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Yeah, sorry, I don't have it in me to write about anything still. Here's Eclipse Day photos, bringing my Giant Wheel ride to an end.
From slightly lower down here's the E-Calypso. Can't tell if it's in motion; it was bright, once the sun was back.
Looking out roughly north, to the Wild Mouse, Windseeker, the Breakers hotel and in the far distance, Magnum XL 200.
And here I just got a picture of one of the other cars and the people behaving themselves in it.
Peeking out over the edge to see MaxAir, the Lakeside Refreshments that are always, always closed, and some of the backstage areas behind the midway games. You can also get some idea of how vacant the parking lot was.
Here's MaxAir midway through its swing. In the background you can see the Blue Streak coaster.
Oh yeah, on the other side of the car there's ... well, Lake Erie looks nice, doesn't it?
And here's a look straight down from about the top of the wheel.
Less straight down but looking out toward E-Calypso, the Himalaya, and in the upper right corner Snoopy's miniature bumper cars ride (the covered building) and the rest of Planet Snoopy beyond that.
So if you want to calculate exactly what time of day I took this picture, here's your shadow lengths for you.
Looking roughly west, to see the roller coasters (left to right, roughly) ValRavn, Millennium Force, Top Thrill 2, Iron Dragon, Corkscrew, Steel Vengeance, and Magnum.
Back on the ground! The Grand Pavilion had its entrance covered with constellation art, here.
And this is just a nice view of the Matterhorn, with the young plants readying for the year.
Trivia: A story in The Christian Science Monitor during Woodrow Wilson's incapacity claimed the Supreme Court was willing to issue a write of mandamus directing Vice-President Thomas Marshall to act as president. It is not clear where the Monitor got the claim from; the Supreme Court does not have original jurisdiction in cases like this and it was not clear whether (in the pre-25th-Amendment days) the issue of presidential inability was something courts could decide. Source: The Year We Had No President, Richard Hansen.
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