Amazing Australian solar eclipse!

[@garrybenson]

Really fantastic Kym and family. Thanks for sharing the experience and genuine excitement of seeing the eclipse. Brought back memories of some road trips I've had in Australia. Will get back again to my daughter and grandson in Sydney as soon as I possibly can. Garry and family, Cork, Ireland. Looking forward to the rest of the F1 Season with your superb content.

[@terryrobertson8382]

Thanks!

[@designeddifference6907]

Great to see you got accomodation Kym. Lancelin is exceptional Exmouth is breathtaking… Superb video😊

[@kamilatursunova2330]

I like how you expand your channel with travel and family content! 🤩🤩🤩

[@vyomakeshaconsultancy3406]

Kym a wonderfully done video as usual and the Solar eclipse was a treat to watch though it was not in India thanks to you we could get to see a fantatstic event.cheers Gowra

[@nickisrael9922]

Thank you Kym for letting me see this wonderful eclipse through your eyes and your emotions. As usual Huuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuge hugs from Colombia.

[@KymIllman]

Gracias

[@roamingbarista5881]

Great to see the news crew recognize you. Thank you for your non F1 article and increasing international awareness of Western Australia.

[@justinsmith4562]

They ask your name and occupation after interviewing you.

[@RebelPhoenix13]

A group of friends and I went and witnessed the first solar eclipse in 100 years for the contiguous US back in 2017. I almost got fired for taking the day off to do it, but I didn’t care, I was going. It was an incredible experience. The sound of the wildlife reacting, the eerie feeling, the drop in temp. I would recommend to anyone, if and when possible, never turn down a chance to experience it in person. It is truly an incredible experience that is impossible to describe. ❤ the video as always. 🙌

[@MichaelG1986]

Cool video. Thanks for taking us along. I've only experienced a couple of partial eclipses, but never a total one. That was pretty awesome.

[@nathanw.5367]

We had a complete solar eclipse pass over our city in 2017. As a photographer myself, the way the light changed that day was something I'll never forget. The shadows were incredible. I remember cars having to turn on their lights at 1:10PM. My colleagues stood out in the parking lot and just reveled in the surreal moment. Adults were acting like children, encapsulated by the moment, and the oddity of the time. I think you were right in your TV interview, the moment of full eclipse is emotional.

[@MrKodiKash]

When i watched one in Oregon i was in tears. Something about it is powerful beyond words.

[@KymIllman]

Same here

[@BilTheGalacticHero]

Wasn't that awesome. Looking forward to 2024.

[@Greatblue56]

Epic Adventure!!!! Thank you.

[@BankMoviegoer]

This is something on my bucket list. I have seen partial eclipses but totality is what I'm after!

[@BilTheGalacticHero]

"Some people see a partial eclipse and wonder why others talk so much about a total eclipse. Seeing a partial eclipse and saying that you have seen an eclipse is like standing outside an opera house and saying that you have seen the opera; in both cases, you have missed the main event." Jay Pasachoff. It's true too.

[@texoutlaw1732]

Thank you Kym, looking forward to Baku.

[@miltonbrownrigg8409]

Beautiful experience. And congratulations on acquiring the world's best Jerry cans.

[@George-xb5ey]

I remember the blood moon eclipse at around 6 30 am a few years back, decided to walk my dog and it was magnificent to see.

[@morrisonben]

Seeing your giddy enjoyment at totality was so great to see! What a moment

[@KymIllman]

We were all in awe.

[@malcolmross3782]

Hello Kym, great video. Thanks for sharing.

[@philipp78]

Just amazing 👏🏼 Great video👍🏻 Thank you for that 👌🏻😃

[@SimonLant]

Simply amazing Kym, glad you were at home rather than at an F1 event to witness this. Glad your fuel fix was simple too!

[@Wout0206]

Really nice en beautyfoul pictures

[@geofflanham2476]

Saw that you got interviewed on the news as a “ tourist”

[@johnpatricklim4509]

I've been taking astrophotography as a beginner....and you're very lucky to take this shot....I'm happy for your sir....

[@TA-wg9oi]

Thanks Kym. brilliant video as always..

