Thanks for the video Alan. My main observations about the total eclipse are: 1. It is indescribable 2. It happens so fast! Two minutes of totality felt like 12 seconds. Pictures and videos can't capture the experience. I feel so lucky to have witnessed it.
Excellent work Alan, gorgeous imagery! It must have been really exciting to see the solar flares the first time after you captured them! The secondary effect, though not spectacular, was also interesting, how your thoughtful and reasonable coverage of a solar event could trigger a widespread eclipse of intelligence using only TH-cam as a filter. Hope you don't let it get you down! :-)
Thanks for a fantastic video Alan. We didn't get to experience it here in New Zealand so it was wonderful to get your sense of excitement at the event. The video was amazing. Shame on the haters.... Thanks again for posting.
Superb images of the corona, I tip my hat to you. We enjoyed it in Stapleton NE at the home of the Billings family. Great place to see it and their hospitality made it unforgettable. Thank you very much for sharing, this completes my experience. I WILL NEVER FORGET.
Yeah, this is the best picture of the corona I've seen on here. I just wish I'd been in the path of totality. We had only 75%. Still got pictures though, but nothing compares to totality.
I don't know why anyone would thumb this video down. If I could have I would have, gave it 5 thumbs up. This is some awesome informative and very entertaining presentation. I absolutely loved it. Nice Work! 5 out of 5 for me!
Fantastic camera work. The time lapse video is awesome. I saw the eclipse in Nashville for the first time. No camera, I just took it in. 2024 I'll be filming. Thanks for posting.
It was an amazing experience. It's very hard to put into words because there are so many different things happening when you're not used to it. Your explanation of it is about as good as it gets. Everyone has to experience this in there lifetime. Thanks for sharing your amazing footage!
Possibly the video and footage I have seen of this Eclipse and I have seen a lot.. :) well done Alan, you cover the event perfectly :) Would love to have seen it myself.
Excellent work on your presentation! The time lapse footage is especially good. I observed totality from Floating Mill State Park (TN) and can appreciate how difficult it was for to stay focused on your agenda. God's handiwork is awe inspiring! (posted by Katie's dad)
Hey Alan, nice video and yes, FANTASTIC footage of the eclipse and the corona. I watched from Toadstock outside Alliance Nebraska through a 4 inch Celestron achromat, and the prominences were an incredible sight. Again, a really nice video to watch. Thanks for posting it .
Fantastic shots! You did a great job on the timelapse. I drove from Birmingham and enjoyed the eclipse from Athens Tn. The amount of detail you captured is amazing. I think your photos are the best I have seen posted. You have some mighty fine equipment there! I'll be in Texas for the next one too. April will be a lot cooler than August.
Good job, as always. I watched it through a set of those funky glasses, and focused my photography efforts on 'ground effects'. I should have prepared a month or more ago. Still, it was an awesome event. Next time (2024) the path will come through Indianapolis...and I'll be ready.
Great coverage Alan. I was in Glendo WY for the event. Like you, I was mesmerized and forgot to remove my solar filter for the first 20 or so seconds. I got some great photos with my setup...and you did too. I arrived dawn the morning of the event so I wasn't able to polar align my mount but got it close enough that I only had small adjustments to keep tracking. Looking forward to 2024.
The total eclipse in 2024 comes right through where I live in Ohio! I'm glad I'll get to see that one in the future since I was unable to see totality this time. It was cool to see your experience with the eclipse and that time lapse turned out fantastic!
Nice job, Alan! I only saw a partial this time, so I really appreciate the effort you put into this. G-d willing, I'll see her in totality when she visits Ohio in 2024. Go Buckeyes!
I was in the Andes in Colombia, close to the Ecuador border so I wasn't paying a hell of a lot of notices. These look amazing. Who are you? Alan's bearded brother? Either way, well done!
Well, Alan, I hope in 7yrs you have a cheat sheet (to do list) to follow so you don't miss things. I too missed a lot and this was my 4th. Great timelapse ~ Kudos!
you're right about the darkness. its bizarre i cant explain what it looked, almost like twilight but with a bluish hue to it. i witnessed this hopkinsville and i just cant put into words the whole experience, it was definitely profound.
VERY nice video, Alan. You did a great job! For what it's worth, we saw exactly the same corona, and the exact same prominences around the disk of the sun during our totality experience here in Oregon. I'm also proud of you that you don't let these stupid flat-earth idiots and trolls get to you. You have some very nice equipment and you used it well!
Allen: Great photos. Thank you for sharing them. I hope that with all of the photography you were doing you also took time to just watch some of the eclipse with your eyes. The first total eclipse I went to in Mexico in 1991 lasted much longer than this one, yet I ended up staring through the viewfinder of the camera attached to my telescope for almost the entire eclipse. This time, I shot high-definition video and let the cameras do all of the work while I stood and looked up, enjoying the entire 2.5 minutes in all of its grandeur. I am curious. Did you also fly the drone and if so, what kind of footage did you get?
