Eclipse from Lake Bolac

[Phil Hart]

Here is the result of my efforts. Despite a pretty dire forecast I managed to achieve something from a well-timed gap, however thin. More info including comparison of cloud forecast and actual satellite image here:

http://philhart.com/content/partial-solar-eclipse-lake-bolac

On the right of the first frame is a hint of Mt Abrupt at the southern end of the Grampians 50km away. I had lined this up in Google Earth but wasn't sure if it would actually be visible. The far side of the lake was a bit higher than I expected.

Phil

[ourkind]

very nice Phil :thumbsup:

[CapturingTheNight]

Perseverance pays off. Awesome shots. Well done Phil. :thumbsup: Glad you got a look. If it was a weekend with that forecast I would have done the eight or so hour drive to somewhere in the west of Vic too, but work sadly got in the way. There was a glimmer of hope for a small break in the clouds here when just as the eclipse was starting the Sun actually came out and the clouds appeared to be breaking up a little but I was still at work at that time and by the time I got home there was a massive wall of black cloud covering the western horizon. At the time of sunset it was raining.

[iceman]

That's fantastic. One of the best shots I've seen of yesterday's eclipse.

Cloudy at home :/

[Phil Hart]

Thanks Carlos!



Thanks Greg. An 8 hour drive would have been a big gamble for this one. I very nearly missed the whole thing and but for the sun squeezing through a 'hardly there' gap at the end would have very little to show for it, and that was after putting myself in what I thought would be about the best possible position weather-wise. It rained most of the drive to this location, a few more drops while I was setting up and then rained again a few minutes after sunset and much of the drive home. Weather gods did not make this one easy!



Thanks Mike. Sorry you missed out.. that was a big cloud band yesterday!

[rogerg]

Great shots :) I would have preferred to be over east where it set during eclipse to get such shots :)

[Phil Hart]

Well there must be more than 10+ million people who are over east and still didn't get to see anything on this occasion!

Phil

[multiweb]

Good catch on the horizon tree line. :thumbsup:

[StephenM]

Love that first one Phil! Nice work.