Kim Hyatt - waxing nostalgic
Was going through old VHS tapes and ran across one entitled “Solar Eclipse 1991” by Brian Ottum. Popped it into my player (I have a machine that plays VHS and DVDs) and watched all 18 minutes of it. Holy Cow there you were – dare I say TWENTY YEARS AGO. You haven’t change much that I can see. I was there, of course, and so was Lowell Lyon (lots more hair and curly too) and Cindy Raetz (Hard??), I think Alpine Stringham. I also saw a glimpse or two of Patrick (yeah, he had more hair too – hehe) and Les Case (his last name was Case not Christopher – not sure about that). It was the quick and dirty charter to La Paz for the long eclipse. You, Brian, Cindy and maybe others drove into LaPaz to be on the center line. There was a scene of Cindy being a pack mule for someone (dare I say with the initials KH). She was carrying 10x80 binos and a tripod. I and most of the others remained at the airport . Someone rented a room for the day and there are some pictures of us in the room. I really don’t remember that part. I remember a number of us went into LaPaz and did some shopping. We all flew back to Salt Lake that night. I don’t remember a lot of it, and mainly the details of the entire trip, but what I do remember is the eclipse. Ever minute/second of it. I remember I took the 3” finder off my refractor to act as the lens for my 35 mm camera (film at the time). Set it on a tripod and used one roll of film taking pictures of first contact, etc. I put in a roll of 36 shots just before second contact. I had all these plans, what with 6-1/2 minutes of totality – an eternity – to work with. I planned on taking numerous shots at different exposure times. Was going to try for 10 seconds etc. I remember just setting up and I SAW really, I saw, the moon’s shadow race toward us jfrom the direction of the low hills off in the distance just a split second before totality. It raced toward me and drew my eyes from the ground up to the “event.” I stared and stared. I’m not sure, but I must have blinked a few times. I could hear Patrick calling out “6 minutes left”, “5 minutes left” at “4 minutes left” I glanced down and realized I had only taken 3-4 pictures. I “turned the knob” on the camera timer – I didn’t look at it, just twisted it and clicked the shutter. I couldn’t take my eyes off the eclipse. I could hear people talking about shadow bands and such nearby, but I didn’t even glance at them. I managed to expand my view to include the whole sky and noted how dark it was, how a few stars and even planets appeared. I remember a professional astronomer had challenged astrologers because according to astrology the eclipse was supposed to take place inside Gemini and the eclipse was NOT in Gemini. Then, all too soon it was over. I remember Patrick walking toward me and saying “Well?” I remember I just had this probably incredibly stupid grin on my face. I couldn’t say anything (Joan – speechless??? you had to be there for that). I can’t imagine what Patrick thought when I didn’t say anything. It’s been 20 years and that is the only total solar eclipse I have ever seen. I saw an annular in LA a few years later, but it’s just not the same. I had all these plans – swore I would see many more, but in all these years, I haven’t kept that promise. On the other hand, when you see the best .... Just watching the tape brought back really good memories and wanted to say hi and hope all is well. Joan Carman
Cool recollections, Joan. Sky (our son) and I were there too with a friend from the Deseret News. Sky was a boy then. Today he's a PhD physicist finishing his first postdoc at the University of Wisconsin. I'd love to see the video. Is there any way to post it on YouTube? Thanks for the memories, Joe ________________________________ From: J E CARMAN <jcarman6@q.com> To: utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2011 4:12 PM Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Kim Hyatt - waxing nostalgic Was going through old VHS tapes and ran across one entitled “Solar Eclipse 1991” by Brian Ottum. Popped it into my player (I have a machine that plays VHS and DVDs) and watched all 18 minutes of it. Holy Cow there you were – dare I say TWENTY YEARS AGO. You haven’t change much that I can see. I was there, of course, and so was Lowell Lyon (lots more hair and curly too) and Cindy Raetz (Hard??), I think Alpine Stringham. I also saw a glimpse or two of Patrick (yeah, he had more hair too – hehe) and Les Case (his last name was Case not Christopher – not sure about that). It was the quick and dirty charter to La Paz for the long eclipse. You, Brian, Cindy and maybe others drove into LaPaz to be on the center line. There was a scene of Cindy being a pack mule for someone (dare I say with the initials KH). She was carrying 10x80 binos and a tripod. I and most of the others remained at the airport . Someone rented a room for the day and there are some pictures of us in the room. I really don’t remember that part. I remember a number of us went into LaPaz and did some shopping. We all flew back to Salt Lake that night. I don’t remember a lot of it, and mainly the details of the entire trip, but what I do remember is the eclipse. Ever minute/second of it. I remember I took the 3” finder off my refractor to act as the lens for my 35 mm camera (film at the time). Set it on a tripod and used one roll of film taking pictures of first contact, etc. I put in a roll of 36 shots just before second contact. I had all these plans, what with 6-1/2 minutes of totality – an eternity – to work with. I planned on taking numerous shots at different exposure times. Was going to try for 10 seconds etc. I remember just setting up and I SAW really, I saw, the moon’s shadow race toward us jfrom the direction of the low hills off in the distance just a split second before totality. It raced toward me and drew my eyes from the ground up to the “event.” I stared and stared. I’m not sure, but I must have blinked a few times. I could hear Patrick calling out “6 minutes left”, “5 minutes left” at “4 minutes left” I glanced down and realized I had only taken 3-4 pictures. I “turned the knob” on the camera timer – I didn’t look at it, just twisted it and clicked the shutter. I couldn’t take my eyes off the eclipse. I could hear people talking about shadow bands and such nearby, but I didn’t even glance at them. I managed to expand my view to include the whole sky and noted how dark it was, how a few stars and even planets appeared. I remember a professional astronomer had challenged astrologers because according to astrology the eclipse was supposed to take place inside Gemini and the eclipse was NOT in Gemini. Then, all too soon it was over. I remember Patrick walking toward me and saying “Well?” I remember I just had this probably incredibly stupid grin on my face. I couldn’t say anything (Joan – speechless??? you had to be there for that). I can’t imagine what Patrick thought when I didn’t say anything. It’s been 20 years and that is the only total solar eclipse I have ever seen. I saw an annular in LA a few years later, but it’s just not the same. I had all these plans – swore I would see many more, but in all these years, I haven’t kept that promise. On the other hand, when you see the best .... Just watching the tape brought back really good memories and wanted to say hi and hope all is well. Joan Carman _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Visit the Photo Gallery: http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php
Great recollections!!!! If you need help to convert from VHS to Digital I have everything we need right here at my desktop to make it happen and post it online. Let me know If I can help. Id love to see them also.Steve
Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2011 15:29:56 -0700 From: josephmbauman@yahoo.com To: utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Kim Hyatt - waxing nostalgic
Cool recollections, Joan. Sky (our son) and I were there too with a friend from the Deseret News. Sky was a boy then. Today he's a PhD physicist finishing his first postdoc at the University of Wisconsin. I'd love to see the video. Is there any way to post it on YouTube? Thanks for the memories, Joe
________________________________ From: J E CARMAN <jcarman6@q.com> To: utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2011 4:12 PM Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Kim Hyatt - waxing nostalgic
Was going through old VHS tapes and ran across one entitled “Solar Eclipse 1991” by Brian Ottum. Popped it into my player (I have a machine that plays VHS and DVDs) and watched all 18 minutes of it. Holy Cow there you were – dare I say TWENTY YEARS AGO. You haven’t change much that I can see. I was there, of course, and so was Lowell Lyon (lots more hair and curly too) and Cindy Raetz (Hard??), I think Alpine Stringham. I also saw a glimpse or two of Patrick (yeah, he had more hair too – hehe) and Les Case (his last name was Case not Christopher – not sure about that).
