Depoe Bay Merch

The whale watching capitol of Oregon and home of the word's smallest harbor, Depoe Bay seems to have it all. Show off your love and appreciation for Depoe Bay and it's whales with this design!

This image was taken in Depoe Bay, OR on August 21, 2017. It had been clear the 3 days prior to the eclipse, but we woke up to a very overcast sky, there on the coast, the morning of the eclipse. I almost didn't set up my cameras, but finally did about an hour before the start. This was taken about a minute into totality, and was overexposed by 4 stops in order to capture the corona (sun's atmosphere). I feel very fortunate to get this shot, since the sky was still very hazy at the time. I have no idea if it would be have been different, had the sky been clear. I don't know if you can see this online, but in the lower left corner of the image is the double star Regulus, the only other celestial object visible, besides the sun and m...

This image was taken in Depoe Bay, OR on August 21, 2017. To capture different aspects of the total eclipse, I set my cameras up for bracketed exposures, over and under exposing the images by 2 and 4 stops. To capture any Red Prominences (the bright, gaseous features extending outward from the Sun's surface, and into the Sun's corona) that might be visible, this image was underexposed by 2 stops. This underexposure allowed the camera to capture any of the bright prominences, at the expense of not being able to capture the less bright corona. In this image, taken seconds before the end of totality, you can see several prominences, most notably the one at 1 o'clock.

Shot in Depoe Bay, OR, on August 21, 2017, this image was taken just as totality ended. This view is the effect seen as the Moon passes by the Sun during a total solar eclipse, and the rugged lunar limb topography allows beads of sunlight to shine through in some places, and not in others. It is known as Baily's Beads, or the Diamond Ring effect.

The residents of Depoe Bay Oregon claim their harbor is the smallest in the world.

Cape Foulweather, one of Oregon's most breathtaking lookout points!

This group of trees, struggling to survive on a small peninsula in Depoe Bay, Oregon, caught my eye through the misty fog on a chilly August morning.