You did that so a certain subspecies of commenters (h. Pedanticus nitpickii) would have something to talk about. Truly, you are a giant among altruists.
I’m in northern Maine. It was totally dark. We saw stars and planets. Temp dropped drastically (15 degrees). It was ethereal! I felt absolutely euphoric! Being 73 yrs old it was amazing for me!
I traveled to Vermont with my aunt and parents who are around your age. It was the first time my mother and aunt had seen one (I’d already dragged my dad 500 miles to see the 2017 eclipse). It was absolutely worth it…one of those things you want everyone in your life to experience.
@@manifestgtrI was in Vermont too, and on the way home there was *so much traffic* - probably amounts never before seen in the state - and all I could think of was that *every single car* was full of people who had just had one of the most amazing days ever! The whole day was pure delight.
I was near the Capitol of Augusta & must have been just that little bit too far east as the sun never got completely covered. It got eerily dark, but the sun continued to partially shine the whole time. 🤷♀️ I didn’t have a solar filter (glasses for me or lens cover for my phone) so I planned to just take photos of my back yard to show how dark it got, but the phone’s camera was too clever for me & adjusted the brightness on the darker shot so I couldn’t tell the difference in the 3 pictures I took, I could only see it w/my eyes. Weird!
I took two planes and a three hour car drive to get to an AirBnB to be encompassed in clouds. However one minute before totality, the clouds broke and I got to see both the totality and the diamond ring! Totally worth it!
Same happened for me, i went out of my way to see it, was clouded, i was super disappointed, but just a couple minutes before it happened the sky cleared briefly, totality happened, and a couple minutes after it passed, the clouds came back. It saved the whole trip.
I witnessed the 2017 total eclipse. Conditions in Wyoming were absolutely PERFECT. Not a cloud in the sky. It was all I could have hoped for. Spectacular, awesome, overwhelming. No picture or video of a total eclipse can ever come close to doing it justice.
I’m nerdy enough to have made a 14 hour road trip to Middle-Of-Nowhere, Nebraska in 2017 to witness that particular new moon, and I was enchanted and awestruck. So, living in Dallas in 2024, I negotiated a 2-hour ‘meeting’ from tptb at work and spent the last two months trying to drum up excitement among my coworkers. It worked! The weather cooperated (barely) and this time I travelled all the way to my backyard to watch it.
I watched the solar eclipse from my my backyard , in northeast Ohio , with family . It was Amazing ! At totality , you heard people cheering and clapping , then total silence , as if people were overwhelmed with the experience . My husband said the temperature dropped by ten degrees .
I'm in Northeast Ohio too. Everyone cheered and semis blew their horns, a few fireworks went off and then like you said silence. Like we were all in shock. I was weeping by then.
I’m in NE Ohio too. Aside from the few fireworks, I had a similar experience. A few relatives from Florida visited, along with some from the Columbus area. Local relatives came by as well, since we have a big yard. It was awesome!
Our house in Cincinnati was set for 99.8% totality, so we drove up to Oxford, OH to visit our kids at Butler's MAC rival Miami University. It was the perfect place to experience it.
"Meanwhile, the moon wandered through space..." Sir. That whole sentence was an Ode to Douglas Adams. It belonged in one or another of his books. He would have loved that line.
I live only 1hr south of Indianapolis in Brown County and was able to see it from my backyard. Even out in the country I could hear people at houses nearby cheering and clapping and children excitedly screaming because of the way the sound carries over the hills. It was gorgeous. I never expected to become so excited. The part that amazed me the most was the 360degree sunset it creates, and I found myself suddenly running out into the field by my house to take in that view better. My 90 year old grandmother who I am a caregiver for was just inside holding my dog watching the news coverage of it and I quickly ran inside and told her to look out the window and she was amazed. She said "How about that?" I became a little emotional being able to share the whole experience standing next to my dad and sharing it with my grandma. All that in just 4 minutes. It was powerful, far more than I ever thought it would be.
I went on the day of. took I65 from Chicago with the goal of making it to Indianapolis. The GPS said I would make it. Once we crossed the state line it started saying I would make it within 10 minute of totality... then at totality.. then I'd be 10 minutes late... At that point I decided to set the goal to Lebanon Illinois. But the farther down we went on I65 the traffic got worse. And the same thing happened. At that point, I just kept going in hopes of a miracle. We made it to Colfax street which was the line you had to cross to experience totality.... with 5 minutes before totality. At that point we just kept driving as far as we could before it started. With a minute left everyone on the highway just pulled over. The Corona is really something you can see on a camera. It's very clear and looks like 4k. Didn't last long because we were at the edge. But still amazing.
Wow, what a nail-biter! I drove to southern IL from MN, and as I got closer the traffic got more and more packed. I was worried, but the packed traffic kept moving at a surprising pace. No one wanted to be that person who slowed everyone down. I made it with maybe 2 hours before totality. So worth it! Now the drive to GA after totality was an absolute nightmare!
I definitely noticed a temperature drop in northern WV where we had 90% totality. At 55, I've seen eclipses before, but I still get excited like a child 😊 I think rainbows and thunder-snow are cool also, but maybe I'm just easily amused. 😮
I saw the 2017 eclipse which was in August. The feeling of temperature drop was even more noticable then! I was with my dad who was 60 at the time. He also was like an excited little kid.
Three thoughts. I'm an Indianapolis resident and this was my first total eclipse at 50+ years old. What stood out to me the most is that it got a lot darker than I had expected. The whole experience was amazing. Not enough words here. Second thought; I have a brother in law that lives in Carbondale, IL. That jerk has been able to see this twice now. Third thought; Lawrence, had I known you were at Butler I might have stopped by and said hello and told you how much I enjoy your videos.
From Ohio, small town on centerline between Toledo and Cleveland. Absolutely mind blowing. I told my bf I would buy a plane ticket to see 4 more minutes of that. It's been days and it was so visually beautiful and hard to comprehend at the time that my brain is still computing it lol
Well the next total solar eclipse in 2026 is set to go through parts of Greenland, Iceland, and Northern Spain which are all pretty nice places to visit. I definitely think I wouldn't mind taking a nice European vacation and happening to be in Northern Spain during the eclipse.
I felt the same way. It was beautiful. Did you see another planet or star small, beside the the sun that had a halo too right before it began to get light again? What was that? It was cool looking.
I saw the total eclipse in Irving, TX. It was MAGNIFICENT. It got so dark outside, almost like night! And the eclipse itself was so beautiful! I saw subtle colors of purple and blue around the sun’s corona.
I saw it here in Fort Worth, Texas. Totality lasted from 1:40 to 1:44 pm CST. It was incredible! Imagine how folks in the old days felt when they witnessed an eclipse.
I got my niece into astronomy from reading books by Stephen Hawking and Albert Einstein to her at a young age. Experiencing the last solar eclipse I'll ever see with her is unexplainable. We both love space. Her face when totality came was priceless. It's a day I'll never forget.
We watched from my backyard in a suburb of Cleveland. My great grandson thought it was “Amazing” when the total eclipse happened. So cute to watch him.
