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Second Contact697 viewsFirst contact plus 16 minutes - Venus has now "detached" itself from the Sun's rim and is heading inward.
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First Contact plus 28 minutes697 viewsVenus is well on its way across the Sun's disk.
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Squatter 697 viewsSomeone beat me to my pad, so I went up to the Upper Pads area, where I got a better view anyway.
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Gone696 viewsThe Sun has set. The flat and featureless terrain of the Outback stretches far away.
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Totality minus 15 minutes695 viewsC2 - 15 min 23 sec
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Partial Phase - One Hour before Totality692 viewsSecond Contact minus 59 minutes, 19 seconds
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Pre-Totality 2692 viewsAnd here face down beneath the sun
And here upon earth’s noonward height
To feel the always coming on
The always rising of the night:
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The Upper Pad area691 viewsI wound up camping out on the Upper Pad area at the OCA Anza site, where I had plenty of company.
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Bob Peck's Observatory688 viewsBob with his very classy solar setup.
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First Contact plus 1 minute 28 seconds687 viewsThe nibble on the sun is a little larger.
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A Serious Setup on the Upper Pads687 viewsA very nice TEC refractor on an Astro-Physics mount; both the main and guide scopes have white-light solar filters.
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Going, going...684 viewsWe didn't get to see the end of the transit because it occurred after sunset in our location.
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