airblazer
Active Member
The executives of my company had to be in NYC today for meetings with investors. I mentioned the eclipse and proposed a departure time that would allow us to experience totality while at high altitude (45000 feet). They were very interested so I got busy planning. I fly out of SLC UT - about a 4 hour flight to NY. I predicted that our route would cross the eclipse’s path over Lake Erie, 3:20/1600 miles into the flight, but compensating for air traffic control routing, tailwinds, weather, etc., was going to make this challenging, like throwing a football through a hula hoop from 100 yards away…
Over Lake Michigan the sky was already getting dark. The horizon stayed bright over OH/PA/NY as it was outside of the eclipse:
Then as the eclipse moved on to the northeast I could see the entire shadow of the moon on the clouds. Taking a picture of the eclipse with an iPhone doesn’t do it justice, but you get the idea. Pretty cool!
Over Lake Michigan the sky was already getting dark. The horizon stayed bright over OH/PA/NY as it was outside of the eclipse:
Then as the eclipse moved on to the northeast I could see the entire shadow of the moon on the clouds. Taking a picture of the eclipse with an iPhone doesn’t do it justice, but you get the idea. Pretty cool!
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