We watched it from Evansville, IN. Truly amazing. During totality the sky didn't quite turn black, but rather a very dark midnight blue. Everything felt eerie or spooky, and the entire horizon looked like when they turn the lights down inside a planetarium. I'm incredibly pleased that you had the opportunity to experience this with us. I imagine that such things are much more uncommon in the UK simply because the land area is so much smaller.
I also watched from Evansville and definitely agree that the sky didn't get that dark. It felt like twilight. It was dark enough for the street lights to come on but not enough to see the stars. I think Venus was visible though.
We had a total eclipse in 1999. It was a bit overcast - well, it was summer! - but the light and temperature notably dropped. What struck me most was the quiet. Birds suddenly went silent - it was quite eerie.
I am now a veteran of all 3 solar eclipses in the US in the last 7 years. I was in Kelly Kentucky, just an 8 mile drive to Hopkinsville in 2017, Zion National Park in Utah in 2023. Jackman Maine in April. Zion National Park was cold because we were on Scouts Landing and Maine the temperature dropped due to the foot of snow plus the eclipse. Great fun had by me but my family won't talk to me anymore. All I can say is I am sure going to miss them. Spain, Egypt and Australia here I come.
Kelly! Where little green men scared the occupants of a farmhouse almost to death! (It was quietly determined by investigators that the inhabitants were a bit inebriated and were instead visited by several large owls.) I was born in Hopkinsville.
Agreed! I saw the 2017 eclipse, but didn't live anywhere near this year's and couldn't afford to travel to see it which made me so sad! Just once, though, was enough to inspire me to become an eclipse chaser. I'm already planning ahead to hopefully be in a position for a trip to Egypt 2027 and Australia 2028.
I watched the eclipse in my front yard. It was disappointing because it was overcast. We did, however, get totality. It got dark, like a moonlit night. That's when the animals went weird. Dogs, cats, wild birds, chickens, horses & 1 donkey in the neighborhood went wild, giving a concert for us. (Barks, meows, chirps, clucks, neighs & brays...) The animal chorus lasted for about 5 minutes longer than the duration of totality before the animals settled down back to their normal behavior. So, the visual of the eclipse was almost obscured by the cloud cover & very unimpressive. The animals' reactions were amusing though.
I too forgot to pack my solar filter. I live in west Texas, so I planned to visit my sister near Austin. When I was showing off my new camera equipment, I realized I didn’t have filter. Luckily, this was on Saturday and my brother in law is the king of Amazon. He found a semi-disposable filter that could be delivered on Sunday.
I watched the eclipse with eclipse glasses in Fort Worth, TX 😎. We were also in the path of totality. Thankfully storms didn't come here until later Monday night. I also walked under a tree and could see crescents on the ground from the blocked sun hitting leaves.
I live down the road in Dallas, We got lucky with the weather. I went to Charleston for the last one and the clouds ruined it. The news was saying DFW wasn't going to be a good place to view it this time and I didn't have much hope, but the gods didn't let us down.
@@leahmollytheblindcatnordee3586 Where I went in Mount Vernon, Illinois there were no crescents unfortunately. The leaves are too small on the trees there.
we live in michigan and drove to Indiana, too. we left saturday and checked out bloomington and Indianapolis on Sunday. Downtown Indy was the winner. lovely state park.
My brother's family (from GA) and I (from MN) met in your neck of the woods on Kinkaid Lake. Absolutely gorgeous place to view, and absolutely gorgeous scenery period! Crowds were minimal, but our drive to GA was a nightmare! Seven hours just to Nashville!
I live 5 miles north of Buffalo NY, so I had a front-row seat to a very cloudy day 😞 Through broken clouds we got just enough clearing to see the entire totality while sitting on our back porch. Awesome!
I was in Ellicottville. Made a last minute decision to get south of Jamestown. Glad we did. We had clear skies to start and finished with broken clouds.
Me and my neighbors had a great neighborhood block party; lawn chairs, snacks, beverage coolers -- and of course our eclipse glasses. We're just NW of Little Rock, Arkansas in a rural area, We had 3 minutes and 30 seconds of totality under clear skies, no clouds within miles and miles! It was awesome! The temp did plummet, the birds silenced, and the sounds of cicadas filled the trees.
I lived in Little Rock for a year in 2015... I wanted to see the eclipse in totality but couldn't :( It was about 90% here but couldn't tell any difference in the temperature or light level at all. I did get some photos but they just look like solid white moon pics (no shadows) and having bites taken out of the white circle. So couldn't even tell it was an eclipse really.And I couldn't get any glasses so I couldn't even look at the sky! I was bummed & jealous of Little Rock as well as other places that got darkness & a ring of fire!! Lol
There are no words to describe a total eclipse compared to seeing it only partially. I forgot to mention we did see Beaty's Beads and the Diamond Ring. The planet Venus was also very bright. I've seen lots of partials, but this was a first for me being in the line of totality! Hopefully, someday, each of you has the chance to experience this! Nothing else like it!!
I live in Fort Worth, Texas and enjoyed the Totality eclipse. Birds were singing, roosters were crowing and insects were....um they were...insecting! It got really dark for the middle of the afternoon. Once in a lifetime event for sure. Now I know why Joel wrote about the event (if you know what I'm talking about) 😉.
Interestingly enough, down near Austin there are some bat caves. The bats got confused with the eclipse and all flew out of the cave early. Four minutes later, they were probably all like..."What the heck!?" We also noticed that most of the birds stopped singing during totality. Once the sun popped out again, they were singing their hearts out. It was a really neat experience!
We spent about an hour and 45 minutes on the journey from Memphis to Pocahontas AR, the trip back took about 6 hours due to the traffic. Still had 15% charge on my Tesla. The total eclipse was FANTASTIC!!! The drop in temperature, the silence (except for the barking dogs going bananas), the darkness causing the street lights to turn on was such a moving experience. We decided to find a parking lot for our view instead of joining the vast throng of people on the bank of the Black River. A Pocahontas native told us that the crowd at the river front went completely silent at totality, but I'm glad we had our own little group. Taking off the glasses at totality is an experience of a lifetime!
That was the LONGEST trip ever to get to West Memphis and across the bridge. We made a mental note that the next time we drive to Arkansas to see a total solar eclipse, we will just get a hotel room for the night and face the drive and bridge the next day.
Taking off the glasses is awesome! So is taking the solar filter off my camera lens at the exact best moment, getting the diamond ring on both sides! That was chance, because I was so captivated by the eclipse. My attention was not fully on my camera. As you know, no picture or video can ever capture that experience!
I drove from the Provo UT metro area to Dallas Texas with some friends to watch it. We got lucky and had no issues with clouds. The eclipse was beautiful, I'll never forget it. Also, Dallas TX is a beautiful city. We stayed in Addison, which is also nice.
I live in Plano and know lots of people in Provo (including my son!)... it was crazy crowded here in the Dallas area with Eclipse watchers, but it was great to see!
