Rhonda Coleman
Not even an amateur astronomer, yet gifted with a fancy Celestron NexStarSE8 with the H-Alpha solar filter and full eyepiece package that I currently use to look at Saturn. Then I go back indoors where it’s warm.
I love the spectacle on the ground when humans look up, together, to observe phenomena—eclipses, comets, aurora. A lucky chaser, I’ve experienced clear skies for totality during all six attempts. BOOYAH:
- Mexico—July 11, 1991
- Bolivia—Nov. 3, 1994
- Aruba—Feb. 26, 1998
- Madagascar—June 21, 2001
- Egypt—Mar. 29, 2006
- Papua New Guinea—Nov. 13, 2012
Next TSE, right around the corner (and right in my own backyard): Oregon, August 21, 2017
Chasing Totality 