[@pingazandmash3545]

Cool vid! Me and my dad decided last minute to buy a couple swags and leave perth Tuesday night to see it, rough few days but was worth absolutely every second of it and now left with an experience we will never forget! Defintely something everyone should see in their life time if they can

[@cauxzieruffhausen9547]

I was lucky enough to kick back in a deck chair for the 2017 total eclipse on my own property. It was a singular experience. During totality, my dog dug a hole and curled up to go to sleep. The event made me giddy for the rest of the day. I'm glad you got to see this latest eclipse, Kym.

[@markphillips8019]

Glad you got to see one, Kym. Its a great feeling. Many photogs get so carried away with the camera that they forget to look up! That light is hard to describe. Perhaps if you are here in the US for the 2024 eclipse you might get to look at the ground for some very strange visual effects. Everything becomes wavy.

[@michael-gs6kh]

Enjoyable video very well made!

[@duk2k]

Wow! Incredible. Glad you enjoyed that kym!

[@sharonsealy5640]

Amazing Kym, thanks for sharing. Just as it was happening we had cloud cover for a brief moment in Darwin, but as you said the birds started chirping and the vibe was unreal. Loved your video.

[@brettarcher8270]

Really enjoyed this thanks 😊

[@sspacegghost]

thank you K-man. Seeing the joy on your face was just like being there.

[@alwayschillingx]

Really cool video! It reminds of the time my family and I watched the solar eclipse in 2021. You can’t put the feeling in words.

[@davidjv9800]

Great video Kym! enjoyed your perspective on this

[@brianmartin-bg1ij]

thanks very much great too see

[@stew411]

Very cool video and experience

[@kak7440]

Thanks for taking us on your adventures. Would love to travel to Australia again. Magical Kym.

[@silent.pianist]

Hi Kym, imagine my surprise when you pulled up alongside us at the Pink Lake at Port Gregory. Immediately we were like "yep, he's going up to Exmouth too".

[@paulsven7923]

That's one amazing experience

[@benji2025]

Nice! Thanks for sharing it with me! I missed it so it’s appreciated!

[@BilTheGalacticHero]

It's a hell of experience isn't it? I'd seen plenty of partial and annular solar eclipses and in 2017 we traveled to Oregon to see the total solar eclipse. I was nervous like you, running two cameras (one attached to a 5" Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope and the other to a 70-200 lens) while my daughter ran a third (connected to a 50-500mm lens). The experience was surreal, almost visceral. I read a quote about a total solar eclipse compared to a total solar eclipse... "A partial solar eclipse is like going to the opera but listening from the lobby". I agree with that sentiment. Totality was over two minutes for us so there was some time to just look around and enjoy the experience. We were in a Walmart parking lot and that was surreal too. The manager brought all the employees out to watch. I wish I'd gotten a picture of that. I hope you had a moment to enjoy the experience. I'm looking forward to the 2024 total solar eclipse that'll be visible across a wide swath of the United States. I did pretty good with my pictures but this time I'll be more prepared and I can look at my exposure settings from 2017.

[@PokieTrove_com]

Awesome. Thanks for sharing the experience. up there with cars coming out of the tunnel at Monaco...

[@24escalade]

I get a total solar eclipse over my home next year. I can’t wait.

[@mandelleli]

Au is so beautifully 😍

[@TwoFourFourFour]

Just saw you interviewed on the 9news footage about the eclipse. Thats amazing you were there for it. Living your best life mate.

[@Max_Flashheart]

Brillant footage and pics

[@KymIllman]

Thanks

[@aberamagold7509]

I saw a solar eclipse back in the late 80's or early 90s, and it was pretty cool. It wasn't amazing, but still pretty cool. All the flowers closed their petals and the birds went quite like it was nighttime. Luckily we had proper arc welding masks so we got a great view of it.

[@LizHTravels]

I have a feeling that this won't be your last Solar eclipse event. Thanks for sharing, that was awesome.

[@mattorrz759]

Well done Kim 🤙

[@englishmaninfrance661]

I saw my only total solar eclipse when i was a young kid in school in England . The teachers handed out little squares of tinted glass . I'm 70 now , I shall never see another . Good on you Kim for going .

[@FenixFavaretto]

Soooooooo cooooolllllllll!

