This is a still from the video I, Bob shot of the total solar eclipse on August 21, 2017 with my GoPro Hero 4 Black. I've posted that video on our YouTube Channel.
I backpacked in to the Jedediah Smith Wilderness Area on the west slope of the Tetons to the top of Table Mountain to observe and record the total solar eclipse with the classic Le Trois Tetons view for the landscape. The small black dot surrounded by white in the upper middle of the frame is the moon eclipsing the sun. The three main peaks on the horizon are the Grand, Middle, and South Tetons.
This was a totality awesome experience. I could see the moon's shadow completely blacken Teton Valley and Driggs, Idaho to the west as it raced toward me and then the sun became totally eclipsed. The partial eclipse didn't seem to be that much different from a regular sunny day, but totality was an eerily freakish experience. The sun's corona lit the earth around me with a kind of light I had never seen before. Also, the horizon in all directions looked like sunset even though most horizons never get a setting sun, plus the sun was still high in the sky.
It was totality worth it!
Remember, it's not just a picture, it's a story!
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