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Packing for St. Joseph, MO Eclipse Occasion [Stellar Neophyte Astronomy Blog]


I am getting anxious, I am packing tonight after which going into work till about midnight, after which hitting the highway with my sister at 6am tomorrow morning. Driving from Indianapolis to Kansas Metropolis, spending the evening and ensuring battery packs are charged up, after which driving to St. Joseph shiny and early for the gates to open on the viewing location at 6am Monday.

eclipse supplies
My gear, packing mild with simply the DSLR tripod, instrument package stuffed with batteries varied do-hickeys, tape, cardboard, my hand-crafted photo voltaic filter, welding glasses, photo voltaic binoculars, and eclipse glasses. Not pictured: Coolers, garden chairs, blankets, bottled water. 

It feels weird to be packing each solar display and a poncho! The climate forecast is far and wide for NW Missouri, and I’ve to maintain reminding myself that worst case state of affairs I do not see the solar in any respect, it’ll nonetheless get tremendous darkish in the course of the day, and that is a part of the expertise. The occasion is extra than simply observing the solar, we’ll be a part of a mass migration following a celestial occasion – in order that’s my comfort prize if we do not see the solar in any respect.

Cloud cowl forecast as of at this time. Hoping for skinny clouds or loads of holes!

If it is partly cloudy, I would wish to a minimum of get some photographs of the eclipsed solar at any stage. I have been trying up eclipse photographs via clouds and so they truly make the eclipse extra fascinating when it comes to picture composition, so I will undoubtedly take what I can get!

eclipse gum
Did not even understand the model of automotive gum I have been utilizing for years is eclipse gum, heh heh, I ponder if they’re planning some massive advert marketing campaign or one thing

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