Nice work, I had a chance to photograph an annular eclipse in 1984, and it was amazing. Unfortunately the best I had was a 300mm lens, so the sun was still pretty tiny.
Sharon Watson I have been doing a lot of internet research, and after watching a lot of online videos, I completely agree with you that the Earth must indeed be flat. The thing that stood out to me most was some evidence captured by a scientist and explorer named Peter Lik. Look this guy up. He captured a photo of the moon with clouds BEHIND it. It is called "Bella Luna". The ONLY possible explanation is that the Earth is flat. Do some internet research on Mr Lik. He is kind of my hero, and he speaks the truth.
Flat earth is a lie and has nothing to do with the bible or God. I can assure you that if your faith in God hangs upon a flat earth, your faith is false and in vain. You are one of many victims of TH-cam videos. When your primary source of education revolves around TH-cam, you are bound for failure. People who believe in flat earth simply don't have all the facts and like any false religion, its survival relies on you being ignorant of the facts.
Fantastic work Alan Brock, so glad I found this video. Many thanks. The crackpot comments on here do not detract from your shoot in any way. Bon travail!
I remmeber the one in 1979 I was in i think 7th grade. Was so cool I wish I would have photographed it then. Hell now I m kicking my ass that I didn't drive down to Oregon and catch it there. Only about a 5 hour drive from home .
A number of people have videos with questions about whether this is really the moon that passes in front of the sun, or if this something else. Have you seen these videos yet? Some make some very good points - such as there should have been light reflecting off the sun onto the moon - BEFORE and AFTER the object covers the sun. This doesn't happen, if you notice. The object in front is never illuminated as if it were a real object in front of it...
@Cynthia Hamil, I'm not sure if you're into serious photography very much, but just for fun I'll elaborate a little bit on what current camera technology is capable of accomplishing: Simply put, the sun is *extremely* bright. So bright that a proper solar filter, in addition to blocking harmful (invisible) rays from the sun, it also blocks many, MANY "stops" of light as well. I'm not sure how many stops it is, but it's at least 10 or maybe 15-20. Unfortunately, no modern camera can capture more than 10-12 stops of light. And one stop of light is no small increment of brightness, each stop of light is either *double* or *half* that of the adjacent stop of light. Simply put, we don't have the technology to see both something that is so extremely bright, and something that is completely un-illuminated, in the same image. Neither do we have clear enough optics to simply brute-force our way to seeing both, by way of bracketing 10-20 different images. The orange glow that you see around the sun in the images before and after the total eclipse are NOT actually there, that is just haze created inside the lens itself. Some day, maybe we'll invent optics that can totally eliminate every single stray photon of light and capture the world with 100.00000% clarity, and maybe we'll invent a camera sensor that can capture 20-30 or 40-50 stops of light. Until then, you're not gonna see the moon under the conditions you're inquiring about. It's not a conspiracy, it's just optics / physics.
Based in my own experiences, the first time you get to experience a total solar eclipse, put down the camera, put away the filters, lay back and at the right time, look to the skies and enjoy the experience. Dont try to capture anything. Two+ years from now, I will be wherever I need to be to do just that. 2017 I only got about 25-40 seconds of the eclipse while blowing the rest of my time looking for stars, planets, 360 degree whatever on my crappy iPhone camera. Just experience it the way they did eons ago.
Its interesting to see that when the moon passes over the sun, the moon freezes and holds its position for a few seconds. If the moon is in constant motion , wouldnt it just keep its velocity and continue to pass by the sun?
Sorry, I miscalculated it was actually 1.5%. Here is a the web address of an astronomy site called Calsky www.calsky.com/cs.cgi . There you can input time and date and your location and find positions and apparent views of solar system objects. The Sun's apparent size was 0.527 degrees while the Moon's was 0.535 degrees. The difference between the two objects was 0.008 degrees, divide that by the size of the Moon and you get 0.008/0.527 = 0.0149, which is 1.49%
Nice equipment there. Great video. We used 2 telescopes at our house, and 2 cameras, all have solar filters on them. We only had 75% coverage, but it was awesome all the same.
I was so bummed that I didn't get any pics or video of the 360 degree sunrise. It was beautiful! I was so busy doing other things that I didn't have time to shoot it. Next time I'll get it...:)
That was beautiful brother. I loved seeing the solar flares coming off the surface of the sun. Absolutely stunning. And your from Tennessee. Awesome. I was born in Millington Tennessee.
Great video! Yeah, I know the feeling of fumbling when the totality came. I had my telescope(old Edmunds Astroscan mounted on a tripod. By design its not a tripod friendly scope, especially with a camera(sony nex5n) but its what I had. With filter I was getting great pics when totality came I panicked with camera settings and moved it off target, and couldn't find it again.. Epic fail! Said screw it and just watched the amazing show, clearly saw Venus and Juipter. Cooling was significant as totality approached. The color shift and low light made the landscape look as if it was Mars. Was in SC just south of the Congaree river.
