Total Eclipse of the Sun While Boondocking Wyoming 

Really the best eclipse video out there you should have a million views !!,

Your display of an eclipse in video is the best I've ever seen. I like your choice music through out your videos. The evening music before the eclipse was nice, then even better when the crickets joined in. You are proving to be quite a videographer/program producer!

We were lucky enough to experience 1 1/2 minutes of totality in our front yard in Independence, Missouri - I wasn't prepared for how amazing it was! I would definitely travel to see another one. And thanks for the info on Abraham Lake - we love the Canadian Rockies!

We drove 1000 miles or so to see this eclipse in Oregon and so glad I did.....we had plans to spend the night in a rest stop on Hwy101 that was in the center of the total eclipse area but so did everyone else it seemed...lol.....we pulled into the rest stop and it was an absolute circus....cars shoved into places there wasn't places for and people everywhere. So we went to plan B and drove into the nearest small town and stealth camped in the bed of our truck on a side street. The next morning I was so proud to have put us in a position to see it! I didn't fall into the trap of trying to record it on video and all though. I figured there would be videos I could watch made by far more capable photographers than me. I did set up a GoPro and did a nice time lapse with it that didn't take any of my time during the eclipse that turned out pretty cool. When totality came I took a few quick snap shots with my DSLR and just trusted auto mode.... then I put the camera down and stared up in awe. Going to do my best to try and see the next one!

I've only just found your video - Wow! It was amazing! Almost better than being there! Thanks so much for sharing it with the world.

By far the finest video I've seen regarding the eclipse. Love your channel.

Just incredible. I watched it live but You did an amazing job filming it. Thank you very much.

Excellent video production. I felt as though I was there to experience it with you!

You make the highest quality videos out there. have not seen any that i did not enjoy. keep it up.

Good job capturing the eclipse. Nice post-eclipse footage of the Wind River Canyon, too.

I enjoyed all of your videos. Cheers!!!

That was awe-inspiring! Thanks for bringing us along!

Spectacular video! I drove 900 miles to Rexburg Idaho to see it. I fell sorry for the people that live close to the totallity but wouldn't drive to see it. It was amazing to see Mercury with the naked eye, and all the effects on animals and nature! It was the reason I bought my trailer . Motel 6 was charging $800 a night, no way! I left a week before the 21st and scouted out a large area. Anyway it would be cool to caravan to the next one in 2024.

Slim, awesome as always! Thanks for sharing!

Excellent job.

I watched the eclipse reported live on tv from vantages across the continental U.S. but your video surpassed anything, Live or otherwise, that I've seen anywhere. Loved your adventure from setting up your net tent to your drive back. Thanks for taking time to make such a beautiful video and having us along . . . happy adventures!

Really well done video, SP. The music you put in for the totality was an especially nice touch. Glad your long trip to see the eclipse was worth it.

Thank you so much for doing this. It was Outstanding!!! 👍👍💚💙👏👏👏👏

Buddy and I went down to Salem, OR to watch it and even though the return trip was a staggering 13 hours (normally 2 1/2), it was probably one of the most incredibly experiences of my life.

great video

That was awesome. I'll not miss the next one!

I took a vacation day since the path of totality was about 90 miles north of where I worked and 60 miles from my home. You said it best in the end about just enjoy the moment. I did shoot a time-lapse of the congregation of people watching and the surrounding countryside. My thoughts were thousands and thousand of photographers would get much better images than I could and the moment would be short. I did try to catch a couple images in totality but they sucked and the clock was ticking. We also had some patchy clouds pass by but clear sky during the event. The one phenomena I wasn't aware but my friend knew about was it looked like the sun has just set 360*. Like you said the light is just weird like a slightly overcast day. Birds in a nearby patch of woods became animated right before totality. The next one goes over my property I will be moving to in the near future. It is longer so I will head a little south to get maximum totality time.

Thank you for this amazing video. Great job!

That was quite a wonder felt like I standing right beside you eclipse. Thank you slim really enjoyed got ?about campers but I'll save for another time rite now I think on what I just seen hope your open to ? B

Your right about spending to much time fiddling with cameras, I did the same. Next eclipse I'm leaving the camera in the bag and just take it all in.. great video.

Thanks for your eclipse video It was like being there with you!

Wow! I live in E Oregon about an hour from the path of totality. I stayed home that morning so I didn't get the full experience. However, I lived in the path of totality for the '79 eclipse and, "Lord willing and the creek don't rise" (as my dear old dad used to say), I'll be around for the one in 2024.

wow thankyou for that never see it befor

Well done. I'll be in Vermont/New Hampshire in 7 years!

