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Eclipse Summary

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Hiram's Eclipse Viewing Record
Date	Type	Location	Duration	Notes
11 September 1969	Partial Solar (observed) (annular actual)	California, USA		Kodak instamatic photograph Saros 134
25 May 1975	Total Lunar	Stratford, California USA	~ 45 minutes	viewed from home Saros 130
26 February 1979	Total Solar	Yakima, Washington USA	1 minute 58 seconds	Single cloud obscures totality Saros 120
16 February 1980	Total Solar	Kenya, Africa	4 minutes 02 seconds	50 mm photos only Saros 130
09 January 1982	Partial Lunar	Israel		have newspaper clipping Saros 124
30 December 1982	Total Lunar	Berkeley, California USA	~ 30 minutes	Saros 134
04 December 1983	Annular Solar	Zaire, Africa	3 minutes 35 seconds	Published, Sky & Telescope Saros 132
30 May 1984	Annular-Total Solar	South Carolina, USA	7 seconds	Hybrid, broken ring Saros 137
22 November 1984	Total Solar	New Guinea	57 seconds	Best sequence of totality photographs Saros 142
09 April 1986	Partial Solar	Mt. Canobolas, New South Wales, Australia		partial eclipse at sunset Saros 119
11 July 1991	Total Solar	Baja California, Mexico	6 minutes 51 seconds	longest duration I will see Saros 136
04 January 1992	Annular Solar	California, USA		central eclipse at sunset Saros 141
29 November 1993	Total lunar	427 Stanford, Santa Cruz, California, USA		viewing thru breaks in cloud cover
10 May 1994	Annular Solar	Ohio, USA	11 minutes	exact center of eclipse Saros 128
03 November 1994	Total Solar	Bolivia, South America	4 minutes 13 seconds	new style of multi-exposure photograph Saros 133
11 August 1999	Total Solar	Sarcus, France	2 minutes 12 seconds	lucky clear skies Saros 145
25 December 2000	Partial Solar	Santa Cruz, California	1 hour 27 minutes just after sunrise	A crisp cool morning at the beach Saros 122
21 June 2001	Total Solar	South Atlantic	4 minutes 56 seconds maximum	Did not make it to this one in the south Atlantic. Saros 127
14 December 2001	Partial Solar (observed) Annular (actual)	Santa Cruz, California	~2 hours at noon	A cloudy afternoon at the beach Saros 132
10-11 June 2002	Partial Solar (observed) Annular (actual)	Santa Cruz, California	2 hours 12 minutes near sunset	A clear hot afternoon Saros 137
28 August 2007	Total Lunar	Arroyo Grande, California	observed totality for 1 hour 50 minutes	A warm, exceptionally clear night, with Barbara, Wayne and Madeline Saros 128
21 May 2012	Annular Solar	Lake Almanor, California 40° 16.84' N 121° 08.57' W	4 minutes 32 seconds annularity	excellent skies, clear and hot, with Kelly, Madeline, Susanna, Ted, Donna, Tom, Carol, Barbara, Jayda, Taz
04 April 2015	Total lunar	Santa Cruz, California 36° 59' N 122° 02.7' W	4 minutes 43 seconds totality	excellent skies, clear and cool, with Kelly, Madeline, Susanna
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