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pnichols
Mar 16, 2017Explorer II
I'm at a loss as to why one needs a mountain top to view an eclipse of the sun??
Looking at the P of T map for it, I see plenty of out-in-the-middle-of-nowhere high desert places in OR to camp and view the eclipse. If we were eclipse chasers, I don't think we'd let high desert August weather stop us. We sometimes rockhound in those conditions and it is possilbe to get by for short periods, especially in an RV.
Perhaps I'm looking at the P of T maps wrong ... it could be that most of those extensive high desert map areas are private land.
Looking at the P of T map for it, I see plenty of out-in-the-middle-of-nowhere high desert places in OR to camp and view the eclipse. If we were eclipse chasers, I don't think we'd let high desert August weather stop us. We sometimes rockhound in those conditions and it is possilbe to get by for short periods, especially in an RV.
Perhaps I'm looking at the P of T maps wrong ... it could be that most of those extensive high desert map areas are private land.
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