I remember this solar eclipse for me and when it was happening I took a drink of my water bottle and looked up at the sun. But I was okay and nothing happened
I am searching far and wide to see a pic of the moon itself approaching the sun, and then going away from the sun after. Also, like APOTHEOSIS asked, why does the moon move at a steady pace, then stop for 2 mins at 'totality'. AND, why would the sun brightness intensify as the moon is staying in that one place? anybody??
So I was about to really blast this comment, but then it occurred to me that this may be a genuine question and not some of that flat earth nonsense. The sky is dark because of principles of photography. The sun is SO bright that cameras simply cannot capture the detail of it without first placing a filter over your lens or telescope that darkens everything. It's like a dark pair of sunglasses for your camera. With this filter in place, it significantly darkens everything. This means that the sun will now be dim enough to safely photograph. However, it also means that the surrounding sky is also darkened and now appears black.
Like a machined coin on top of a machine coin! Absolutely perfect because the moon just so happens to be exactly 400 times smaller than the sun and the sun just so happens to be 400 times further away!! And of course you cannot see the moon in the daylight sky before the eclipse STARTS and you cannot see it in the daylight sky AFTER the eclipse end but for some reason you can see the moon in the daylight sky any other given day. Just hanging out!!
it didnt styt there for a while, it was still moving. from our perspective it looked it it was stationery for a while, it had alot of distance to cover in 2.5 mins,
It isn't the moon, the moon is translucent and I have seen only half the moon during the day and where the other half was supposed to be, it was clear blue sky. And I recall that I have seen this many times in my life but never thought about it before. The moon is its own light source and you can verify that.
Since you had the balls to say something stupid like that Bill, back it up. A little education goes a long way, Buddy. Maybe it's time you educate the world. Have you got a degree in astrophysics? That would help. I"m on your side. If you feel strongly about your idiot ideas you should submit a paper to the journal SCIENCE and get published, document the evidence man, PROVE IT. This is your chance to finally make your mark and prove you're not an idiot. If you're right, I will agree this is revolutionary! OMG Please get that published and move above the cheesy soap box of TH-cam commentary, where all you find are common trolls like me, you need to get serious with this crap and have an open debate with the scientific community. You know the truth must be told, Galileo was ostracized for it, it's your turn- buck up my man, take some risks beyond risking appearing stupid, which you just did. No, you need to get serious and get published and put the Nay Sayers to rest once and for all. Or do the next best thing and just shut your mouth.
Anne, It so happened that this particular eclipse occurred on a day when the moon was nearest the earth. Sometimes the moon is farther away because its orbit is elliptical. When it's farther away it barely, or even does NOT cover the sun entirely, but leaves a ring or "annulus" of sunlight, those are called "annular" eclipses. This time it was so close to the earth it MORE than covered the sun, it had room to spare. So it covered the sunlight, kept moving of course, and eventually uncovered it again. Just as you can cover a mountain with your hand near your face, the distance to the moon is vital in how the eclipse appears to us, and how long it covers the sun.
ok Thanks Dave! This eclipse open to much wonder then any ones before as we have the technologie to observe ... I remain spetical as now so many peoples proposed different optional explanations...
And who exactly (outside of TH-cam ad revenue) do you think is paying me??? Genuinely curious about this. Do you honestly deep down in your heart believe I got paid to post this?
Is this 2017? Are we really dealing with flat-earthers? That's both hilarious and deeply sad. Great video Alan, I know exactly what you mean about being overwhelmed with how brief it was and how much there was to do in that small time. I had all kinds of plans for what I wanted to do during totality and basically none of them happened.
Awesome video and images Alan. My son and I traveled from Houston to Gatlinburg to see the eclipse and do some hiking. Well worth the 14 hour drive. My son recorded the changes visible at Happy Valley. He posted his video here: th-cam.com/video/SGjPQoT6oiA/w-d-xo.html I hope you will give it a look, it is some of what your drone would have captured.
HAY! SORRY I may have said something that dimmed your party ! I though it was a great show and snacks ?Yea! it was the lens covers that cracked me up?I 've done that myself.As a SPACE and PLANETARY JUNKEY? I LOVE IT ALL !
Flat earthers as a whole have a huge distrust of authority/government, have zero or very little understanding of science and/or how certain scientific principles work, and some have the false notion that they know something important and they believe it's their job/mission/duty to spread the truth so, they don't have any evidence. What they call evidence is simply attempts at discrediting existing evidence for a globe earth.
Linda Jakub yes it does!!! Doeseng the earth rotate around the sun??!! The mooon rotates aroound the earth and yes the syn doesent move cuz earth rotates but moon does!!!
