The Dutch Observatory

And then to wrap it up, I imaged egress.  Again please visit my gallery for all the images.  It was an extreme exiting experience with the crowd around cheering when totality arrived and looking at the chromosphere around the Sun was unforgettable.  Can’t wait for the next one!!

I made an animated GIF of the last few seconds prior to totality.  The first thumbnail links to the animation.  It shows the contours of the Moon’s surface as it approaches the Western limb of the Sun.  When I started imaging totality, my laptop froze and I had to resort to a reboot.  During that time my son made some images of totality with his Canon 7D which are shown here. One of them shows totality, the second the diamond ring.   A real great job!  Thanks Hal.

My first choice for the eclipse was Spring City TN, but as I monitored the weather the days before the eclipse, forecast it became clear that chances for cloudless skies were even better just up the road from in South Carolina. Leaving at 4:00 am from my son’s house we ended soon in Walhalla SC, but the Waffle House was in Seneca SC.  After breakfast we found South Cove Park in Seneca and that’s where we were the first ones to setup very close to the center line of the eclipse. Great park, great people.  I am posting a few images during ingress from first contact to the last few seconds prior to totality.  Please go to my gallery to see all images taken during ingress.