There was a definite drop in temperature in NE Ohio, just like you described. The one thing I've noticed is the camera tries real hard to show the ring of fire but you don't get that white wispy fingerlings of plasma in the image that is so prevalent when viewing with the naked eye at totality. Overall I'm glad I saw it; I would certainly travel a reasonable distance like yourself to see it again.
I live in the totality zone in Texas. We drove to the park down the road... Like 2 mins. My kids played on the playground while we waited. It worked out very nicely. About 3 mins of totality.
actual conversation on Monday: Boss: "So what was discussed in this afternoon's meeting?" Me: "I dunno, I was out back staring at the sun and listening to the birds..." 🤪
I'm genuinely a little surprised how many places were actually open the day of. The essential worker type gigs in gas stations, grocery stories, and hospitals I get, but I kinda expected everyone else to treat it like an unexpected federal holiday.
@@michaelmccarthy5455 So, it was not a good time to have scheduled your gall bladder removal if your surgeon is also a space/astronomy nerd......Doc.....where you going???.. we're only half done here!!
@81UMspider I think it was only non-essentials. I noticed a few nurses. Not sure about the departments. I only knew the tech people from my department. With a few thousand employees, you only know those in your department and those you interact with regularly.
@@bemusedbandersnatch2069 we were in the path of totality and many schools around us closed for the day. Our district didn't but from what I understand, only about 50% of the kids showed up. (I'm a teacher.) I wouldn't know for sure, because you better believe I took that day off! It's a once in a lifetime opportunity!
Yep, we had a total eclipse here in Mesquite, Tx. The clouds cleared enough to see it happen. It had been widely advertised that this was the place to be in North Texas to watch the event. Lots of solar watch parties here. An estimated 70,000 folks came to Mesquite from seven countries and 26 states to watch it all happen here. Great boost to our local economy.
I cut a piece out of a cereal box, put some aluminum foil over the hole, poked a pin hole in the foil, cut another bit out to put my eye against, and place a piece of white paper at the bottom for the image to project on. It worked well.
@@Anon54387I had a similar plan. I put a piece aluninum foil over my eye and poked a hole in it. I like your plan better. Less painful and it works much better.
Thanks for posting your pictures. My city was in the path of totality but the clouds were so thick we couldn't see the sun. It was interesting however to see total darkness outside in the middle of the afternoon.
Loved the outfits. Especially her earrings 😊. I should’ve dressed in themed too. Nice little touch ❤. Thanks for the video. My family and I experienced this beautiful moment in East Texas; also in the path of totality.
I took my son to southern IL and camped for a couple days. Shawnee National Forrest is awesome to hike and camp! On the way home, we stopped in Vincennes, IN for a few hours for the eclipse. We passed Indianapolis on the way home and enjoyed a few hours of traffic jams. I had to work Tues morning. I saw the 2017 eclipse with my boys in Shawnee also!
I grew up in southern Illinois, I spent a big part of teens in the Shawnee. Where'd you go? My favorite for the view was always Garden of the Gods. Camped there once, but I believe that's the night a big storm hit, not a good night to judge anything. Mostly always went there just for the view. My youngest sister still lives there, in Metropolis.
Saw totality in Jackman, Maine. A small town of just under 800 people. Local officials estimate about 10,000 people showed up for the event. Amazing experience.
I was in rural, Southeastern Indiana, and it definitely got cold! It went from so hot I was lamenting wearing long pants to sweatshirt weather. I didn’t have a camera filter, so I used a pair of spare glasses to get pictures of the partial eclipse with my point and shoot. I actually got some good pictures of totality, too, including a diamond ring. That little red dot you can see at the bottom of the eclipse is a solar prominence. There were a bunch of them captured by cameras but only one easily visible with the naked eye. As usual, my cell phone had no idea how to photograph an eclipse and took junk photos.
I don't think anybody got good pics with a phone. Good eclipse pics require a very long focal length, like 300-400 mm. I only had a cheap 210 mm zoom lens, but with full resolution and a fast shutter speed (and a steady tripod) I cropped my images and they turned out nicely. Not pro, but good. I got all those prominences! 🙂
I also saw it in Indianapolis. Stayed at the Block building in the penthouse. Watched it from the roof. Just climbed out the window and a few family and friends.💯
I went to a tiny town called New Minden, Illinois, after spending the night with family in the area. I had a pinhole viewer, but it wasn’t working. Luckily, I’d pulled into the parking lot of the local church (a staple in rural America) and was able to befriend a lovely family who let me have an extra pair of glasses (and food, which is important considering I’d had none all day). I definitely felt a chill, but I thought it was just the breeze picking up! One thing that flabbergasted me was that it looked like dusk all the way across the horizon. I got some pretty wild pictures at totality.
My daughter and son-in-law work for Indiana University, and had an eclipse party for friends and students. They had so much fun! I saw the one in 2017 when my late husband and I drove up to Oregon to see that eclipse. This year, I was visiting my son and his family, we had a partial eclipse. It was still wonderful to experience.
When you were setting up your camera, I had already gotten back home from my 1 hr drive destination to view the eclipse. If anyone has a chance to view one with a 1-2 hour drive, you should. It was incredible.
I'm from Elkhart Indiana, and enjoyed the eclipse in Springfield Ohio, the home of our daughter...The eclipse is definitely a once in a lifetime event!!
My husband and I drove from Grand Rapids, Michigan to Indianapolis Speedway … it was absolutely beautiful! Love your video footage! And yes … we definitely felt the temperature change😎
@@jebsmith323 I'm don't live in austin but I was there for the eclipse. the light level outside was very similar to twilight. Imagine just a few minutes before the sun sets for the night. Not quite totally night dark, but seemingly moments away.
Dallas here. The sky was 90% cloudy and a thick cloud blocked the sun just as it went into total eclipse, but it opened up seconds later and let us see most of it.
@@jebsmith323 It got pretty dark but not like nighttime. It looked like how it looks about 30 minutes after sunset. There was enough light to walk around the yard without a flashlight and not bump into a tree, but you'd definitely want to turn on your headlights if driving a car.
@@jebsmith323 It got very dark, maybe similar to a night with a half moon. Though that doesn't really cut it. But it was dark enough that all the street lights came on. It was eerie and beautiful.
We live in Richmond, IN and viewed total eclipse for nearly 4 mins. from Earlham College back campus where a team of scientists from U of Wisconsin and Valparaiso sent up weather balloons just before and just after totality - they let out a collective cheer when their equipment registered the anticipated temperature inversion (warmer temps higher up than closer to ground). It was an awesome day -- so lucky on the weather clearing up perfectly. We had gone to a small state park in KY in 2017 to see that eclipse in totality -- the birds going quiet felt more pronounced there, and we could see more stars, but here we heard the spring peepers in a nearby pond that usually come out at dusk, and we could see Venus and Jupiter.
