August 21, 2017 Solar Eclipse - any tips
Getting questions from readers of forestcamping.com about the 8/21/17 solar eclipse. The swath where you'll see a total eclipse passes thru at least a dozen national forests and one grassland. Shoul...
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profdant139 wrote:
It sounds as though I have some homework to do -- I was planning just to show up and look up during totality. But I think that if I knew what to expect (the beads and the rings and the second and third contacts), I would get more out of it than a vacant stare would provide!
Newbie question -- can the corona be seen with the unaided eye? Are there always flares, too, or are those rare?
Here's a beginners guide: https://www.exploratorium.edu/eclipse/what-to-see-during-eclipse
The corona is very visible and, given the quiet activity on the Sun at the moment, may be the only thing we do see besides the Bailey's Beads and Diamond Ring.
Here are two more pix, sunspots and corona (and more scanner dust spots):
As for your sunset question, we were on the beach seen in this photo just below the hill at top-center and we were facing where this camera is. So the only horizon we had was to the south over the ocean.
Pat
