2017 Eclipse Information

Post Eclipse Pictures

Pictures of the eclipse, submitted by meeting attendees, are available as a photo album on the HEAD Facebook page

Public Talk: “Revealing the Hidden, High Energy Sun” by Dr. Rachel Osten, Sunday, August 20, 5:30 pm in Limelight B at the Sun Valley Resort
"The Black Sun" movie showing Sunday, August 20, 8:30pm

The AAS "HEAD16: Eclipse Event" e-mail with detailed information about the excursion. Note that buses leave at 7:30 and 8:30am Monday morning from the Lodge and will return to the resort at 1:00pm & 2:00pm. See the Mountain Rides website for more details.
Seeing the Eclipse from Sun Valley and Bald Mountain
Best Places to View the Eclipse in the Sun Valley Area
Interactive Map
Eclipse Planning resource from eclipse2017.nasa.gov
The Eclipse MegaMovie project: A first-of-its-kind citizen science project, gathering scientifically valuable data from the total solar eclipse that will traverse North America on August 21, 2017 (sponsored by the Berkeley Multiverse Team)
What to Look for (from Sky & Telescope)

Altitude of Sun during eclipse: 47 degrees
Azimuth: 129 degrees (measured clockwise from north)
Other Idaho-specific eclipse viewing information (see: "If the short term weather forecast before eclipse day is good, mountaintop locations such as the top of the Sun Valley gondola (51 seconds of totality) will offer the spectacle of the adjacent mountains changing illumination quickly as the Moon's shadow races across at about 2,800 miles per hour!")
Expected cloud cover

Sun Valley		Bald Mountain

Duration of Totality: 1m 11s Start: 11:29:35 MDT End: 11:30:47		Duration of Totality: 44s Start: 11:29:44 End: 11:30:28 Drive time from Sun Valley: 33 min

Stanley		Mackay

Duration of Totality: 2m12s Start: 11:28:21 End: 11:30:33 Drive time from Sun Valley: 77 min		Duration of Totality: 2m13s Start: 11:30:19 End: 11:32:33 Drive time from Sun Valley: 120 min