I'm from Michigan and on that day, I traveled down to a public area somewhere south of Delta, Ohio. Roughly 10 miles inside path of totality and I was able to see it and even got great pictures with it
Here in Elkhart, IN, about 120 miles east of Chicago, we had maximum of 97.7% coverage of the sun and we watched it from the deck in the back yard. As maximum eclipse approached we all noticed the change in brightness and color of the sky, how the breeze died, the temperature dropped and evening insect sounds began. It was a lot of fun, hope all of your driving was uneventful!
I live in northern Illinois. Me and 5 friends drove down to Indiana and we stopped by a "landmark" according to google maps called Mann Mountain. Turns out it was just a joke because it was just a pile of concrete left over from a demolished grain silo in the middle of a field in Indiana. Great spot to watch the Eclipse though. No one was around to bother us.
I work at a library and the entire morning was spent letting people know that we ran out of glasses the previous week. I live in 93% totality and we all went out and watched with some patrons! It wa s a crazy day!
I tried to get my glasses at the last minute from my local library and in between me calling to confirm they still had some and me actually getting there they ran out. Luckily my viewing spot had said on their events page they would sell some and they actually did still have some by the time I got there.
After spending about 2 hours looking for the glasses I had for the last eclips, I drove to my library to get some, Nada. So I used my welding helmet, Seemed to be ok for brief views ( 92 % ) I did find a lot of stuff I hadn't touched for years
@kkarllwt I had an extra pair. A young fella parked a few feet away and I saw that he was using a welding helmet. I knew from experience that that wasn't enough(it's actually only 60%). I walked over and gave him my extra pair. I think he was in shock as he really didn't say much but I was glad to give him the glasses and he used them.
I work in a library that was in the totality. We also took calls all morning from folks in need of glasses! I walked down to the park for the eclipse and watched with a bunch of folks. My town was basically having an eclipse viewing party. It was really fun! I left early to reopen the library.
Live in New Mexico- only partial here and cloudy with breaks in clouds intermittently, but about 2 hours before eclipse time started, the birds became very quiet and there was a very subtle drop in temp then definite drop during. Full recovery of temp and bird singing after, even with uneven cloud cover.
It was my third "total" eclipse (one was a "ring of fire last year in San Antonio.) A few years ago, my son and I drove for miles and miles from Dallas to the middle of Kansas, then did our best to watch the weather and got to the best we could do. High cloud cover, but it was a total eclipse, and even through the cloud cover it was awesome. For this one, it passed literally right over me, and many of my neighbors ended up in a party on the cul-de-sac. The partly cloudy day cooperated completely with no clouds overhead at totality. The most awesome eclipse of the three I have witnessed. I've seen two others that were partials, one as a teen, one as a mid-twenties youngster.
Didn't had the pleasure to see this year eclipse. But in 1999 I've seen the total solar eclipse on my birthday. My parents took me to Hungary and it was truly special. Best birthday ever.
Err, don't know why I kept saying March 8th. I was horribly ill while making this video. That's my excuse, anyway.
Probably, the sun was in your eyes.
I hope you are feeling better now, Laurence! Well done on this video!!
I hope you are feeling better. Thank you for your hard work.
You did that so a certain subspecies of commenters (h. Pedanticus nitpickii) would have something to talk about. Truly, you are a giant among altruists.
Admit it, you have invented a time machine, and you got confused about what era you were in.😂
I’m in northern Maine. It was totally dark. We saw stars and planets. Temp dropped drastically (15 degrees). It was ethereal! I felt absolutely euphoric! Being 73 yrs old it was amazing for me!
It was amazing. I was in Patten.
i saw venus to the upper right of the moon when it got dark
I traveled to Vermont with my aunt and parents who are around your age. It was the first time my mother and aunt had seen one (I’d already dragged my dad 500 miles to see the 2017 eclipse). It was absolutely worth it…one of those things you want everyone in your life to experience.
@@manifestgtrI was in Vermont too, and on the way home there was *so much traffic* - probably amounts never before seen in the state - and all I could think of was that *every single car* was full of people who had just had one of the most amazing days ever! The whole day was pure delight.
I was near the Capitol of Augusta & must have been just that little bit too far east as the sun never got completely covered. It got eerily dark, but the sun continued to partially shine the whole time. 🤷♀️ I didn’t have a solar filter (glasses for me or lens cover for my phone) so I planned to just take photos of my back yard to show how dark it got, but the phone’s camera was too clever for me & adjusted the brightness on the darker shot so I couldn’t tell the difference in the 3 pictures I took, I could only see it w/my eyes. Weird!
I took two planes and a three hour car drive to get to an AirBnB to be encompassed in clouds. However one minute before totality, the clouds broke and I got to see both the totality and the diamond ring! Totally worth it!
Your life is now complete.
Same happened for me, i went out of my way to see it, was clouded, i was super disappointed, but just a couple minutes before it happened the sky cleared briefly, totality happened, and a couple minutes after it passed, the clouds came back. It saved the whole trip.
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Awesome!!! I'm glad you got to see it!!
I witnessed the 2017 total eclipse. Conditions in Wyoming were absolutely PERFECT. Not a cloud in the sky. It was all I could have hoped for. Spectacular, awesome, overwhelming. No picture or video of a total eclipse can ever come close to doing it justice.
I saw a poster which basically said the sun had gotten MOONED.
I got a t-shirt that day in my home town that said "I got Mooned in Southern Indiana"
This was the first time I saw a new moon.
HEB was selling cakes in Texas that played on these very words. If I liked cake I would have gotten one.
Glad you saw it all with your dopey accent.
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I’m nerdy enough to have made a 14 hour road trip to Middle-Of-Nowhere, Nebraska in 2017 to witness that particular new moon, and I was enchanted and awestruck. So, living in Dallas in 2024, I negotiated a 2-hour ‘meeting’ from tptb at work and spent the last two months trying to drum up excitement among my coworkers. It worked! The weather cooperated (barely) and this time I travelled all the way to my backyard to watch it.
I watched the solar eclipse from my my backyard , in northeast Ohio , with family . It was Amazing ! At totality , you heard people cheering and clapping , then total silence , as if people were overwhelmed with the experience . My husband said the temperature dropped by ten degrees .
So you didn't have someone fire off fire works or play loud music with sun references in it during your eclipse.?
@@markbajek2541 There were fireworks that some neighbors were shooting off 😃
I'm in Northeast Ohio too. Everyone cheered and semis blew their horns, a few fireworks went off and then like you said silence. Like we were all in shock. I was weeping by then.
I'm a North west Pennsylvanian and yeah it was a surreal experience.
I’m in NE Ohio too. Aside from the few fireworks, I had a similar experience. A few relatives from Florida visited, along with some from the Columbus area. Local relatives came by as well, since we have a big yard. It was awesome!
Our house in Cincinnati was set for 99.8% totality, so we drove up to Oxford, OH to visit our kids at Butler's MAC rival Miami University. It was the perfect place to experience it.
"Meanwhile, the moon wandered through space..."
Sir. That whole sentence was an Ode to Douglas Adams. It belonged in one or another of his books. He would have loved that line.
