Tuesday, July 10, 2012

Our Eclipse Trip

On May 20, an Annular Solar Eclipse occurred, and it was visible in Albuquerque, NM.  Todd, the kids, and I flew there to meet up with my family to observe it!


My dad is a big astronomy buff, and had packed his telescope, as well as other viewing materials.
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We viewed the eclipse on the grounds of the Balloon Museum.
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Todd, with the massive binoculars.
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Luken, with a solar viewer.
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The guy next to us had a monster telescope!
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Helping Keeley with the binocs.
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There were a few activities for kiddos on site.
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Rock-climber Keeley.
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My dad brought materials to make pinhole pages with the kids' names.
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It has started!
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Aunt Karen.
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The weather was perfect!
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Little Ms. Sassypants.
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Through a solar viewer.
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My dad got a hold of a batch of leftover solar viewers from an eclipse in China a few years back.
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Suddenly, someone set up an earth balloon.  We were concerned it might get in the way, but it didn't.
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Gram.
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I don't need no stinkin' DSLR!
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The scene.
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Some general silliness after hanging out for so long!
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More rock-climbing!
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Happy kiddos!
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The sun eventually set.
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It was pretty.
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