RE: The Eclipse, the Eclipse!!
August 22, 2017 at 8:13 pm
(This post was last modified: August 24, 2017 at 10:32 pm by vorlon13.)
Comparing 2017 to 1979:
Due to the clear cerulean sky, 2017 was much more of a 'technically' perfect eclipse, but maybe with less emotional impact than 1979. My viewing site in '79 had a high thin cloud layer, with many thicker clouds nearby. The '79 eclipse was far more beautiful, as the color effects were more pronounced. '17 was a 'cool' palette, blue and white, just near the end getting some red/orange on the trailing limb. '79 was 'warm' the sky was pinkish, the corona had an iridescence I compare to abalone shell, '17 didn't have that pearlescent luster.
'79 I felt had far more prominent Baileys Beads, both during ingress and egress compared to yesterday. As I noted '79 was nearly clouded out, but the approaching shadow had a positive/negative effect on the clouds as they were alternately lit from sunlight, dark from being in the shadow and then lit again, and the effect was pronounced as some clouds were west and some east of the viewing site. The entire sky was part of the show. Nebraska viewing site for me had no clouds at all, so no cloud illumination effects. Also, at '79 the area was covered in snow, so the ground was reflecting light upwards onto the cloud deck, and into the zone of totality too. The '79 eclipse was far more complex/beautiful with the interplay of light and darkness with the clouds and snow, '17 was more pure, the sky was completely clear, the ground was not reflective and the effect was a technically perfect eclipse, but one rather lacking in, for lack of a better term, artistry.
Due to the clear cerulean sky, 2017 was much more of a 'technically' perfect eclipse, but maybe with less emotional impact than 1979. My viewing site in '79 had a high thin cloud layer, with many thicker clouds nearby. The '79 eclipse was far more beautiful, as the color effects were more pronounced. '17 was a 'cool' palette, blue and white, just near the end getting some red/orange on the trailing limb. '79 was 'warm' the sky was pinkish, the corona had an iridescence I compare to abalone shell, '17 didn't have that pearlescent luster.
'79 I felt had far more prominent Baileys Beads, both during ingress and egress compared to yesterday. As I noted '79 was nearly clouded out, but the approaching shadow had a positive/negative effect on the clouds as they were alternately lit from sunlight, dark from being in the shadow and then lit again, and the effect was pronounced as some clouds were west and some east of the viewing site. The entire sky was part of the show. Nebraska viewing site for me had no clouds at all, so no cloud illumination effects. Also, at '79 the area was covered in snow, so the ground was reflecting light upwards onto the cloud deck, and into the zone of totality too. The '79 eclipse was far more complex/beautiful with the interplay of light and darkness with the clouds and snow, '17 was more pure, the sky was completely clear, the ground was not reflective and the effect was a technically perfect eclipse, but one rather lacking in, for lack of a better term, artistry.
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