~ Total Eclipse of the Sun in the USA on the 21st August 2017 ~

This total eclipse of the Sun will not be seen in Australia as the path of totality (the Moons shadow) runs right across the mainland of America.
 
So I have to go and chase it….
 
My husband and I will be at a place called St Joseph in Missouri and we’ll be experiencing nearly the maximum time of 2 minutes and 38 seconds of totality…Woohoo!!

You don't have to travel this far to see this amazing event as NASA is going to live stream the whole eclipse
(weather permitting)

Please see the links below and enjoy the experience :-)

NASA’s Total Eclipse live coverage on the 21st August 2017
Go to the website at: 
https://eclipse2017.nasa.gov
Go to the live streaming of the event at:
https://eclipse2017.nasa.gov/eclipse-live-stream

I’ll be taking two DSLR cameras, which will be set up on static tripods. The first camera will be a Canon 70D with a Canon 100-400mm lens and a 2x converter making a variable focal length of between 320mm - 1280mm.
 
The other camera will be a Canon 700D with a Canon 17-85mm wider field lens, so I can capture the whole viewing area and sky…I’ll take some video and some time-lapse with this camera.
 
I’ve also got one of those tiny action camera’s that I’m going to just let run on it’s own to pick up anything that’s happening around us.
 
This is my second total solar eclipse, so I feel more confident now with my times so I can take a bit of time to just look up and enjoy the event :-)

~ My main solar camera set-up, I successfully used this for the Australian Annular eclipse in 2013 ~

I’m really hoping to capture some wonderful images of this eclipse in the US, like I did for our amazing
Australian Total Eclipse of the Sun that happened here on the 14th November 2012.
 
 Please see some images below that I took on the day at Ellis Beach just north of Cairns.
We were ever so lucky with the weather because it was so cloudy before totality!
 
Please go to my blog with more information on the Australian total solar eclipse day  :-)
http://www.mystardustobservatory.com/astro-blog/total-eclipse-of-the-sun-in-australia-2012

The Conversation : Explainer: what is a solar eclipse?
October 22, 2014 2.02pm AEDT

Author
Tanya Hill
Honorary Fellow of the University of Melbourne and Senior Curator (Astronomy), Museum Victoria

​Tanya Hill wrote an excellent article for ‘The Conversation’ explaining all about solar eclipses, she also used my award-winning image of the rare Annular eclipse that happened in central Australia in May 2013.

Please go to the article with the link or download the file which is below:
http://theconversation.com/explainer-what-is-a-solar-eclipse-33019

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