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viewing the 20 May, 2012 full solar eclipse 5 miles east of Modena, Utah and approx 45 miles west of Cedar City, Utah. Located on the central line of Annular Solar Eclipse, the sun was covered 100% producing a "Ring of Fire" for 4 minutes and 23 seconds though not visible in the photograph. Special glasses and arc welding masks were used to view the event. The partial eclipse started at 6:22 PM MST (mountain standard time), with maximum eclipse from 7:31:31 - 7:36:04 pm MST.
We viewed the eclipse until sunset, with the eclipse almost finished before the sun set below the horizon. The moon travelled across the face of the sun starting at about the 4:30 position (135 degrees) and concluding at the 10:30 position (315 degrees) at the time the sun set.
Looking forward to the next full solar eclipse in Idaho in August of 2017.
Image is HDR with 3 exposures per position. Time of photo was adjusted to Mountain Standard Time (GMT -6 hrs).
Utah is a state located in the westcentral region of the United States of America. Utah is the 13th largest state by area, ranks 34th by population and 10th by population density of the 50 United States. Utah was the 45th state to be admitted into the Union, on January 4, 1896. Utah is landlocked, being bordered by the states of Idaho to the north, Wyoming to the northeast, Nevada on the west, Colorado on the east and Arizona to the south. Utah is very mountainous and is a popular outing destination of the outdoorsman. The state population is about 2.82M with 95% being Caucasian, 2.4% Asian, 1.7% Native American and 1.3% Black. The state capital and largest city is Salt Lake City.Source: wikipedia