Mr. Tarantino, even though the sun is being blocked by the moon, the outer atmosphere of the sun isn't completely. You can see the broad rays of gasses around the sun only when the sun itself is blocked from view during the eclipse. So the moon is heavily back-lit. The brightness of this corona is many times brighter than the moon which is not being lit by the sun at all- it has its "back" to the sun so the only light reaching the moon is earthlight- the light reflected off the earth and back to the moon and then back to us. It isn't much. Our eyes and cameras are generally stopped down or compensated to the much brighter light level behind the moon, and although the moon is barely lit, it is too dim compared to the level of the outer corona of the sun, so the moon appears black. It is possible to readjust the camera's exposure to the moon's level. Open up the stops on the cameras, and the sun's corona will be of course, "blown out" a photographer's term meaning way over-exposed. There is another photo trick, to use multiple exposures, some correctly exposing the corona, others correctly exposing the moon. Then pick the best shots for each level and combine them into one photo. A fellow named Dennis Sprinkle did this, you can see his photo here: www.metabunk.org/attachments/upload_2017-8-22_12-8-34-png.28426/
Maybe when they invent a camera with 20-30 EV dynamic range, maybe then such imaging will be possible. Until then, technology can only do so much... Simply put: the sun is really really really really really really bright.
Thanks for the shit CGI. Had to hear him talk for 10 mins waiting for a sweet solar eclipse but then I get greeted with CGI THAT I HAVE SEEN ON LITERALLY EVERY OTHER FAKE SOLAR ECLIPE PICTURE! damn
Thanks for commenting on my video and giving it a higher interaction rate, thus ranking it higher in TH-cam's search algorithm! First of all, do you have problems reading? At 0:08 there is a caption in the upper left corner telling you EXACTLY where in the video that the eclipse footage starts. Second, you saw what my thumbnail of the video looked like and yet you clicked anyway. You're really a special brand of stupid. Can't read or understand pictures.
One of the best recordings of the event. Congrats!!
Thanks for the video Alan. My main observations about the total eclipse are: 1. It is indescribable 2. It happens so fast!
Two minutes of totality felt like 12 seconds. Pictures and videos can't capture the experience. I feel so lucky to have witnessed it.
Excellent work Alan, gorgeous imagery! It must have been really exciting to see the solar flares the first time after you captured them! The secondary effect, though not spectacular, was also interesting, how your thoughtful and reasonable coverage of a solar event could trigger a widespread eclipse of intelligence using only TH-cam as a filter. Hope you don't let it get you down! :-)
The time lapse is exceptional, very well done. Thanks for sharing!
Alan, thank you for sharing these wonderful exposures. This was the BEST eclipse photos I've seen so far. Well done, as always!
Thanks for a fantastic video Alan. We didn't get to experience it here in New Zealand so it was wonderful to get your sense of excitement at the event. The video was amazing. Shame on the haters....
Thanks again for posting.
This video has the best comments. Great job, great video.
Thomas Heaton They're pretty spectacular aren't they?!
Superb images of the corona, I tip my hat to you. We enjoyed it in Stapleton NE at the home of the Billings family. Great place to see it and their hospitality made it unforgettable. Thank you very much for sharing, this completes my experience. I WILL NEVER FORGET.
Yeah, this is the best picture of the corona I've seen on here. I just wish I'd been in the path of totality. We had only 75%. Still got pictures though, but nothing compares to totality.
Even though the Sun is thousands of times bigger than the Moon, due to their accurate distance, the two appear to be the same size from the erth.😊😊
I don't know why anyone would thumb this video down. If I could have I would have, gave it 5 thumbs up. This is some awesome informative and very entertaining presentation. I absolutely loved it. Nice Work! 5 out of 5 for me!
i think the people that gave it a thumbs down are the morons who think the earth is flat
Thanks for sharing your experience.It is probably the best in quality video "Solar eclipse" on TH-cam.I was watching it on TV.
Fantastic camera work. The time lapse video is awesome. I saw the eclipse in Nashville for the first time. No camera, I just took it in. 2024 I'll be filming. Thanks for posting.
Absolutely awesome. Could definitely see the lighting fade and come back. Felt like something was wrong on my phone. Thanks for sharing!
It was an amazing experience. It's very hard to put into words because there are so many different things happening when you're not used to it. Your explanation of it is about as good as it gets. Everyone has to experience this in there lifetime. Thanks for sharing your amazing footage!
Possibly the video and footage I have seen of this Eclipse and I have seen a lot.. :) well done Alan, you cover the event perfectly :)
Would love to have seen it myself.
Excellent work on your presentation! The time lapse footage is especially good. I observed totality from Floating Mill State Park (TN) and can appreciate how difficult it was for to stay focused on your agenda. God's handiwork is awe inspiring! (posted by Katie's dad)
fantastic... we had so much fun chasing it from RI to St Joseph and then last minute run to Beaver Crossing NE to get out of the clouds.
Very well done. Your editing communicated the magic and excitement that you showed during the video. Thanks.
