{"id":753,"date":"2016-07-28T10:42:20","date_gmt":"2016-07-28T14:42:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/eclipse\/?page_id=753"},"modified":"2022-08-28T23:14:30","modified_gmt":"2022-08-29T03:14:30","slug":"1974eclipse","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/eclipse\/1974eclipse\/","title":{"rendered":"1974, Walpole\/Albany, West Australia"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"1973-australia\" class=\"eclipsepage\">\n<h3 id=\"eclipsepageheader\" style=\"text-align: center\">1974, Walpole\/Albany, Western Australia<\/h3>\n<div id=\"eclipsepagetext\" style=\"text-align: center\">Jay Pasachoff<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-753 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-medium'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/eclipse\/files\/2016\/07\/1974_IMG060.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"212\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/eclipse\/files\/2016\/07\/1974_IMG060-300x212.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/eclipse\/files\/2016\/07\/1974_IMG060-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/eclipse\/files\/2016\/07\/1974_IMG060.jpg 424w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/eclipse\/files\/2016\/07\/1974_IMG061.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"208\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/eclipse\/files\/2016\/07\/1974_IMG061-300x208.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/eclipse\/files\/2016\/07\/1974_IMG061-300x208.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/eclipse\/files\/2016\/07\/1974_IMG061.jpg 432w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/eclipse\/files\/2016\/07\/1974_IMG063.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/eclipse\/files\/2016\/07\/1974_IMG063-300x199.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/eclipse\/files\/2016\/07\/1974_IMG063-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/eclipse\/files\/2016\/07\/1974_IMG063.jpg 432w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/eclipse\/files\/2016\/07\/1974_IMG064.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"208\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/eclipse\/files\/2016\/07\/1974_IMG064-300x208.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/eclipse\/files\/2016\/07\/1974_IMG064-300x208.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/eclipse\/files\/2016\/07\/1974_IMG064.jpg 432w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/eclipse\/files\/2016\/07\/1974_Untitled-1.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/eclipse\/files\/2016\/07\/1974_Untitled-1-300x240.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-756\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/eclipse\/files\/2016\/07\/1974_Untitled-1-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/eclipse\/files\/2016\/07\/1974_Untitled-1-600x480.jpg 600w, https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/eclipse\/files\/2016\/07\/1974_Untitled-1.jpg 667w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-756'>\n\t\t\t\tSteve Edberg, Naomi, and Jay\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/eclipse\/files\/2016\/07\/1974_Untitled-2.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/eclipse\/files\/2016\/07\/1974_Untitled-2-300x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-755\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/eclipse\/files\/2016\/07\/1974_Untitled-2-300x236.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/eclipse\/files\/2016\/07\/1974_Untitled-2-600x472.jpg 600w, https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/eclipse\/files\/2016\/07\/1974_Untitled-2.jpg 693w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-755'>\n\t\t\t\tNaomi and Jay\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/eclipse\/files\/2016\/07\/1974_IMG062.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"198\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/eclipse\/files\/2016\/07\/1974_IMG062-198x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-759\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/eclipse\/files\/2016\/07\/1974_IMG062-198x300.jpg 198w, https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/eclipse\/files\/2016\/07\/1974_IMG062.jpg 285w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 198px) 85vw, 198px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-759'>\n\t\t\t\tNaomi using a solar filter\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/eclipse\/files\/2021\/04\/1974SkyStars001.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4336\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/eclipse\/files\/2021\/04\/1974SkyStars001.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"459\" height=\"316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/eclipse\/files\/2021\/04\/1974SkyStars001.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/eclipse\/files\/2021\/04\/1974SkyStars001-300x207.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/eclipse\/files\/2021\/04\/1974SkyStars001-600x413.jpeg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 459px) 85vw, 459px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/eclipse\/files\/2021\/04\/1974SkyBefore001.jpeg\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4337\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/eclipse\/files\/2021\/04\/1974SkyBefore001.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"468\" height=\"323\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/eclipse\/files\/2021\/04\/1974SkyBefore001.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/eclipse\/files\/2021\/04\/1974SkyBefore001-300x207.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/eclipse\/files\/2021\/04\/1974SkyBefore001-600x413.jpeg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 468px) 85vw, 468px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/eclipse\/files\/2021\/04\/1974SkyDuring001.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4339\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/eclipse\/files\/2021\/04\/1974SkyDuring001.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"517\" height=\"356\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/eclipse\/files\/2021\/04\/1974SkyDuring001.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/eclipse\/files\/2021\/04\/1974SkyDuring001-300x207.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/eclipse\/files\/2021\/04\/1974SkyDuring001-600x413.jpeg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 517px) 85vw, 517px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Photos by Steve Edberg (then an undergraduate at U California, Santa Cruz; now emeritus from JPL)<\/p>\n<p>Here are three pics of the horizon, the Aussie tent before and during totality and the distant ocean horizon and (at least one) star during totality. I think, with additional digging, I could find and copy to digital more images of the site. (I\u2019m concerned that the slides may have color-drifted pink over the 46+ years since we were there.)<\/p>\n<p>We set up on some grassy, rolling hills (near the top of one of them). I definitely saw stars in the gap between ocean and cloud deck, to the south, even though the slide does not show them as distinctly. I checked an atlas and determined they were the Southern Cross. The cloud deck was opaque, wiping out the view of the eclipse, itself.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/eclipse\/files\/2021\/07\/2021JAHH___24__475L.pdf\">2021 article by Nick Lomb about the 1974 and 1976 Australian total eclipses.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1974, Walpole\/Albany, Western Australia Jay Pasachoff Photos by Steve Edberg (then an undergraduate at U California, Santa Cruz; now emeritus from JPL) Here are three pics of the horizon, the Aussie tent before and during totality and the distant ocean horizon and (at least one) star during totality. I think, with additional digging, I could &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/eclipse\/1974eclipse\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;1974, Walpole\/Albany, West Australia&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1295,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-753","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/eclipse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/753","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/eclipse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/eclipse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/eclipse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1295"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/eclipse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=753"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/eclipse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/753\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4617,"href":"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/eclipse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/753\/revisions\/4617"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/eclipse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=753"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}