04/14/2024
It's been a while since I made a post here. So to come back with an impression, I wanted to share my solar eclipse journey.
I took the motorcycle to Colebrook, NH from Manchester, NH. Naturally a 4.5 hour ride to meet another rider, fight a bit of traffic, wind through the flowing roads between mountains, flourish with upcoming spring green trees. Snow was present as well on the sides of the roads but the sun was beaming it's rays down making a brisk 60F (15C) feel warmer than it really is.
After a few more hours of riding, I managed to settle into a near empty field with a few families gathered in their respective groups. At least a telescope, camera, or phone was present in their hands trying to get their settings right for the BIG moment approaching in a few minutes. I immediately did the same thing with a tripod and high powered telescopic lens and started to mess with the settings. It is difficult to figure out what to do since I did not know what to expect for an eclipse. This is my first time!
Needless to say my total eclipse zone did get dark but let me start from the beginning. Seconds before then, many of us noticed how it was getting cooler and cooler. Using the special glasses, we noticed the sun slowly became interrupted by the moon. The temperature dropped more and more nearly 15F (5C) degrees as the light dimmed, similar to the beginning of a film in the cinema. I took off my sunglasses, and looked around me. Everyone gasped in awe as it became damn-near night time. I quickly glanced at the eclipses by squinting and saw this beautiful halo in the sky, and then turned towards my camera to snap these beautiful photos. I was in awe myself, I remember smiling to witness something so beautiful and I wanted to stay a few more minutes. The eclipse cannot be described by words and MUST be witnessed with your own eyes. After a few snap snapshots, I just gazed in the sky and saw multiple stars around too then decided to go back for one more picture. The last photo is my pride, the Diamond Ring: the sun peeking behind the moon as the eclipse is in the latter stages of the phenomenon. Then the sky is lit up to the bright blue again and the warmth returns