It was the quick and dirty charter to La Paz for the long eclipse. You, Brian, Cindy and maybe others drove into LaPaz to be on the center line. There was a scene of Cindy being a pack mule for someone (dare I say with the initials KH). She was carrying 10x80 binos and a tripod. I and most of the others remained at the airport . Someone rented a room for the day and there are some pictures of us in the room. I really don’t remember that part. I remember a number of us went into LaPaz and did some shopping. We all flew back to Salt Lake that night. I don’t remember a lot of it, and mainly the details of the entire trip, but what I do remember is the eclipse. Ever minute/second of it.
I remember I took the 3” finder off my refractor to act as the lens for my 35 mm camera (film at the time). Set it on a tripod and used one roll of film taking pictures of first contact, etc. I put in a roll of 36 shots just before second contact. I had all these plans, what with 6-1/2 minutes of totality – an eternity – to work with. I planned on taking numerous shots at different exposure times. Was going to try for 10 seconds etc. I remember just setting up and I SAW really, I saw, the moon’s shadow race toward us jfrom the direction of the low hills off in the distance just a split second before totality. It raced toward me and drew my eyes from the ground up to the “event.” I stared and stared. I’m not sure, but I must have blinked a few times. I could hear Patrick calling out “6 minutes left”, “5 minutes left” at “4 minutes left” I glanced down and realized I had only taken 3-4 pictures. I “turned the knob” on the camera timer – I didn’t look at it, just twisted it and clicked the shutter. I couldn’t take my eyes off the eclipse. I could hear people talking about shadow bands and such nearby, but I didn’t even glance at them. I managed to expand my view to include the whole sky and noted how dark it was, how a few stars and even planets appeared. I remember a professional astronomer had challenged astrologers because according to astrology the eclipse was supposed to take place inside Gemini and the eclipse was NOT in Gemini. Then, all too soon it was over.
I remember Patrick walking toward me and saying “Well?” I remember I just had this probably incredibly stupid grin on my face. I couldn’t say anything (Joan – speechless??? you had to be there for that). I can’t imagine what Patrick thought when I didn’t say anything.
It’s been 20 years and that is the only total solar eclipse I have ever seen. I saw an annular in LA a few years later, but it’s just not the same. I had all these plans – swore I would see many more, but in all these years, I haven’t kept that promise. On the other hand, when you see the best ....
Just watching the tape brought back really good memories and wanted to say hi and hope all is well.
Joan Carman _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Visit the Photo Gallery: http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Visit the Photo Gallery: http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php
Steve, I will absolutely need you help on doing that. I'd love to post it for everyone. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Fisher" <iotacass1@hotmail.com> To: utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2011 4:51:14 PM Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Kim Hyatt - waxing nostalgic Great recollections!!!! If you need help to convert from VHS to Digital I have everything we need right here at my desktop to make it happen and post it online. Let me know If I can help. Id love to see them also.Steve
Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2011 15:29:56 -0700 From: josephmbauman@yahoo.com To: utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Kim Hyatt - waxing nostalgic
Cool recollections, Joan. Sky (our son) and I were there too with a friend from the Deseret News. Sky was a boy then. Today he's a PhD physicist finishing his first postdoc at the University of Wisconsin. I'd love to see the video. Is there any way to post it on YouTube? Thanks for the memories, Joe
________________________________ From: J E CARMAN <jcarman6@q.com> To: utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2011 4:12 PM Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Kim Hyatt - waxing nostalgic
Was going through old VHS tapes and ran across one entitled “Solar Eclipse 1991” by Brian Ottum. Popped it into my player (I have a machine that plays VHS and DVDs) and watched all 18 minutes of it. Holy Cow there you were – dare I say TWENTY YEARS AGO. You haven’t change much that I can see. I was there, of course, and so was Lowell Lyon (lots more hair and curly too) and Cindy Raetz (Hard??), I think Alpine Stringham. I also saw a glimpse or two of Patrick (yeah, he had more hair too – hehe) and Les Case (his last name was Case not Christopher – not sure about that).
It was the quick and dirty charter to La Paz for the long eclipse. You, Brian, Cindy and maybe others drove into LaPaz to be on the center line. There was a scene of Cindy being a pack mule for someone (dare I say with the initials KH). She was carrying 10x80 binos and a tripod. I and most of the others remained at the airport . Someone rented a room for the day and there are some pictures of us in the room. I really don’t remember that part. I remember a number of us went into LaPaz and did some shopping. We all flew back to Salt Lake that night. I don’t remember a lot of it, and mainly the details of the entire trip, but what I do remember is the eclipse. Ever minute/second of it.
I remember I took the 3” finder off my refractor to act as the lens for my 35 mm camera (film at the time). Set it on a tripod and used one roll of film taking pictures of first contact, etc. I put in a roll of 36 shots just before second contact. I had all these plans, what with 6-1/2 minutes of totality – an eternity – to work with. I planned on taking numerous shots at different exposure times. Was going to try for 10 seconds etc. I remember just setting up and I SAW really, I saw, the moon’s shadow race toward us jfrom the direction of the low hills off in the distance just a split second before totality. It raced toward me and drew my eyes from the ground up to the “event.” I stared and stared. I’m not sure, but I must have blinked a few times. I could hear Patrick calling out “6 minutes left”, “5 minutes left” at “4 minutes left” I glanced down and realized I had only taken 3-4 pictures. I “turned the knob” on the camera timer – I didn’t look at it, just twisted it and clicked the shutter. I couldn’t take my eyes off the eclipse. I could hear people talking about shadow bands and such nearby, but I didn’t even glance at them. I managed to expand my view to include the whole sky and noted how dark it was, how a few stars and even planets appeared. I remember a professional astronomer had challenged astrologers because according to astrology the eclipse was supposed to take place inside Gemini and the eclipse was NOT in Gemini. Then, all too soon it was over.
I remember Patrick walking toward me and saying “Well?” I remember I just had this probably incredibly stupid grin on my face. I couldn’t say anything (Joan – speechless??? you had to be there for that). I can’t imagine what Patrick thought when I didn’t say anything.
It’s been 20 years and that is the only total solar eclipse I have ever seen. I saw an annular in LA a few years later, but it’s just not the same. I had all these plans – swore I would see many more, but in all these years, I haven’t kept that promise. On the other hand, when you see the best ....
Just watching the tape brought back really good memories and wanted to say hi and hope all is well.
