#eclipse chasing

[californiastatelibrary]

We’re ready to view the eclipse, are you? Suit and tie optional!

This special 60-inch focus camera was used during the eclipse on January 1, 1889 in Cloverdale, California by I.W. Taber.

[thehikingastronomer]

I'm packing for Oregon to go see the eclipse! Only four more days until I fly out!!!

[rhondacoleman]

“It's very ... it almost is like a bit of a dreadful feeling. It's like, "Whoa, wait a minute. What's happening to my planet?" ... It's a topsy-turvy world. It's not like night. It's not like day. It's not like twilight. It's like nothing you've ever felt before.” From “Tales from the Shadow of the Moon”, Vox.com, by by Brian Resnick and Joss Fong

https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2017/8/10/16114762/total-solar-eclipse-chasers-2017

[rhondacoleman]

Why a total solar eclipse is a life-changing event, according to 8 eclipse chasers

"You never forget your first kiss … you always remember your first time in the shadow," says one eclipse chaser.

“We wanted to know: What’s so special about total solar eclipses that you would chase them around the world? So we called up eight eclipse chasers and talked to them for hours, asking them all a similar set of questions. Their responses were much more moving and poetic than we anticipated. Chasing eclipses is not about a cheap thrill. It’s more like a pilgrimage, but one with a constantly moving shrine.”

[fiulibrary]

A novel about solar eclipse-chasing?  You betcha!

“Inspired by Charles Babbage, who believes that his Difference Engine can calculate the longitude of a solar eclipse, astronomer Selena Cott invents a technique to photograph it and embarks on a dangerous journey into the American Southwest."

http://fiu.catalog.fcla.edu/permalink.jsp?27FI022444000

[rhondacoleman]

Total Solar Eclipse at Sea

TravelQuest tour reactions on board the expedition ship Orion, Great Barrier Reef, Nov. 13, 2012

TravelQuest tour reactions on board the expedition ship Orion, Great Barrier Reef, Nov. 13, 2012—before, during and after totality. 

[rhondacoleman]

Alaska Airlines sets up flight to chase total solar eclipse – with a two-seat giveaway

Alaska Airlines has scheduled a flight from Portland to chase views of the Aug. 21 total solar eclipse over the clouds, but you can’t book a seat online.

“The charter flight will be open by invitation only to astronomy enthusiasts and other VIPs. Except for two seats. Those seats will be given away in a social-media contest scheduled to begin on July 21, one month before the eclipse.”

[rhondacoleman]

Close call

White puffy clouds filled the blue sky on eclipse day, and we eyed them nervously. The odds of the eclipse being obscured looked higher than 50-50, and prompted much discussion among the organizers…

The eclipse that almost wasn’t: It was definitely a nail-biter with clouds overhead all day, but the sky cleared beautifully for totality in Aruba, 1998.