Skokie Valley Astronomers

Images from Peter Donnelly

Peter Donnelly contributed the following movie from his trip to a location about 50 miles east of Nashville, TN on August 21, 2017. He reported (edited): "The start of the total eclipse was just before 12:29 and lasted for 2 min 39 sec. The drone was a Solo 3dr and it was carrying a GoPro hero 4 camera. One thing I found interesting about this location was how few people were viewing the eclipse from there. The weather was clear, but clouds can be seen on the horizon, and I heard Nashville, which was about 50 miles to the west, had a lot of cloud. [An eclipse map] (shown below) helped me find this location. That and Tom Skilling's perfect forecast paid off for me."

All of the images are copyright 2017, Peter Donnelly.

Eclipse map, August 21, 2017. The image shown is reduced in size to fit this page. Click on the image to load a full size image in a new window.

One frame from a solar eclipse video, August 21, 2017. Click on the image to load a page showing the video, which is 9 minutes, 50 seconds long. The firework at 5:17 signals the end of totality.