Seeing the eclipse from just across the road from Siegfried, Bruno and Rodger, I can attest that driving to the centerline wasn't a waste of time. And isn't Bryce farther, at least in terms of hours on the road? We had a wonderful view of everything but the last part of the final partial phase, and seeing the sun set while eclipsed gave a special thrill. We were with friends and ran into other friends at Kanarraville. It was a blast! I hope to post at least one of my 300-plus photos tonight. Best wishes, Joe ________________________________ From: Siegfried Jachmann <siegfried@jachmann.org> To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Monday, May 21, 2012 12:13 PM Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Eclipse at Bryce Canyon Kim, I take exception the the characterization that driving to the centerline was a waste of time. I had a great time and an exceptional view under cloudless skies on the centerline with family and friends. It most certainly was not a waste of time. Siegfried On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 11:07 AM, Kim <kimharch@cut.net> wrote:
Oh boy oh boy oh boy - What a day!
I don't think that anyone here has seen so many people in the park. In spite of large crowds, we had eclipse glasses for all (ordered 8,000) and no safety issues. We did have some transportation/logistical problems after the main event with so many people trying to board buses at the same time, but overall a great success.
This was my first annular eclipse, but I am now as convinced as ever that driving to the centerline (Kanarraville or wherever) was a waste of time. For the overall aesthetic experience, Bryce Canyon was just perfect: beautiful scenery, cool temps, and enough people to have a real party atmosphere. The cheers and shouts at annularity echoed all throughout the main Bryce Amphitheater area. I was operating a Coronado scope with a video camera attached to feed to a projector in the parking area for visitors. All who saw it were impressed. It allowed observing Bailey's Beads a good 10 or 15 seconds before they were seen visually and there were good sunspots and prominences visible throughout the eclipse. From my post at Inspiration Point the western horizon was less than one degree high; we saw the sun set with just a small nibble still showing out of the upper left quadrant, and I even saw a modest green flash.
Now for the Venus transit.
Kim
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