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EPOD
by Patrick Wiggins 21 May '12

21 May '12

Look who made EPOD today: http://epod.usra.edu/blog/2012/05/reflection-of-antelope-island-in-great-sa… Kudos! patrick

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One photo
by Daniel Holmes 21 May '12

21 May '12

I did manage to take one photo with my camera phone in between the crowds. Handheld, a bit of reflection from the eyepiece, but not bad..I can fix that in photoshop easily. http://db.tt/z5YbsIdp Dan -- Sent from an iPad. There should be less mispelings, but more errors.

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Eclipse pictures
by Patrick Wiggins 21 May '12

21 May '12

Could it have been a move perfect eclipse? Here's my first attempt at making my pictures presentable as an animated GIF: http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/temp/eclipse01.gif I need to work on positioning but that will have to wait until I'm awake enough to operate the software... Night all. Time to dream of 2017, patrick

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Update from down south
by Patrick Wiggins 21 May '12

21 May '12

Sitting here having lunch in Beaver. Beautiful blue skies, no wind and just all round great conditions. Funny but a guy saw my eclipse shirt and asked if I had any glasses. So I gave him a pair. Siegfried reports not many people at the main site in Kanarraville yet. I'm guessing that will change as we approach the 6:22 eclipse start time. Rodger says a number of folks at Parawon Gap. He's currently headed to Kanarraville. Joe and his group just joined me for lunch. He's headed for a place yet to be determined. And I hear the folks at Bryce are trying really hard to get folks with scopes to stick around for the eclipse rather than head for the centerline. And now it's time for the final push to "Eclipse Central". Good luck to all. patrick P.S. Is it too soon to start planning for 2017? :) Sent from my iPad

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Annular Eclipse (best set): 20 May 2012 from ~ 18:22 until 20:35
by Dave Gary 21 May '12

21 May '12

Quick and dirty post of sequential eclipse photos. I’ll clean it up in the next few days. http://www.flickr.com/photos/78046474@N06/sets/72157629825373762/

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Contrails during eclipse
by Ryan Shaw 21 May '12

21 May '12

*Just* missed getting the plane. Was shooting at 5 second intervals and my father yells over, "Did you get that plane?" I went back a few shots on the laptop and just had this: http://twitpic.com/9nhhxp Ryan

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Eclipse from West Valley
by Steve Fisher 20 May '12

20 May '12

Well, I stayed home and had about 20 people over. First contact was observed through high clouds. The clouds came and went but we all got to see what was happening and I did manage to capture a couple of photos. http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=4986

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Library
by Daniel Holmes 20 May '12

20 May '12

View from the salt lake main library. Never had perfect seeing through the clouds, however it didn't dampen the public enthusiasm. Great crowd, well behaved, and thanks to the Civil Air Patrol for helping out..you guys were an invaluable help. http://db.tt/jRGwt57o http://db.tt/mlMG794S I think we had around a half dozen scopes, between the planetarium, myself, and a friend of mine. There was some sort of festival going on at the city building, I don't know if that helped or hindered the crowds. Dan -- Sent from an iPad. There should be less mispelings, but more errors.

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Wow!
by Patrick Wiggins 20 May '12

20 May '12

Beautiful. And the crowd really did go wild.

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Clouded out
by Craig Smith 20 May '12

20 May '12

Clouded out in South Jordan. How is it in Utah or Davis counties?

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