2017 Madras Eclipse Trip
August 21, 2017, brought the first total solar eclipse to the US since 1979. We went to Madras OR to see the eclipse, along with 100,000+ other people who descended on the little town of just over 6,000. This gallery contains some of the background photos from the trip.
For photos of the eclipse itself, visit this page:
http://www.jeffstravels.net/ImageGallery-1/Celestial-Objects/2017-Total-Solar-Eclipse/
If you are interested in see what the eclipse was like, I've put together a multi-video-camera video of the event, including Mt. Jefferson going into shadow before us to the west, and what the clouds looked like to the east. It won't win any awards for videography, but it will let you see things you may have missed during the live event because you were staring at the sun itself: https://vimeo.com/236179820
There were several fires in the area when we arrived on Thursday. One was to the north of camp, with another one to the south under the Milky Way. In subsequent days the smoke was quite heavy south of Madras. Some of that drifted up to us the day of the eclipse, and did slightly obscure the sun during the start of the eclipse. Thankfully a break in the smoke clouds opened up by the time we reached totality.
When we arrived, our field was virtually empty (just one tent and one RV Thursday night). By Sunday night the place had around 200 campsites filled.
Read MoreFor photos of the eclipse itself, visit this page:
http://www.jeffstravels.net/ImageGallery-1/Celestial-Objects/2017-Total-Solar-Eclipse/
If you are interested in see what the eclipse was like, I've put together a multi-video-camera video of the event, including Mt. Jefferson going into shadow before us to the west, and what the clouds looked like to the east. It won't win any awards for videography, but it will let you see things you may have missed during the live event because you were staring at the sun itself: https://vimeo.com/236179820
There were several fires in the area when we arrived on Thursday. One was to the north of camp, with another one to the south under the Milky Way. In subsequent days the smoke was quite heavy south of Madras. Some of that drifted up to us the day of the eclipse, and did slightly obscure the sun during the start of the eclipse. Thankfully a break in the smoke clouds opened up by the time we reached totality.
When we arrived, our field was virtually empty (just one tent and one RV Thursday night). By Sunday night the place had around 200 campsites filled.
Our campsite in a hay field. Thursday night/Friday morning there was only one RV and one tent. Mt. Hood is in the background. (8/18/2017, 6152 Northwest Danube Dr., Madras eclipse trip)
EF100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II USM @ 164mm f8 1/800s ISO200
Our campsite in a hay field. Thursday nightFriday morning we were the only RV there along with one tent. Mt. Hood is in the background. 81820176152 Northwest Danube Dr.Madras eclipse tripEF100400mm f4.55.6L IS II USM 164mm f8 1800s ISO200Madras20170818 August 182017OR