Joan Carman _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Visit the Photo Gallery: http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Visit the Photo Gallery: http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php
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Just sent you an email "off list" If you don't receive it check your Junk Mail box.Steve
Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2011 19:00:46 -0400 From: jcarman6@q.com To: utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Kim Hyatt - waxing nostalgic
Steve, I will absolutely need you help on doing that. I'd love to post it for everyone.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Fisher" <iotacass1@hotmail.com> To: utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2011 4:51:14 PM Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Kim Hyatt - waxing nostalgic
Great recollections!!!! If you need help to convert from VHS to Digital I have everything we need right here at my desktop to make it happen and post it online. Let me know If I can help. Id love to see them also.Steve
Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2011 15:29:56 -0700 From: josephmbauman@yahoo.com To: utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Kim Hyatt - waxing nostalgic
Cool recollections, Joan. Sky (our son) and I were there too with a friend from the Deseret News. Sky was a boy then. Today he's a PhD physicist finishing his first postdoc at the University of Wisconsin. I'd love to see the video. Is there any way to post it on YouTube? Thanks for the memories, Joe
________________________________ From: J E CARMAN <jcarman6@q.com> To: utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2011 4:12 PM Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Kim Hyatt - waxing nostalgic
Was going through old VHS tapes and ran across one entitled “Solar Eclipse 1991” by Brian Ottum. Popped it into my player (I have a machine that plays VHS and DVDs) and watched all 18 minutes of it. Holy Cow there you were – dare I say TWENTY YEARS AGO. You haven’t change much that I can see. I was there, of course, and so was Lowell Lyon (lots more hair and curly too) and Cindy Raetz (Hard??), I think Alpine Stringham. I also saw a glimpse or two of Patrick (yeah, he had more hair too – hehe) and Les Case (his last name was Case not Christopher – not sure about that).
It was the quick and dirty charter to La Paz for the long eclipse. You, Brian, Cindy and maybe others drove into LaPaz to be on the center line. There was a scene of Cindy being a pack mule for someone (dare I say with the initials KH). She was carrying 10x80 binos and a tripod. I and most of the others remained at the airport . Someone rented a room for the day and there are some pictures of us in the room. I really don’t remember that part. I remember a number of us went into LaPaz and did some shopping. We all flew back to Salt Lake that night. I don’t remember a lot of it, and mainly the details of the entire trip, but what I do remember is the eclipse. Ever minute/second of it.
I remember I took the 3” finder off my refractor to act as the lens for my 35 mm camera (film at the time). Set it on a tripod and used one roll of film taking pictures of first contact, etc. I put in a roll of 36 shots just before second contact. I had all these plans, what with 6-1/2 minutes of totality – an eternity – to work with. I planned on taking numerous shots at different exposure times. Was going to try for 10 seconds etc. I remember just setting up and I SAW really, I saw, the moon’s shadow race toward us jfrom the direction of the low hills off in the distance just a split second before totality. It raced toward me and drew my eyes from the ground up to the “event.” I stared and stared. I’m not sure, but I must have blinked a few times. I could hear Patrick calling out “6 minutes left”, “5 minutes left” at “4 minutes left” I glanced down and realized I had only taken 3-4 pictures. I “turned the knob” on the camera timer – I didn’t look at it, just twisted it and clicked the shutter. I couldn’t take my eyes off the eclipse. I could hear people talking about shadow bands and such nearby, but I didn’t even glance at them. I managed to expand my view to include the whole sky and noted how dark it was, how a few stars and even planets appeared. I remember a professional astronomer had challenged astrologers because according to astrology the eclipse was supposed to take place inside Gemini and the eclipse was NOT in Gemini. Then, all too soon it was over.
I remember Patrick walking toward me and saying “Well?” I remember I just had this probably incredibly stupid grin on my face. I couldn’t say anything (Joan – speechless??? you had to be there for that). I can’t imagine what Patrick thought when I didn’t say anything.
It’s been 20 years and that is the only total solar eclipse I have ever seen. I saw an annular in LA a few years later, but it’s just not the same. I had all these plans – swore I would see many more, but in all these years, I haven’t kept that promise. On the other hand, when you see the best ....
Just watching the tape brought back really good memories and wanted to say hi and hope all is well.
Joan Carman _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Visit the Photo Gallery: http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Visit the Photo Gallery: http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php
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Joe, did you do the quick and dirty charter? It was put together by the Hansen Planetarium. The charter was full, but only a few actual SLAS members. Congrats on the physicist son. You must be busting buttons you're so proud (I won't tell anyone). I'm not sure about posting the video. It is VHS and it is old. The images are good, but pretty grainy. Brian took a lot of first contact through to second contact through a scope. Then he used the video to show the area and sky around the eclipse. Pretty neat stuff. He also got some close ups of the eclipse alone, but they are not great, but then, this was video 20 years ago. Some of the detail just shows you how good it was. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joe Bauman" <josephmbauman@yahoo.com> To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2011 4:29:56 PM Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Kim Hyatt - waxing nostalgic Cool recollections, Joan. Sky (our son) and I were there too with a friend from the Deseret News. Sky was a boy then. Today he's a PhD physicist finishing his first postdoc at the University of Wisconsin. I'd love to see the video. Is there any way to post it on YouTube? Thanks for the memories, Joe ________________________________ From: J E CARMAN <jcarman6@q.com> To: utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2011 4:12 PM Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Kim Hyatt - waxing nostalgic Was going through old VHS tapes and ran across one entitled “Solar Eclipse 1991” by Brian Ottum. Popped it into my player (I have a machine that plays VHS and DVDs) and watched all 18 minutes of it. Holy Cow there you were – dare I say TWENTY YEARS AGO. You haven’t change much that I can see. I was there, of course, and so was Lowell Lyon (lots more hair and curly too) and Cindy Raetz (Hard??), I think Alpine Stringham. I also saw a glimpse or two of Patrick (yeah, he had more hair too – hehe) and Les Case (his last name was Case not Christopher – not sure about that). It was the quick and dirty charter to La Paz for the long eclipse. You, Brian, Cindy and maybe others drove into LaPaz to be on the center line. There was a scene of Cindy being a pack mule for someone (dare I say with the initials KH). She was carrying 10x80 binos and a tripod. I and most of the others remained at the airport . Someone rented a room for the day and there are some pictures of us in the room. I really don’t remember that part. I remember a number of us went into LaPaz and did some shopping. We all flew back to Salt Lake that night. I don’t remember a lot of it, and mainly the details of the entire trip, but what I do remember is the eclipse. Ever minute/second of it. I remember I took the 3” finder off my refractor to act as the lens for my 35 mm camera (film at the time). Set it on a tripod and used one roll of film taking pictures of first contact, etc. I put in a roll of 36 shots just before second contact. I had all these plans, what with 6-1/2 minutes of totality – an eternity – to work with. I planned on taking numerous shots at different exposure times. Was going to try for 10 seconds etc. I remember just setting up and I SAW really, I saw, the moon’s shadow race toward us jfrom the direction of the low hills off in the distance just a split second before totality. It raced toward me and drew my eyes from the ground up to the “event.” I stared and stared. I’m not sure, but I must have blinked a few times. I could hear Patrick calling out “6 minutes left”, “5 minutes left” at “4 minutes left” I glanced down and realized I had only taken 3-4 pictures. I “turned the knob” on the camera timer – I didn’t look at it, just twisted it and clicked the shutter. I couldn’t take my eyes off the eclipse. I could hear people talking about shadow bands and such nearby, but I didn’t even glance at them. I managed to expand my view to include the whole sky and noted how dark it was, how a few stars and even planets appeared. I remember a professional astronomer had challenged astrologers because according to astrology the eclipse was supposed to take place inside Gemini and the eclipse was NOT in Gemini. Then, all too soon it was over. I remember Patrick walking toward me and saying “Well?” I remember I just had this probably incredibly stupid grin on my face. I couldn’t say anything (Joan – speechless??? you had to be there for that). I can’t imagine what Patrick thought when I didn’t say anything. It’s been 20 years and that is the only total solar eclipse I have ever seen. I saw an annular in LA a few years later, but it’s just not the same. I had all these plans – swore I would see many more, but in all these years, I haven’t kept that promise. On the other hand, when you see the best .... Just watching the tape brought back really good memories and wanted to say hi and hope all is well. Joan Carman _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Visit the Photo Gallery: http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Visit the Photo Gallery: http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php
Thanks, Joan. Yes, we were on the Q&D -- I remember Patrick's enthusiasm vividly. And Terry Wood convincing the airport people not to kick us out of their area. Apparently there were special eclipse-viewing sites, not including our location. I think the president of Mexico landed there for a short while then took off again to chase the eclipse. Lots and lots of great memories! Best wishes, Joe ________________________________ From: "jcarman6@q.com" <jcarman6@q.com> To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2011 4:58 PM Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Kim Hyatt - waxing nostalgic Joe, did you do the quick and dirty charter? It was put together by the Hansen Planetarium. The charter was full, but only a few actual SLAS members. Congrats on the physicist son. You must be busting buttons you're so proud (I won't tell anyone). I'm not sure about posting the video. It is VHS and it is old. The images are good, but pretty grainy. Brian took a lot of first contact through to second contact through a scope. Then he used the video to show the area and sky around the eclipse. Pretty neat stuff. He also got some close ups of the eclipse alone, but they are not great, but then, this was video 20 years ago. Some of the detail just shows you how good it was. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joe Bauman" <josephmbauman@yahoo.com> To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2011 4:29:56 PM Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Kim Hyatt - waxing nostalgic Cool recollections, Joan. Sky (our son) and I were there too with a friend from the Deseret News. Sky was a boy then. Today he's a PhD physicist finishing his first postdoc at the University of Wisconsin. I'd love to see the video. Is there any way to post it on YouTube? Thanks for the memories, Joe ________________________________ From: J E CARMAN <jcarman6@q.com> To: utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2011 4:12 PM Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Kim Hyatt - waxing nostalgic Was going through old VHS tapes and ran across one entitled “Solar Eclipse 1991” by Brian Ottum. Popped it into my player (I have a machine that plays VHS and DVDs) and watched all 18 minutes of it. Holy Cow there you were – dare I say TWENTY YEARS AGO. You haven’t change much that I can see. I was there, of course, and so was Lowell Lyon (lots more hair and curly too) and Cindy Raetz (Hard??), I think Alpine Stringham. I also saw a glimpse or two of Patrick (yeah, he had more hair too – hehe) and Les Case (his last name was Case not Christopher – not sure about that). It was the quick and dirty charter to La Paz for the long eclipse. You, Brian, Cindy and maybe others drove into LaPaz to be on the center line. There was a scene of Cindy being a pack mule for someone (dare I say with the initials KH). She was carrying 10x80 binos and a tripod. I and most of the others remained at the airport . Someone rented a room for the day and there are some pictures of us in the room. I really don’t remember that part. I remember a number of us went into LaPaz and did some shopping. We all flew back to Salt Lake that night. I don’t remember a lot of it, and mainly the details of the entire trip, but what I do remember is the eclipse. Ever minute/second of it. I remember I took the 3” finder off my refractor to act as the lens for my 35 mm camera (film at the time). Set it on a tripod and used one roll of film taking pictures of first contact, etc. I put in a roll of 36 shots just before second contact. I had all these plans, what with 6-1/2 minutes of totality – an eternity – to work with. I planned on taking numerous shots at different exposure times. Was going to try for 10 seconds etc. I remember just setting up and I SAW really, I saw, the moon’s shadow race toward us jfrom the direction of the low hills off in the distance just a split second before totality. It raced toward me and drew my eyes from the ground up to the “event.” I stared and stared. I’m not sure, but I must have blinked a few times. I could hear Patrick calling out “6 minutes left”, “5 minutes left” at “4 minutes left” I glanced down and realized I had only taken 3-4 pictures. I “turned the knob” on the camera timer – I didn’t look at it, just twisted it and clicked the shutter. I couldn’t take my eyes off the eclipse. I could hear people talking about shadow bands and such nearby, but I didn’t even glance at them. I managed to expand my view to include the whole sky and noted how dark it was, how a few stars and even planets appeared. I remember a professional astronomer had challenged astrologers because according to astrology the eclipse was supposed to take place inside Gemini and the eclipse was NOT in Gemini. Then, all too soon it was over. I remember Patrick walking toward me and saying “Well?” I remember I just had this probably incredibly stupid grin on my face. I couldn’t say anything (Joan – speechless??? you had to be there for that). I can’t imagine what Patrick thought when I didn’t say anything. It’s been 20 years and that is the only total solar eclipse I have ever seen. I saw an annular in LA a few years later, but it’s just not the same. I had all these plans – swore I would see many more, but in all these years, I haven’t kept that promise. On the other hand, when you see the best .... Just watching the tape brought back really good memories and wanted to say hi and hope all is well. 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I am in awe of all of you who can place such importance on this hobby. I have never been in a position to travel to see an eclipse, mostly because of nay votes by other family members who thought astronomy a total waste of a good vacation or waste of family funds. My interests were always scoffed on by those closest to me. I always gave in to their preferences. What's important, as far as the universe knowing itself, is that SOMEONE sees the eclipse; it didn't have to be me. I wanted my family to have the vacation they wanted. The ONE time I actually made firm plans to see one that I could drive to (was it '79? I can't remember now), I came down with the worst flu I've ever had just a day before the departure date. It wasn't meant to be. Keep the faith, for those of us who can't seem to pull it together. Thanks Joan! BTW, it's been years. How have you been?
You got that flu, also? Honestly, I haven’t been sick since that time. It was so bad I got gingival hyperplasia. I’d never even seen that until I got it. I ate applesauce for a month. A Doritos chip was a horrific sight. On Aug 25, 2011, at 6:44 PM, Chuck Hards wrote:
I am in awe of all of you who can place such importance on this hobby. I have never been in a position to travel to see an eclipse, mostly because of nay votes by other family members who thought astronomy a total waste of a good vacation or waste of family funds. My interests were always scoffed on by those closest to me.
I always gave in to their preferences. What's important, as far as the universe knowing itself, is that SOMEONE sees the eclipse; it didn't have to be me. I wanted my family to have the vacation they wanted.
