Yes, I said, a VERY partial solar eclipse... for, you see, a 5,000 mile long storm is SLOWLY making its way through central Oregon here... and I do mean sloooooooowly. Yup, just in time for the partial solar eclipse today. Rain, rain, and more rain. Then a momentary break just after the eclipse began...
You can see a major sunspot collection known as 2192 as well as the fuzzy clouds passing by.
That sunspot collection is larger than the planet Jupiter which is bigger than 1,300 Earths!
I was very surprised that I could capture what I did, given the thickness of the cloud cover.
Then, MORE RAIN! MORE THICK CLOUDS! AAAAARRRGGGH!
Maximum eclipse passed and still more clouds.
Then about 20 minutes after maximum, FINALLY there was a thinning in the clouds,
not a clearing, mind you, only a thinning... but just enough to start photographing again!
I also took some shots with a 200mm telephoto:
Then a last parting shot of the sun as the moon moved away from it
Yes, astronomy can be frustrating at times. But go ahead and do what you can... it just may surprise you!
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