Reminders

2020 is the year for the creative world to dig through their archive, to look for missed opportunities, for something to learn from. Maybe even find a few favorite gems that never found a home during the editing process.

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Facebook reminded me today was the anniversary of the August 21, 2017, total solar eclipse. Thanks, Facebook, the event was hard to forget. Literally think about it every day, but thanks for the heads-up to dig.

Below are a few iPhone outtakes from the highspeed burn from Denver, Colorado, to Alliance, Nebraska to visit the infamous Carhenge for the eclipse. The absurd roadside attraction created the perfect backdrop for such a cosmic delight.

0542:56, 082117. Wildcat Hills State Recreation Area. Gering, Nebraska.

0656:09, 082117. Alliance, Nebraska. Cosmic events attract fundamentalists and folks looking for fun. With hotels booked well in advance, many sleep where they can, like this man in a van parked outside a gas station.

0809:32, 082117. Crowds grow and plot their spot in the grass to watch the eclipse.

0915:04, 082117.

0900:28, 082117.

1055:26, 082117. Everyone knows aliens are made of light but on special assignments they wear work boots.

1126, 082117. Area photographer uses proper eye protection to look directly at the sun, using glasses purchased at a premium from a total stranger on the internet. They checked out.

Hi mom. 👋

Carhenge: Eclipse 2017

Click to see my original post from Alliance, Nebraska.