April 8, 2024 Eclipse

So, I'd seen two total eclipses in my life and I thought they were pretty cool. One came down main street in Tabor City, NC when I was in high school (1970). My wife and I drove to Kingstree, SC to see the one in 2017. We saw an annular eclipse in Albequrque, NM back in October 2023. That's when the moon is further away and leaves a little bit of the sun showing in a ring. It was neat but nothing like a full solar eclipse. So for this one, I drew a line from our place perpendicular to the path of totality. That put me somewhere north west of Dayton OH. I looked along the line of totality and found a little town called Minster, OH. I watched the weather daily in Minster and on Sunday, April 7th, I decided to go for it. My wife didn't want me to go alone so she went with me. We got up on Monday morning at 3 AM, had some coffee and left by 4 AM. We drove the Tesla Model 3. Nine and a half hours later we drove into Minster, OH and went to a park where they had signs that said "Eclipse Parking". That's about all they seemed to do. The weather was near perfect, wispy clouds and 70 degrees. Anyhow, we set out some chairs and about 2 minutes before totality, I shot my DJI mini 2 SE drone about 50 ft up in the air and turned on the video. I let it run for the duration and then some and then brought it down. I did a few 180's while it was up there. There were about 6 or more other drones up there with mine. Anyhow, here's what I got: Afterwards, we drove about an hour towards home and got a hotel room and spent the night. The next day we went home. Twenty hours of driving for eight minutes of video.

Here's a list of eclipses, past and future.