

21. Very nice! n/t

[CaliforniaPeggy]

28. Aw thanks, my dear Mz Pip! n/t

[harmonicon]

22. Thanks for sharing, Peggy!

Do you think you'll try go catch the transit of Venus as well? I'm looking forward to that, but I'm really afraid that I might miss it either because of weather, or more likely, that I won't wake up even if I set an alarm. You'll be able to catch a bit of it towards sunset where you are though.

[gateley]

25. When is that? (Or did I already miss it?) nt

[harmonicon]

35. 5th or 6th of June, I think - might want to double check that.

If you miss it this time, it's not going to happen again for over a hundred more years.

[gateley]

45. Thanks! Don't think I want to wait around that long, so I'll definitely check on this. :-) nt

[CaliforniaPeggy]

29. It's my pleasure, my dear harmonicon!

I don't know when that's happening, and I rather doubt it. I really don't have the long lenses, or a telescope that you need to do those justice.

I LOVE eclipses, though!

[harmonicon]

36. You should be able to catch it without any super specialized equipment.

And it is a sort of eclipse as well - just a smaller one that lasts longer to make up for it.

[gateley]

23. Wow, Peggy! These are so perfect looking they almost seem fake, if you

know what I mean.

Good job! Our skies have been socked in all day today so no luck up here. I'll just enjoy it vicariously through you.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

32. My dear gateley!

I thank you for your very kind words, sweetie!

I assure you that these are real...

We were afraid our skies would be socked in as well, but we lucked out. We had just enough semi-clear skies to take these pictures...

[Kablooie]

30. Wow, how'd you do that?

I had to punch a hole in aluminum foil to look.
It worked but was pretty tiny.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

33. My dear Kablooie!

The clouds protected the camera and me from the worst hottest rays of the sun...

And I just pointed my digital camera (Nikon D50) at the sun when the clouds were just thick enough...

I was using my zoom lens too...all the way out to 250 mm.

That's how I did it!

It was really fun, too.

[Kablooie]

40. The clouds make them more interesting.

Where I am, up in the hills above Pasadena, there were no clouds so I couldn't look towards the sun at all. Now we have to wait until 2045 for the next solar eclipse to hit SoCal.

[Paka]

31. Thank you for those lovely pictures.

We were just outside the range here in Chiang Mai.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

34. You're most welcome, my dear Paka!

So you're in Thailand? How cool is that?

I'm sorry you couldn't see the eclipse yourself...

And welcome to DU!

[Paka]

43. Hi CaliforniaPeggy,

I am indeed here in Thailand. I love DU and we ex-pats here in Thailand hope to be a strong force this year. Can we make the same difference we did in 2008 remains to be seen. Love all you DU folks and you help me to keep my spirits up.

[Mira]

37. We talked about this today, and hoped

for exactly what you brought to us in your photos. Since we could not see it ourselves - a real treat!
My "ancient" Mom wondered, as we were in Key West today, if this situation meant there would not be a sunset today. She asked it in a really low voice into just my ear.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

38. Thanks so much, my dear Mira!

I'm really glad you and your Mom enjoyed these...

Thanks for sharing that cute story about your "ancient" Mom, LOL

Too cute!

[paulkienitz]

39. got this shooting through eight layers of car window tint mylar...

[CaliforniaPeggy]

41. That is just stunning!

I love the color and the size of the bite!

Thank you for sharing it with us, paulkienitz!

[GreenPartyVoter]

42. It's pink! I didn't expect that! :^D Very cool, Peggy! *hugs*

[hue]

44. Awesome pics!! Thanks for sharing!

[Beacool]

46. Wow, great pics!!!

Thanks for posting them.

Here on the East coast it wasn't that great.

[Arugula Latte]

47. Pink! pink pink pink pink pink

Just gorgeous. Here's a song ... "Pink Moon" -- close enough to pink sun I hope!

[progressoid]

53. +1

I was thinking the same thing

[krispos42]

48. Nice...

...us East Coasters missed it.

I'm waiting for Venus to transit the sun!

[Irishonly]

49. Wonderful pictures

It was quite a sight to behold. We did low tech observation in our yard. A pair of good binoculars and a big sheet of paper.

[WhoIsNumberNone]

50. Every time we have an eclipse here, it rains.

[AllenVanAllen]

51. Wonderful shots, Peggy!

Since I live where you really couldn't see anything, I'm so glad there are so many stunning shots of the event. Thank you for sharing!

[Mnemosyne]

52. Very beautiful, Peggy! Thanks for sharing!

[femmocrat]

54. Really cool! Thanks, Peggy!

We didn't get to see it on the east coast, but I did watch it on DU yesterday!

[Gore1FL]

55. Thank you for sharing! n/t

[Marrah_G]

56. Very nice pictures

[UnrepentantLiberal]

57. Now that was cool.

Lucky you to be able to see that.

[LongTomH]

58. Thank you very much for these beautiful images, CaliforniaPeggy

The eclipse was only partial here.

By the way, what kind of camera and filters did you use?

[CaliforniaPeggy]

59. I used my Nikon D50 with the normal UV filter.......on the 23 to 250 mm zoom lens.

Glad you enjoyed the pictures! We felt very lucky.

Sorry for the late response; just got home from a long day in LA doing jury duty.