The ONE time I actually made firm plans to see one that I could drive to (was it '79? I can't remember now), I came down with the worst flu I've ever had just a day before the departure date. It wasn't meant to be.
Keep the faith, for those of us who can't seem to pull it together.
Thanks Joan! BTW, it's been years. How have you been?
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I've been to 2 annular eclipses and 1 total, New Mexico, So California, and Montana.
I did enjoy them but doubt I would go to the expense of traveling thousands of miles. You got that flu, also? Honestly, I havent been sick since that time. It
was so bad I got gingival hyperplasia. Id never even seen that until I got it. I ate applesauce for a month. A Doritos chip was a horrific sight.
On Aug 25, 2011, at 6:44 PM, Chuck Hards wrote:
I am in awe of all of you who can place such importance on this hobby. I have never been in a position to travel to see an eclipse, mostly because of nay votes by other family members who thought astronomy a total waste of a good vacation or waste of family funds. My interests were always scoffed on by those closest to me.
I always gave in to their preferences. What's important, as far as the universe knowing itself, is that SOMEONE sees the eclipse; it didn't have to be me. I wanted my family to have the vacation they wanted.
The ONE time I actually made firm plans to see one that I could drive to (was it '79? I can't remember now), I came down with the worst flu I've ever had just a day before the departure date. It wasn't meant to be.
Keep the faith, for those of us who can't seem to pull it together.
Thanks Joan! BTW, it's been years. How have you been?
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I spoke with Bill Cowles yesterday. Apparently he and Nate Goodman took the train to La Paz that year and he has quite a story to tell. I guess if you have never taken a Mexican train all the way through Mexico you can't really say you have lived. Hard to imagine! I spoke with Joan just a few minutes ago and she is bringing the tape out tomorrow morning and I will convert it to DVD sometime tomorrow afternoon. If you would like a copy just drop me and email and I'll make sure to get you one. We will get it on line soon if you would just like to view it. If you were in the witness protection at the time let me know and I will try to digitally blur your facial features.Steve
Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2011 10:13:00 -0600 From: erikhansen@thebluezone.net To: utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Kim Hyatt - waxing nostalgic
I've been to 2 annular eclipses and 1 total, New Mexico, So California, and Montana.
I did enjoy them but doubt I would go to the expense of traveling thousands of miles.
You got that flu, also? Honestly, I haven’t been sick since that time. It
was so bad I got gingival hyperplasia. I’d never even seen that until I got it. I ate applesauce for a month. A Doritos chip was a horrific sight.
On Aug 25, 2011, at 6:44 PM, Chuck Hards wrote:
I am in awe of all of you who can place such importance on this hobby. I have never been in a position to travel to see an eclipse, mostly because of nay votes by other family members who thought astronomy a total waste of a good vacation or waste of family funds. My interests were always scoffed on by those closest to me.
I always gave in to their preferences. What's important, as far as the universe knowing itself, is that SOMEONE sees the eclipse; it didn't have to be me. I wanted my family to have the vacation they wanted.
The ONE time I actually made firm plans to see one that I could drive to (was it '79? I can't remember now), I came down with the worst flu I've ever had just a day before the departure date. It wasn't meant to be.
Keep the faith, for those of us who can't seem to pull it together.
Thanks Joan! BTW, it's been years. How have you been?
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I'd love a DVD, Steve. Thanks, Joe ________________________________ From: Steve Fisher <iotacass1@hotmail.com> To: utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com Sent: Friday, August 26, 2011 10:22 AM Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Kim Hyatt - waxing nostalgic I spoke with Bill Cowles yesterday. Apparently he and Nate Goodman took the train to La Paz that year and he has quite a story to tell. I guess if you have never taken a Mexican train all the way through Mexico you can't really say you have lived. Hard to imagine! I spoke with Joan just a few minutes ago and she is bringing the tape out tomorrow morning and I will convert it to DVD sometime tomorrow afternoon. If you would like a copy just drop me and email and I'll make sure to get you one. We will get it on line soon if you would just like to view it. If you were in the witness protection at the time let me know and I will try to digitally blur your facial features.Steve
Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2011 10:13:00 -0600 From: erikhansen@thebluezone.net To: utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Kim Hyatt - waxing nostalgic
I've been to 2 annular eclipses and 1 total, New Mexico, So California, and Montana.
I did enjoy them but doubt I would go to the expense of traveling thousands of miles.
You got that flu, also? Honestly, I haven’t been sick since that time. It
was so bad I got gingival hyperplasia. I’d never even seen that until I got it. I ate applesauce for a month. A Doritos chip was a horrific sight.
On Aug 25, 2011, at 6:44 PM, Chuck Hards wrote:
I am in awe of all of you who can place such importance on this hobby. I have never been in a position to travel to see an eclipse, mostly because of nay votes by other family members who thought astronomy a total waste of a good vacation or waste of family funds. My interests were always scoffed on by those closest to me.
I always gave in to their preferences. What's important, as far as the universe knowing itself, is that SOMEONE sees the eclipse; it didn't have to be me. I wanted my family to have the vacation they wanted.
The ONE time I actually made firm plans to see one that I could drive to (was it '79? I can't remember now), I came down with the worst flu I've ever had just a day before the departure date. It wasn't meant to be.
Keep the faith, for those of us who can't seem to pull it together.
Thanks Joan! BTW, it's been years. How have you been?
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I'll "make it so".
Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2011 09:36:40 -0700 From: josephmbauman@yahoo.com To: utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Kim Hyatt - waxing nostalgic
I'd love a DVD, Steve. Thanks, Joe
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I spoke with Bill Cowles yesterday. Apparently he and Nate Goodman took the train to La Paz that year and he has quite a story to tell. I guess if you have never taken a Mexican train all the way through Mexico you can't really say you have lived. Hard to imagine! I spoke with Joan just a few minutes ago and she is bringing the tape out tomorrow morning and I will convert it to DVD sometime tomorrow afternoon. If you would like a copy just drop me and email and I'll make sure to get you one. We will get it on line soon if you would just like to view it. If you were in the witness protection at the time let me know and I will try to digitally blur your facial features.Steve
Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2011 10:13:00 -0600 From: erikhansen@thebluezone.net To: utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Kim Hyatt - waxing nostalgic
I've been to 2 annular eclipses and 1 total, New Mexico, So California, and Montana.
I did enjoy them but doubt I would go to the expense of traveling thousands of miles.
You got that flu, also? Honestly, I haven’t been sick since that time. It
was so bad I got gingival hyperplasia. I’d never even seen that until I got it. I ate applesauce for a month. A Doritos chip was a horrific sight.
On Aug 25, 2011, at 6:44 PM, Chuck Hards wrote:
I am in awe of all of you who can place such importance on this hobby. I have never been in a position to travel to see an eclipse, mostly because of nay votes by other family members who thought astronomy a total waste of a good vacation or waste of family funds. My interests were always scoffed on by those closest to me.
I always gave in to their preferences. What's important, as far as the universe knowing itself, is that SOMEONE sees the eclipse; it didn't have to be me. I wanted my family to have the vacation they wanted.
