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Posted By:
Nickens, Dan
Date Posted:
Aug 26, 2017
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""Totality is surely over-rated, "" said Aesop's fox when it became clear getting into the darkest path was not going to happen. ""After all, 90% is no small amount, and it's available with minimal effort from the convenience of hometown Florida.""
But wait! It's summer in Florida...there will be thunderstorms! During the eclipse! Drats! Foiled again.
Ha! The Searey provides a moveable point of view. Fly on towards the dark side!
Date Taken:
August 21, 2017
Place Taken:
Central Florida
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Nickens, Dan
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Eclipse 2017
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Nickens, Dan - Aug 25,2017
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A breakthrough! Instead of looking directly at a dangerously undiminished sun, lakeshine from a blackwater lake should complement the dark bite of the moon....or not.
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Indirect View 5956
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Nickens, Dan - Aug 25,2017
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With the gathering gloom of rapidly growing cumulonimbus all around there was only one hope to see the darkening sun...climb towards the light!
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Climb to the Light 5964
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Nickens, Dan - Aug 25,2017
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What's that sticking up there? A single finger of fickle fate? A comic message to the futility of chasing after darkness?
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Fickle Finger 5972
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Nickens, Dan - Aug 25,2017
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Nickens, Dan - Aug 25,2017
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The brilliant, blinding light easily overpowered the shadows of an interloping moon shadow. One could be moved to song....
"Oh I've been chasin' a moonshadow moonshadow moonshadow
Leapin and hoppin' for a moonshadow moonshadow moonshadow..."
Or maybe not.
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Circle of Light 6010
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Nickens, Dan - Aug 25,2017
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In the end a shadowed 90% was nothing compared to the brilliant 10%.
Then the batteries in the headset quickly died, eight total in quick succession. The face plate fell off the radio. The engine charging system quit charging. The tail wheel extension cable failed. The aft hull scraped on the ramp.
Some might say my planets were not aligned. It could be that my moon was just slightly off kilter. A bad moon rising? Whatever. There was still plenty to see. And, well, there is still 2024 to look forward to. (So says a slightly smarter fox.)
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Not Totality 6009
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Don Maxwell - Aug 26,2017
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Uh... um, well, thanks for that illuminating report, Dan.
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Don Maxwell - Aug 26,2017
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What I've noticed is that everything looks quite bright right up to the instant of what they call ""second contact""--the first moment of total eclipse--but the quality of the light is unusual. Beginning around 80% or 90% totality it seems ""thin"" to me. Maybe pale is a better term. Whatever you call it, it's not ordinary daylight.
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