Seated in my yard in Indianapolis, just before totality..a soft cool breeze blew from the direction of the shadow coming, and it was so incredible.
I was in my driveway and was so glad the weather cooperated. Our weather rarely likes to cooperate
I live only 1hr south of Indianapolis in Brown County and was able to see it from my backyard. Even out in the country I could hear people at houses nearby cheering and clapping and children excitedly screaming because of the way the sound carries over the hills. It was gorgeous. I never expected to become so excited. The part that amazed me the most was the 360degree sunset it creates, and I found myself suddenly running out into the field by my house to take in that view better. My 90 year old grandmother who I am a caregiver for was just inside holding my dog watching the news coverage of it and I quickly ran inside and told her to look out the window and she was amazed. She said "How about that?" I became a little emotional being able to share the whole experience standing next to my dad and sharing it with my grandma. All that in just 4 minutes. It was powerful, far more than I ever thought it would be.
I went on the day of. took I65 from Chicago with the goal of making it to Indianapolis. The GPS said I would make it. Once we crossed the state line it started saying I would make it within 10 minute of totality... then at totality.. then I'd be 10 minutes late... At that point I decided to set the goal to Lebanon Illinois. But the farther down we went on I65 the traffic got worse. And the same thing happened. At that point, I just kept going in hopes of a miracle. We made it to Colfax street which was the line you had to cross to experience totality.... with 5 minutes before totality. At that point we just kept driving as far as we could before it started. With a minute left everyone on the highway just pulled over. The Corona is really something you can see on a camera. It's very clear and looks like 4k. Didn't last long because we were at the edge. But still amazing.
Good on you! Never say die. It ain't over 'til you say, "it's over."
Wow, what a nail-biter! I drove to southern IL from MN, and as I got closer the traffic got more and more packed. I was worried, but the packed traffic kept moving at a surprising pace. No one wanted to be that person who slowed everyone down. I made it with maybe 2 hours before totality. So worth it! Now the drive to GA after totality was an absolute nightmare!
I definitely noticed a temperature drop in northern WV where we had 90% totality. At 55, I've seen eclipses before, but I still get excited like a child 😊 I think rainbows and thunder-snow are cool also, but maybe I'm just easily amused. 😮
Have you seen a meteor shower? That's the best imo.
@prion42 no, I haven't. I bet it is something amazing to see. I'll have to look on youtube for now. 🙂
I am, too. It's a good trait because we're rarely bored.
@@barbarahomrighaus6852 🙂
I saw the 2017 eclipse which was in August. The feeling of temperature drop was even more noticable then!
I was with my dad who was 60 at the time. He also was like an excited little kid.
It became very chilly in Okla. City at 95% totality during max darkness.
He used both his British and Midwestern powers to view the eclipse a month early! Impressive mate.
Yeah, he did say March didn't he? I almost didn't catch that.
I know. I was like, what the what?
@@Isabella66Gracen Multiple times.
Multiple times!!!
Total eclipse of the date, lost creds 😂
This eclipse was much more impressive than the last. I was just south of Indianapolis. Very noticeable drop in temperature.
Three thoughts. I'm an Indianapolis resident and this was my first total eclipse at 50+ years old. What stood out to me the most is that it got a lot darker than I had expected. The whole experience was amazing. Not enough words here. Second thought; I have a brother in law that lives in Carbondale, IL. That jerk has been able to see this twice now. Third thought; Lawrence, had I known you were at Butler I might have stopped by and said hello and told you how much I enjoy your videos.
The skies unexpectedly parted and we got a perfect view here near Cleveland. Absolutely surreal to experience.
From Ohio, small town on centerline between Toledo and Cleveland. Absolutely mind blowing. I told my bf I would buy a plane ticket to see 4 more minutes of that. It's been days and it was so visually beautiful and hard to comprehend at the time that my brain is still computing it lol
Literally exactly what I told my wife- I'll fly to another one.
It was crazy!
Well the next total solar eclipse in 2026 is set to go through parts of Greenland, Iceland, and Northern Spain which are all pretty nice places to visit. I definitely think I wouldn't mind taking a nice European vacation and happening to be in Northern Spain during the eclipse.
People are sick of me telling them how amazing it was
I felt the same way. It was beautiful. Did you see another planet or star small, beside the the sun that had a halo too right before it began to get light again? What was that? It was cool looking.
@@cspat1 To the left was Jupiter, to the right Venus.
6 hours up to Lake Placid, N.Y., 11 hours back, for 3 minutes of totality. Worth every second. It was awesome. Your pictures are spot on.
I was working in Indianapolis that day! I walked outside to see it. I got paid to see the eclipse!
I saw the total eclipse in Irving, TX. It was MAGNIFICENT. It got so dark outside, almost like night! And the eclipse itself was so beautiful! I saw subtle colors of purple and blue around the sun’s corona.
That's where I went to see it too!
I saw it here in Fort Worth, Texas. Totality lasted from 1:40 to 1:44 pm CST. It was incredible! Imagine how folks in the old days felt when they witnessed an eclipse.
I was in Indianapolis as well for the totality! I was so awestruck.
I got my niece into astronomy from reading books by Stephen Hawking and Albert Einstein to her at a young age. Experiencing the last solar eclipse I'll ever see with her is unexplainable. We both love space. Her face when totality came was priceless. It's a day I'll never forget.
We watched from my backyard in a suburb of Cleveland. My great grandson thought it was “Amazing” when the total eclipse happened. So cute to watch him.
So glad to see Arthur is with you!
it was utterly breathtaking
We watched it from Evansville, IN. Truly amazing. During totality the sky didn't quite turn black, but rather a very dark midnight blue. Everything felt eerie or spooky, and the entire horizon looked like when they turn the lights down inside a planetarium. I'm incredibly pleased that you had the opportunity to experience this with us. I imagine that such things are much more uncommon in the UK simply because the land area is so much smaller.
I also watched from Evansville and definitely agree that the sky didn't get that dark. It felt like twilight. It was dark enough for the street lights to come on but not enough to see the stars. I think Venus was visible though.
We had a total eclipse in 1999. It was a bit overcast - well, it was summer! - but the light and temperature notably dropped. What struck me most was the quiet. Birds suddenly went silent - it was quite eerie.
i was in downtown indy working, took my lunch 15 minutes before totality and it got CHILLY!!! i was a block away from the circle!
I am now a veteran of all 3 solar eclipses in the US in the last 7 years. I was in Kelly Kentucky, just an 8 mile drive to Hopkinsville in 2017, Zion National Park in Utah in 2023. Jackman Maine in April. Zion National Park was cold because we were on Scouts Landing and Maine the temperature dropped due to the foot of snow plus the eclipse. Great fun had by me but my family won't talk to me anymore. All I can say is I am sure going to miss them. Spain, Egypt and Australia here I come.
Kelly! Where little green men scared the occupants of a farmhouse almost to death! (It was quietly determined by investigators that the inhabitants were a bit inebriated and were instead visited by several large owls.) I was born in Hopkinsville.
I wholeheartedly support your (scientific/nerdy) priorities. I'm also highly envious!
