
The group departs Las Vegas on a comfortable 40-passenger bus. For the following week, I would be the ROFE escort, especially focused on viewing and photographing the eclipse. In Las Vegas, we meet our Ring of Fire (ROFE) group for this one week tour organized by Paul Maley. What a relief to not have to hassle the airlines with my equipment. Huguette and I take 2 days to drive to Las Vegas, Nevada.
Weather prospects were not good for the start of the eclipse over Japan but were very good over western United States with a 90% chance of clear skies at our chosen viewing location a bit west-southwest of Zion, Utah. “This annular eclipse began at sunrise a bit west of Japan, crossing the Pacific Ocean, hitting northern California late afternoon, and ended at sunset in northern Texas. The following is a brief summary of the trip by J.Guertin: Jacques Guertin, the team observed from a location along the highway west of Zion National Park. A principal group of our 39th solar eclipse tour from RING OF FIRE EXPEDITIONS traveled to Utah to watch this ring eclipse under completely clear skies. The objective of the 2012 annular solar eclipse was to attempt to observe it from the sunset side in the USA and also the sunrise side in Japan. It is a composite of separate images integrated into a single photo.
SOLAR ECLIPSE MAESTRO MIRROR LOCK UP ISO
The above photo was shot with an Olympus Pen camera, ISO 200, with a M.Zuiko ED 14-150mm lens at f/7.1. The entire eclipse sequence as beautifully captured by Chris Faser.
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