I haven't done any serious research myself, but Kevin Poe has. He at first thought that what you say would be true, especially with elevated horizons. But he forgot to correct for daylight savings time, so according to his latest calculations, the entire event, from 1st to 4th contact should be visible from here (Bryce Canyon) and most everywhere else with even moderately elevated horizons. Annularity/centrality/annular totality should be visible well above the horizon, with 4th contact occurring near sunset for most of us in So. Utah, anyway. Nevertheless, Bryce Canyon NP is still the place to be. (Is that message getting home yet? ;-) Kim -----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Chuck Hards Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2012 2:09 PM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Eclipse Festival Doesn't the sun set well before the eclipse ends? Practically during annularity, as seen from the continental US? I don't think we can see anywhere near the whole event, especially from Utah. We are just about at the end of the track, IIRC. With the sun so low, you're not going to get really high-resolution photos. Be prepared for a flattened sun and not a perfect circle. the sun might even break up into the "mirage effect", really ripply. In that case, the annular ideal isn't going to happen. Think "art shot" and drama for this one.