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Photobook Eclipse Road Movie

Photobook Eclipse Road Movie – Texas to Missouri and back again

The photobook of the road trip Texas to Missouri series is now readily available at my Blurb bookstore. Even if you don’t want to buy it, paging through the preview gives a good impression of the book.

Die Serie des Roadtrips Texas to Missouri is jetzt als Fotobuch bei Blurb verfügbar. Auch wenn man es nicht kaufen will, lässt sich beim Durchblättern in der Vorschau ein guter Eindruck gewinnen.

BTW: aktuell ist beim Bestellen der USD-Preis auf blurb.com viel günstiger als der EUR-Preis auf blurb.de!

Texas to Missouri

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S Westwood Blvd, Poplar Bluff, MO

After more than 6 years, another total solar eclipse brought us back to the US. Weather forecasts favoured Texas, so that’s where we went. But for the eclipse day on 08 Apr 2024, things turned out differently, so after the visit to Austin and Houston we took the long haul to Pocahontas, Missouri. This second part of the series shows the road trip from Texas to Missouri and back again, visiting West Texas after the eclipse.

Nach mehr als 6 Jahren hatte uns wieder eine Sonnenfinsternis in die USA verschlagen. Die Wettervorhersagen favorisierten Texas, das daher unser Reiseziel war. Für den Tag der Finsternis am 8. April 2026 entwickelte sich jedoch alles anders, bessere Aussichten je weiter man in den Nordosten kam, also hatten wir uns kurzentschlossen auf die lange Strecke nach Pocahontas, Missouri gewagt. Der zweite Teil der USA Serie zeigt den Road Trip von Texas nach Missouri und zurück nach der schwarzen Sonne in West Texas.

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Total Solar Eclipse 2024 – Inverted Corona

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Total Solar Eclipse 08 Apr 2024 – Corona Composite Inverted v2

Different processing of the corona exposure series, using PixInsight’s FFTRegistration script to align the images, which worked rather well.

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Total Solar Eclipse 2024 – Corona Composite

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Total Solar Eclipse 08 Apr 2024 – Corona Composite v1

Another image from the total solar eclipse of 08 Apr 2024, a highly processed HDR composite of the corona, using 13 x 2 exposures from 1/1000 to 4 s.

There was a bit of a focus problem which I noticed only when reviewing the telephoto frames. Thus, my TSE 2024 shots aren’t as sharp as they could be.

Location:
Pocahontas, Missouri, USA
Longitude 37° 29′ 56.412″ N, latitude 89° 38′ 34.074″ W, altitude 183 m (Xavier’s Google Maps tool)
Longitude 37° 29.9295′, latitude -89° 38.5659′, altitude 189 m (GPS reading Eclipse Orchestrator Pro)
Timezone CDT = UT – 5h

Again many, many thanks to the great local communicty, in particular Doris and Jim.

Circumstances (Eclipse Orchestrator Pro):
Duration 4m 08s
C1 – 17:42:01 UT – 12:42:01 CDT
C2 – 18:58:22 UT – 13:58:22 CDT – 13:58:22 camera time
C3 – 19:02:30 UT – 14:02:30 CDT – 14:02:29 camera time
C4 – 20:17:29 UT – 15:17:29 CDT – 15:17:29 camera time

Total Solar Eclipse 2024 – 1 of 3

Total Solar Eclipse 08 Apr 2024 – Corona

First batch of images from the Total Solar Eclipse of 08 April 2024. Many, many thanks to the nice community at Pocohontas, Missouri, USA for having us.

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