Hey Alan, nice video and yes, FANTASTIC footage of the eclipse and the corona. I watched from Toadstock outside Alliance Nebraska through a 4 inch Celestron achromat, and the prominences were an incredible sight. Again, a really nice video to watch. Thanks for posting it .
Things like this should have a national broadcast on the phone. Only time In our life we could have seen this! And I missed it by an hour!!
Very cool images and time-lapse, the corona and solar flares look awesome!
Awesome job on the time lapse and corona photo. Thank you so much! Looking forward to 2024 in my backyard.
Fantastic shots! You did a great job on the timelapse. I drove from Birmingham and enjoyed the eclipse from Athens Tn. The amount of detail you captured is amazing. I think your photos are the best I have seen posted. You have some mighty fine equipment there! I'll be in Texas for the next one too. April will be a lot cooler than August.
best video on the web of the 2017 eclipse
Finally got around to watching this. WAY COOL! Wish I had been able to use a tracking mount. Can't wait to finish editing all 300GB of my stuff LOL...
Good job, as always. I watched it through a set of those funky glasses, and focused my photography efforts on 'ground effects'. I should have prepared a month or more ago. Still, it was an awesome event. Next time (2024) the path will come through Indianapolis...and I'll be ready.
Great coverage Alan. I was in Glendo WY for the event. Like you, I was mesmerized and forgot to remove my solar filter for the first 20 or so seconds. I got some great photos with my setup...and you did too. I arrived dawn the morning of the event so I wasn't able to polar align my mount but got it close enough that I only had small adjustments to keep tracking. Looking forward to 2024.
Great video Alan!
I love the view of prominences on the Sun
Good job man, very nice video.
The total eclipse in 2024 comes right through where I live in Ohio! I'm glad I'll get to see that one in the future since I was unable to see totality this time. It was cool to see your experience with the eclipse and that time lapse turned out fantastic!
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Great job Alan, the images are amazing! Thanks for sharing!
you could see the solar flares !! AWESOME!
Nice job, Alan! I only saw a partial this time, so I really appreciate the effort you put into this. G-d willing, I'll see her in totality when she visits Ohio in 2024. Go Buckeyes!
Alan, your photos have me goosebumps! My word, just awe inspiring.
AWESOME footage!! You did a fabulous job thank you for sharing! I live in Cape Cod Mass. and it was nothing like this but still AMAZING!! :-D
I was in the Andes in Colombia, close to the Ecuador border so I wasn't paying a hell of a lot of notices. These look amazing. Who are you? Alan's bearded brother? Either way, well done!
Well, Alan, I hope in 7yrs you have a cheat sheet (to do list) to follow so you don't miss things. I too missed a lot and this was my 4th. Great timelapse ~ Kudos!
Very nice!! Thanks for sharing. You were way more prepared than I was here in Portland. But it was awesome to see!!
Thanks again. 😎
you're right about the darkness. its bizarre i cant explain what it looked, almost like twilight but with a bluish hue to it. i witnessed this hopkinsville and i just cant put into words the whole experience, it was definitely profound.
VERY nice video, Alan. You did a great job! For what it's worth, we saw exactly the same corona, and the exact same prominences around the disk of the sun during our totality experience here in Oregon. I'm also proud of you that you don't let these stupid flat-earth idiots and trolls get to you. You have some very nice equipment and you used it well!
Allen: Great photos. Thank you for sharing them. I hope that with all of the photography you were doing you also took time to just watch some of the eclipse with your eyes. The first total eclipse I went to in Mexico in 1991 lasted much longer than this one, yet I ended up staring through the viewfinder of the camera attached to my telescope for almost the entire eclipse. This time, I shot high-definition video and let the cameras do all of the work while I stood and looked up, enjoying the entire 2.5 minutes in all of its grandeur. I am curious. Did you also fly the drone and if so, what kind of footage did you get?
Your not kidding when you say it goes by fast. Dang. I will say totality is totally worth it. Traffic sucks afterward though.
Great footage - very well done.
Nice work, I had a chance to photograph an annular eclipse in 1984, and it was amazing. Unfortunately the best I had was a 300mm lens, so the sun was still pretty tiny.
strange, alllllllll that and you "didn't get any footage of the totality", what where you there to do?
Totality was 2.5 minutes long. Not much of a time-lapse to capture there. Were the totality images not good enough for you??
That was not the moon passing in front of the sun. Where are the shots of the moon?
Not the moon huh??? Then what was it?
Alan Brock
Can't wait to hear THIS answer!! Lol 😉
Maybe he thinks it's the shield of captain America lol
Sharon Watson I have been doing a lot of internet research, and after watching a lot of online videos, I completely agree with you that the Earth must indeed be flat. The thing that stood out to me most was some evidence captured by a scientist and explorer named Peter Lik. Look this guy up. He captured a photo of the moon with clouds BEHIND it. It is called "Bella Luna". The ONLY possible explanation is that the Earth is flat. Do some internet research on Mr Lik. He is kind of my hero, and he speaks the truth.