The ONE time I actually made firm plans to see one that I could drive to (was it '79? I can't remember now), I came down with the worst flu I've ever had just a day before the departure date. It wasn't meant to be.
Keep the faith, for those of us who can't seem to pull it together.
Thanks Joan! BTW, it's been years. How have you been?
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Steve, I have not been on a Mexican train, but I will tell you a Mexican bus is something else, altho the one we were on did not have any chickens, goats, or the like, just 2 gringos & a whole lot of non-english speaking others. Carol & I drove a Karmann-Ghia from Portland, OR to Mexico City DF and back over Christmas & New Years, 1961-62. Down the West Coast side, and back up the old Pan-American Highway. 6,500 some miles, and never a peep from that air cooled 36hp motor....but, on on our honeymoon, we were not looking for eclipses! lh On 8/26/2011 10:22 AM, Steve Fisher wrote:
I spoke with Bill Cowles yesterday. Apparently he and Nate Goodman took the train to La Paz that year and he has quite a story to tell. I guess if you have never taken a Mexican train all the way through Mexico you can't really say you have lived. Hard to imagine! I spoke with Joan just a few minutes ago and she is bringing the tape out tomorrow morning and I will convert it to DVD sometime tomorrow afternoon. If you would like a copy just drop me and email and I'll make sure to get you one. We will get it on line soon if you would just like to view it. If you were in the witness protection at the time let me know and I will try to digitally blur your facial features.Steve
Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2011 10:13:00 -0600 From: erikhansen@thebluezone.net To: utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Kim Hyatt - waxing nostalgic
I've been to 2 annular eclipses and 1 total, New Mexico, So California, and Montana.
I did enjoy them but doubt I would go to the expense of traveling thousands of miles.
You got that flu, also? Honestly, I havenÂ’t been sick since that time. It
was so bad I got gingival hyperplasia. IÂ’d never even seen that until I got it. I ate applesauce for a month. A Doritos chip was a horrific sight.
On Aug 25, 2011, at 6:44 PM, Chuck Hards wrote:
I am in awe of all of you who can place such importance on this hobby. I have never been in a position to travel to see an eclipse, mostly because of nay votes by other family members who thought astronomy a total waste of a good vacation or waste of family funds. My interests were always scoffed on by those closest to me.
I always gave in to their preferences. What's important, as far as the universe knowing itself, is that SOMEONE sees the eclipse; it didn't have to be me. I wanted my family to have the vacation they wanted.
The ONE time I actually made firm plans to see one that I could drive to (was it '79? I can't remember now), I came down with the worst flu I've ever had just a day before the departure date. It wasn't meant to be.
Keep the faith, for those of us who can't seem to pull it together.
Thanks Joan! BTW, it's been years. How have you been?
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I'm fortunate to have a family that loves astronomy too, and we've had several truly unforgettable vacations chasing total solar eclipses. Before we were married, in 1979, I got a ride from the University of Maryland, College Park, to the total at Virginia Beach, Va., and I was hooked. Then in February 1979 the three of us -- Cory, Sky and I -- were on the flight Mark Littmann arranged to the eclipse track over Wyoming, but Sky doesn't remember because he wouldn't be born for another five months. In 1991 Sky and I went to the Baja eclipse and camped out in the airport terminal. Cory, Sky and I traveled to Hungary for the 1999 one -- where we visited with some relatives too in my Grandpop's hometown of Bakoneyoszlop. In 2006, when Sky was away at the University of Arizona, Cory and I went on Astronomy Magazine's eclipse trip, which included great spots in Italy, Greece and Turkey (Ephesus) and an Aegean cruise to see the eclipse at sea. So it's been a rewarding pursuit, exciting every time, often with tremendous side benefits, like our visit to Pompeii, which I had dreamed of seeing since I was a kid. If you sell it by combining the spectacle of the eclipse itself with the regional sights, almost anyone would be thrilled to go. Now we're looking forward to 2017. -- Joe ________________________________ From: "erikhansen@thebluezone.net" <erikhansen@thebluezone.net> To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Friday, August 26, 2011 10:13 AM Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Kim Hyatt - waxing nostalgic
I've been to 2 annular eclipses and 1 total, New Mexico, So California, and Montana.
I did enjoy them but doubt I would go to the expense of traveling thousands of miles. You got that flu, also? Honestly, I haven’t been sick since that time. It
was so bad I got gingival hyperplasia. I’d never even seen that until I got it. I ate applesauce for a month. A Doritos chip was a horrific sight.
On Aug 25, 2011, at 6:44 PM, Chuck Hards wrote:
I am in awe of all of you who can place such importance on this hobby. I have never been in a position to travel to see an eclipse, mostly because of nay votes by other family members who thought astronomy a total waste of a good vacation or waste of family funds. My interests were always scoffed on by those closest to me.
I always gave in to their preferences. What's important, as far as the universe knowing itself, is that SOMEONE sees the eclipse; it didn't have to be me. I wanted my family to have the vacation they wanted.
The ONE time I actually made firm plans to see one that I could drive to (was it '79? I can't remember now), I came down with the worst flu I've ever had just a day before the departure date. It wasn't meant to be.
Keep the faith, for those of us who can't seem to pull it together.
Thanks Joan! BTW, it's been years. How have you been?
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As I recall there were 2 groups, one went to Hawaii and had poor luck observing the eclipse.
Cool recollections, Joan. Sky (our son) and I were there too with a friend
from the Deseret News. Sky was a boy then. Today he's a PhD physicist finishing his first postdoc at the University of Wisconsin. I'd love to see the video. Is there any way to post it on YouTube? Thanks for the memories, Joe
________________________________ From: J E CARMAN <jcarman6@q.com> To: utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2011 4:12 PM Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Kim Hyatt - waxing nostalgic
Was going through old VHS tapes and ran across one entitled âSolar Eclipse 1991â by Brian Ottum. Popped it into my player (I have a machine that plays VHS and DVDs) and watched all 18 minutes of it. Holy Cow there you were â dare I say TWENTY YEARS AGO. You havenât change much that I can see. I was there, of course, and so was Lowell Lyon (lots more hair and curly too) and Cindy Raetz (Hard??), I think Alpine Stringham. I also saw a glimpse or two of Patrick (yeah, he had more hair too â hehe) and Les Case (his last name was Case not Christopher â not sure about that).
