Annular Eclipse

On May 20 of this year there was an annular eclipse-this is when the moon moves in front of the sun and leaves a ring of sun shining around the moon. One of the best spots for viewing this eclipse was in southern Utah-3 hours south of Provo. Philip and I had not been planning on going down there to see it, we just figured we would see if anything was visible from Provo. But we have some awesome spontaneous friends (Tyler and Maddie) who called us the day before and asked if we wanted to drive down there with them to see the eclipse, we said yes, and it turned out to be a lot of fun! And we weren't the only ones there.... There were THOUSANDS of people who were pulled off on the same highway we were to see the eclipse! The couple who parked next to us drove to Utah from Wisconsin to have a prime view of the eclipse! Crazy!

Us at the eclipse location.... parked right off a highway. 

Tyler and Maddie using a fishing pole to fly a kite - its actually a pretty good idea! 

Philip just chilling waiting for dinner to cook and the eclipse to start. 

It was really hot and sunny that day.... and there was no shade to be found where we were..... so this was our way of trying to escape the sun. 

 Philip doing some cookin!

 There was a pretty desert view

 My most wonderful hubby =)

 Cooking dinner!

 Okay... so it was really weird, but we got our camera to take a picture of the eclipse like what you see above.... the eclipse was actually happening where the huge shiny sun is, but the actual eclipse (what you would see when looking through the special eclipse glasses) shows up really small to the left of the huge sun.

 That is an annular eclipse! When it was like this for a couple minutes Philip goes, "Look! I'ts the ring to rule them all." Lol. 

 The eclipse between our heads!

These are the cool glasses things that you would look through to be able to look at the sun and see the eclipse! Nifty!

Overall it was a really neat experience to drive down to Cedar City and watch the eclipse with the thousands of other people who came to see it. It was lucky that it was so easy for us to be in pretty much the prime viewing spot in the WORLD to see this eclipse. This life is a place for experiences and you have to take the ones that come because you never know if there will be one like it again!