Best picture I've seen yet! I was thinking I wished I had a colander with me at work today. Glad someone else was thinking the same thing. I grabbed this screenshot of the eclipse aftermath:
You can see the traffic around Chicago for comparison.
We had 95% where I'm at in NC, it got dim a bit, but nothing close to totality. Temp dropped about 7 degrees, used a buddys glasses to view at peak at 95. I wished I had drove down about 1:45 min to totality, especially since it was slow today. Friend when down and sent me back pics from a parking lot of a cook out restaurant in SC, was quite neat they said and looked it from the pic's. The constant news about the traffic scared me off, but come to find outit wasn't bad at all they said on I95
Here was totality for over 2 minutes.
I thought it was quite interesting and an unusual experience.
I remember the one in 1979 and also the one in 1970, although that one wasn't full.
Really cool, although the media did milk the hell out of it.
I just got back from driving down to East Tennessee. I have to say Totality was far more impressive than I ever imagined. I cannot imagine what ancient civilizations must have thought seeing a giant hole appear in the sky. It was awe inspiring, surreal, and a little terrifying all at once. I highly recommend everyone try to see the next total eclipse in 2024.
Drove 2 hours to be in totality for a bit over 2 minutes. Absolutely well worth it. For those who think 95% is cool, I'd say the slight darkness & temperature drop at that point were only were mildly interesting. Totality was unbelievably cool. Stars came out. Streetlights came on. Birds went to their nests. It was dark! There was a 360 degree "sunset" around the entire horizon. We got to see the ground "snake shadows" just before and just after totality. A partial eclipse, which I've seen before, is just mildly noteworthy in comparison.
Traveled about 9 hours each way to see totality in South Carolina. Had to make a last minute change of locale due to cloud cover, but it was definitely worth it!!
I got this photo through my telescope using my phone!
I can say without a doubt it was one of the most amazing things I've ever seen! If you saw 99.9 percent totality, you hardly saw anything! This was our view in east tn, where we traveled almost 5 hours to be.
I didn't realize that the temp would drop 8 to 10 degrees. At least that's what it felt like.
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If you missed this eclipse, there's another one in 7 years (2024). And that one is supposed to be even better than 2017 with totality being over 4 mins along it's path (vs 2 mins yesterday).
Having retired to the central part of South Carolina ten years ago, we ended up in the perfect spot for this eclipse. I've seen several partial eclipses over the years but they don't come close to a total eclipse. For me, the most fascinating part was seeing several stars become visible during the 2 and a half minutes of totality. I have to say I've never seen stars out in the middle of the afternoon before.
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We had 100 % coverage here in Crossville, Tn. It was pretty spectacular to see.
now that is cool along with what shall henceforth be known as the Colander Effect!!! I expect MadMarty and R&I Coins to try that out on coins.
100% here in Cleveland, TN. Very beautiful. Pictures, not so much. Had several welding lenses as others have mentioned.
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Best picture I've seen yet! I was thinking I wished I had a colander with me at work today. Glad someone else was thinking the same thing. I grabbed this screenshot of the eclipse aftermath:
You can see the traffic around Chicago for comparison.
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Tomorrow it'll be yesterdays' news. Someone did post a fun fact though; 65 million school kids went outside for the first time.
We had 95% where I'm at in NC, it got dim a bit, but nothing close to totality. Temp dropped about 7 degrees, used a buddys glasses to view at peak at 95. I wished I had drove down about 1:45 min to totality, especially since it was slow today. Friend when down and sent me back pics from a parking lot of a cook out restaurant in SC, was quite neat they said and looked it from the pic's. The constant news about the traffic scared me off, but come to find outit wasn't bad at all they said on I95
We had overcast skies here in San Francisco but they lightened enough around 12 minutes after the 10:15am eclipse center.
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About as exciting as watching paint dry.
Three times in this thread you've shared your disdain for the eclipse today. Shouldn't you be spending that effort on your debt problem?
Here was totality for over 2 minutes.
I thought it was quite interesting and an unusual experience.
I remember the one in 1979 and also the one in 1970, although that one wasn't full.
Really cool, although the media did milk the hell out of it.
About 60% in SoCal....(or 70%, depending on how you do the calculation). My jerry-rigged viewing...one barrel of a standard pair of binoculars:
Not really.
Up to 93% here near Denver.
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I just got back from driving down to East Tennessee. I have to say Totality was far more impressive than I ever imagined. I cannot imagine what ancient civilizations must have thought seeing a giant hole appear in the sky. It was awe inspiring, surreal, and a little terrifying all at once. I highly recommend everyone try to see the next total eclipse in 2024.
Drove 2 hours to be in totality for a bit over 2 minutes. Absolutely well worth it. For those who think 95% is cool, I'd say the slight darkness & temperature drop at that point were only were mildly interesting. Totality was unbelievably cool. Stars came out. Streetlights came on. Birds went to their nests. It was dark! There was a 360 degree "sunset" around the entire horizon. We got to see the ground "snake shadows" just before and just after totality. A partial eclipse, which I've seen before, is just mildly noteworthy in comparison.
Traveled about 9 hours each way to see totality in South Carolina. Had to make a last minute change of locale due to cloud cover, but it was definitely worth it!!
I got this photo through my telescope using my phone!
I can say without a doubt it was one of the most amazing things I've ever seen! If you saw 99.9 percent totality, you hardly saw anything! This was our view in east tn, where we traveled almost 5 hours to be.
I didn't realize that the temp would drop 8 to 10 degrees. At least that's what it felt like.
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Fellas, leave the tight pants to the ladies. If I can count the coins in your pockets you better use them to call a tailor. Stay thirsty my friends......
If you missed this eclipse, there's another one in 7 years (2024). And that one is supposed to be even better than 2017 with totality being over 4 mins along it's path (vs 2 mins yesterday).
Only 67.5% here... saw a better one in 1970....Hope to be around for the 2024 one....Cheers, RickO
Where were you in '70? I was in Norfolk as an 11 year old.
I was in NYS as a 28 year old about to leave for a new job in Barbados. Cheers, RickO
nice video jw. That's how I saw it as well
Having retired to the central part of South Carolina ten years ago, we ended up in the perfect spot for this eclipse. I've seen several partial eclipses over the years but they don't come close to a total eclipse. For me, the most fascinating part was seeing several stars become visible during the 2 and a half minutes of totality. I have to say I've never seen stars out in the middle of the afternoon before.
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