Eclipse

[EmilyMiller]

Anyone get to see it?

Was gray and wet with no break in the clouds all day here.

Was only going to be a corner of the Moon occluding, but would have liked to have seen it.

Em

 

[MrPixel]

Today's annular eclipse? I was under the impression you couldn't even see a bite out of it unless you were in the western half of the country. We were socked-in here and drizzly anyway like you were, so there was no trying to be had.

We're directly in the path of the total eclipse next spring, as we were in 2017. Traffic was a nightmare then, but since it was virtually in our backyard we knew all the back roads to an isolated large park where we were able to celebrate maximum totality... uh... "appropriately attired". It was clear overhead for us, and a fantastic experience. The (not) funny thing is the college stadium 25 miles away had gathered something like 20,000 to view it, and the overcast there meant they saw nothing beyond it getting dark.

Not going to be able to celebrate like that this time because the park has been noted in some of the press as an ideal location. All good things... sigh. We'll likely just enjoy it at home. Pity the folks coming to visit for the event - I heard hotel rooms in our little town are going for $350 a night before and after, 3X normal.

 

[EmilyMiller]

Today's annular eclipse? I was under the impression you couldn't even see a bite out of it unless you were in the western half of the country. We were socked-in here and drizzly anyway like you were, so there was no trying to be had.

I guess NJ.com isn’t that reliable:

Here in the Garden State, people looking up in the sky on Saturday “will only see about 25% of the sun get covered by the moon,” said Amie Gallagher, planetarium director at Raritan Valley Community College in Somerset County.

Source: https://www.nj.com/news/2023/10/sol...the-best-view-of-ring-of-fire-in-the-sky.html

Em

 

[MillieDynamite]

It wasn't much in OKC. Didn't even dim noticeably, and when I gandered at it through the contraption, it had a tiny bite out of the lower right side of the sun. We weren't in the direct path. But Denver was. I should call Sis and ask her what it looked like. Or ask Mary, but Marty at all enamored with looking up at the sun.

 

[luckylegsat60]

It was awesome. I was in the direct path, in the Hill Country NW of San Antonio. It was fun to watch and it formed a beautiful ring of fire, as they say. It did get slightly darker and I definitely felt a drop in the temperature. I am searching for a camera filter for the total eclipse in April, I'll be in the direct path for that one too.

 

[EmilyMiller]

It was awesome. I was in the direct path, in the Hill Country NW of San Antonio. It was fun to watch and it formed a beautiful ring of fire, as they say. It did get slightly darker and I definitely felt a drop in the temperature. I am searching for a camera filter for the total eclipse in April, I'll be in the direct path for that one too.

So jealous.

Em

 

[oneagainst]

Was up on the Exmouth penninsula in Western Australia for the one last April. That was a full solar, the stars came out, and all you hand in place of the sun was this weird black hole in the sky with tendrils of the solar wind streaming out. I'll never forget the look of it. Worth the 1200km drive.

 

[Duleigh]

We had a Turtle Eclipse!

 

[MrPixel]

I stand corrected. If it wasn't overcast, we would have seen about 35% coverage.

Weather here for for the 4/8/2024 totality is probably 50:50. Early spring in the Midwest, ya'know.

 

[Duleigh]

No eclipse here in the Sunshine state... that's why we call it the Sunshine state

 

[Candy_Kane54]

I'll be five miles from the totality path in April so I can just cross over the river into Lawrenceburg, IN to see it if the weather cooperates. In April, it's usually cloudy here so I don't have high hopes of getting a clear view of it.

 

[visioneer]

Where I am the moon occulted about 80% of the sun. There was a noticeable change in the light, and the pinhole camera effect was obvious in shadows cast through tree leaves.

 

[djrip]

Where I am the moon occulted about 80% of the sun. There was a noticeable change in the light, and the pinhole camera effect was obvious in shadows cast through tree leaves.

I had the tree leaves shadows thing when one happened here 4 or 5 years ago. Little crescents all over the sidewalk. And the general light level was like being under water in a pool.

 

[Djmac1031]

"And everything under the sun is in tune,
But the sun is eclipsed by the moon...

(There is no dark side of the moon, really. Matter of fact, it's all dark.)

️---

 

[visioneer]

I had the tree leaves shadows thing when one happened here 4 or 5 years ago. Little crescents all over the sidewalk. And the general light level was like being under water in a pool.

That's a good way to describe how the light changes - more like a softening effect. Hard to put into words.