5/20/12: Solar Eclipse, Castle Pines, CO

By Jeff Warner | Published May 20, 2012

An image from this evening’s solar eclipse, captured from Daniels Park in Castle Pines, Colorado at 6:45 PM. Unfortunately, about twenty minutes later the sun disappeared behind a cumulonimbus cloud, so we missed the best part. Since the eclipse was occurring near sunset, the change in light levels wasn’t as dramatic as it might have been, had it been mid-day. But, Reade and Tate got to see their first solar eclipse through a telescope that their Grandpa James had rigged with some sort of solar mylar film, and it worked great.

Cheers!

 

Solar eclipse on 5/20/12, captured from Castle Pines, Colorado

Solar eclipse at 6:45 PM on 5/20/12, captured from Castle Pines, Colorado

 

Solar Eclipse at 6:51 PM

Solar Eclipse at 6:51 PM, using a different camera.

 

Solar eclipse, Castle Pines, Colorado, 5/20/12.

Our last brief glimpse at 7:18 PM before the cloud swallowed the view.

 

 

4 Comments

  1. Angela May 21, 2012 at 06:46 #

    Jeff- These are very cool. Thanks for sharing.

  2. Amber May 23, 2012 at 14:31 #

    Thanks for posting! The clouds came in here literally as soon as it started so we didn’t get to see anything.

  3. Libby May 26, 2012 at 14:15 #

    Not bad!
    I was on high ground above Santa Fe Dr, a couple miles south of Titan Rd. at a party. The house was loaded with windows and our view was bright bright sun, then clouds & I couldn’t see any eclipse action.

  4. Jeff Warner May 27, 2012 at 22:27 #

    Too bad you all didn’t get to see it, and glad I at least caught a bit of it to share!