At 1:14 P.M. - Russell Street Park - Marion, IL.

This is a quick-and-dirty edit. Discerning photographer types may notice an odd "white balance" and a strange-looking underexposure to this scene - it's not a mistake. Based on memory, I tried to preserve the scene as it really looked as it grew very dim about 5 minutes before totality. This is a "broad daylight" park scene I shot at 98mm, f/8.0, 1/40s, at ISO 500 with WB preset "Daylight" (and it was!). [If you're a photographer, you'll appreciate how completely whacked those settings look for a photo taken at this time of day.]

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Sherri looks at the eclipse through the glasses I got for free at the Seattle Public Library.

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Celebrating the Great American Eclipse in Baker County Oregon

An exciting weekend in Baker County celebrating the Great American Eclipse of 2017.

A fun weekend with visitors from around the world visiting Baker City and the surrounding county for this once in a lifetime celestial event with multiple community celebrations throughout the County, and a post eclipse afternoon exploring Baker City's historic downtown.

Baker City's Historic downtown is home to a burgeoning artisans and makers community, with a number of special events offering an opportunity to celebrate the arts and meet the makers including the monthly First Friday Art Walk, the Baker Open Artists Studio Tour in October, the monthly Thursday Art Night at the historic Eltrym Theater, the We Like ‘em Short Film Festival in August, and the Great Salt Lick Art Auction in September.

Visitors will find numerous art galleries and working artisan studios throughout Baker City’s historic downtown including the Crossroads Carnegie Art center in the restored Carnegie Library building.

Baker City's historic downtown is one of the largest intact turn of the 20th century historic districts in the American West with over 100 buildings on the National Register of Historic Places. today the downtown has been lovingly restored and the historic district is now a thriving downtown home to numerous art galleries, restaurants, micro breweries and local independently owned shops, making it the perfect destination for celebrating the holidays and shopping small unique businesses.

For more information about downtown Baker City, visit www.bakercitydowntown.com . For more information about other small towns and the growing artisan community throughout Baker County Oregon visit the Baker County Tourism website at www.basecampbaker.com.

Zoomed all the way out. We went to Paducah, KY to view the eclipse. Honestly, with my meager 300mm and the majority of my attention focused on the sky, these are not amazing, but I still think they're cool.

Eclipse as seen from Central OR

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Solar eclipse as seen from Evansville IN in August 2017

Another eclipse shot by me.

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Taken north of Wheatland, Wyoming.

My friend Jason captured the diamond ring effect perfectly!

Celebrating the Great American Eclipse in Baker County Oregon

An exciting weekend in Baker County celebrating the Great American Eclipse of 2017.

A fun weekend with visitors from around the world visiting Baker City and the surrounding county for this once in a lifetime celestial event with multiple community celebrations throughout the County including the eclipse viewing party in Haines

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My drive down to South Carolina.

Savannah, GA.

three boys running

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