I’m trying hard to keep away but it is difficult not to share a once (well twice, I witnessed the 1979 eclipse) in a life time event. Obscuration was 98.33 percent here in Arctic Bay.
4:33 am
4:51 am
5:18 am
5:20 am (a minute away from mid eclipse, the next shots didn’t really turn out)
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I was just watching this on the Today show and wondered if it was visible to you and was sad that your blog was shut down. What a nice surprise! Thanks for the pictures
Fantastic photos! Are the clouds black with rain or b’cos of the eclipse?
Dang! I was also trying hard to keep away but it is difficult not to see if you’re still blogging… 🙂
Those last 2 shots are especially evocative – amazing with the clouds in the shot too…
Mungo
So glad you posted these pictures! A million thank you’s
Fantastic shots. Thank you for sharing them. I have had the pleasure of seeing a solar eclipse once — I was working at Stanford and everything came to a halt while the entire staff and student body went outside with our devices for safe viewing and viewed. One of the many very cool things about working at an institute of higher learning . . . the learning thing is important!
Hope all is well with you, Clare. Missing your missives!
Great pictures! I caught word of the eclipse by following the BBC. Sorry to have missed it back in Arctic Bay. I’m sure it was quite the sight.
These are great eclipse photos–I always get that feeling of wonder of what must it have been like to see this in the sky before the “science” explained it all…
. And I will miss your frequent observations on life in the North, and send good wishes that things go well with you and your family.
Peace, & thanks for the wealth of information & observations & beautiful images over the many months.
Thank you for sharing the pictures! I’m sorry to hear you won’t be blogging anymore. You write great stories and your pictures are gorgeous and I always learn something new when I visit.
All my best to you and your family.
Thanks for sharing Clare! Hope all is well.
Thanks for the time you have spent educating myself on life in the arctic. Yours is the best blog I have ever read, and will be truly missed.
My best to you and your family!
Great pix’s Clare. Thanks for sharing!
Great pics, thanks for posting them! It was totally foggy here in Grise Fiord (^&%$#@!!), but I got out of bed to experience the sudden darkness, which was in itself very cool. You’re lucky to have had such a good view of it!
Kia ora Clare,
Just stunning, cheers. Perhaps from time to time you can share your world with us. Have a great break and the best with all your endeavours. Kia ora.
Ka kite ano,
Robb
Glad you’re still in my feed reader! Stunning.
I just found your unique blog about the Artic regions and I am sorry to hear you have stopped adding posts. I blog about the south central Texas flora and fauna and it’s unbeleivably cool to be able to see and hear about other areas of beautiful North America through blog posts.
Maybe you will reconsider and continue on just less frequently? Hope so!
For those of us using feed readers, infrequent posting is no problem at all, Clare. Just much appreciated when it happens along. Thanks for the pics!
Thank goodness for RSS feeds. So happy to see “The House” in bold on Bloglines. I miss your writing and look forward to those special times when you’ll feel “the need” to post again. Thanks for sharing these fantastic photos. Must have been a great experience for you and your family.
I’m glad I checked in to see these great photos, and to take this opportunity to say how much I’ve appreciated your presence and voice in the blogosphere. I hope you will continue to be inspired to post when something fantastic moves you.