{"id":12758,"date":"2012-05-20T20:00:14","date_gmt":"2012-05-21T03:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/?p=12758"},"modified":"2012-06-06T20:17:14","modified_gmt":"2012-06-07T03:17:14","slug":"solar-eclipse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/2012\/05\/20\/solar-eclipse\/","title":{"rendered":"Solar Eclipse"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Drove down to Chula Vista to watch today&#8217;s almost total solar eclipse from the Tapias&#8217; house. Last week they had picked up a couple of eclipse viewing glasses from the San Diego Astronomy Society in Balboa Park. We used those to watch the eclipse and take pictures through. Had to wait a couple of hours for it to start but it gave me time to get my camera settings ready before it began. It started at 5:25 and lasted just under two hours before the Sun started disappearing behind the thickening evening marine layer.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"590\" height=\"430\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PU15i3Ca_OE\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Drove down to Chula Vista to watch today&#8217;s almost total solar eclipse from the Tapias&#8217; house. Last week they had picked up a couple of eclipse viewing glasses from the San Diego Astronomy Society in Balboa Park. We used those to watch the eclipse and take pictures through. Had to wait a couple of hours &hellip; <\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link btn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/2012\/05\/20\/solar-eclipse\/\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":""},"categories":[189],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1s2SN-3jM","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":12921,"url":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/2012\/05\/20\/1940-packard\/","url_meta":{"origin":12758,"position":0},"title":"1940 Packard","date":"May 20, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"While driving on the freeway down to the Tapias' house to watch the solar eclipse, I drove passed this beautiful, customized 1940 Packard Coupe heading south on I-805. 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