10-14 Annular Eclipse

[Jim]

https://science.nasa.gov/eclipses/futur ... here-when/

In case you've been under a rock the last few days.

75% achievement in Tucson is a passing grade!

[Hansenaz]

it got noticeably "dimmer".

[Alston_Neal]

Deb ordered glasses, they should arrive by 10pm today. Had a pair of welding googles and of course ...smoked trout. [ youtube video ]

[Jim]

@Hansenaz
I had clouds so couldn't see it when it was about 75% and in Florida Canyon, but could see it around 9 AM as a small bite taken out of the sun, and again around 10:30 to maybe 11 AM, when those clouds moved on. It was very dim at the trailhead to start, but even at 9AM it seemed noticeably dimmer to me, which was why I started to look at the sun.

[TooOld2Hike_EP]

Just returned from Central NV/Western UT for the eclipse.

Spent Friday night at Sacramento Pass Rec Area. (BLM, no fee.) A nice place. If you go, camp in the equestrian loop because it's further away from the RT 50 road noise. There's a trail there. (Didn't hike it.) A large pond. Fishing. Nature Hikes.

7000' MSL.

The plan early Saturday morning was to either drive north of Ely short of Currie, NV; or east to Sevier Lake in Utah. Both on centerline and about an hour's drive to station.

Had a classic sailor's "Red Sky at Morning" deep red sunrise at 6:30. (See photo.) (Although no need to "Take warning" that day.)




Since it was clear to the east with altostratus overhead, extending to the west, we opted to drive to the Lake.

Found a nice pull out on RT 50. High cirrus overhead, which cleared out just in time for the eclipse proper. (See photo of moon starting to cover sun, taken with my smartphone.) It didn't become very dark - but an odd change of palette colors, like someone misadjusted the White Balance for daylight.



So quiet there we heard cheers from the RV'ers camped out 3 miles when the eclipse started.

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I took some backpack stuff with me. Couldn't help but constantly wonder what it would be like to hike in Central NV.

(I'll tell you what it would be like. No water.)

A lot of trailheads/rec areas/ etc. along RT 93 for overnight loop trips.

The overnight low at Sacramento Peak was 30 degrees. It had been forecast to be 23. But the cloud cover kept the heat in. No high winds. Just an intermittent 5 mph breeze.

It gave me a chance to try my Ovation sleeping pad in colder temps. With a ground temp around 30, the pad worked fine.

But I still want to go back to my first backpack trip this coming February (Little Saddle Mountain) to test my new pad in the snow.

[Jim]

@TooOld2HikeQ
Those images are small. Can you load a larger picture?

[TooOld2Hike_EP]

@Jim_H
Update:
Fixed. (Are clickable now.)

(Thanks to Joe for his patience in helping me.)