When viewing the solar eclipse, you are doing so with the best imaging system out there – the mammalian optical system.  Our optical system (eye, retina, optic nerve and brain) is the model by which digital cameras and lenses / telescopes form images and outperforms even the most expensive and fancy of equipment.  We can adjust […]

  The moon’s shadow will take approximately 90 minutes to travel from the Pacific (Lincoln Beach, OR) to the Atlantic (Awendaw, SC).  As it traces its path the shadow crosses four time zones and August 21st the day continues along its merry way.  In terms of local time, the 2 hours and 32 minutes of eclipse in Lincoln […]

As we inch toward the August 21st eclipse, the magnitude of the event is starting to become apparent.  Tens of millions of folks, if not close to a couple hundred million, from around the country and around the globe will be descending on the path of totality as it moves across the USA.  To handle the influx, […]