Eclipse Three

Carbondale Details

 The event management was a bit off, what with our hour-long wait to park. Partly a result of only a few access roads, I'm guessing.  So that was a minus. Good thing we'd planned to arrive at 9 a.m.

Then, the shuttle to the stadium area took more time. Decent management there, using perhaps a dozen school buses for transport. I think they could have used more, but the wait was under a half hour, so not terrible.

We walked through their basketball venue on the mezzanine level, noting that the action on the court level was a number of vendor booths... nothing in which we had an interest. So, on to Saluki Stadium! In case you were wondering, here's a Saluki:


Here's another interpretation:


We did not see inside the stadium during the eclipse, but here's the crowd (both the mascot above and this picture by Dave Brown):


Judging by the clouds and exposure in this frame, I'm pretty sure it was shot close to the start of totality. 

This shot (above) is looking south where there is a football practice field adjacent to the stadium, and that's where Linda and I were for the duration. 

At the stadium entrance, all the media trailers were off to one side, and a vintage-antique photo guy had a working space:


There he is now:


"Portable" darkroom... OK so here's a better shot of him:


I liked the juxtaposition what with the CBS banner.... their trailer was right behind him with the satellite dishes and whatnot. I elected to get this particular look.

So, Linda and I went to the concourse inside the stadium. The longest lines were at the water fountains, people filling up their plastic bottles. At $4 per bottle (no carry-ins allowed) there were plenty of thrifty, thirsty folks on hand.

We had a selfie taken (so, it's not technically a selfie, right?). Gave Linda's phone to a guy and donned our glasses and of course could see absolutely nothing... at which point Linda said, "Hey! Are you still there? Are you stealing my phone?" Gotta love her!


Outside the stadium, on the aforementioned practice field, photo buffs of all skill levels claimed space. I did:


That's my rig at twenty minutes to start of totality. Note the cloud structure. More on that shortly.

Here's one of the big boys:


Note that you can see his monitor panel. That rig tracked the sun automatically. Very envious!! This photo was shot at 1:21 as totality was beginning.

This blog tool is balking at additional photos, so I have to start a new entry. Eclipse Four here we go!!!




Eclipse one
 
Eclipse two 
 
Eclipse three 
 
Eclipse four

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