Flat earth is a lie and has nothing to do with the bible or God. I can assure you that if your faith in God hangs upon a flat earth, your faith is false and in vain. You are one of many victims of TH-cam videos. When your primary source of education revolves around TH-cam, you are bound for failure. People who believe in flat earth simply don't have all the facts and like any false religion, its survival relies on you being ignorant of the facts.
Fantastic work Alan Brock, so glad I found this video. Many thanks. The crackpot comments on here do not detract from your shoot in any way. Bon travail!
Thanks for the video. Well done!
Awesome footage really enjoy your videos and thank you so much for sharing!!!
Brilliant ! Well done mate
Very nicely done! And incredible photography. I wish I had been able to make it to a place with totality!!
Great footage the best I have seen.
Great video of a great event.
Great work!! I bet you'll make the 8 hour drive to do it again in seven years.
flyingdentist You would be correct in that assumption!
Brilliant stuff! Did you get anything from the 16-35mm?
Chris Law Unfortunately not. It was so hectic that I didn't have time. I'll do better in 2024!!
haha, no worries, I'm pretty sure you did about 500% more than I would have!
I remmeber the one in 1979 I was in i think 7th grade. Was so cool I wish I would have photographed it then. Hell now I m kicking my ass that I didn't drive down to Oregon and catch it there. Only about a 5 hour drive from home .
I got to experience it!
We drove to Idaho Falls from Las Vegas.
It was definitely worth the trip! :)
beautiful
Stunning!
A number of people have videos with questions about whether this is really the moon that passes in front of the sun, or if this something else. Have you seen these videos yet? Some make some very good points - such as there should have been light reflecting off the sun onto the moon - BEFORE and AFTER the object covers the sun. This doesn't happen, if you notice. The object in front is never illuminated as if it were a real object in front of it...
Cynthia Hamil I watched a video about puppies yesterday.
LOL.... ok -
@Cynthia Hamil,
I'm not sure if you're into serious photography very much, but just for fun I'll elaborate a little bit on what current camera technology is capable of accomplishing: Simply put, the sun is *extremely* bright. So bright that a proper solar filter, in addition to blocking harmful (invisible) rays from the sun, it also blocks many, MANY "stops" of light as well. I'm not sure how many stops it is, but it's at least 10 or maybe 15-20.
Unfortunately, no modern camera can capture more than 10-12 stops of light. And one stop of light is no small increment of brightness, each stop of light is either *double* or *half* that of the adjacent stop of light.
Simply put, we don't have the technology to see both something that is so extremely bright, and something that is completely un-illuminated, in the same image.
Neither do we have clear enough optics to simply brute-force our way to seeing both, by way of bracketing 10-20 different images. The orange glow that you see around the sun in the images before and after the total eclipse are NOT actually there, that is just haze created inside the lens itself.
Some day, maybe we'll invent optics that can totally eliminate every single stray photon of light and capture the world with 100.00000% clarity, and maybe we'll invent a camera sensor that can capture 20-30 or 40-50 stops of light. Until then, you're not gonna see the moon under the conditions you're inquiring about. It's not a conspiracy, it's just optics / physics.
Based in my own experiences, the first time you get to experience a total solar eclipse, put down the camera, put away the filters, lay back and at the right time, look to the skies and enjoy the experience. Dont try to capture anything. Two+ years from now, I will be wherever I need to be to do just that. 2017 I only got about 25-40 seconds of the eclipse while blowing the rest of my time looking for stars, planets, 360 degree whatever on my crappy iPhone camera. Just experience it the way they did eons ago.
Its interesting to see that when the moon passes over the sun, the moon freezes and holds its position for a few seconds. If the moon is in constant motion , wouldnt it just keep its velocity and continue to pass by the sun?
The Moon didn't stop, its apparent size was 3% larger than the Sun's apparent size therefore it completely covered the Sun for over two minutes.
Mark W thanks for the answer can you source your info ? Where did you get the 3%??
Sorry, I miscalculated it was actually 1.5%. Here is a the web address of an astronomy site called Calsky www.calsky.com/cs.cgi . There you can input time and date and your location and find positions and apparent views of solar system objects. The Sun's apparent size was 0.527 degrees while the Moon's was 0.535 degrees. The difference between the two objects was 0.008 degrees, divide that by the size of the Moon and you get 0.008/0.527 = 0.0149, which is 1.49%
THIS IS QUITE A TELESCOPE VERY NICE PRESENTATION
Nice equipment there. Great video. We used 2 telescopes at our house, and 2 cameras, all have solar filters on them. We only had 75% coverage, but it was awesome all the same.
Did you notice the "sunrise" on all sides? Cool video.
Also, you can actually see the details in the corona. That's so wild.
