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2017 Solar Eclipse Travelogue

A compilation of travel reports along the way up to see the eclipse and then back home.

The odometer showed 4,480 miles for the round trip, averaging over 370 miles each day.

Some more mind-boggling numbers:

Total number of images >4,600 (granted most were a series of 3 bracketed shots,
so the actual number of “photos” is likely closer to 1,600 — if I get 1% keepers then I’ll be happy)

Total number of drone flights: 30 (flight locations marked by red + on the map below)

Total time for aerial videos taken: 5 hrs, 46 minutes, 0 seconds (That's a TON of flying for me)

Totality time: 2 minutes, 6 seconds (the main reason why I took this trip was for those precious 126 seconds)

Latest upload is at the end of the gallery.


Day 1 on Navajo Nation
Day 1 on Navajo Nation
Day 2 on Navajo Nation
Day 2 on Navajo Nation
Day 3 on Navajo Nation
Day 3 on Navajo Nation
Day 4, Aerial Perspectives Leaving Navajo Nation
Day 4, Aerial Perspectives Leaving Navajo Nation
Day 5 in S. Utah
Day 5 in S. Utah
Day 6 Eclipse Trip Out of Utah
Day 6 Eclipse Trip Out of Utah
Day 7, Signs of the Times
Day 7, Signs of the Times
Day 8 Eclipse Trip - Contact
Day 8 Eclipse Trip - Contact
Day 9 Eclipse Trip - Homeward Bound
Day 9 Eclipse Trip - Homeward Bound
Day 10 California Nevada California
Day 10 California Nevada California
Day 11 Eclipse Trip - Mono Lake Tufas
Day 11 Eclipse Trip - Mono Lake Tufas
Day 12 Passing by the Sierra Nevada Range and Death Valley
Day 12 Passing by the Sierra Nevada Range and Death Valley
Day 13 Eclipse Trip -- Last Leg Home
Day 13 Eclipse Trip -- Last Leg Home