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Mikal with a k | 1 years ago (raw) | export | reply | flag 
 Whose going to be #Eclipse watching in a week? 

I had been planning to go back to the #ColoradoPlateau #CanyonCountry 

In the last couple weeks I was scouting photo op sites, ideally where the sun would appear over the edge of a slot canyon, begin the eclipse and then un-eclipse as it goes over the opposite canyon wall. That would make a cool timelapse, right? But now I'm honestly wondering if I shouldn't go somewhere nice and...just watch it?
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Mikal with a k | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Looking at the eclipse map, the shadow goes right over Monument Valley which will be saturated with tourists, no doubt. Also goes over Chaco Canyon, which will likely also be a zoo. Shiprock could be an amazing photo op, but unless you have permission from tribal members, you'd have to stay on the road to the NW. The wackiest place will probably be Roswell, NM. I hadn't paid attention to the fact that Roswell will be near the center of totality. 

I'm seriously tempted to go there just for the human zoo of alien watchers that will inevitably descend on the place.