Beautiful job capturing the eclipse.

Awesome! So glad you got to enjoy it from a place with totality. I considered trying to find a place to camp for it, but parks were full, so I ended up going into the Adirondacks instead. Didn't even notice it up there. 2024, I'll be able to sit in my back yard...

Hey Slim, I know this is an old video...an for some unfathomable reason one of you lesser viewed ones, but I just wanted to say thanks! Battling insomnia, I am browsing your earlier work and oh boy, did this bring back memories! While I was along a back road in South Carolina during the eclipse, the effect was identically chilling. Unfortunately, the bane of those who document for prosperity is that they can't sit back and totally absorb the awesomeness of these events. Just wanted to say thanks for your efforts to record this occasion . Oh...one difference! I got to enjoy the sound of roosters crowing in confusion from all directions. PEACE, brother.

We had a total eclipse in TN in 2017 also. I took the day off and we had a party! It was fantastic. I couldn't believe how dark it got. You are right. It's over in a flash but it was so crazy, eerie, cool, etc, etc, etc!!!

This video truly captured not only the eclipse, but the total excitement , beauty, amazement, and awe of the solar eclipse experience. I went to the Grand Tetons NP and went out there about 1 1/2 weeks early to get a tent spot and reserve one for my son, DIL, and friends. I didn't do any filming. The beauty of the NP was they had experts and telescopes and they handed out free glasses for viewing. I wouldn't think of missing the next one and will carefully plan so I am prepared.

Your best work! I was in Indiana we only had 96%. I’m going to be ready for the next one and be there for 100% totality.

Wonderful video, thankyou Slim! You always capture the whole 'sense of occasion' and enable the viewer to feel a part of it. It's a rare gift, and I much appreciate it.

That was the BEST eclipse video Ive seen to date. I love your videos!

I set the iPhone up to take a time lapse of the terrain during the eclipse. As you can imagine it auto exposed the whole thing and looked like a thin cloud cast a slight shadow. Next time I'll set my good camera on manual mode so when it gets dark it'll look dark in the camera. Live and learn.

I got chills! Wow! Thank you so much.

Thanks Slim. Great adventure. Great videography. Only 72% here this time but in 2024 100% totality is within driving distance of me (Buffalo NY) See you there! Regards = Cosmo

What an amazing video of so many point of views. Thanks for sharing for everyone to see.

Wow this one should have 6 million views not just 6000. Best eclipse video hands down !

I'm very envious. I took my tribe to South Carolina and it was cloudy all day :(

I am enjoy your channels.

What surprised me was the speed of the shadow it’s so fast that If you sneezed you could miss the transition to shadow and I was not in the center line

Wow....you did a kick-ass job on the eclipse! Thnx for all your detailed and expert analysis.

Finally watched the eclipse video. You did a fabulous job recording it and it came out beautiful. Well done!!!!👍👍👍

Yours is the only video I've seen of the eclipse taken from the perspective from the average traveler. Thanks for taking the time to do so.

Well done, and great documentation on the eclipse. Really enjoyed it.

Omg that was amazing, thanks for doing that.

Great video. Good blend of preparing and experiencing it. Loved the split screen effect. Sharing this for friends since you were able to capture it better than me. Did it get cold at night, like 40? It did for us in oregon high desert.

WOW!! just WOW!! You have captured the most beautiful, informative view of the Eclipse on the entire web! Yes, yes, i have actually searched the Entire Web. *jk. This video is definitely Stellar!

Excellent story telling, editing, and captures with your cameras. Why does this video have comparatively low views? It's some if your best work! Thank you for sharing.

I saw the eclipse just outside of Casper. (I too left my A Liner at home). I have since seen several videos on the subject, but yours, by far, does the best job capturing the feel and excitement of this very special awe inspiring event. Thank you!

At best, an event like this gives one a sense of the transcendant. At worst, the little hairs on your arms should stand up. If you are completely unaffected, you may not be a card-carrying human. And I loved your "Holy S**t!" , because that's how I felt seeing it.

Good job, awesome, thanks for sharing. cheers. :-)

You had a better time than folks who spent thou$and$.

Beautiful Thank you 😊

Amazing event captured perfectly.

Your video gave me goose bumps! Thank you so much~~

Very cool! Awesome views!

very awesome thank you

I just love your channel and was so shocked to see you were in my old stomping grounds! I was in Shoshoni for the Eclipse as well! Awesome job on the video! Keep up the awesome work!!!

