In The Shadow - Total Solar Eclipse - 2017 - USA - Square
by Gregory Ballos
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In The Shadow - Total Solar Eclipse - 2017 - USA - Square
Artist
Gregory Ballos
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The historic Total Solar Eclipse of 2017 that stretched from coast to coast across the United States of America.
ARTIST STATEMENT: The day started out in Kansas City to get close to the path of totality. The initial plan was to head to a little place called Excelsior Springs, Missouri which was right along the center line of totality. However, the morning began with extremely heavy rain covering mostly all of the Kansas City metro area, so we decided to chase the sun eastward.
Over the next four hours we drove through several small towns in rural Missouri, which were increasingly becoming more and more populated with fellow eclipse chasers claiming their spots at some of the most random places. Finally, just about thirty minutes before the moment of totality we began to see shadows along the highway as the sun was peaking out of the rain clouds near Boonville, Missouri. Knowing this would probably be our best chance at a total eclipse view, we pulled into an old gas station along Highway 70.
Soon, a multitude of other cars began to fill the parking lot of the gas station, and we all stood outside of our cars with such anticipation. As the moon descended over the sun to reach totality, you could hear cheers and gasps all around. It was truly an incredible sight to behold and a moment that we will treasure for the rest of our lives.
Photographed with Nikon D800 and Sigma 50-500mm lens.
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August 31st, 2017
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