Day of the Dark Sun

Pretty. We had a total eclipse in the U.K., in 1999. I will never see another! Incredible. I did not take any direct pictures. My schoolteachers had told me many years before to project the image and that is how we me observed sunspots etc

this is great and reminds me of the film "the ring"
good to see your trip to the states !
thanks for posting this raphael -

i must dig out some photos I took years ago (not for here, just to remind me) but they are not as good as this.

yes, i am certain
you are 100% correct
that all said 5000 / 5000+ years ago ...
was raphael in idaho photographing this eclipse ?

hope you had some spuds while you were there in idaho, raphael !

It will always facinate

I have been lucky enough to see in my lifetime Halley's Comet (last seen in 1986 and not until 2061 again) , Halle-Bob in 1997 and not to be seen for thousands of years. Fantastic photo but what an experience it is to be "there". Unforgettable! I remember being in my garden and how everything went quiet. There were bumble bees busy on my lavender. They all stopped and the birds stopped singing. Surreal

Hi @Svenedin Hi John (@jnanian )
Many thanks for yours comments
John, I regret of wasn't in Idaho enough time to taste (as proclaimed by many license plates) "Famous potatoes" from Idaho . We didn't know this specialty until we came here. We saw also advertising for the Potato Museum in Blackfoot ! Surely the next time .

I should do a little follow-up in the thread about my USA travel in "Geographic Location" forum... We was positively enchanted by all we discovered and visited... And I have a lot of analog photos to show, surely in the next months, in Photrio galleries.

@Svenedin : While in Roberts, just as the totality phase ends, and as light growing up again, I noticed a flight of medium sized birds, rather panic-stricken... Strange and beautiful experience over all !

Thanks again, best regards,

Raphael