2017 Solar Eclipse - York, Nebraska

As way of introduction there is firm grounding in the scientific aspects of the topic of this blog. In my undergraduate studies I specialized in history but had a block of 12 hours of natural sciences. Over the years, with a husband a devout fan of amateur astronomy - making some of his own scopes - I have spent many a dark and cold night watching the skies and viewing planets,  So here I am standing by the equipment for observing the total Solar Eclipse in 2017 in York, Nebraska. It was right in the path of totality.

Darkening skies as the eclipse commenced. At total the yard lights went on and yes dogs did begin to bark all across the area and were easily heard responding to the oddity of sudden night.  At my first partial eclipse I kept a chart and so continued the tradition with this one.  The final image is my spouse who has been observing the planets, stars and meteors since High School. Some of his favorite glasses in college were courses in geology, astronomy and biology - he almost went into one of those fields but chose another field.    All this to merely affirm an understanding of basic scientific principles, methods, and processes about the broad subject and the more focused topics of this page.