Rafael and H.F.
Classic & iconic red 1970s Edmund Scientific Astroscan projects the beginning of the eclipse (12:09pm) -- Total solar eclipse, Buder Park, southwest St. Louis County, MO, Aug 21, 2017.
Total solar eclipse, Buder Park, southwest St. Louis County, MO, Aug 21, 2017.
Holding solar glasses over DSLR lens -- low-tech approach! -- Total solar eclipse, Buder Park, southwest St. Louis County, MO, Aug 21, 2017.
Rafael holds a poster board onto which is projected a US map. Notice that each dot on the board shows the eclipse! -- Total solar eclipse, Buder Park, southwest St. Louis County, MO, Aug 21, 2017.
Crescents from tree leave shadows falling on this man's shirt -- Total solar eclipse, Buder Park, southwest St. Louis County, MO, Aug 21, 2017.
12:59pm, about 16 minutes before totality -- Total solar eclipse, Buder Park, southwest St. Louis County, MO, Aug 21, 2017.
1:02pm, ISO 100 -- Total solar eclipse, Buder Park, southwest St. Louis County, MO, Aug 21, 2017.
1:15pm (less than 20 sec before totality) -- People get ready to remove their glasses -- exposure 0.4 sec at ISO 3200 (and -1.3 stop adjustment in Lightroom) -- Hard to capture lighting at this stage -- Total solar eclipse, Buder Park, southwest St. Louis County, MO, Aug 21, 2017.
Totality! (1:16pm) 1/80 f/5 at ISO 3200 -- Total solar eclipse, Buder Park, southwest St. Louis County, MO, Aug 21, 2017.
1:17pm , starting to come out of totality. Note streetlights in the distance and sunset-type light (ISO 1600) -- Total solar eclipse, Buder Park, southwest St. Louis County, MO, Aug 21, 2017.
1:18pm (ISO 2000) -- Total solar eclipse, Buder Park, southwest St. Louis County, MO, Aug 21, 2017.
Later in the day after the eclipse, we drove to Ted Drewes' Frozen Custard where a few of us had the special of the day, "The Eclipse".
Ted Drewes' Frozen Custard: "The Eclipse" on Monday, August 21, 2017
Carbon-fiber concept car from Illuminati Motor Works (Springfield, IL) (2nd prize winner nationally in automotive X-prize) at St. Lois Science Center. We talked to the Team Leader at length about the car.
"The Discovery of King Tut" exhibit (reproductions, NOT original artifacts, as Howard Carter found them) at the St. Louis Science Center
canopic jars -- "The Discovery of King Tut" exhibit (reproductions, NOT original artifacts, as Howard Carter found them) at the St. Louis Science Center
White egret or heron at boat dock -- A paddle boat trip through the canals and Post-Dispatch Lake of Forest Park, St. Louis
A paddle boat trip through the canals and Post-Dispatch Lake of Forest Park, St. Louis
Restaurant and boat house -- A paddle boat trip through the canals and Post-Dispatch Lake of Forest Park, St. Louis
