Here the light dimmed some and it looked weirdly different, but it wasn’t close to dusk. Yet when I looked through the glasses, the sun was almost completely covered. I guess that thing has brightness to spare.
Total Solar Eclipse (April 8th, 2024) (4 Viewers)
- Thread starter buffalojim
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WedgeRock
Royal Flush
Brimming with anticipation.
It's starting!
As we neared totality, we saw the shadows become fuzzy on the left side and stay crisp on the right (that's my finger).
A pin hole in a piece of paper yielded a crescent moon
As we neared totality, it got really quiet. No birds chirping. It got darker and darker, but the sky was still blue.
The it cooled down. Then it went from sunset to sunrise in 4 minutes.
First we heard the frogs. Then the morning birds started chirping, then we heard the goats at the farm across the street. Light came back, but colors were weird. Then it finally started to warm up.
Totality was amazing.
We knew traffic getting back to Michigan would be bad, mostly because there is construction just as you cross into Michigan, but also because we saw alot of Michigan plates where we were and also because it was rush hour. I didn't expect the sign I saw on the highway: "State line 7 miles, 49 minutes." Looks like I wasn't the only one to think of stopping at Tony Packo's to let traffic think out a bit...
It's starting!
As we neared totality, we saw the shadows become fuzzy on the left side and stay crisp on the right (that's my finger).
A pin hole in a piece of paper yielded a crescent moon
As we neared totality, it got really quiet. No birds chirping. It got darker and darker, but the sky was still blue.
The it cooled down. Then it went from sunset to sunrise in 4 minutes.
First we heard the frogs. Then the morning birds started chirping, then we heard the goats at the farm across the street. Light came back, but colors were weird. Then it finally started to warm up.
Totality was amazing.
We knew traffic getting back to Michigan would be bad, mostly because there is construction just as you cross into Michigan, but also because we saw alot of Michigan plates where we were and also because it was rush hour. I didn't expect the sign I saw on the highway: "State line 7 miles, 49 minutes." Looks like I wasn't the only one to think of stopping at Tony Packo's to let traffic think out a bit...
Ha! That’s the commute in and out of Boston every day. Except often it’s worse.
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buffalojim
Royal Flush
The odd dimming light is my favorite part. Nothing else but an eclipse can reproduce it. Back in 2017 (I think), I was lucky enough to be at my cottage, right on the beach of Lake Erie when a partial eclipse took place. The 2nd coolest thing I've witnessed, after today.
Yeah, I kept thinking about on LOST when Daniel Faraday first showed up on the island and he was saying “the light is different here.”
Here in SW Ohio it was pretty amazing. Lightly cloudy but plenty of blue sky. I bought a cheapo refractor with a solar filter on a whim, and took cell photos through it. My goal was to enjoy, and photos were secondary.
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buffalojim
Royal Flush
I never did see that show, sadly, but that's exactly right, it's just different.
Thisfiendis138
Full House
tabletalker7
Full House
I saw this on a TV show one time, but how long do we have to wait for our super powers to kick in?
tabletalker7
Full House
@Beakertwang already has his superpower. No one on earth can make a stack of chips in front of them on a poker table disappear as fast as he can
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buffalojim
Royal Flush
I took a 5m video but it looks lighter out in the video then it actually was.
Klobberer
Full House
We were in the 90% zone and it clouded up at the peak. Still pretty cool.
Thisfiendis138
Full House
Also trying to spot Champ
I enjoyed seeing the spectacular photos from others who were in the path of totality.
I was in the path of mediocrity. Skies were clear at the start of it, so I looked through some (legit) eclipse glasses and saw the beginning. After that, it was overcast and looked simply like an average cloudy day in cloudy, rainy Delaware.
I was in the path of mediocrity. Skies were clear at the start of it, so I looked through some (legit) eclipse glasses and saw the beginning. After that, it was overcast and looked simply like an average cloudy day in cloudy, rainy Delaware.
It’s amazing to think that if the moon was a bit bigger, or smaller…or if it was further away, or closer…it wouldn’t be virtually the same size as the sun when viewed from earth…and a total eclipse wouldn’t be dramatic like this.
Nature has a funny way of being perfect sometimes.
It got dark, planets were visible, it dropped about 15 degrees, the wind kicked up, and there was a “sunset” 360 degrees around us
All for four minutes
It was absolutely surreal
@Beakertwang already has his superpower. No one on earth can make a stack of chips in front of them on a poker table disappear as fast as he can
buzzmonkey
Flush
It's an interesting opportunity to realize how much energy the sun puts out. Even with only a tiny fraction of light peeking out it's still enough to blind you. Enough energy hits the Earth in one our to fill our power needs for one year.
WedgeRock
Royal Flush
90 minute drive down this morning.
5 hour drive home. It was the holy Trinity of eclipse traffic, rush hour, abd construction just over the state line
5 hour drive home. It was the holy Trinity of eclipse traffic, rush hour, abd construction just over the state line
tabletalker7
Full House
buzzmonkey
Flush
Yeah, it was a long wait to get to the highway. Once we were off 95, it was 35 or so minutes up to the venue. Going back it was 2 hours to the highway and that was taking the back way with less traffic. Once we made the highway it was smooth sailing.
Weather was perfect yesterday, had to work but parking lot was pretty empty, nobody else working, waiting for the magic.....
Getting close, darkness falls, not a zombie in sight though......
Totality, street lights kick in, glasses off, sooo freaking cool
Unofrtunately my pictures sucked but coworkers used proper filtering and got the good stuff.
Don't think I'll make it til 2045, maybe, but really glad I got to see it in person....
Getting close, darkness falls, not a zombie in sight though......
Totality, street lights kick in, glasses off, sooo freaking cool
Unofrtunately my pictures sucked but coworkers used proper filtering and got the good stuff.
Don't think I'll make it til 2045, maybe, but really glad I got to see it in person....
We're already talking about Australia 2028...
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