2017 Total Solar Eclipse

Photos and video taken on Frostbite Theater's expedition to view the total solar eclipse of August 21, 2017! As a side experiment, listen to the birds while you watch the video. When to they stop chirping? When do they start again?

The total solar eclipse was observed from Raspberry deLight Farms (43.18505517, -108.20629467) near Shoshoni, Wyoming, at an elevation of approximately 1,438 meters on August 21, 2017. The following instruments were used in the creation of this video:

- Panasonic AG-HMC150P HD video camera, used to film the 'background' video. Gain set to 'Low,' iris manually set to f/8, shutter manually set to 1/1000s and full zoom. The partial phases were shot using one neutral density filter (1/4 transmittance) in conjunction with a Baader AstroSolar film filter. Both the neutral density filter and the AstroSolar filter were removed for totality.

- Canon 70D DSLR at the prime focus of an Explore Scientific 127mm, f/7.5 refracting telescope (ES127ED), used for the images in the lower left frame. Shutter and ISO settings for each image are indicated in the video.

- Canon 70D DSLR at the prime focus of an AstroTech 65mm, f/6.5 refracting telescope (AT65EDQ), used for the images in the lower right frame. Shutter and ISO settings for each image are indicated in the video.

- An iPhone 6 was used to record the video in the lower center frame.

The Panasonic, ED127 and AT65EDQ were co-mounted on a polar aligned equatorial mount in order to track the sun throughout the eclipse.

The iPhone was mounted on a stationary tripod about 10 meters to the southwest of the primary equipment. The iPhone was pointing roughly to the southeast.

The imaging sequences of both DSRLs were controlled with Solar Eclipse Maestro.

Temperature data was obtained with a Lascar Electronics EasyLog data logger (EL-USB-TP-LCD) using a Type 2 probe set to record at a 2 second cadence. The probe was placed near the ES127ED's focuser, on the underside on the tube, out of direct sunlight.

The videos shot with the Panasonic and the ES127ED were synchronized using the WWV time signal. The iPhone 6 video was synchronized by recording the GPS time displayed by Solar Eclipse Maestro.

The still photos taken with the ES127ED and AT65EDQ are displayed at times representative of when they were taken, but are not absolutely synchronized with the video. While each 70D's clock was synchronized to GPS time with Solar Eclipse Maestro, the timing information recorded in each file's EXIF data is only accurate to the second. The beginning and ending of each exposure ramping sequence was positioned in the video according to the file's timestamp (+/- 1 second). The available time within a sequence was then evenly evenly distributed amongst the images within the sequence in order to determine the display time of each image. If an image's exposure time was 2 seconds or longer, the exposure time was used for the display time.

The 'raw' video footage, with WWV time signal, is available:

[MarkShannonroad_videos]

This was easily the coolest thing I've ever seen in my life, and I only had to go out my door step to see it! It was a bit overcast, but we could still see it in all of it's glory in Columbia, MO. Glad I videotaped it. What was more awesome was seeing the storm clouds glow red to the north of me as if the sun was setting to the South (sadly I didn't record that. Derp on me.)

[misaalanshori]

0:44 why does it becomes very bright when it's almost fully covered? Or did someone changed the camera settings?

[Yash]

Finally! I was wondering where are Steve & Joanna in previous videos. Awesome stuff as always :D

[erenjaegar]

That field trip Today was lit, see you tomorrow!

[kahliscargile]

Can you upload more video's plz ?

[ashtoncanoza]

1st i like your vids when your the firs coment and dont know what to say

[RoGeorgeRoGeorge]

Are you familiar with the "Fun With Flags" channel from "The Big Bang Theory"?
Who was the first, you or them, or it's just a coincidence?

Anyway, totally love you and your channel, thanks for all the work!
:o)