{"id":8500,"date":"2022-08-21T17:39:19","date_gmt":"2022-08-22T00:39:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/?p=8500"},"modified":"2022-08-21T18:38:48","modified_gmt":"2022-08-22T01:38:48","slug":"five-years-ago-total-solar-eclipse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/2022\/08\/21\/five-years-ago-total-solar-eclipse\/","title":{"rendered":"Five Years Ago – Total Solar Eclipse"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>The Great American Eclipse of 2017<\/a> took place on this date five years ago. Damsel and I (and some friends) watched the spectacle from Casper, Wyoming. We were in an RV park, along with several hundreds of other campers and spectators. Casper, a town of less than 60,000 people had grown to an estimated population of over a quarter million, not counting those outside of town limits watching the eclipse from campsites on the Platte River and elsewhere. Our campground definitely had a party atmosphere before, during and after totality.<\/p>\n

Image above: Damsel’s capture of mid-totality – click to enlarge.<\/em><\/p>\n

At our location, totality lasted about 2 minutes and 26 seconds<\/a>. The crowd noise in the campground dropped to murmurs during totality with a collective “oooooh” sounding as the “diamond ring<\/a>” appeared at the end of totality. The whole effect was phenomenal – a memory that should last until we’re gone.<\/p>\n

There will be another total solar event during the Great American Eclipse of 2024<\/a>. We sort of have a plan to be in Kerrville Texas vicinity at that time, The Good Lord willing. There will also be an annular eclipse<\/a> in October next year; we have not made plans for that one yet, but we may do so after our “shakedown<\/a>” cruise in the motorhome coming up soon. We’re thinking of going to the “Four Corners<\/a>” area for that eclipse if we go. If we do go, maybe we’ll organize a meetup with family and friends for that event.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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