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Total Solar Eclipse Trip : April 4-13, 2024

Part 1 - Journey to Paducah

I had originally planned to view the eclipse in Texas, but poor weather forecasts prompted a change of destination further east.

April 4: Bandelier National Monument


Frijoles Canyon

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The Big Kiva

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Tyuonyi Pueblo

In a cavate

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Petroglyphs

Horizontal holes for vigas (rafters for floors/roofs)

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Pictograph at Long House

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Ladders up to Alcove House

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Kiva at Alcove House

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Vultures

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April 5: Santa Fe, NM

I visited the state capitol building before heading out on my next flight leg.

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East face of Capitol

West face of Capitol

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Senate chamber

House chamber

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Governor's office (with a mini sci-fi museum!)

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San Miguel Church (oldest church structure in US)

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Canadian River near Bridgeport OK

April 6: Lake Hefner, Oklahoma City, OK


Brown Thrasher

Northern Cardinal

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Red-winged Blackbird

Franklin's Gull

Double-crested Cormorant

American Coot

Mallard

Blue-winged Teal

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Osprey

American White Pelican with cormorants

Common Grackle

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House Sparrow

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Cedar Waxwing

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Fox Squirrel

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White-winged Dove

Lots of gulls

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April 7: Oklahoma City to Paducah

I checked out some airports in the path of totality on the way to Paducah, as well as the viewing site I wound up at.

Departing Wiley Post (PWA)

Lake Hefner

Baxter County Airport (BPK)

Thayer Memorial Airport (42M)

Doniphan Municipal Airport (X33)

Poplar Bluff Airport (POF)

Mississippi River

Springs Road near Wolf Lake, IL

Ohio River

A 1627' tall antenna

Shawnee Power Plant and Metropolis Bridge

Paducah Airport (PAH)

Final approach at Paducah

April 7: Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area


Barkley Canal Bridge

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Kentucky Lake (Tennessee River)

Flowering Dogwood

Eastern Redbud

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Carpenter Bee (Xylocopa sp.?)

Dragonfly

Duskywing

Eastern Phoebe

American Robin

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In the Elk and Bison Prairie enclosure

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Wild Turkey

Pileated Woodpecker

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1291 (3 stop HDR)

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Gray Squirrel

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1325 (2 stop HDR)

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