{"id":527,"date":"2017-07-05T15:09:01","date_gmt":"2017-07-05T22:09:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/planetarium\/?p=527"},"modified":"2018-08-10T12:04:00","modified_gmt":"2018-08-10T19:04:00","slug":"the-great-american-eclipse-of-2017-how-to-view-and-photograph","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/planetarium\/the-great-american-eclipse-of-2017-how-to-view-and-photograph\/","title":{"rendered":"The Great American Eclipse of 2017 &#8211; How to View and Photograph"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>Saturday July 8th, 2017<\/h4>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"528\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/planetarium\/the-great-american-eclipse-of-2017-how-to-view-and-photograph\/les-and-mary-anderson-photo\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/planetarium\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2017\/07\/Les-and-Mary-Anderson-photo.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"250,198\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Les and Mary Anderson photo\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/planetarium\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2017\/07\/Les-and-Mary-Anderson-photo.jpg\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-528\" src=\"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/planetarium\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2017\/07\/Les-and-Mary-Anderson-photo.jpg\" alt=\"Les and Mary Anderson photo\" width=\"250\" height=\"198\" \/><\/p>\n<p>On August 21st, 2017 the continental US will be treated to a total solar eclipse for the first time since 1979.\u00a0 This WILL be a bucket-list-level event, and you need to start planning NOW!\u00a0 Whether you are traveling to an area of totality or staying in San Diego, you need to be prepared.<\/p>\n<p>Les and Mary Anderson are veterans of 15 solar eclipses since 1979, traveling the world to see them.\u00a0 This year it is in our backyard.\u00a0 They will explain how to view the eclipse safely, and photograph the event.\u00a0 This presentation is geared to both those staying in San Diego, where the partial eclipse is ~65%, and those who choose to travel to totality!\u00a0 A handout will be provided with websites and pertinent information.\u00a0 There is no excuse to miss this event on August 21st!<\/p>\n<p>Details TBA<\/p>\n<p>Les and Mary have been photography hobbyists for decades. In fact, that&#8217;s what brought them together! They met on a photo field trip to Yosemite in May 1990, and have been enjoying photography together ever since.<\/p>\n<p>They photograph all types of landscapes and nature, including birds, flowers, insects, etc., but their passion involves sky phenomenon. They have chased solar eclipses all over the world and photographed auroras in Iceland and Alaska. With the Total Solar Eclipse coming across the USA on August 21, 2017, they are happy to share their knowledge of how to view and photograph, whether you will remain in San Diego for partial phases or travel to the centerline to view totality.<\/p>\n<p>Les is a retired scientist and Mary is a real estate appraiser and an astronomy hobbyist who has worked at the Fleet Science Center since it opened in 1973.<\/p>\n<p>Les is the president of SCACC (Southern California Association of Camera Clubs) which is the umbrella organization that covers the photo clubs which meet in the Photo Arts Building. Mary is 1st\u00a0Vice President of Programs for SCACC.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saturday July 8th, 2017 On August 21st, 2017 the continental US will be treated to a total solar eclipse for the first time since 1979.\u00a0 This WILL be a bucket-list-level event, and you need to start planning NOW!\u00a0 Whether you are traveling to an area of totality or staying in San Diego, you need to&hellip; <a class=\"continue\" href=\"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/planetarium\/the-great-american-eclipse-of-2017-how-to-view-and-photograph\/\">Continue Reading<span> The Great American Eclipse of 2017 &#8211; How to View and Photograph<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":476,"featured_media":528,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-527","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-friends-of-the-planetarium-events"],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/planetarium\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2017\/07\/Les-and-Mary-Anderson-photo.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8QaUO-8v","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":534,"url":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/planetarium\/solar-eclipses-2016-and-2017-and-more\/","url_meta":{"origin":527,"position":0},"title":"Solar Eclipses, 2016 and 2017 and More","author":"Lane, Mark","date":"April 5, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"May 14th, 2016 with Professor Jay Pasachoff of Williams College A veteran eclipse chaser, Professor Pasachoff has probably seen and studied more total solar eclipses than anyone else on Earth.\u00a0\u00a0By one count, he has witnessed 65 total eclipses between 1959 and the end of 2015.\u00a0\u00a0He recently went on an expedition\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Friends of the Planetarium Events&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Friends of the Planetarium Events","link":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/planetarium\/category\/friends-of-the-planetarium-events\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":743,"url":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/planetarium\/the-race-to-the-moon\/","url_meta":{"origin":527,"position":1},"title":"The Race to the Moon","author":"Kardel, Scott","date":"August 29, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Join us on Saturday, October 21, 2017 at 7:00 p.m. as the Friends of Palomar College Planetarium welcomes space historian and author Francis French for an exciting talk on the space race. 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