Sun
Moon
Location: Site 1, Kejimkujik National Park
Date: 2021-06-10
Time: 5:15 AM - 7:30 AM AST
Instrument: Binocular 10x42 IS
Transparency: Excellent (5)
Seeing: Excellent (5)
Temperature: 11˚ C - 13˚ C
We were camping on Site 1 of Big Dam Lake the night before and did some evening observing. For us to observe the eclipse we had to get up early and canoe across the Lake as the eclipse was happening above and behind our campsite. So up at 4:00 AM, had a partial breakfast then paddled the short distance across the Lake onto the marshy shore opposite our site and sat there to view this phenomena.
If you zoom in to the blue dot below Judy's elbow, you will see
the camera's internal reflection of the eclipse.
Very windy. High cloud in the west eventually drifted into our horizon but did not interfere with the initial phases. There was a bit of Earthshine on the Moon, especially on its eastern limb; thought I could make out Mare Crisium and 2 other Mare. The clouds rolled in, preventing us from watching the Moon leave the solar orb.
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