Agreed! I saw the 2017 eclipse, but didn't live anywhere near this year's and couldn't afford to travel to see it which made me so sad!
Just once, though, was enough to inspire me to become an eclipse chaser.
I'm already planning ahead to hopefully be in a position for a trip to Egypt 2027 and Australia 2028.
my dad is planning the one to Australia already 😂
Wait, your family won't talk to you because you saw an eclipse?? Did I understand that right?
I watched the eclipse in my front yard. It was disappointing because it was overcast. We did, however, get totality. It got dark, like a moonlit night. That's when the animals went weird. Dogs, cats, wild birds, chickens, horses & 1 donkey in the neighborhood went wild, giving a concert for us. (Barks, meows, chirps, clucks, neighs & brays...) The animal chorus lasted for about 5 minutes longer than the duration of totality before the animals settled down back to their normal behavior. So, the visual of the eclipse was almost obscured by the cloud cover & very unimpressive. The animals' reactions were amusing though.
omg I was at Butler University too, just a few steps away how the heck did I not even notice you 😮
Butler has a beautiful campus ❤
You were staring at the sun?
I was there too, at Holcomb Observatory no less! ...on April 6th, not the 8th. Bummer...
I was very unprepared for how awe inspiring it felt.
I’m in partial Canada. It was right over my house. I live near Niagara Falls. Watched it from my yard.
I also drove down from Chicagoland to Indy to see the eclipse. Great choice!! Weather cooperated nicely.
I too forgot to pack my solar filter. I live in west Texas, so I planned to visit my sister near Austin. When I was showing off my new camera equipment, I realized I didn’t have filter. Luckily, this was on Saturday and my brother in law is the king of Amazon. He found a semi-disposable filter that could be delivered on Sunday.
how tf is something semi disposable man?
@@Falcon-eh8tq it’s made from cardboard and Mylar. Not like a normal filter that threads on to the lens.
If you had solar glasses you could have held those in front of your phone, we did here and got some nice pics.
That's funny because my cousin lives in Austin but left for Schaffer Bend to watch the eclipse
I live in East Tx and it got slightly dim. We’ve had thunderstorms with darker skies.
Watched in Aylmer, Ontario, Canada...1minute and 58 seconds of totality, what an amazing once in a lifetime event with my 6 year old grandson...
I watched the eclipse with eclipse glasses in Fort Worth, TX 😎. We were also in the path of totality. Thankfully storms didn't come here until later Monday night. I also walked under a tree and could see crescents on the ground from the blocked sun hitting leaves.
We had the same crescent projected through a tree onto the hood of our Ford truck.
Looked like a pile of toenail clippings, lol!
We had a 90 percent eclipse and took pictures of the crescents. It was cool.
I live down the road in Dallas, We got lucky with the weather. I went to Charleston for the last one and the clouds ruined it. The news was saying DFW wasn't going to be a good place to view it this time and I didn't have much hope, but the gods didn't let us down.
@@leahmollytheblindcatnordee3586 Where I went in Mount Vernon, Illinois there were no crescents unfortunately. The leaves are too small on the trees there.
I went to the Fort Worth Water Gardens! It was a great place to watch the eclipse.
Awesome up here in Ft. Wayne IN
Went to Bloomington , Indiana for totality. Clear skies and a beautiful experience!
did you have a pork tenderloin sandwich?
@@markbajek2541the Trojan Horse.
@@chrisschepper9312 I had one last week at the Greasy Pickle in portland.
Did you get to see the Janeway Memorial?
@@markbajek2541they make the best pork tenderloin sandwiches at “one eyed jacks” Winamac, Indiana
we live in michigan and drove to Indiana, too. we left saturday and checked out bloomington and Indianapolis on Sunday. Downtown Indy was the winner. lovely state park.
I live in Southern Illinois & was lucky to experience totality in both 2017 & 2024. Both times were equally amazing!
Me, too. In my backyard - no driving no crowds. Best way to do it.
My brother's family (from GA) and I (from MN) met in your neck of the woods on Kinkaid Lake. Absolutely gorgeous place to view, and absolutely gorgeous scenery period! Crowds were minimal, but our drive to GA was a nightmare! Seven hours just to Nashville!
I live 5 miles north of Buffalo NY, so I had a front-row seat to a very cloudy day 😞 Through broken clouds we got just enough clearing to see the entire totality while sitting on our back porch. Awesome!
Same experience on Grand Island
I was in Ellicottville. Made a last minute decision to get south of Jamestown. Glad we did. We had clear skies to start and finished with broken clouds.
As a resident of Indiana, I think this is the most exciting thing that’s ever happened in Indiana ever. Except for maybe the Indy 500.
Good show still .. thanks for your great comments 💪💪💪
Me and my neighbors had a great neighborhood block party; lawn chairs, snacks, beverage coolers -- and of course our eclipse glasses. We're just NW of Little Rock, Arkansas in a rural area, We had 3 minutes and 30 seconds of totality under clear skies, no clouds within miles and miles! It was awesome! The temp did plummet, the birds silenced, and the sounds of cicadas filled the trees.
I lived in Little Rock for a year in 2015... I wanted to see the eclipse in totality but couldn't :( It was about 90% here but couldn't tell any difference in the temperature or light level at all. I did get some photos but they just look like solid white moon pics (no shadows) and having bites taken out of the white circle. So couldn't even tell it was an eclipse really.And I couldn't get any glasses so I couldn't even look at the sky! I was bummed & jealous of Little Rock as well as other places that got darkness & a ring of fire!! Lol
Now that is the way to see this. Rural area eclipse would be weirder surreal.
There are no words to describe a total eclipse compared to seeing it only partially. I forgot to mention we did see Beaty's Beads and the Diamond Ring. The planet Venus was also very bright. I've seen lots of partials, but this was a first for me being in the line of totality! Hopefully, someday, each of you has the chance to experience this! Nothing else like it!!
I live in Fort Worth, Texas and enjoyed the Totality eclipse. Birds were singing, roosters were crowing and insects were....um they were...insecting! It got really dark for the middle of the afternoon. Once in a lifetime event for sure. Now I know why Joel wrote about the event (if you know what I'm talking about) 😉.
Interestingly enough, down near Austin there are some bat caves. The bats got confused with the eclipse and all flew out of the cave early. Four minutes later, they were probably all like..."What the heck!?" We also noticed that most of the birds stopped singing during totality. Once the sun popped out again, they were singing their hearts out. It was a really neat experience!
Enjoyed your humorous narrative of the eclipse.😁
We spent about an hour and 45 minutes on the journey from Memphis to Pocahontas AR, the trip back took about 6 hours due to the traffic. Still had 15% charge on my Tesla. The total eclipse was FANTASTIC!!! The drop in temperature, the silence (except for the barking dogs going bananas), the darkness causing the street lights to turn on was such a moving experience. We decided to find a parking lot for our view instead of joining the vast throng of people on the bank of the Black River. A Pocahontas native told us that the crowd at the river front went completely silent at totality, but I'm glad we had our own little group. Taking off the glasses at totality is an experience of a lifetime!