I was so bummed that I didn't get any pics or video of the 360 degree sunrise. It was beautiful! I was so busy doing other things that I didn't have time to shoot it. Next time I'll get it...:)
There's something to be said for just seeing it with your eyes and being in the moment.
Buffalo 2024!! Let me know if any of you need a place to crash
I'll be there, of course.
That was beautiful brother. I loved seeing the solar flares coming off the surface of the sun. Absolutely stunning. And your from Tennessee. Awesome. I was born in Millington Tennessee.
Good Job, Amazing, Thanks for the footage +1
Great video! Yeah, I know the feeling of fumbling when the totality came. I had my telescope(old Edmunds Astroscan mounted on a tripod. By design its not a tripod friendly scope, especially with a camera(sony nex5n) but its what I had. With filter I was getting great pics when totality came I panicked with camera settings and moved it off target, and couldn't find it again.. Epic fail! Said screw it and just watched the amazing show, clearly saw Venus and Juipter. Cooling was significant as totality approached. The color shift and low light made the landscape look as if it was Mars. Was in SC just south of the Congaree river.
Oh man, I hate that you couldn't find it again!! Good that you didn't waste time trying to find it and just decided to enjoy it as is!
I remember this solar eclipse for me and when it was happening I took a drink of my water bottle and looked up at the sun. But I was okay and nothing happened
I am searching far and wide to see a pic of the moon itself approaching the sun, and then going away from the sun after. Also, like APOTHEOSIS asked, why does the moon move at a steady pace, then stop for 2 mins at 'totality'. AND, why would the sun brightness intensify as the moon is staying in that one place? anybody??
Enough with the round vs flat, the real question is why does the little girl think the glue is mustard?
why is the sky around the sun pitch black before the moon starts to move in front of the sun?????? 1:30 pm you just had clear blue skies.
So I was about to really blast this comment, but then it occurred to me that this may be a genuine question and not some of that flat earth nonsense. The sky is dark because of principles of photography. The sun is SO bright that cameras simply cannot capture the detail of it without first placing a filter over your lens or telescope that darkens everything. It's like a dark pair of sunglasses for your camera. With this filter in place, it significantly darkens everything. This means that the sun will now be dim enough to safely photograph. However, it also means that the surrounding sky is also darkened and now appears black.
Alan Brock thanks for explaining that I was wondering the same thing.
Couldn't afford Lee's 50 stop centre spot ND filter.
Like a machined coin on top of a machine coin!
Absolutely perfect because the moon just so happens to be exactly 400 times smaller than the sun and the sun just so happens to be 400 times further away!!
And of course you cannot see the moon in the daylight sky before the eclipse STARTS and you cannot see it in the daylight sky AFTER the eclipse end but for some reason you can see the moon in the daylight sky any other given day. Just hanging out!!
Awesome
Very cool!
It looks like to me the sun is giving birth to a new sun.
Next totality is a hour drive but I need to see the official map before I start planning
Best CGI footage I've seen by a long way. thanks.
Liam Roberts Do better with your trolling comments. This one has already been used.
I'm just here for the comments.
Strange that the moon just stop and remained there for a while and then moove as it come and then no ones can tell where is the moon !!!!
it didnt styt there for a while, it was still moving. from our perspective it looked it it was stationery for a while, it had alot of distance to cover in 2.5 mins,
It isn't the moon, the moon is translucent and I have seen only half the moon during the day and where the other half was supposed to be, it was clear blue sky. And I recall that I have seen this many times in my life but never thought about it before. The moon is its own light source and you can verify that.
Since you had the balls to say something stupid like that Bill, back it up. A little education goes a long way, Buddy. Maybe it's time you educate the world. Have you got a degree in astrophysics? That would help. I"m on your side. If you feel strongly about your idiot ideas you should submit a paper to the journal SCIENCE and get published, document the evidence man, PROVE IT. This is your chance to finally make your mark and prove you're not an idiot. If you're right, I will agree this is revolutionary! OMG Please get that published and move above the cheesy soap box of TH-cam commentary, where all you find are common trolls like me, you need to get serious with this crap and have an open debate with the scientific community. You know the truth must be told, Galileo was ostracized for it, it's your turn- buck up my man, take some risks beyond risking appearing stupid, which you just did. No, you need to get serious and get published and put the Nay Sayers to rest once and for all. Or do the next best thing and just shut your mouth.
Anne, It so happened that this particular eclipse occurred on a day when the moon was nearest the earth. Sometimes the moon is farther away because its orbit is elliptical. When it's farther away it barely, or even does NOT cover the sun entirely, but leaves a ring or "annulus" of sunlight, those are called "annular" eclipses. This time it was so close to the earth it MORE than covered the sun, it had room to spare. So it covered the sunlight, kept moving of course, and eventually uncovered it again. Just as you can cover a mountain with your hand near your face, the distance to the moon is vital in how the eclipse appears to us, and how long it covers the sun.
ok Thanks Dave! This eclipse open to much wonder then any ones before as we have the technologie to observe ... I remain spetical as now so many peoples proposed different optional explanations...
