My dog was not impressed, I will want to see if a total impresses her, she did enjoy the road trip though.
It looks like quite a few cities are on center line in 2017. I will be both worried and impressed if people from here travel to Kentucky for 20 secs more of totality. It is shorter than the last total I saw.
Kudos to all those who got super photos. Patrick your montage is  super. Dave, Joe, Brent (probably missed someone) your mid eclipse photos super.   Murphy's law got me. Some how the sett ing on the camera got moved from manual to A-Dep just at mid eclipse and I couldn't get the shorter exposure times. When mid eclipse was over, I saw the problem. Alas too late.  But I did get an aspect that maybe wasn't really photoed by others. Here's the link
http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.3322160854891.119041.1294436682&typ...
Cedar Breaks was a great location. A group of about fifty at the lookout and many more spread across the ridge above Cedar City setting up at western looking spots without pine trees. There was only one other telescope at the look out besides mine. A guy (didn't get his name, shame on me) who was set up with a later model C-8 for photos only. Took about 1 minute apart for the entire eclipse. Had an I-pad that he could then show to everyone. His shots were spectacular.Â
Yes, a cheer went up when mid eclipse time arrived. The people with me had never seen an eclipse and they were duly impressed.Â
In retrospect. I was surprised at how centered the moon was at mid eclipse at Cedar Breaks. The location was off the center line. The simulations done last fall and posted to this board were inaccurate. Also, there was a debate on this board about how much sun would be covered, settling at 93%. Seemed like the percentage was higher. The ring of fire was small.Â
There is already a website for the total eclipse in 2017. The centerline passes through Grand Teton National Park. The time there is 2 minutes 20 seconds. The most time is Hoskinville between Kentucky and Tennessee with 2 minutes 40 seconds. There is an "eclipse city" already named near or in the grand teton park. Eclipse starts around 4:00. Mark you calendars,
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