[@surfing4theloveofit]

Thanks kym that was great to see back in Perth only got about 70 % or about that eclipse , wish I could hav been there too, thanks mate for sharing 👍

[@turnerjames]

very cool

[@rubiksmath7938]

Drove 13,000 km from brisbane and back to see this, was totally worth it.

[@KymIllman]

A memorable day

[@edwardphilipmarianafzger9800]

Amazing I saw it twice in my life

[@arharbs]

Great video Kym! You even got a quick feature on the eclipse over here on 9 News Melbourne! P.S. the Chico Roll advertising back in the day was way better than what they actually taste! 😂

[@mandelleli]

Ibsaw thevtotal solar eclipse in Oregon 2017 and it really was emotional What an experience

[@juliswift]

Wow! 😍 Awesome video!

[@kayneottley4669]

Chicken and cheese sausage is a tradesman breakfast, great stuff Kym

[@dogversus8503]

Great video Kym! My kids and I experimented with the shadows from the eclipse from Perth.

[@AJS775]

Can always rely on you for quality content!! Much love from the UK!!

[@dandouglas5706]

Very cool. Come to the US in 2024!

[@timwillett7802]

I went to watch the one we had in the UK back in 1999. It was weird but very cool to a 12 year old boy I was at the time!

[@rafiboy05]

I see even Nine News interviewed you. Great video, I've seen a partial eclipse but not a total eclipse yet, this must be phenominal to witness.

[@teamredgutz399]

Looked like a great trip. I saw a partial solar eclipse in New York in 2018. It was amazing. Would love to see a total one.

[@hazeover100]

Nice shots

[@TinshipTravels]

We were in Exmouth the week before, the buzz was amazing, We watched the Total eclipse from Thevenard island and it was awesome. (I'll be putting out a video in the next week hopefully)

[@RCRitterFPV]

amazing, Been a long time since I saw a total... Got super lucky being in Vermont for one.

[@eduardocastro3469]

Kym if you love this you have take your family and experience the northern lights (aurora borealis) is something special

[@KymIllman]

I want to

[@eduardocastro3469]

@@KymIllman hopefully went you long season of F1 finish and have a break looking forward to see one day the video of you adventure yewwwwww and keep passion about this to have a safe trip to Baku 👍😁

[@murraywagnon1841]

I saw you on 9 News Australia! 🙂Cheers from California.

[@KymIllman]

I saw you seeing me

[@murraywagnon1841]

@@KymIllman 🤣😂🤣

[@evdal1]

i remember seeing a 70% eclipse in Chile in 2017, it was an amazing experience.

[@michaeltorpy3366]

Another different video Kim well done we couldn't see it here in Thailand though

[@jamesk5600]

I live in the path of the 2017 eclipse that crossed the US. I didn't have to go any further than my office parking lot to view it. I took pictures of the entire eclipse sequence from beginning to end. This, of course, took hours. I didn't have a tracking mount so I had to constantly adjust the camera to keep the sun centered in the frame. Fortunately, I did have a geared tripod head which made it much easier to make the small adjustments necessary with my 800mm lens. We had less than 2 minutes of totality so I was very busy during shooting different exposures trying to capture the dynamic range of the eclipse. I had several presets prepared with exposure bracketing that helped a lot, but still busy. Considering this was my first attempt, the results were good but not great. Looking back I wished I had spent more time looking up and less at my camera. Fortunately, I get a 2nd chance next April. On April 8, 2024, another eclipse will transit North America, making landfall along the west coast of Mexico, moving up through central US, cutting across the great lakes, Erie and Ontario, and finally heading into the North Atlantic at Newfoundland. This one won't go over my house but it would only require 3-4 hours driving should I wish to see it. I'll probably be driving a little further to view it with my family about 7 hours away. My parent's house sits on the edge of the path (99.998% obscured but not total) so we won't have far to go to get 2-3 minutes of totality. This time I will spend more time looking up. Here is a funny (and sad) aftermath to the 2017 US eclipse. Since this viewed and photographed by so many people, undoubtedly many people got it wrong. The following is a link to a story from Lensrentals, a photographic equipment rental company, detailing the damaged equipment they received back. I rented my long lens from them so I know that they sent out warnings to all their customers and still people fried some very expensive gear. Sadly, the same kind of damage probably happened this time. bit.ly/3V1ChAQ

[@itsallGudmin]

Travel Vlog to Baku pls and Thanks kym

[@sailpro2001]

Hey buddy… well done! But for some of us it was some 1300 km in one day for some of us! Nonetheless it was a great trip and amazing event.

