Travelling Around the World

This video documents my experience of the April 08, 2024 Total Solar Eclipse. The first part shows the eclipse slightly speeded up with some background music. The second part shows what happened on the field with everyone on the tour experiencing the eclipse including their reactions. The eclipse itself is shown in real-time in the lower left corner of the screen. I was on a tour sponsored by Cal Discoveries Travel, the travel agency for the UC Berkeley Alumni Association: https://alumni.berkeley.edu/travel/ We stayed at the Rough Creek Lodge near Glen Rose, TX: https://www.roughcreek.com/ GPS coordinates: 32.1041 N 97.8817 W --- Here's a link to the Canon VIXIA HF R800 HD Camcorder I used to record the eclipse: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B074G4BY22/ Link to lens hood I used with my Canon VIXIA camcorder: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B06XC2Q2X4/ Link to solar filter I used for Canon VIXIA camcorder: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00KVVFGJI/ Here's a link to the Hero GoPro 6 I used to record what was happening on the field: https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B074X5WPC5/ Here's a link to the Platinum Foldable Camera Accessory Mount that I used to mount the microphone on BestBuy: https://www.bestbuy.com/site/platinum-foldable-camera-accessory-mount/6408180.p?skuId=6408180 Here's a link to the tikysky powered microphone I used: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07WND4DB4 ------------------- Link to my Etsy Store: https://betacygnidesigns.etsy.com/ -------------------- Music: "On va exister" by M33 Project (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/m33-project) --------------------- Background image: NASA & Cal Discoveries Travel End Screen Video Acknowledgement: Cosmic Reef Video produced by NASA and the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI). https://hubblesite.org/contents/media/videos/2020/16/1277-Video

We visited the San Francisco Exploratorium: https://www.exploratorium.edu/ Where they have an exhibit called: The Great Animal Orchestra https://www.exploratorium.edu/TGAO It's an "immersive audiovisual art experience celebrates the splendor of the animal world" Highly Recommended! ------------------- Link to my Etsy Store: https://betacygnidesigns.etsy.com/ --------------------- End Screen Video Acknowledgement: Cosmic Reef Video produced by NASA and the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI). https://hubblesite.org/contents/media/videos/2020/16/1277-Video

We were visiting the Monterey Peninsula During a Storm Surge that closed beaches up and down the coast. We spotted an otter frolicking in the surf seemingly not caring about the big waves just yards away. We ended our trip with a visit the Fort Ord Dunes State Beach on the day following the big surge. The waves were still impressive! 17 Mile Drive: https://www.pebblebeach.com/insidepebblebeach/a-tour-of-the-17-stops-on-17-mile-drive/ Fort Ord Dunes State Beach: https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=580 ------------------- Link to my Etsy Store: https://www.etsy.com/shop/BetaCygniDesigns --------------------- End Screen Video Acknowledgement: Cosmic Reef Video produced by NASA and the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI). https://hubblesite.org/contents/media/videos/2020/16/1277-Video

On the way to the Geocaching 20th anniversary celebration in Seattle, WA, I stopped at the Museum of Flight in Tukwila, WA to see the exhibits. This video shows the British Airways Concorde Supersonic aircraft on display at the museum. Link to the Museum of Flight: https://www.museumofflight.org/ Link to Information about the Concorde on display: https://www.museumofflight.org/aircraft/concorde ------------------- Link to my Etsy Store: https://www.etsy.com/shop/BetaCygniDesigns --------------------- End Screen Video Acknowledgement: Cosmic Reef Video produced by NASA and the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI). https://hubblesite.org/contents/media/videos/2020/16/1277-Video

On the way to the Geocaching 20th anniversary celebration in Seattle, WA, I stopped at the Museum of Flight in Tukwila, WA to see the exhibits. This video shows the Air Force One airplane used by Presidents: Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon Banes Johnson, and Richard M. Nixon. Link to the Museum of Flight: https://www.museumofflight.org/ Link to Information about the Air Force One on display: https://www.museumofflight.org/Exhibits/air-force-one ------------------- Link to my Etsy Store: https://www.etsy.com/shop/BetaCygniDesigns --------------------- End Screen Video Acknowledgement: Cosmic Reef Video produced by NASA and the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI). https://hubblesite.org/contents/media/videos/2020/16/1277-Video

On the way to the Geocaching 20th anniversary celebration in Seattle, WA, I stopped at the Museum of Flight in Tukwila, WA to see the exhibits. This video shows a life-sized engineering model of the Apollo Lunar Roving Vehicle used on the last three Apollo missions to the Moon (Apollo 15, 16, and 17). Link to the Museum of Flight: https://www.museumofflight.org/ Link to Information about the Apollo Moon Buggies (Lunar Roving Vehicle): https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/lunar/apollo_lrv.html Link to information about the engineering model displayed at the Museum of Flight: https://www.museumofflight.org/spacecraft/boeing-lunar-roving-vehicle-engineering-mock ------------------- Link to my Etsy Store: https://www.etsy.com/shop/BetaCygniDesigns --------------------- End Screen Video Acknowledgement: Cosmic Reef Video produced by NASA and the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI). https://hubblesite.org/contents/media/videos/2020/16/1277-Video

