Got to experience my first total solar eclipse today, and I now know why people travel around the world to see them. Although it ended up being clear throughout central CO and western NE, I had chosen to go west of Casper due to the cloud coverage forecast being more favorable than NE.
Quite an experience, there’s really no way to describe it, and, honestly, pictures are not worth a thousand words, in this case. One, because I bordered on speechless, and two, because pictures do not do it justice. It’s a visceral experience that cannot possibly be adequately described using words nor photographs. Anyway, I’m sitting in a gravel parking lot in Douglas, WY after I-25 came to a screeching halt, so thought I’d get a few pics out while I thought about what to do.
Enjoy.
PS: If you want to see a few more images, check this page. The composite time-lapse image is going to have to wait a few days (as if it were that easy…).