[@Skoytty]

Eclips is just like shadow

[@CallieMasters5000]

Dirty Carnarvon, trying to do you in! Good thing you still made it on the local TV! 😁 I saw an eclipse in Europe in the early 2000's, and it wasn't that exciting. I remember the odd shadows. You should definitely stop by NASA the next time you're coming through Houston. It's near the bay, so you can get some good seafood, though there's a ton of good restaurants. Or come down to Galveston, where your odds of being shot are much lower. 🎉

[@doug5919]

😮❤

[@Skysurferau]

Great Video - Dirty Fuel is one of the problems one faces during outback travel, petrol issues easier to resolve than modern diesel engines, I hope your trip home is uneventful

[@timothybogle1461]

Counting down to April 8, 2024

[@aberamagold7509]

Even when he's got time off, Kim still travels somewhere.

[@FPLExpression]

Curious on how you shot that drone view on the road 😊

[@bdeoleveira8110]

Need to fit a Dual Battery Setup to run the fridge properly without running the battery flat

[@soundzofstatic]

That Chiko looks like an egg roll.

[@anoopbains1257]

Your best video so far may be you need to click some more celestial bodies

[@RichColemanTx]

Love your videos. Questions: Why do you need gas cans? Are there no gas stations along the way? And why are you making your wife drive for a 6 hour drive? If I'm in the car, my wife never has to drive regardless of how long the trip is (I've done 14 hours straight before) but then I'm in Texas and cultures are different, I guess.

[@alharkins1539]

So, what was wrong with the car? How did you resolve the problem?

[@KymIllman]

See the end of the video

[@alanhastings134]

What was the problem with the FJ, did you get it fixed?

[@KymIllman]

See the end of the video.

[@alanhastings134]

Thanks Kym, taught me a lesson, go through till the end,

[@matthewellul1259]

before i watched, i was thinking.. that car better not break down so you can make it in time.. hmmm

[@rigsbyrigged1831]

Wow. I was the first viewer :-)

[@coilnchamberlain6506]

Genesis 1:1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Genesis 1:2 The earth was formless and void, and darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was moving over the surface of the waters. Genesis 1:3 Then God said, "Let there be light"; and there was light. Genesis 1:4 God saw that the light was good; and God separated the light from the darkness. Genesis 1:16 God made the two great lights, the greater light to govern the day, and the lesser light to govern the night; He made the stars also. Genesis 1:17 God placed them in the expanse of the heavens to give light on the earth,

[@rosegold799]

I wish Jesus had come down right with his mother, the queen🙏✝️♥️🥰

[@NickzAndMikz]

This videos was quite Australian

[@terryrobertson8382]

Did you find out what was wrong with your vehicle?

[@KymIllman]

Did you watch the end of my video

[@terryrobertson8382]

@@KymIllman Guess I missed the last few seconds.

[@Tacos888]

Kymmmm can you place miles when you A km haha

[@Rob2]

So the fuel was cheap but then it turned out to be dirty...

[@qkashi8216]

WHY NO ONE HAS AN ACTUAL VIDEO OF A COMPLETE ECLIPSE FROM A FEW MINUTES BEFORE UNTIL A FEW MINUTES AFTER?!!! YOU FILMED SO MUCH BEFORE THE ECLIPSE AND SOME MORE AFTER BUT YOU DID NOT FILM THE WHOLE ECLIPSE? REALLY? SOMEONE TOLD ME THAT I CAN NOT FIND A NONE-CGI FOOTAGE OF AN ECLIPSE AND I DID NOT BELIEVE THEM BUT NOW I AM GETTING TO BELIEVE THAT.

[@horsecodenumbers]

It's all part of the robot program wake up my fellow robots 😢

[@RAGINGXBULL2]

Tourist

[@eddy2fast260]

What in hell is going on here. There was no solar eclipse on the 17th april in australia. Perhaps that was the day i went to mars ? 🤔

[@KymIllman]

Did you watch the entire video?

[@eddy2fast260]

@@KymIllman no