Well that was stellar! And lunar. And solar…definitely awe inspiring!
Pinhole camera made with knitting needle and paper on hand
I trekked down to Salem to view the eclipse from Willamette Valley Vineyards. They were in the path of totality; Portland was at 99%. That tiny, tiny 1% makes a big difference.
DH stayed home; he’s not as geeky about these things as I am. I wanted the sun to disappear completely. It did not disappoint.
It was so uplifting to share this awe-inspiring event with an enthusiastic group of people. So much positivity. We wrote and sang “Path of Totality” to the tune of Age of Aquarius. Fun and funny.
Of course I brought my knitting. Bag by Chicken Boots (Saremy), needle keeper by A Needle Runs Through It (Maria), bead needle by Bead Aid (Sarah), bead tin by Miss Purl (Danielle), yarn by June Pryce Fiber Arts (Cheryl), beads by Bead Biz (Jean)! It’s like another group of friends beyond the ones I was actually sitting with.
People’s phones kept going off with emergency alerts. Turn off your ringers, please! Yes, rock climbing. Check out this link for an amazing photo; it’s not mine so I don’t want to publish it here. Rock climber silhouetted by eclipsed sun at Smith Rock.
I don’t pretend to have a camera good enough to get a picture of what it really looked like; I’m leaving that to the professionals. This is what it looks like from an iPhone.
So cool to see Venus out during the day. The sun is completely eclipsed here, but the phone camera can’t catch it. It was a dark circle surrounded by intense twinkling light. It was easy to tell when totality hit; a collective gasp went up and our eclipse glasses didn’t let any light through. It was equally easy to tell when it was time to put the glasses back on. So bright! Those two minutes of totality went by all too quickly. Just a tiny sliver of sun seemed like complete daylight.
The sun was about halfway back for this picture. Hard to tell.
Traffic home was a bear. But it was worth it. Biscuit and I caught up with Game of Thrones the next day. She likes dragons; I think because they sound like her. Kind of raspy and squeaky. Bisqueak!
Did you chase the eclipse, too?
PDXKnitterati 
Very cool. We only got it at 70% here. Didn’t make much difference to the light.
I’ve still got GoT catching up to do. I have to wait until Dave’s not home though… he doesn’t like that all his favourite characters keep dying. He won’t watch it anymore.
DH gave up on it during Season 1, Episode 1. Oh, well!
>
great post! love the picture of biscuit watching GoT! love that show too! 😊
DH is not a GOT fan, so Biscuit and I have to watch by ourselves. Dragons. We both love dragons.
>
We were in the path of totality too, so I watched the whole thing from my backyard. It was amazing! A vineyard would have been fun too, though!
Lucky you to watch from your back yard! The vineyard was fun, but the traffic to go home was definitely not. But worth it!
>