That was the LONGEST trip ever to get to West Memphis and across the bridge. We made a mental note that the next time we drive to Arkansas to see a total solar eclipse, we will just get a hotel room for the night and face the drive and bridge the next day.
Taking off the glasses is awesome! So is taking the solar filter off my camera lens at the exact best moment, getting the diamond ring on both sides! That was chance, because I was so captivated by the eclipse. My attention was not fully on my camera. As you know, no picture or video can ever capture that experience!
I drove from the Provo UT metro area to Dallas Texas with some friends to watch it. We got lucky and had no issues with clouds. The eclipse was beautiful, I'll never forget it. Also, Dallas TX is a beautiful city. We stayed in Addison, which is also nice.
I live in Plano and know lots of people in Provo (including my son!)... it was crazy crowded here in the Dallas area with Eclipse watchers, but it was great to see!
I was in Toronto for it! We drove three hours to see the ring of fire and it was so worth it!
There was a definite drop in temperature in NE Ohio, just like you described.
The one thing I've noticed is the camera tries real hard to show the ring of fire but you don't get that white wispy fingerlings of plasma in the image that is so prevalent when viewing with the naked eye at totality.
Overall I'm glad I saw it; I would certainly travel a reasonable distance like yourself to see it again.
That's not the ring of fire. That's the corona. The ring of fire is what you see in an annular eclipse, when the moon doesn't fully cover the sun.
I hope you don't literally mean the naked eye..
@@llamawalrushybrid Because...?
I went to Neil Armstrong's hometown Wapakoneta, OH for the eclipse. SO COOL
I live in the totality zone in Texas. We drove to the park down the road... Like 2 mins. My kids played on the playground while we waited. It worked out very nicely. About 3 mins of totality.
The butler planetarium is where I stood in line to see the Shoemaker-Levy 9 comet hit Jupiter. ❤
actual conversation on Monday:
Boss: "So what was discussed in this afternoon's meeting?"
Me: "I dunno, I was out back staring at the sun and listening to the birds..." 🤪
I'm genuinely a little surprised how many places were actually open the day of. The essential worker type gigs in gas stations, grocery stories, and hospitals I get, but I kinda expected everyone else to treat it like an unexpected federal holiday.
I work at a hospital and there were quite a few workers viewing it. My IT department took a field trip.
@@michaelmccarthy5455 So, it was not a good time to have scheduled your gall bladder removal if your surgeon is also a space/astronomy nerd......Doc.....where you going???.. we're only half done here!!
@81UMspider I think it was only non-essentials. I noticed a few nurses. Not sure about the departments. I only knew the tech people from my department. With a few thousand employees, you only know those in your department and those you interact with regularly.
@@bemusedbandersnatch2069 we were in the path of totality and many schools around us closed for the day. Our district didn't but from what I understand, only about 50% of the kids showed up. (I'm a teacher.) I wouldn't know for sure, because you better believe I took that day off! It's a once in a lifetime opportunity!
@LostinthePond You did well, especially for being obviously under the weather. Thank you!
Yep, we had a total eclipse here in Mesquite, Tx. The clouds cleared enough to see it happen. It had been widely advertised that this was the place to be in North Texas to watch the event. Lots of solar watch parties here. An estimated 70,000 folks came to Mesquite from seven countries and 26 states to watch it all happen here. Great boost to our local economy.
Cool to see that so many people from outside the U.S. came to see it. Land of the Free!!
We were just up the road in Sulphur Springs. Just glad the clouds thinned out enough in the end
2:00 CUTE PUPPY! 🥰🥰🥰
In North Carolina, I used a "solar colander" to project the image onto a piece of foamboard, it worked really good.
I cut a piece out of a cereal box, put some aluminum foil over the hole, poked a pin hole in the foil, cut another bit out to put my eye against, and place a piece of white paper at the bottom for the image to project on. It worked well.
I have done that too. Very safe and still interesting.
@@Anon54387 There is a picture online of a guy showing a child that you could do it through the holes in a cracker.
@@Anon54387I had a similar plan. I put a piece aluninum foil over my eye and poked a hole in it. I like your plan better. Less painful and it works much better.
@@Anon54387in 2017 I saw a family did that where I was off I20
Thanks for posting your pictures. My city was in the path of totality but the clouds were so thick we couldn't see the sun. It was interesting however to see total darkness outside in the middle of the afternoon.
I think you meant April 8th. Glad you got to see it
We had one in britain in 1999 . It was very eerie .
I live in Indiana, along the path of totality.
I saw it from my front yard
Ooooooh Laurence, I've been waiting for this video!
Here in GA we got 80% totality.
Loved the outfits. Especially her earrings 😊. I should’ve dressed in themed too. Nice little touch ❤. Thanks for the video. My family and I experienced this beautiful moment in East Texas; also in the path of totality.
I took my son to southern IL and camped for a couple days. Shawnee National Forrest is awesome to hike and camp! On the way home, we stopped in Vincennes, IN for a few hours for the eclipse.
We passed Indianapolis on the way home and enjoyed a few hours of traffic jams. I had to work Tues morning. I saw the 2017 eclipse with my boys in Shawnee also!
Laughs in Los Angeles. 😀
I love that forest!❤️🤗🐝
Sounds incredible!
I grew up in southern Illinois, I spent a big part of teens in the Shawnee. Where'd you go? My favorite for the view was always Garden of the Gods. Camped there once, but I believe that's the night a big storm hit, not a good night to judge anything. Mostly always went there just for the view.
My youngest sister still lives there, in Metropolis.
Great idea to go to Shawnee for the eclipse. Traveled there several years ago, loved it, and want to go back.
Here in Temple, Texas, we had light cloud cover but totality blazed through!
Saw totality in Jackman, Maine. A small town of just under 800 people. Local officials estimate about 10,000 people showed up for the event. Amazing experience.
I was in rural, Southeastern Indiana, and it definitely got cold! It went from so hot I was lamenting wearing long pants to sweatshirt weather.
I didn’t have a camera filter, so I used a pair of spare glasses to get pictures of the partial eclipse with my point and shoot. I actually got some good pictures of totality, too, including a diamond ring. That little red dot you can see at the bottom of the eclipse is a solar prominence. There were a bunch of them captured by cameras but only one easily visible with the naked eye.
As usual, my cell phone had no idea how to photograph an eclipse and took junk photos.
I don't think anybody got good pics with a phone. Good eclipse pics require a very long focal length, like 300-400 mm. I only had a cheap 210 mm zoom lens, but with full resolution and a fast shutter speed (and a steady tripod) I cropped my images and they turned out nicely. Not pro, but good. I got all those prominences! 🙂
I journeyed 3 days from my home in California to Texas to see the eclipse. It was magical. So worth the long trip.
I was in Plainfield, IN not far away.
I also saw it in Indianapolis. Stayed at the Block building in the penthouse. Watched it from the roof. Just climbed out the window and a few family and friends.💯
I watched it from N. Ky. Truly spectacular.