It was the quick and dirty charter to La Paz for the long eclipse. You, Brian, Cindy and maybe others drove into LaPaz to be on the center line. There was a scene of Cindy being a pack mule for someone (dare I say with the initials KH). She was carrying 10x80 binos and a tripod. I and most of the others remained at the airport . Someone rented a room for the day and there are some pictures of us in the room. I really donât remember that part. I remember a number of us went into LaPaz and did some shopping. We all flew back to Salt Lake that night. I donât remember a lot of it, and mainly the details of the entire trip, but what I do remember is the eclipse. Ever minute/second of it.Â
I remember I took the 3â finder off my refractor to act as the lens for my 35 mm camera (film at the time). Set it on a tripod and used one roll of film taking pictures of first contact, etc. I put in a roll of 36 shots just before second contact. I had all these plans, what with 6-1/2 minutes of totality â an eternity â to work with. I planned on taking numerous shots at different exposure times. Was going to try for 10 seconds etc. I remember just setting up and I SAW really, I saw, the moonâs shadow race toward us jfrom the direction of the low hills off in the distance just a split second before totality. It raced toward me and drew my eyes from the ground up to the âevent.â I stared and stared. Iâm not sure, but I must have blinked a few times. I could hear Patrick calling out â6 minutes leftâ, â5 minutes leftâ at â4 minutes leftâ I glanced down and realized I had only taken 3-4 pictures. I âturned the knobâ on the camera timer â I didnât look at it, just twisted it and clicked the shutter. I couldnât take my eyes off the eclipse. I could hear people talking about shadow bands and such nearby, but I didnât even glance at them. I managed to expand my view to include the whole sky and noted how dark it was, how a few stars and even planets appeared. I remember a professional astronomer had challenged astrologers because according to astrology the eclipse was supposed to take place inside Gemini and the eclipse was NOT in Gemini. Then, all too soon it was over.
I remember Patrick walking toward me and saying âWell?â I remember I just had this probably incredibly stupid grin on my face. I couldnât say anything (Joan â speechless??? you had to be there for that). I canât imagine what Patrick thought when I didnât say anything.Â
Itâs been 20 years and that is the only total solar eclipse I have ever seen. I saw an annular in LA a few years later, but itâs just not the same. I had all these plans â swore I would see many more, but in all these years, I havenât kept that promise. On the other hand, when you see the best ....
Just watching the tape brought back really good memories and wanted to say hi and hope all is well.
Joan Carman _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Visit the Photo Gallery: http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Visit the Photo Gallery: http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php
That's right. We who couldn't afford Hawaii were bummed about that, until it turned out that our view was great while Hawaii was clouded out. -- oe ________________________________ From: "erikhansen@thebluezone.net" <erikhansen@thebluezone.net> To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Friday, August 26, 2011 10:03 AM Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Kim Hyatt - waxing nostalgic
As I recall there were 2 groups, one went to Hawaii and had poor luck observing the eclipse.
Cool recollections, Joan. Sky (our son) and I were there too with a friend
from the Deseret News. Sky was a boy then. Today he's a PhD physicist finishing his first postdoc at the University of Wisconsin. I'd love to see the video. Is there any way to post it on YouTube? Thanks for the memories, Joe
________________________________ From: J E CARMAN <jcarman6@q.com> To: utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2011 4:12 PM Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Kim Hyatt - waxing nostalgic
Was going through old VHS tapes and ran across one entitled “Solar Eclipse 1991” by Brian Ottum. Popped it into my player (I have a machine that plays VHS and DVDs) and watched all 18 minutes of it. Holy Cow there you were – dare I say TWENTY YEARS AGO. You haven’t change much that I can see. I was there, of course, and so was Lowell Lyon (lots more hair and curly too) and Cindy Raetz (Hard??), I think Alpine Stringham. I also saw a glimpse or two of Patrick (yeah, he had more hair too – hehe) and Les Case (his last name was Case not Christopher – not sure about that).
It was the quick and dirty charter to La Paz for the long eclipse. You, Brian, Cindy and maybe others drove into LaPaz to be on the center line. There was a scene of Cindy being a pack mule for someone (dare I say with the initials KH). She was carrying 10x80 binos and a tripod. I and most of the others remained at the airport . Someone rented a room for the day and there are some pictures of us in the room. I really don’t remember that part. I remember a number of us went into LaPaz and did some shopping. We all flew back to Salt Lake that night. I don’t remember a lot of it, and mainly the details of the entire trip, but what I do remember is the eclipse. Ever minute/second of it.
I remember I took the 3” finder off my refractor to act as the lens for my 35 mm camera (film at the time). Set it on a tripod and used one roll of film taking pictures of first contact, etc. I put in a roll of 36 shots just before second contact. I had all these plans, what with 6-1/2 minutes of totality – an eternity – to work with. I planned on taking numerous shots at different exposure times. Was going to try for 10 seconds etc. I remember just setting up and I SAW really, I saw, the moon’s shadow race toward us jfrom the direction of the low hills off in the distance just a split second before totality. It raced toward me and drew my eyes from the ground up to the “event.” I stared and stared. I’m not sure, but I must have blinked a few times. I could hear Patrick calling out “6 minutes left”, “5 minutes left” at “4 minutes left” I glanced down and realized I had only taken 3-4 pictures. I “turned the knob” on the camera timer – I didn’t look at it, just twisted it and clicked the shutter. I couldn’t take my eyes off the eclipse. I could hear people talking about shadow bands and such nearby, but I didn’t even glance at them. I managed to expand my view to include the whole sky and noted how dark it was, how a few stars and even planets appeared. I remember a professional astronomer had challenged astrologers because according to astrology the eclipse was supposed to take place inside Gemini and the eclipse was NOT in Gemini. Then, all too soon it was over.
I remember Patrick walking toward me and saying “Well?” I remember I just had this probably incredibly stupid grin on my face. I couldn’t say anything (Joan – speechless??? you had to be there for that). I can’t imagine what Patrick thought when I didn’t say anything.
It’s been 20 years and that is the only total solar eclipse I have ever seen. I saw an annular in LA a few years later, but it’s just not the same. I had all these plans – swore I would see many more, but in all these years, I haven’t kept that promise. On the other hand, when you see the best ....
Just watching the tape brought back really good memories and wanted to say hi and hope all is well.
Joan Carman _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Visit the Photo Gallery: http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Visit the Photo Gallery: http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php
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Wow, quite the trip down memory lane. Thanks for posting that Joan. and good to have you back on the list. Your waxing nostalgic got me rummaging through my old news release files where I came across this: http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/temp/1991eclipse.pdf I trust everyone will notice who I gave first billing to (that's a not so subtle reference to the fact I always gave SLAS first billing in joint ventures but the media tended to give all the credit to the planetarium). I look forward to seeing the video on line (or maybe it could be screened at a SLAS meeting). BTW, even after all these years it still bugs me that the airport made us move after all the work we went to to get out gear set up and polar aligned. But, hey, it beat the experience on an eclipse trip to Africa a few years previous when we were charged by an angry elephant. Oh, and what about the angry guy with the spear? Or in the Indonesia eclipse trip when, while trying to get just the right shot, I tripped learned what it feels like to fall on a cactus. LOL! Memories... patrick On 25 Aug 2011, at 16:12, J E CARMAN wrote:
Was going through old VHS tapes and ran across one entitled “Solar Eclipse 1991” by Brian Ottum. Popped it into my player (I have a machine that plays VHS and DVDs) and watched all 18 minutes of it. Holy Cow there you were – dare I say TWENTY YEARS AGO. You haven’t change much that I can see. I was there, of course, and so was Lowell Lyon (lots more hair and curly too) and Cindy Raetz (Hard??), I think Alpine Stringham. I also saw a glimpse or two of Patrick (yeah, he had more hair too – hehe) and Les Case (his last name was Case not Christopher – not sure about that).
