Here's What The Solar Eclipse Looked Like In Lakefield

Tim Rollwagen, an instructor at Lakefield College School, took stunning photos of the solar eclipse on Monday (August 21st) from his driveway in Lakefield.

Photo by Tim Rollwagen

Rollwagen, an outdoors/adventure seeker and weather junkie, tells PTBOCanada he took the photos between 2 p.m. and 2:30 p.m. using a Canon Rebel SL1 camera.

"Having the chance to see this doesn't come around all that often in your life," he tells PTBOCanada. "We have to embrace the wonder of the world when it's here."

Photo by Tim Rollwagen

Rollwagen, who looks forward to the total eclipse expected in 2024—"it would be great to share it with my daughters when they are older"—adds that if you look closely (see the top photo), you can see a bird flying through in one of them. Pretty neat.

Photo by Tim Rollwagen

As Rollwagen tweeted, the clouds only enhanced the dramatic pictures...

Clouds only added to the pictures! #SolarEclispe in @Ptbo_Canada. Hope you all viewed it safely. pic.twitter.com/sjhruKwQK6

— Tim Rollwagen (@trollwag) August 21, 2017

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Lakefield Man Live Tweets Experience Of Getting Blasted Off Wire Fence By Lightning Bolt

[UPDATE: July 16] There was another good reason Tim Rollwagen survived getting hit by lightning on Canada Day. And here it is below. Congrats!

A very happy morning to @Ptbo_Canada. @LauraRollwagen and I welcomed little Sierra to this amazing place last night. pic.twitter.com/ZQs12J520C

— Tim Rollwagen (@trollwag) July 16, 2014

ORIGINAL POST: July 1st

Tim Rollwagen in ER getting ECG as a precaution

Tim Rollwagen (picture via @trollwag)

Tim Rollwagen, a weather obsessed, outdoor enthusiast, often takes pictures during storms.

On Canada Day (July 1st), he got the scare of a lifetime when he was setting up to take a picture as a storm approached the Peterborough area.

Tim, who is being checked out by doctors, tells us "My heart is still racing" after this (mis)adventure. He took to Twitter right after it happened. His series of tweets below tell the story...

Don't hold on to a wire fence when trying to get storm pics, just got blasted off by a lightning bolt that struck it. #onstorm #shaking

— Tim Rollwagen (@trollwag) July 1, 2014

I'm okay, currently shaking in my car...it happened right after this shot. #onstorm pic.twitter.com/id0Sxkdk3t

— Tim Rollwagen (@trollwag) July 1, 2014

@OntStormChaser @Ptbo_Canada Never felt anything quite like it. Put me on my ass pretty quick.

— Tim Rollwagen (@trollwag) July 1, 2014

@chilt0n @Ptbo_Canada On my way to the clinic.

— Tim Rollwagen (@trollwag) July 1, 2014

@WX_SSills Good, left foot is a little sore, in ER waiting for an ECG to clear me.

— Tim Rollwagen (@trollwag) July 1, 2014

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