I went to a tiny town called New Minden, Illinois, after spending the night with family in the area. I had a pinhole viewer, but it wasn’t working. Luckily, I’d pulled into the parking lot of the local church (a staple in rural America) and was able to befriend a lovely family who let me have an extra pair of glasses (and food, which is important considering I’d had none all day).
I definitely felt a chill, but I thought it was just the breeze picking up! One thing that flabbergasted me was that it looked like dusk all the way across the horizon. I got some pretty wild pictures at totality.
360° sunset! My favorite thing about eclipses!!
As a Buffalo Resident,this was are first total eclipse since like the 1920s
My daughter and son-in-law work for Indiana University, and had an eclipse party for friends and students. They had so much fun!
I saw the one in 2017 when my late husband and I drove up to Oregon to see that eclipse. This year, I was visiting my son and his family, we had a partial eclipse. It was still wonderful to experience.
When you were setting up your camera, I had already gotten back home from my 1 hr drive destination to view the eclipse. If anyone has a chance to view one with a 1-2 hour drive, you should. It was incredible.
I'm from Elkhart Indiana, and enjoyed the eclipse in Springfield Ohio, the home of our daughter...The eclipse is definitely a once in a lifetime event!!
I viewed the event a couple hours north of Indy and it was awesome!
My husband and I drove from Grand Rapids, Michigan to Indianapolis Speedway … it was absolutely beautiful! Love your video footage! And yes … we definitely felt the temperature change😎
I watched it here in GR. It was impressive even if it wasn't total.
In the path in Texas. It was beautiful.
I live in Austin and got the opportunity to see the Totality. It was incredible. Absolutely incredible.
Dumb question, but did it get dark like nighttime? I couldn't tell from his video.
@@jebsmith323 I'm don't live in austin but I was there for the eclipse. the light level outside was very similar to twilight. Imagine just a few minutes before the sun sets for the night. Not quite totally night dark, but seemingly moments away.
Dallas here. The sky was 90% cloudy and a thick cloud blocked the sun just as it went into total eclipse, but it opened up seconds later and let us see most of it.
@@jebsmith323 It got pretty dark but not like nighttime. It looked like how it looks about 30 minutes after sunset. There was enough light to walk around the yard without a flashlight and not bump into a tree, but you'd definitely want to turn on your headlights if driving a car.
@@jebsmith323 It got very dark, maybe similar to a night with a half moon. Though that doesn't really cut it. But it was dark enough that all the street lights came on. It was eerie and beautiful.
Pittsburgh got a very cloudy look, as though it would pour down rain any moment.
A co-worker and cousin were both in Erie and got a great view of it
1:05 Laurence was REALLY planning ahead, leaving a MONTH before the eclipse!
😅😅😅
He got an early viewing! That's all. I asked who he knows to get special favor.
...and still didn't have enough time to get a filter for his camera. 😂
Lucky to live 15 miles north of totality. Took a little drive to the nearby town of Ossian, IN. Found a nice parking lot and watched the wonder.
We live in Richmond, IN and viewed total eclipse for nearly 4 mins. from Earlham College back campus where a team of scientists from U of Wisconsin and Valparaiso sent up weather balloons just before and just after totality - they let out a collective cheer when their equipment registered the anticipated temperature inversion (warmer temps higher up than closer to ground). It was an awesome day -- so lucky on the weather clearing up perfectly. We had gone to a small state park in KY in 2017 to see that eclipse in totality -- the birds going quiet felt more pronounced there, and we could see more stars, but here we heard the spring peepers in a nearby pond that usually come out at dusk, and we could see Venus and Jupiter.
We were in the line of totality; It was an awesome experience. We are in Texas.
Texas. Total darkness. Crickets went wild
I live in Posey County, Indiana, and had to walk all the way to my front yard. 😊 Seriously, it was very cool.
Fellow Hoosier 😄 glad to have ya here! Great video, as always!
I'm from Michigan and on that day, I traveled down to a public area somewhere south of Delta, Ohio. Roughly 10 miles inside path of totality and I was able to see it and even got great pictures with it
Here in Elkhart, IN, about 120 miles east of Chicago, we had maximum of 97.7% coverage of the sun and we watched it from the deck in the back yard. As maximum eclipse approached we all noticed the change in brightness and color of the sky, how the breeze died, the temperature dropped and evening insect sounds began. It was a lot of fun, hope all of your driving was uneventful!
I live in northern Illinois. Me and 5 friends drove down to Indiana and we stopped by a "landmark" according to google maps called Mann Mountain. Turns out it was just a joke because it was just a pile of concrete left over from a demolished grain silo in the middle of a field in Indiana. Great spot to watch the Eclipse though. No one was around to bother us.
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I work at a library and the entire morning was spent letting people know that we ran out of glasses the previous week. I live in 93% totality and we all went out and watched with some patrons! It wa s a crazy day!
I tried to get my glasses at the last minute from my local library and in between me calling to confirm they still had some and me actually getting there they ran out. Luckily my viewing spot had said on their events page they would sell some and they actually did still have some by the time I got there.
After spending about 2 hours looking for the glasses I had for the last eclips, I drove to my library to get some, Nada. So I used my welding helmet, Seemed to be ok for brief views ( 92 % ) I did find a lot of stuff I hadn't touched for years
@kkarllwt I had an extra pair. A young fella parked a few feet away and I saw that he was using a welding helmet. I knew from experience that that wasn't enough(it's actually only 60%). I walked over and gave him my extra pair. I think he was in shock as he really didn't say much but I was glad to give him the glasses and he used them.
My spouse works at a library and took the day off so we could travel to totality. She got texts looking for glasses all day anyway.
I work in a library that was in the totality. We also took calls all morning from folks in need of glasses! I walked down to the park for the eclipse and watched with a bunch of folks. My town was basically having an eclipse viewing party. It was really fun! I left early to reopen the library.
Live in New Mexico- only partial here and cloudy with breaks in clouds intermittently, but about 2 hours before eclipse time started, the birds became very quiet and there was a very subtle drop in temp then definite drop during. Full recovery of temp and bird singing after, even with uneven cloud cover.
It was my third "total" eclipse (one was a "ring of fire last year in San Antonio.) A few years ago, my son and I drove for miles and miles from Dallas to the middle of Kansas, then did our best to watch the weather and got to the best we could do. High cloud cover, but it was a total eclipse, and even through the cloud cover it was awesome. For this one, it passed literally right over me, and many of my neighbors ended up in a party on the cul-de-sac. The partly cloudy day cooperated completely with no clouds overhead at totality. The most awesome eclipse of the three I have witnessed. I've seen two others that were partials, one as a teen, one as a mid-twenties youngster.
Didn't had the pleasure to see this year eclipse. But in 1999 I've seen the total solar eclipse on my birthday. My parents took me to Hungary and it was truly special. Best birthday ever.
I live near Dallas and saw my first total eclipse.
We were just west of Richmond and had a clear view! Awesome!