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Annular Solar Eclipse : October 14, 2023

Flight to Cedar City : October 13


Ivanpah Solar Power Facility

Lake Mohave

Temple Bar Airport

East side of St. George

Burger Peak, Pine Valley Mountains

Some brilliant fall colors

Big Point

Harmony Mountains

Final approach to CDC

Annular eclipse : October 14

7 miles southwest of Kanosh, UT

38 45.535N 112 33.497W, a few feet from the predicted center line.

Eclipse morning with scattered high clouds

15:07:51Z Before eclipse start

15:08:56Z 1st contact (maxumum eclipse -79 min)

15:09:13Z Definitely a small bite...

15:18:04Z (max - 70m)

15:28:08Z Some passing high clouds (-60m)

15:39:13Z (-48m)

15:55:35Z A sunspot is gobbled up (-32m)

16:10:18Z Another sunspot consumed (-17m)

16:16:40Z (-11m)

16:23:12Z (-5m)

16:25:31Z (-2m43s)

16:25:54Z 2nd contact (-2m20s)

16:26:03Z (-2m11s)

16:27:39Z (-35s)

16:28:14Z Maximum eclipse

16:28:40Z (+26s)

16:30:34Z 3rd contact (+2m20s)

16:31:15Z (+3m01s)

16:43:04Z (+15m)

16:57:25Z (+29m)

17:08:31Z (+40m)

17:18:53Z One sunspot is back (+50m)

17:31:17Z So is the other now (+63m)

17:40:13Z (+72m)

17:50:31Z (+82m)

17:55:53Z Last contact (+87m)

18:00:58Z After eclipse end

A composite of the eclipse at 5 minute intervals (2.5 min at annularity) as the sun moved across the sky.
Unfortunately, the focus got knocked off so everything is blurry :(

Eclipse composite at 5 min intervals (2.5m at annularity)

A view to the southwest, at a constant exposure setting. Since our eyes adapt to the diminishing light, it did not seem that dark during annularity.

14:56:32Z Before eclipse start

15:21:59Z 13m after start, 66m until maximum

15:50:11Z 42m after start, 38m until maximum

16:09:46Z 61m after start, 18m until maximum

16:22:49Z 74m after start, 5m until maximum

16:27:26Z During annularity

16:41:35Z 74m from end, 13m after maximum

16:54:25Z 61m from end, 26m after maximum

17:17:02Z 39m from end, 48m after maximum

17:44:10Z 12m from end, 75m after maximum

17:57:50Z After eclipse end

Marble Canyon : October 14

I hopped over to Marble Canyon to check out the condors before heading home. Only one was there, #54, who I've seen on every visit in the last 4 years.

North of Springdale, looking NE

North of Kanab

Seaman Point, east of Kanab

Buckskin Gulch, on the west side of Paria Plateau

North and South Teepees

Middle Reservoir

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Above the cliffs near Sevenmile Draw

Marble Canyon Airport

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Navajo Bridge

AirCams departing

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Only one condor here today

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#54*, M, born 2004 in Boise

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Listening for radio tagged condors in the area

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