Today was the perfect day. We jumped in the dinghy at 9:30 am with the plan to cruise over to Isla Pàjaros (Bird Island) off the coast of Màzatlan to watch the total solar eclipse. We anchored the dinghy just offshore of the island within view of hundreds of nesting birds of various species: black vultures, night herons, snowy egrets, American Oystercatchers, white ibises, brown pelicans and more. We put our eclipse glasses on, and through the dark lenses, we began to see the moon’s shadow on the sun moving from the southwest to northeast, slowly increasing in coverage.
This is the second time using our eclipse glasses! We viewed the total solar eclipse in Oregon with these same glasses in 2017.Jeremyah was able to snap a photo of totality. There was a thin layer of clouds in the sky that fortunately did not hinder our view. The sun spot at the lower right is a giant solar flare, and appeared hot pink in color. This is not a sunrise or sunset. It is the darkening of the sky from the eclipse of the sun. We could see Venus and it became cold, dark and windy during eclipse totality. The birds seemed confused and flew to their roosts in the estuary. It was a surreal experience!Goofing around with giant eclipse glasses at Marina El Cid.There were eclipse photo ops and art exhibits all around Mazatlán. It was expected that 130,000 tourists would come to Mazatlán to view the eclipse. Promotional sign for the Eclipse Mazatlán music events and festivities.Mazatlàn has a vibrant arts and music culture. Shown here is one of many giant eclipse sculptures on the malecòn. A stunninly beautiful sunset to conclude this unforgettable day.
Kite Cruising 
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