Arkansas 2024

We drove 1,400 miles from California to San Antonio, Texas, for the April 8, 2024 Total Solar Eclipse.  Poor weather prospects forced us to change plans, so the day before we drove another 300 miles to Little Rock Arkansas.  Clouds on the morning of the event caused us to change plans yet again.  We finally found mostly clear skies at Pencil Bluff, AR and experienced a glorious four minutes and 17 seconds standing in the Moon's shadow.
A composite image of “Bailey’s Beads” at the beginning and end of totality Composite of Nine Exposures: 600 mm, F/16, ISO 100, 1/250 – 1/1000 sec
Rarely photographed “Flying Shadow Bands” caused by a uniform high-altitude cloud layer. Single exposure: 600 mm, F/16, ISO 100, 1/250 sec
Prominences visible just after second contact (the start of totality) Single Exposure: 600 mm, F/16, ISO 100, 1/250 sec
Prominences Just Prior to Third Contact (end of totality) Single Exposure: 600 mm, F/16, ISO 100, 1/1000 sec
Totality From Pencil Bluff, Arkansas. HDR Composite of Seven Exposures: 600 mm, F/16, ISO 100, 1/1000 – 2 sec
I was unable to attend the May, 2024 Riverside Astronomical Society monthly meeting, so I recorded this short summary of our eclipse adventure