Watch the weather for there. Sometimes it can be hot early.
In the early 1970s I lived in Lone Pine. And death valley tended to close when it began heating up.
Have a great trip!

Looks great Brian!
Sometimes the skies just have to be contrary.
But it looks great to me.

Yes, I'm on the outskirts of Santa Clarita. Rain, rain, rain-rain, and more rain.
Finally getting some good nights again.

I started out with a OSC camera. It was so bad that the only way for me to get something recognizable was to "Stack with time."
So I did a lot of longer exposure imaging.
Made it a lot easier for me. That first camera was an Orion G3. 2.5 or 3 years in, a Friend loaned me an Atik Infinity camera. It was an instant success.
DSO colors are fairly subtle. Not brilliant.
You can do a lot with using longer/shorter exposures.

Keep up the good work!

Wow! Those came out great and sharp in detail.

Still, despite the weather and day being a booger, you got a really nice result!

Great Brian!

Really beautiful result!

Great image!

Hi Ken,
Very nice image of the Totality!

Something that comes to mind is that even though you where in the path of totality, on either side of that path, albeit a wide path, there is the light of the Sun.
So, I would not expect total darkness. You can probably adjust it to your likings.

But you were in the shadow of the Moon.
Sit under an umbrella in the shade. Everything outside of the shade is still lighted by the Sun.

Thanks for sharing!

Big smiling Waxing Moon now.
Great time as it is easily viewable in the Western Sky. (For me anyway.)

Hi Bloke,
You found out, as I did, that you need to use Youtube for your time lapses.
I saw it in your other post and it came out great!

Looks like your Seestar is really working out great for you.

You may have to resize it to a smaller file format, like jpg.
High resolution files are generally too big for the server.
Seems to be a plight most places.

No matter what, every night of trying brings something new.
I'm pretty sure I have more blunders than images.

I bet you were cold and just wanted to get back inside before your boots froze to the ground.
My Intervalometer (Separate, cheap) has an LED (tiny) indicator on it. So, I can see if it is triggering from inside the house.
Been years since I've used it.

I think your pinhole was too small, James.
I can't see anything....

Very nice!
Love a time lapse! It brings astronomy to life for the viewer.

What did you use to make your time lapse, Bloke?
(I use a very outdated version of Windows Movie Maker.)

Waxing Moon.
We were both staring up at it last night.