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4 hours ago, WxBlue said:

Yeah, we'll have to see. Will be looking at numbers closely this evening.

well it looks like that chance busted.

11 hours ago, WxBlue said:

Went up the road from Dover and was able to get two bright green bands on my long exposure pictures. It was around for about 5 minutes before fading away.

Very cool yeah there may be more tonight if that G2 verifies.

Looks like the X8 flare on the sun's limb was enough to at least send some of the CME in our direction. We may see up to G2 storming tonight or more likely tomorrow night. The forecast is favorable for viewing as far as the weather goes. Obviously timing is everything. The moon phase is waning which is good as well.

2 minutes ago, WxBlue said:

What was your f/number? Just curious.

 

Thursday night event was my first attempt at spotting northern lights and it was gorgeous to watch from Alton Bay around midnight! Wish low clouds to north weren't there or I would've gotten better pictures, but I'll take a solid green aurora band for my first attempt! Hopefully next good event will have pillars...

 

 

F2.8

Just now, ApacheTrout said:

Beautiful, eyewall.  I could only see the green faintly.  Was the pink visible to the naked eye?

Yes the pink was definitely naked eye visible and you could clearly see the color. These were only 4-6 second exposures at 1250 ISO. It didn't last long but it was bright when it was there.

A couple of more form last night. The rod to the left of the tree was actually south of due west.

Thank you and yeah we got a lucky break in the clouds for a couple of hours.

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10 minutes ago, dendrite said:

Nice pics.

Bz south again.

Thank you!

Here is what I caught. I was at 1250 ISO for 4-6 sec so it was pretty bright to the naked eye before it faded quick:

Sky exploded with pillars for a bit here then died. Pics to come

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Its there! Nice arc

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We are partly cloudy here. If it is there ill see it shortly

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The moon will be the issue.

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I am getting in position now

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A CME has struck and the direction is way south -32nt. We shall see if the Kp is high enough. SWPC says a G2 is in progress.

9 minutes ago, ApacheTrout said:

And that was followed by an X9.  Top of the scale.

We better hope for some clearing!

It is now a G3 watch and an X7 flare occurred this morning.

G2 watch for the 6th/7th. Unfortunately it will be cloudy and rainy.

54 minutes ago, ice1972 said:

I think the magnitude and awesomeness of being in totality has great potential to change peoples minds......moreso than a lot of other awesome things.....its why I don't get it when people are dismissive about it or borderline insulting about the effort you put in to get in totality......I'm saying just try it once......

It is really totality or bust after what I experienced. The 2:36 duration went by so quickly. I only wish I could see a 4 or 6 minute event. I am now hooked and would love to chase to South America in 2019.

Jeremy

21 minutes ago, Juliancolton said:

Yeah, that may well be the defining shot for me as well... I love all the human activity and the fact that there are some actual landmarks connecting the eclipse to a real place. I was slightly worried the sun would be too high to capture any foreground elements, but I actually visited this spot with my widest lens at 2:40 on Sunday and confirmed that I could get the shot. Overall I'm pretty thrilled with how I managed to successfully take several different types of pictures while still enjoying the event with my own senses. My goal now is to be fully automated for the next one so I don't have to concentrate on the cameras at all during totality.

Very much a fan of your photos as well. That most recent one is spectacular with how brightly Regulus is shining.

Thank you and seeing venus and bright stars emerge was pretty awesome. I was at the spot in greenville the night before and figured it would be packed there.

2 hours ago, wxeyeNH said:

Jeremy so glad you got to see this.  Wow, the weather could not have been better across the US.  Sure a few places got clouded out but all and all over 3000 miles the weather was epic.

I guess all could be summed up by this picture I saw and the photographers comments.  I saw this on facebook and it really summed up my experience in 1998.  Now we look forward to April 8 2024.  Only 6 years and 9 months away...

 

  Blake Farnham is with Sam Ridout-Claude.

Yesterday at 5:24am · 

 

For three days and two nights I sat on top this mountain thinking of how I would capture something I'd never seen before. I had two minutes of totality, plenty of time to get all the shots I wanted. Yet when the time finally came and the sun went black, tears began to run down my face. I had never seen anything so beautiful, epic, or surreal in my life. The feeling was so overwhelming. I scrambled to change lenses, re-frame the shot, change settings, all while shaking uncontrollably with eyes full of water. Before I knew it the sun was peaking out the other side, it had felt like the whole thing lasted only seconds. This photo is one of only five I was able to capture. We drove over 2,000 miles to see a total eclipse and bring home this picture. I wish everyone could've been sitting there with me. This moment truly changed my life.

That is an awesome shot and one hell of a photogenic landscape. I would recommend not being in New England for April 2024. We all know how cloudy it is that time of year. I wish I could go to South America in 2019.

14 hours ago, wxeyeNH said:

Just noticed the KP index is 5 right now.  Clear skies  no moon, any chance of anything up here tonight??

I got an alert that it went to 6 as I was driving back from the eclipse in SC. Of course I was in NC (still am until Sunday) at the time. It would have been cool to see aurora and totality in the same day but that is asking too much. You were absolutely dead on with the difference totality makes vs. 99%. I am still on a high from the experience. I only wish the duration of totality was a little longer but still that was incredible. I was sure to focus on experiencing the event over taking photos and I am happy I did and still of course came away with a few grabs. The shadow approaching like a wall from the west, the diamond ring, totality/corona, and the end of totality with it looking like someone was raising the lights in a room are moments I won't ever forget. I want to chase one in South America in 2019!

Here is one more crop to highlight the star Regulus making an appearance to the upper left of the sun/moon disc. Unless I bracketed, I am guessing I wouldn't have that if underexposed more to gain better detail in the Corona:

11 hours ago, Juliancolton said:

Took 16 hours to get home from Greenville and I'm only now getting to process my photos from the event. A couple of my favorites...

Outer corona, Regulus, Mercury, and some earthshine on the moon:

Gorgeous prominences just after second contact:

Wide-angle view of the Reedy River and thousands of spectators at totality:

I love the last wide shot from the park. That is awesome.

I noticed a lot of photos and videos came out too light during totality from what I experienced when showing the landscape. I edited mine to approximate what it looked like in reality as far as that goes. Some of it could also be I was within 3 miles of the center line and it would be a bit lighter toward the edge of the totality zone. Either way I am hooked and want to see another.