Did not see thit clip......grate job POTATOHEAD!! Thanks again!

I was there 6 years ago. It was spectacular. Your excellent video brings back memories. 👍

Wow! Once again, wow!

I have lived through a partial eclipse and a total eclipse... they were both awesome..... the total eclipse is so weird.... the animals sense something very different and they go quiet.... the birds quit singing etc..... they are awesome..... I live in idaho falls.... we were the epicenter of the eclipse....

I love your videos!

Fabulous video!

Nice video Slim. I was down in Kentucky at Land Between the Lakes (LBL) with the eclipse in totality. I mounted my GoPro on my 20ft flagpole looking down on my campsite for the event. I figured there were plenty of cameras looking up. And once I had that setup, I just enjoyed the eclipse. I do wish I had been on a mountaintop like your vantage point. Thanks for the videos.

great job slim

I had a chance to see that eclipse, but I didn't want to drive from Maryland to Kentucky. I still kick myself in the behind for that cause it was glorious weather, not a cloud in the sky from what I hear. However, I have seen a full eclipse before. In Germany back in 1998 or so. Of course, it was partly cloudy that day and also of course, clouds partially obstructed the eclipse, but it was still damn impressive. But for me that was not the only impressive part of it. As the moon just about covered the sun, I just happened to look to my right and I saw the darkness, the shadow of the eclipse hurtling towards me. It was spellbinding. I couldn't believe how fast the wall of darkness moved. That and the way the temperature dropped VERY noticeably as the shadow reached us. If you ever have a chance to see one live, take it!

Really fantastic

This brought back my experience in rural Wyoming during the eclipse as well. I drove up from Arizona to a highway north of Torrington in Eastern Wyoming. It was an amazing experience, and your video documented it very well. The only downside was the monumental traffic jam getting back to Cheyenne & on to Denver where I was staying -- 8 hours plus. I'll plan better for 2024. Thanks again.

You are one Cool dude!

That was great! I didnt see the diamond, but I did see about 500 copies of the eclipse shining through the maple tree leaves onto our deck and onto the alley pavement (Seattle) SO FUN!!!!

My wife and I watched it from Madras, Oregon. When it was over the guy next to us started playing the Beatles song, "Here Comes the Sun." I also saw the eclipse in Minnesota in 1956 and Baja California in 1991, Write a script of the things you are going to do during the eclipse, remember you only get one take, and include time to step out from behind the camera and just look at the sun and moon, and also look around at the horizon and the other people around you.

Best eclipse coverage I've ever seen, thanks for sharing.

Pretty cool video, Slim. The music you pared it with, though, made me anxious and kind of ruined it for me.

THIS WAS SO GOOD! I went to see it in Oregon and MAN! What a beauty. Thanks for recording this.

Incredible 🎉

We did the eclipse on the way back from Alaska, I had solar filters on the zoom lense and real solar binoculars, quite a unique experience. We had scouted our spot 4 months prior. I used a wired remote on the camera, so i was able to watch the eclipse as well as take photos. Good move on tent camping, as we did. We were in the Mahleur NF just near to John Day.

Great job! It was like being there too!

Nicely done. Kudos to you.

wow!!!!!!!!! thanks for that! That was awesome!

Awesome video

Spectacular!

I felt the same way about the eclipse where I tried to take too many photos of it and before I knew it, it was over. My Photos weren’t even worth it but I gotta say this video is increíble.

Amazing!! Thank you.

Thanks for sharing Slim!

Awesome!!!!!!

nice......

So well done Slim !!! THANK YOU !!!

Awesome to see I’m sure! My sis drove to Nebraska to see this event.

Wow

Excellent.

Well done

Wheres the Aliner !?!?!?

I saw the one in 1979, I was 15 years old at the time. The '79 eclipse was almost total darkness for about 2 minutes here in Oregon. My kids and I shared the partial one together on our deck in Oregon in Aug, 2017. I remember the weirdness too and the weird shadow effect on my workshop. Great video, keep up the good work. Awesome. Thanks, Russ.

We went to Nashville to stay with friends and watch the eclipse. It was very cloudy but the clouds gave an opening so we were able to view the total eclipse entirely. I decided not to take pictures but to just sit back and enjoy it. It was incredible. The strangest thing was that during the total eclipse all the bugs and birds became silent; kind of spooky. Yup, April, 8, 2024, we'll be in Kerrville, TX, for the next viewing. I did enjoy your pics; next time I'll try taking some.