Partial solar eclipse and Mount Thielsen
Picture, if you will, clear skies over this awesome mountain. The sun just starting to be eclipsed as it clears the right flank. The eclipse proceeding up and to the right across the sky with a ring of fire exactly centered. That was my vision. I knew about this mountain since I first went to Crater Lake in 2007 and when I saw the eclipse path and also saw that the eclipse here would begin just after 8AM I hunted for a location where it would line up with this mountain. (Shout out here to Google Maps and Peak Visor). There just happens to be a campground across Diamond Lake from the mountain with a boat ramp (so there was a clear view). I couldn't plan this any better. I considered the desert southwest which would have a much greater chance of clear skies, but the eclipse would be higher in the sky, so no photos with interesting foreground. So I chose Oregon with a 55-60% historical chance of clouds. And statistics won out...
I took a photo every 1'10" of the complete 2.5+ hour duration of the eclipse. The one image of the sun shown is the only one that broke through the clouds in the entire sequence. My Photoshop skills aren't the greatest, but this may give an idea of what I was hoping to achieve.
Partial solar eclipse and Mount Thielsen
Picture, if you will, clear skies over this awesome mountain. The sun just starting to be eclipsed as it clears the right flank. The eclipse proceeding up and to the right across the sky with a ring of fire exactly centered. That was my vision. I knew about this mountain since I first went to Crater Lake in 2007 and when I saw the eclipse path and also saw that the eclipse here would begin just after 8AM I hunted for a location where it would line up with this mountain. (Shout out here to Google Maps and Peak Visor). There just happens to be a campground across Diamond Lake from the mountain with a boat ramp (so there was a clear view). I couldn't plan this any better. I considered the desert southwest which would have a much greater chance of clear skies, but the eclipse would be higher in the sky, so no photos with interesting foreground. So I chose Oregon with a 55-60% historical chance of clouds. And statistics won out...
I took a photo every 1'10" of the complete 2.5+ hour duration of the eclipse. The one image of the sun shown is the only one that broke through the clouds in the entire sequence. My Photoshop skills aren't the greatest, but this may give an idea of what I was hoping to achieve.