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# StarDate Susitna 8-4-24, by Kathleen Fleming
- URL: https://ktna.org/stardate-susitna-8-4-24-by-kathleen-fleming/
- Published: 2024-08-05T23:53:13.000Z
- Updated: 2024-08-05T23:53:48.000Z
- Description: Part 2 of the Eclipse Experience series has the same seven Upper Susitna Valley residents (Corinne, Elliott, Sally, Karl, Linda, Will and Holly) answering Kathleen Fleming’s interview questions #6-9, of
- Author: KTNA Staff
- Tags: Programs, Susitna Writer's Voice, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-07-22 01:28

Part 2 of the Eclipse Experience series has the same seven Upper Susitna Valley residents (Corinne, Elliott, Sally, Karl, Linda, Will and Holly) answering Kathleen Fleming’s interview questions #6-9, of 18.

Plus a heads-up for the peak of the Perseid meteor shower on Aug 11-12, now that the wee hours are getting almost dark.

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/33/ba/33ba1645-e235-4115-bc50-e5d7ece463fe/content/images/ktna-org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/lindas-grandson-eclipse-shades.jpg)

Linda Gordon visited family in Oklahoma for a 3 generation eclipse experience. Her new grandson was actually asleep in this photo, but protected and soooo cute!

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/33/ba/33ba1645-e235-4115-bc50-e5d7ece463fe/content/images/ktna-org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/elliotts-totality.jpg)

Elliott Hunker took this photo of the Eclipsed Sun visible through dramatic clouds, using the camera on his cell phone.

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/33/ba/33ba1645-e235-4115-bc50-e5d7ece463fe/content/images/ktna-org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/elliotts-dad-w-shades.jpg)

Viewing with family in the backyard in TX, Elliott took this image of his dad and brothers, at a jaunty angle 

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/33/ba/33ba1645-e235-4115-bc50-e5d7ece463fe/content/images/ktna-org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/merrys-partial.jpg)

Merry Stinson took this photo of the partial solar eclipse with her cell phone, holding in front of the lens a flat filter made of the same material as the eclipse glasses.

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/33/ba/33ba1645-e235-4115-bc50-e5d7ece463fe/content/images/ktna-org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/skychartpdf.jpg)

This page is a star chart created from the very useful website [heavens-above.com](https://heavens-above.com/?ref=ktna.org). Kathleen has added the circle showing the area that is the radiant of the annual Perseid Meteor Shower. Ideally, an observer would be someplace with a full view of the sky since the trajectory of these shooting stars begin in the east (the circle) but can streak out toward any quadrant.