It was the quick and dirty charter to La Paz for the long eclipse. You, Brian, Cindy and maybe others drove into LaPaz to be on the center line. There was a scene of Cindy being a pack mule for someone (dare I say with the initials KH). She was carrying 10x80 binos and a tripod. I and most of the others remained at the airport . Someone rented a room for the day and there are some pictures of us in the room. I really don’t remember that part. I remember a number of us went into LaPaz and did some shopping. We all flew back to Salt Lake that night. I don’t remember a lot of it, and mainly the details of the entire trip, but what I do remember is the eclipse. Ever minute/second of it.
I remember I took the 3” finder off my refractor to act as the lens for my 35 mm camera (film at the time). Set it on a tripod and used one roll of film taking pictures of first contact, etc. I put in a roll of 36 shots just before second contact. I had all these plans, what with 6-1/2 minutes of totality – an eternity – to work with. I planned on taking numerous shots at different exposure times. Was going to try for 10 seconds etc. I remember just setting up and I SAW really, I saw, the moon’s shadow race toward us jfrom the direction of the low hills off in the distance just a split second before totality. It raced toward me and drew my eyes from the ground up to the “event.” I stared and stared. I’m not sure, but I must have blinked a few times. I could hear Patrick calling out “6 minutes left”, “5 minutes left” at “4 minutes left” I glanced down and realized I had only taken 3-4 pictures. I “turned the knob” on the camera timer – I didn’t look at it, just twisted it and clicked the shutter. I couldn’t take my eyes off the eclipse. I could hear people talking about shadow bands and such nearby, but I didn’t even glance at them. I managed to expand my view to include the whole sky and noted how dark it was, how a few stars and even planets appeared. I remember a professional astronomer had challenged astrologers because according to astrology the eclipse was supposed to take place inside Gemini and the eclipse was NOT in Gemini. Then, all too soon it was over.
I remember Patrick walking toward me and saying “Well?” I remember I just had this probably incredibly stupid grin on my face. I couldn’t say anything (Joan – speechless??? you had to be there for that). I can’t imagine what Patrick thought when I didn’t say anything.
It’s been 20 years and that is the only total solar eclipse I have ever seen. I saw an annular in LA a few years later, but it’s just not the same. I had all these plans – swore I would see many more, but in all these years, I haven’t kept that promise. On the other hand, when you see the best ....
Just watching the tape brought back really good memories and wanted to say hi and hope all is well.
Joan Carman
Nice to hear from you too Patrick. I was (and still am) very jealous that you took all those eclipse trips and saw so many. I would have liked to do the extended versions with all those extra experiences, especially an elephant charging me - lol (I had a buffalo at Yellowstone challenge my brand new hybrid four years ago - he was about 20 feet away staring down my car, pawing the dirt - does that count????) There just isn't a comparison to seeing a total solar eclipse with your own eyes. It's a total sensory experience. I remember it getting "dimmer" as totality approached, and cooler and getting quiet. It filled all the senses, not just the eyes. Brian did a very good job of editing to make the tape. At the end he has a great time lapse of twilight looking south over the Salt Lake Valley. I'm pretty sure the only "star" in the time lapse is Jupiter. I am going to get together with Steve Fisher to get it on-line. :) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Patrick Wiggins" <paw@wirelessbeehive.com> To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2011 9:53:03 PM Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Kim Hyatt - waxing nostalgic Wow, quite the trip down memory lane. Thanks for posting that Joan. and good to have you back on the list. Your waxing nostalgic got me rummaging through my old news release files where I came across this: http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/temp/1991eclipse.pdf I trust everyone will notice who I gave first billing to (that's a not so subtle reference to the fact I always gave SLAS first billing in joint ventures but the media tended to give all the credit to the planetarium). I look forward to seeing the video on line (or maybe it could be screened at a SLAS meeting). BTW, even after all these years it still bugs me that the airport made us move after all the work we went to to get out gear set up and polar aligned. But, hey, it beat the experience on an eclipse trip to Africa a few years previous when we were charged by an angry elephant. Oh, and what about the angry guy with the spear? Or in the Indonesia eclipse trip when, while trying to get just the right shot, I tripped learned what it feels like to fall on a cactus. LOL! Memories... patrick On 25 Aug 2011, at 16:12, J E CARMAN wrote:
Was going through old VHS tapes and ran across one entitled “Solar Eclipse 1991” by Brian Ottum. Popped it into my player (I have a machine that plays VHS and DVDs) and watched all 18 minutes of it. Holy Cow there you were – dare I say TWENTY YEARS AGO. You haven’t change much that I can see. I was there, of course, and so was Lowell Lyon (lots more hair and curly too) and Cindy Raetz (Hard??), I think Alpine Stringham. I also saw a glimpse or two of Patrick (yeah, he had more hair too – hehe) and Les Case (his last name was Case not Christopher – not sure about that).
It was the quick and dirty charter to La Paz for the long eclipse. You, Brian, Cindy and maybe others drove into LaPaz to be on the center line. There was a scene of Cindy being a pack mule for someone (dare I say with the initials KH). She was carrying 10x80 binos and a tripod. I and most of the others remained at the airport . Someone rented a room for the day and there are some pictures of us in the room. I really don’t remember that part. I remember a number of us went into LaPaz and did some shopping. We all flew back to Salt Lake that night. I don’t remember a lot of it, and mainly the details of the entire trip, but what I do remember is the eclipse. Ever minute/second of it.
I remember I took the 3” finder off my refractor to act as the lens for my 35 mm camera (film at the time). Set it on a tripod and used one roll of film taking pictures of first contact, etc. I put in a roll of 36 shots just before second contact. I had all these plans, what with 6-1/2 minutes of totality – an eternity – to work with. I planned on taking numerous shots at different exposure times. Was going to try for 10 seconds etc. I remember just setting up and I SAW really, I saw, the moon’s shadow race toward us jfrom the direction of the low hills off in the distance just a split second before totality. It raced toward me and drew my eyes from the ground up to the “event.” I stared and stared. I’m not sure, but I must have blinked a few times. I could hear Patrick calling out “6 minutes left”, “5 minutes left” at “4 minutes left” I glanced down and realized I had only taken 3-4 pictures. I “turned the knob” on the camera timer – I didn’t look at it, just twisted it and clicked the shutter. I couldn’t take my eyes off the eclipse. I could hear people talking about shadow bands and such nearby, but I didn’t even glance at them. I managed to expand my view to include the whole sky and noted how dark it was, how a few stars and even planets appeared. I remember a professional astronomer had challenged astrologers because according to astrology the eclipse was supposed to take place inside Gemini and the eclipse was NOT in Gemini. Then, all too soon it was over.
I remember Patrick walking toward me and saying “Well?” I remember I just had this probably incredibly stupid grin on my face. I couldn’t say anything (Joan – speechless??? you had to be there for that). I can’t imagine what Patrick thought when I didn’t say anything.
It’s been 20 years and that is the only total solar eclipse I have ever seen. I saw an annular in LA a few years later, but it’s just not the same. I had all these plans – swore I would see many more, but in all these years, I haven’t kept that promise. On the other hand, when you see the best ....
Just watching the tape brought back really good memories and wanted to say hi and hope all is well.
Joan Carman
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Patrick Wiggins -
Steve Fisher