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PoisonWaffle3 t1_jdr55so wrote
Reply to The image was created by shots photographer Jon Carmichael took while flying at 39,000 feet on a Southwest flight from Portland, Oregon, to St. Louis. Credit: Jon Carmichael by Davicho77
Jon got a really great image of the 2017 solar eclipse, and there's pretty cool story behind it on his website.
In 2003 there was at least one team that recorded and took pictures of the solar eclipse over Antarctica from a plane. I recall seeing a documentary about it back then, but I can't seem to find it now. So far all I've found is this:
https://skyandtelescope.org/press-releases/eclipse-flight-overantarctica/
PoisonWaffle3 t1_ixxcsx0 wrote
Reply to comment by jimmysnaps in I saw that our local zoo has an interesting attraction : A lion and a sheep living peacefully in the same cage. by RibaldPancake
Geese are highly aggressive/territorial, and highly delicious when marinated and grilled.
Definitely hellspawn though. They have teeth on their tongue.
PoisonWaffle3 t1_jdrkkyu wrote
Reply to comment by JCB_2112 in The image was created by shots photographer Jon Carmichael took while flying at 39,000 feet on a Southwest flight from Portland, Oregon, to St. Louis. Credit: Jon Carmichael by Davicho77
That's pretty cool, but not it.
I'm about 80% sure it was something that NASA (or perhaps another government agency) put together. They made a huge deal about it being in HD at the time (the first polar solar eclipse captured in HD from an airplane). I want to say they flew two planes and got it from two different angles, and chased the eclipse to experience totality for a bit longer.
It's kind of weird that I can't find it now. It's one of the things that got me really interested in astronomy when I was in high school.