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Partial solar eclipse from Pennsylvania
Partial solar eclipse from Pennsylvania
By Jesse Ferrell, AccuWeather meteorologist and senior weather editor
Published Jun 10, 2021 7:11 PM EDT
I decided it was worth getting up this morning to view the partial solar eclipse from my home in central Pennsylvania, even though the forecast did not look good for cloud-free viewing. I'm happy that I did.
Solar Eclipse (Jesse Ferrell/State College, PA)
The sun rose this morning at 5:40 a.m. Looking at my webcam time-lapse video from yesterday, it looked like I should be able to see the sun from my porch shortly before 6:00 when it rose above nearby trees. I did see a red crescent behind a tree briefly, but then it went behind the clouds once again. Finally, by around 6:15, it emerged from the clouds, the eclipse nearly over.
Solar Eclipse (Jesse Ferrell/State College, PA)
These photos were taken with my Nikon 1 J4 camera with a 110mm lens and reduced exposure.
Solar Eclipse (Jesse Ferrell/State College, PA)
I also took pics with my Samsung Galaxy S9+ cell phone, but predictably they did not turn out as well.
Solar Eclipse (Cell Phone)
You can see here how cloudy the lower sky was in the zoomed-out shot below, and how lucky my shots were. Fifty miles to my southwest, it was raining for hours around sunrise in Altoona, Pennsylvania.
Solar Eclipse (Cell Phone)
Some better photos from friends and the Associated Press are shown in the gallery here.
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