Good job
WOW!!
Excellent job! One of the best time lapses I've seen and the stills were great too! To all those who commented negatively...go to hell!
we did kansas city, wanted TN
I had almost an identical experience.
:)))))) how much did They paid you for this '' amateur independent honest'' show(off) ?
And who exactly (outside of TH-cam ad revenue) do you think is paying me??? Genuinely curious about this. Do you honestly deep down in your heart believe I got paid to post this?
Is this 2017? Are we really dealing with flat-earthers? That's both hilarious and deeply sad. Great video Alan, I know exactly what you mean about being overwhelmed with how brief it was and how much there was to do in that small time. I had all kinds of plans for what I wanted to do during totality and basically none of them happened.
if not.. means you are a good man, but idiotized.sorry for you :) you got all the time to wake up.. whenever you will can
That wasn't the moon
Bobby Billingsley what was it?
th-cam.com/video/EVekNsgUqn4/w-d-xo.html
Awesome video and images Alan. My son and I traveled from Houston to Gatlinburg to see the eclipse and do some hiking. Well worth the 14 hour drive. My son recorded the changes visible at Happy Valley. He posted his video here: th-cam.com/video/SGjPQoT6oiA/w-d-xo.html I hope you will give it a look, it is some of what your drone would have captured.
Starts 9:27
i bet you have alot of $ tied up in your telescopes and cameras!!
i sat for this??????
Disneyland sent you the best film to date!
What the hell are you talking about??? Disneyland??
David Miller I get a poor wifi signal in my bathroom, but I'm glad that you get such a strong signal in there.
@ David Miller: Nobody twisted your arm to sit and watch.
HAY! SORRY I may have said something that dimmed your party ! I though it was a great show and snacks ?Yea! it was the lens covers that cracked me up?I 've done that myself.As a SPACE and PLANETARY JUNKEY? I LOVE IT ALL !
beard!
I don't believe you. Whay are you hiding?
What do you mean by, "what are you hiding" IM confused
9:25 your welcome
This is annotated 7 seconds into the video.
really
Earth doesn't spin
Explain how there are both north and south celestial poles then. I'll wait...
Flat earthers as a whole have a huge distrust of authority/government, have zero or very little understanding of science and/or how certain scientific principles work, and some have the false notion that they know something important and they believe it's their job/mission/duty to spread the truth
so, they don't have any evidence. What they call evidence is simply attempts at discrediting existing evidence for a globe earth.
@ Linda Jakub: No but your head certainly does with all this pure science. Get a grip on reality.
Linda Jakub yes it does!!! Doeseng the earth rotate around the sun??!! The mooon rotates aroound the earth and yes the syn doesent move cuz earth rotates but moon does!!!
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What a waste of time! #smh all that equipment and u think he would show the moon approaching and leaving totality. #Wtf?
Mr. Tarantino, even though the sun is being blocked by the moon, the outer atmosphere
of the sun isn't completely. You can see the broad rays of gasses around
the sun only when the sun itself is blocked from view during the
eclipse. So the moon is heavily back-lit. The brightness of this corona
is many times brighter than the moon which is not being lit by the sun
at all- it has its "back" to the sun so the only light reaching the moon
is earthlight- the light reflected off the earth and back to the moon
and then back to us. It isn't much. Our eyes and cameras are generally
stopped down or compensated to the much brighter light level behind the
moon, and although the moon is barely lit, it is too dim compared to the
level of the outer corona of the sun, so the moon appears black. It is
possible to readjust the camera's exposure to the moon's level. Open up
the stops on the cameras, and the sun's corona will be of course, "blown
out" a photographer's term meaning way over-exposed. There is another
photo trick, to use multiple exposures, some correctly exposing the
corona, others correctly exposing the moon. Then pick the best shots for
each level and combine them into one photo. A fellow named Dennis
Sprinkle did this, you can see his photo here: www.metabunk.org/attachments/upload_2017-8-22_12-8-34-png.28426/
@Mahjid Nice comments...NOT.
Maybe when they invent a camera with 20-30 EV dynamic range, maybe then such imaging will be possible. Until then, technology can only do so much... Simply put: the sun is really really really really really really bright.
Thanks for the shit CGI. Had to hear him talk for 10 mins waiting for a sweet solar eclipse but then I get greeted with CGI THAT I HAVE SEEN ON LITERALLY EVERY OTHER FAKE SOLAR ECLIPE PICTURE! damn
Thanks for commenting on my video and giving it a higher interaction rate, thus ranking it higher in TH-cam's search algorithm! First of all, do you have problems reading? At 0:08 there is a caption in the upper left corner telling you EXACTLY where in the video that the eclipse footage starts. Second, you saw what my thumbnail of the video looked like and yet you clicked anyway. You're really a special brand of stupid. Can't read or understand pictures.
THE EARTH IS FLAT........................