Wee Davy Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 To all who are able to see it today, enjoy but be safe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merciful-evans Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 re: near full eclipse in uk many years ago I found the startling effect to be the temperature drop. Just sen the US eclipse on the news. I had to smile at the whoops & hollers, like it was a show :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dub-T-123 Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 It was awesome, though I just saw a partial eclipse here in SoCal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Dog Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 Well, that was REALLY cool. I have seen a partial before and I can say now a total eclipse is an entirely different thing. We had about 57 seconds of total eclipse here and it was amazing. I have to admit that I may have been a bit dismissive of how significant this may be be. I was blown away. I have never seen anything quite like it before, needless to say. The corona was unbelievable. If you're in the path, make sure to watch, but BE SAFE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riffster Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 It was so cool, we got to see it on full effect here in Nashville. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjl200 Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 Awesome doesn't even come close we had 0:01:18 of totality absolutely the most unique natural event I have ever witnessed. Awe struck is a great description. 🌑🌞 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surfpup Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 I did. I used those special glasses. We got 88% of the sun covered where I live in Virginia. Never went totally dark, just kind of like some cloud came out. About the same here in N FL. Not even like dusk really. Plus it was cloudy. We had a bunch of students stay after school to view it so it was pretty anti-climactic. The clouds finally cleared enough for a few kids to ruin their retinas. Just kidding of course. With the special glasses you could see the actual eclipse - otherwise you wouldn't have even noticed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saturn Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 I made one of those viewers out of a Cheerios box. We did have a welders mask at work that was dark enough to view safely. I still only looked briefly just to be safe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennis G Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 Just got a bit overcast here in SoCal, but all the networks were covering it anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cougar Posted August 22, 2017 Share Posted August 22, 2017 I have to admit that I may have been a bit dismissive of how significant this may be be. I was blown away. I have never seen anything quite like it before, needless to say. Good to hear it and sorry I missed it. Even at 91%, it was still way too bright to have anything close to that full effect. The ambient light was a little diminished, like looking around through some weak sunglasses. It was a little cooler. (It was still hot.) I borrowed some of the viewing glasses. Yep, there it is. It's really the thought behind these solar system bodies going about their orbits that's the head trip. The little image of 91% through the smoked glasses, eh, not so much. What I thought WAS weird (and visible) was the sharpness of the shadows. I was downtown, lots of building shadows. I didn't even realize it at the time - there was something weird about the whole scene, beyond the slightly dimmer light. The shadow edges were razor sharp! A shadow's edge is usually a blur of so many inches or whatever, since it's getting light from across the Sun's disk. During the eclipse, it's more like from a point. It gave the whole scene a movie set or comic book feel. Weird! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Californiaman Posted August 22, 2017 Share Posted August 22, 2017 Well, if you're in the path of totality, it's the greatest show on earth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zigzag Posted August 22, 2017 Share Posted August 22, 2017 98.5% where I am in SC. Magical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retired Posted August 22, 2017 Share Posted August 22, 2017 Total eclipse here in Nebraska, you had to drive to York to see it without cloud cover. It was a black out. Cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badbluesplayer Posted August 22, 2017 Share Posted August 22, 2017 We had 96% obscuritation here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Allen Posted August 22, 2017 Share Posted August 22, 2017 Got to witness full eclipse with my family and friends here in Cleveland, TN. Was an amazing experience! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dub-T-123 Posted August 22, 2017 Share Posted August 22, 2017 We had 96% obscuritation here. That is such a cool picture!! Little round shadows Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveinspain Posted August 22, 2017 Share Posted August 22, 2017 We had 96% obscuritation here. Nice cat! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LPguitarman Posted August 22, 2017 Share Posted August 22, 2017 Awesome doesn't even come close we had 0:01:18 of totality absolutely the most unique natural event I have ever witnessed. Awe struck is a great description. 🌑🌞 Hey sjl200, didn't know I had another neighbor on the forum. I'm in Affton, MO. We also had more than a minute of Totality... closer to 1:30. It was more than awesome. It gives me a new look on life to just how small we really are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjl200 Posted August 23, 2017 Share Posted August 23, 2017 Hey sjl200, didn't know I had another neighbor on the forum. I'm in Affton, MO. We also had more than a minute of Totality... closer to 1:30. It was more than awesome. It gives me a new look on life to just how small we really are. Hay ,neighbor ya it was a trip. about 1/2 hr from where I live to get 75 seconds or so of totality ..........if I'm alive for the next one I'm going! Really put "everything" in perspective. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingarmadillo Posted August 23, 2017 Share Posted August 23, 2017 We had 67% here in Houston: But it got cloudy just before last contact: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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