On the way to the Geocaching 20th anniversary celebration in Seattle, WA, I stopped at the Museum of Flight in Tukwila, WA to see the exhibits. This video shows the actual Viking Lander Test Capsule. It's an identical copy of the two Viking Landers which landed on Mars in 1976. Link to the Museum of Flight: https://www.museumofflight.org/ Link to Information about the Viking Landers: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars-exploration/missions/viking-1-2/ ------------------- Link to my Etsy Store: https://www.etsy.com/shop/BetaCygniDesigns --------------------- End Screen Video Acknowledgement: Cosmic Reef Video produced by NASA and the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI). https://hubblesite.org/contents/media/videos/2020/16/1277-Video

On the way to the Geocaching 20th anniversary celebration in Seattle, WA, I stopped at the Museum of Flight in Tukwila, WA to see the exhibits. This video shows the life size replica of the Sojourner Rover which was the first rover on Mars. It landed in 1997. Link to the Museum of Flight: https://www.museumofflight.org/ Link to Information about the Sojourner Rover: https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/missions/mars-pathfinder-sojourner-rover ------------------- Link to my Etsy Store: https://www.etsy.com/shop/BetaCygniDesigns --------------------- End Screen Video Acknowledgement: Cosmic Reef Video produced by NASA and the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI). https://hubblesite.org/contents/media/videos/2020/16/1277-Video

On the way to the Geocaching 20th anniversary celebration in Seattle, WA, I stopped at Crater Lake to hike the trail to Cleetwood Cove and swim in Crater Lake. Link to Crater Lake National Park. https://www.nps.gov/crla/index.htm Link to Cleetwood Cove Trail: https://www.nps.gov/crla/planyourvisit/cleetwood-cove.htm ------------------- Link to my Etsy Store: https://www.etsy.com/shop/BetaCygniDesigns --------------------- End Screen Video Acknowledgement: Cosmic Reef Video produced by NASA and the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI). https://hubblesite.org/contents/media/videos/2020/16/1277-Video

We go backpacking to Beetlebug Lake in the High Sierra in California. We test out the Snow Peak Bipod stove & Sawyer Gravity water filter in the field. Link to Snow Peak Bipod Stove on REI: https://www.rei.com/product/884738/snow-peak-bipod-stove Newer version of Sawyer Gravity Water Filter: https://www.sawyer.com/products/one-gallon-gravity-water-filtration-system ------------------- Link to my Etsy Store: https://www.etsy.com/shop/BetaCygniDesigns

We visited the Robert Ferguson Observatory in Sugarloaf Ridge State Park, CA https://rfo.org/ https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=481 They offer Public Star Parties and nearby there's a "Solar System Walk" where you can hike a scale model of the solar system from the Sun all the way to Pluto and back. https://rfo.org/index.php/planet-walk/ https://www.weekendsherpa.com/stories/do-the-amazing-planetwalk-in-sugarloaf-ridge-state-park/ ------------------- Link to my Etsy Store: https://www.etsy.com/shop/BetaCygniDesigns --------------------- End Screen Video Acknowledgement: Cosmic Reef Video produced by NASA and the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI). https://hubblesite.org/contents/media/videos/2020/16/1277-Video

I'm running the 2023 Mountains to Beach Marathon to try and qualify for the 2024 Boston Marathon. https://mountains2beachmarathon.com/ I planned this training ride to include a number of hills to help build up my quads during cross training which will help in the gradually long downhill marathon route. This video shows how I set up my Go Pro Hero6 camera on a handlebar mount to take a time lapse video of the ride. I powered the camera remotely from my saddlebag so it could last the whole ride without the battery running out. Also it was sprinkling at the start of the ride, so the fact that I had a battery recharging the battery in the camera while I was riding kept the camera warm and helped it survive the rain. This was also a test run for a geocaching bike ride I'm doing in Washington later this year to find the only surviving "Planet of the Apes" geocache still active in North America: https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC1169 That cache is located on the other side of an abandoned train tunnel that's 2.25 miles long. You have to provide your own light! ----- I used a Hero GoPro 6: https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B074X5WPC5/ ------------------- Link to my Etsy Store: https://www.etsy.com/shop/BetaCygniDesigns --------------------- Music: "On va exister" by M33 Project (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/m33-project) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ --------------------- End Screen Video Acknowledgement: Cosmic Reef Video produced by NASA and the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI). https://hubblesite.org/contents/media/videos/2020/16/1277-Video

