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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