Remembering Total Solar Eclipse of March 7, 1970-

The total solar eclipse of March 7, 1970 as seen and photographed from Cape Charles AFS, VA. Cape Charles also happens to be 'ground zero' of the largest impact crater in the United States. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chesapeake_Bay_impact_crater

July's total solar eclipse brought back memories of my drive from Silver Spring, MD to Cape Charles, VA to see and hopefully photograph the March 7, 1970 solar eclipse. From the Wash., D.C. area the eclipse was 95% total. The weather was perfect. Not a cloud in the sky. First contact was at 12:19 p.m. local time. An exposure was taken approx. every 5 min., ending at last contact. The eclipse was photographed on three frames, 31 images, and covered 2 hrs., 32 min. Before the eclipse there was a slight breeze, and bird sounds in the air. At totality there was a noticeable drop in temperature, total silence, and complete stillness of the air. The sky had taken on a purple hue, and the Moon's disk had a grayish cast. The solar corona appeared silverish, and quite spectacular. At the conclusion of the eclipse, as if on cue, a curtain of clouds started to march across the sky. If one has the chance, a total eclipse of the sun is an awesome spectacle. An experience you will never forget. It's easy to understand why some people become eclipse chasers, and in times past, maybe even still, some become fearful. The next total solar eclipse visible from the United States will be on Aug. 21, 2017.

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[jmm1233]

whats with the hammerhorror music ? should had some melodysheep

[javajack]

@jmm1233- I grew up on 50's Sci-Fi films, and many had interesting theme music conveying an outer-worldly feeling. How about Ray Lynch?

[javajack]

@swwsfriday - Thanks for sharing your experience. I will always remember that day as something special. I, too, lived in Silver Spring at the time. Actually, not very far from JFK High School.

[swwsfriday]

@swwsfriday read the story of my experience from the third paragraph up to the top for continuity,thanks

[swwsfriday]

@swwsfriday wallops island toward to overhead sky.it scared the wits out of me for a moment for since i so caught off guard and my mind was so centered on the cosmological landscape that it had appeared the sky was cracking open at the point of each white smoke trail.Wow i will never forget it and thanks jack for always sharing your love of this science with us.

[swwsfriday]

@swwsfriday settled down to witness this cosmic event. Most amazing people wearing white lite up as if in a room full of black lights almost turning neon colors and beaming with radiant intensity from the glow while strange vibrating lines scattered and fragmnented on the beach sand like those that you see bouncing on the floor of a busy swimming pool on a full sunny day.My sensed were completely captivated at this age of 16

[swwsfriday]

I WATCHED ONE OF THE MOST AMAZING SITES OF MY LIFE THAT DAY. My john f kennedy hs{ in maryland) earth science teacher jack hendricks took us on a field trip to asssateague island to witness a full eclipse under a clear sky at noonish. that was 40 years ago and i still remember and tellthe story often.the sky darkened,stars appeared as if night was upon us,the horizon all around us lite up with a a dim twilight almost as if the sun had just set.waves grew in intensity on the beachfront as birds