Desert Ugly - I Don't Think So...

 The Sonoran desert was in full gorgeous bloom today on a 5.4 mile hike in upper 80°F

2024 Solar Eclipse - Arkansas

Here is a timelapse of the 2024 Solar Eclipse as seen from Flippin Arkansas. You can see two sunspots on the sun. The solar prominences were intensely red in color and a gorgeous site to see. Each frame is three minutes apart until the total phase when they are 3 seconds apart. And then operator error occurred and I did not take into account a meridian flip even though no tripod collision was possible. So I was only able to capture about 1/3rd of total. The photos get misaligned until I took over manual control and flipped the axis. Visually this was the most beautiful eclipse I have observed to date.