We walked the along the Maharajah Jungle Trek in Disney's Animal Kingdom park. We saw a Tiger, a Komodo Dragon, a tank full of fish, and an aviary full of birds all from Asia. https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/attractions/animal-kingdom/maharajah-jungle-trek/ ------------------- Link to my Etsy Store: https://www.etsy.com/shop/BetaCygniDesigns --------------------- End Screen Video Acknowledgement: Cosmic Reef Video produced by NASA and the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI). https://hubblesite.org/contents/media/videos/2020/16/1277-Video

This was part of our trip to New York and Toronto, Canada during a lull in the COVID pandemic. Just the week before, Canada started allowing vaccinated visitors from the USA with a recent negative COVID test to enter. We visited Niagara Falls first from the Canadian side and then from the U.S. side. In Canada we stayed at the Niagara Falls Marriott Fallsview Hotel that had a great view of the falls from our room on the top floor. https://www.marriott.com/en-us/hotels/iagnf-niagara-falls-marriott-fallsview-hotel-and-spa/overview/ The next morning we took a boat tour to the base of the falls from Niagara City Cruises. The boat was run by Hornblower: https://www.cityexperiences.com/niagara-ca/city-cruises/niagara/ That afternoon we drove back to the NY side and visited the falls from the US side: https://www.niagarafallsstatepark.com/ ------------------- Link to my Etsy Store: https://www.etsy.com/shop/BetaCygniDesigns --------------------- End Screen Video Acknowledgement: Cosmic Reef Video produced by NASA and the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI). https://hubblesite.org/contents/media/videos/2020/16/1277-Video

This was part of our trip to New York and Toronto, Canada during a lull in the COVID pandemic. Just the week before, Canada started allowing vaccinated visitors from the USA with a recent negative COVID test to enter. Ripley's Aquarium of Canada was a lot of fun with lots of interesting exhibits: https://www.ripleyaquariums.com/canada/ ------------------- Link to my Etsy Store: https://www.etsy.com/shop/BetaCygniDesigns --------------------- End Screen Video Acknowledgement: Cosmic Reef Video produced by NASA and the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI). https://hubblesite.org/contents/media/videos/2020/16/1277-Video

Diving down to see fish while snorkeling on the Kona Coast on the Big Island of Hawaii.

View of Kilauea volcano's lava lake at night with splashing lava. ------------------- Link to my Etsy Store: https://www.etsy.com/shop/BetaCygniDesigns

This was part of our trip to New York and Toronto, Canada during a lull in the COVID pandemic. Just the week before, Canada started allowing vaccinated visitors from the USA with a recent negative COVID test to enter. The Tall Ship Kajama was a nice way to see the Toronto waterfront from a different perspective and to see a ship with a long history making way by sail: https://www.tallshipcruisestoronto.com/ ------------------- Link to my Etsy Store: https://www.etsy.com/shop/BetaCygniDesigns --------------------- End Screen Video Acknowledgement: Cosmic Reef Video produced by NASA and the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI). https://hubblesite.org/contents/media/videos/2020/16/1277-Video

This was part of our trip to New York and Toronto, Canada during a lull in the COVID pandemic. Just the week before, Canada started allowing vaccinated visitors from the USA with a recent negative COVID test to enter. Before we entered Canada, we explored the state of New York, travelling as far east as Corning to visit the glass factory and museum. https://home.cmog.org/ While there, we made our own items out of glass including a pumpkin and a "stained glass" square. https://visit.cmog.org/make-your-own-glass ------------------- Link to my Etsy Store: https://www.etsy.com/shop/BetaCygniDesigns --------------------- End Screen Video Acknowledgement: Cosmic Reef Video produced by NASA and the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI). https://hubblesite.org/contents/media/videos/2020/16/1277-Video

View of Kīlauea volcano's lava lake with lava boiling and splashing. ------------------- Link to my Etsy Store: https://www.etsy.com/shop/BetaCygniDesigns

Sea Turtles on the Big Island of Hawaii ------------------- Link to my Etsy Store: https://www.etsy.com/shop/BetaCygniDesigns

At least 20 otters are hanging out across the water from the kayak launch point ------------------- Link to my Etsy Store: https://www.etsy.com/shop/BetaCygniDesigns

Sea lions lounging on the beach in Elkhorn Slough. Pelican swimming by. ------------------- Link to my Etsy Store: https://www.etsy.com/shop/BetaCygniDesigns

Kayaking on Elkhorn Slough with Pelicans flying all over. ------------------- Link to my Etsy Store: https://www.etsy.com/shop/BetaCygniDesigns

While kayaking on Elkhorn Slough, we saw otters, sea lions, and pelicans. ------------------- Link to my Etsy Store: https://www.etsy.com/shop/BetaCygniDesigns