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Old 12-25-17 | 04:05 PM
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From: Puyallup, WA

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2017 Eclipse

I did my research and found central Oregon to be the closet and least likely spot to have cloud cover. Went a couple days early and camped in the Malheur National Forest, beautiful, hot, and Way too many humans. Did some great riding while waiting for the show and got a couple hundred dollar speeding ticket. I learned a lot about eclipses having never seen one before. I shot a couple GoPro vids that you can see here - (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNh..._as=subscriber) that I am happy with. The music was playing off a speaker that was too far from both cameras to be heard well. But if you turn the volume up you will see that the timing was perfect for the totality. Pink Floyd of course. You could get 99.9% coverage and still not understand what totality is like. The sounds, the temperature drop, even smell is affected. And all this is with full understanding what is happening and when. Imagine totality sneaking up on you when you don't even understand what an eclipse is, it would be terrifying. The whole experience was, other than the speeding ticket was fantastic and unforgettable.
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