North America experienced a total solar eclipse on Monday 8 April, 2024.

I was considering flying somewhere to see full totality, but on advice from pros I trust, I decided not to pay for an airline ticket, hotel rooms, and so forth in case cloud cover made it a bust.

However, a close friend is such an eclipse enthusiast, we decided to wait until the Friday before to review weather information. We spoke that morning and decided it looked potentially good enough to take a road trip toward Ohio or Indiana.

My buddy picked me up on Sunday morning, and we…

… drove west. We stayed overnight in a hotel in Eastern Ohio.

Come Monday Eclipse Day morning, my buddy determined where we should go, and he drove us there.

We arrived in a small town in western Ohio almost on the border of Indiana, right on the center line of the eclipse path. Only high transparent cirrus clouds were present, which wouldn’t affect photography or our experience.

I brought my superb camera and super-sharp telephoto lens. I attached a solar filter on the camera and used eclipse glasses so I could have a look.

Following are some photos I took during this awesome experience: It was quite complex to take these photos, then review the thousands of images I took, post-process the best ones, and produce some awesome images.

Life is short: go on adventures of a lifetime, especially with a close friend as crazy as me.