Monday, August 21, 2017

TOTALITY


TOTALITY.
THAT'S WHAT THEY CALLED
THE TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE 
ON AUGUST 21, 2017.
THIS WAS BECAUSE IT EXTENDED
FROM OCEAN TO OCEAN 
FROM OREGON TO SOUTH CAROLINA,
ACROSS 14 STATES.

THE LAST TIME THERE WAS A
TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE,
IT WAS FEBRUARY 26, 1979.
IT WAS LOCATED IN THE
PACIFIC NORTHWEST AND PART
OF WESTERN CANADA.

I SAW A "WALTER CRONKITE" NEWS SIGN-OFF
FROM THAT DAY.
"HERE'S HOPING IT WILL OCCUR DURING
A PEACEFUL WORLD!'
ALAWYS THE OPTIMIST!
(BUT, I SAW HIM AT A MOTAB CHRISTMAS CONCERT.
HE NARRATED A STORY ABOUT CHRISTMAS EVE
DURING WORLD WAR II.)



FORMER STUDENT, SCOTTY SCHWARZ, AND HIS WIFE.
ALPINE, UTAH

TOTALITY.
PHOTO BY ALAN NEVES.
FATHER OF SEVERAL STUDENTS OF MINE.
2 TIME EMMY WINNER IN
PHOTOGRAPHY FOR KSL.
CURRENTLY TEACHING AT BYU.




COOL SHADOWS


TWO FORMER US PRESIDENTS
AND TWO FORMER FIRST LADIES
GEORGE H.W. BUSH
BARBARA BUSH
GEORGE W. BUSH
LAURA BUSH

TRUMAN BALCONY AT THE WHITE HOUSE

PRESIDENT TRUMP
FIRST LADY TRUMP
FIRST KID TRUMP
(BARRON IS GOING TO BE A
REAL LADIES' MAN! ONLY IN 6TH GRADE!)

VIEW FROM OREGON, THE FIRST PLACE
TO WITNESS
NOTHING MORE GORGEOUS THAN
THE SALT LAKE TEMPLE
 VIEW FROM SPACE
 PATH

FROM OUR FREEDOMS FOUNDATION 
AT VALLEY FORGE CAMPUS



 . . . AND THE VIEW OVER 
ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA.

A SOLAR ECLIPSE OCCURS WHEN THE MOON PASSES
BETWEEN THE SUN AND THE EARTH, AND WHEN
THE MOON PARTIALLY BLOCKS THE SUN!




IN CASE YOU MISSED IT,
HERE'S A RECAP:





AND HERE'S BABY CLAIR FROM IOWA.
SHE WAS BORN THE DAY OF THE ECLIPSE.
SHE WAS A FEW DAYS LATE.
WHAT IS SO SPECIAL ABOUT HER???
HER MOM WAS BORN FEBRUARY 26, 1979,
THE LAST TIME A SOLAR ECLISPE
OCCURED IN THE US!
(AND I WAS FINISHING MY JUNIOR YEAR
AT BYU)

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