When you have a total solar eclipse occurring in the second driest spot on Earth (the first being Antarctica of course), it makes for a beautiful sight. The biggest reason I wanted to see this eclipse was because it was occurring near sunset, allowing me to get a landscape picture of it low to the horizon. I spent months beforehand selecting two spots to photograph the eclipse, but the evening before I came across this view while driving by and decided that I'd set up at this location instead. During the next morning, I set up 7 hours beforehand to ensure the shot was exactly what I had wanted (and that no one else would take my spot). In the minutes before the eclipse, the birds went out to sea, the temperature got much colder, and the light had a weird ominous feeling. Once totality occurred it was one of the most amazing things you've ever seen.
