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Got to look at it from beginning to end ( in brief bursts) through the cool glasses with neighbors and family
Once it was at its height here ( 93%) many went inside.
I went out behind my garage as my property borders a muni golf course and was able to relieve my self through the fence while watching the moon slowly give the sun back through said glasses ..
That was rad.
Should be interesting getting all the wooks out if the weather hits, especially given their proven lack of preparation:
https://seetexaseclipse.com/blog/weather-cancellation
I went for the budget option. No leaves on the trees yet, so I improvised:
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Lots of friends and family along the path sending some cool pics
Coolest thing I’ve ever seen. Not to have to leave my backyard for over 3 minutes of totality made it even cooler.
All of this.
Streetlights and our outdoor night lights came on.Quote:
Originally Posted by ötzi
Sorry folks, eclipse is closed. The moose out front should’ve told ya.
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one minute of totality, three minutes, whatever. it’s just not enough. i think i have a new addiction. see everyone in ‘26?
Seeing some absolutely cool pics roll in from Cleveland where they were smack on the totality line with clear skies.
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It’s not Bonnie Tyler so its allowed
Morocco 2027!
We got really fuckin lucky. Did some weather chasing this morning, then ended at a park in the bustling metropolis of Walnut Springs.
Then things cooperated fully and we got a cloudless viewing of the entire totality.
When that last sliver disappears and you take the glasses off and gaze at the mind-blowingly cool black hole sun... fkn'a.
Totally worth it. Now nearly back to Amarillo. Long day...
Sorry to keep beating the drum but the more I see the more in awe I am of the photos coming out of Cleveland today. The clear skies, the total darkness of the eclipse and the backdrop of the city and lake made for some absolutely stunning images.
Sorry for the IG links (no way to upload photos right now on TRG) but these are absolutely worth a click, especially the drone footage from the lakefront and downtown in the first link that captures pre-eclipse to totality and back. Just amazing.
Really makes me wish I had made the trip up to see family for this one.
https://www.instagram.com/reel/C5hUM...owbjB3bXBka21y
https://www.instagram.com/p/C5hBAZuP...tqb3ZmaDNtYQ==
Was in the totality path. Started with some cloud cover coming and going , but you could definitely see the sun get obscured and blocked from 2:10 or so as clouds would part for a bit and all the way up to totality at 3:16 PM. Just short of 4 minutes- mostly cloud free but a few would blow past. A few jet airplanes up there also flying around leaving contrails. As it got pretty dark, birds, insects and animals were chirping away and making noise and could see the ring. 2 planets were visible- one about 5 o'clock and the other between 10 and 11 o'clock also. Then the bottom of the sun began to appear and glasses went back on. They said final ending was 4:40 pm, but seemed like it was closer to an hour after it was pretty darn close to being full sun again.
Cloud covers while many maybe wished the sky was completely free of them, It really made for some interesting break up of the time and at no time during the totality was it heavy cloud coverage, just lighter ones that would pass over and viewing could continue. Others in our group were doing some photography- cell phones with the film filters that were being sold, just like the glasses, and one had a digital camera with a glass filter, and a second old school film camera that he tried during totality that he did not have a filter for but had a longer zoom lens that the digital.
Only thing I did not check was the phone for the temperature change (if they even updated the temperature drop frequently enough in the weather app reporting.) Edit- weather report on nightly news reported -10 degree F temperature change in 1 hour around the totality.
After had some food, dinner basically picnic style at the friends home out on their back porch...
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Originally Posted by garyfromterrace
Cleveland videos look amazing. I don't understand why people were clapping when they saw it though. The moon can't hear you.
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Lol, when the Browns are the hometown team there’s not a lot to cheer for so any excuse to applaud helps keep the skills sharp.Quote:
Originally Posted by muted reborn
uhhhhhh yea. one of the most amazing things i've ever seenQuote:
Originally Posted by ex-powderbroker
We are traveling in a straight line on a rock through warped 4 dimensional space-time next to a gigantic proton nuclear fusion inferno making everything we know possible, thanks to the sun. What a wonderful world we live in!
Whether you were in 90-99% coverage means nothing but when 99% became totality, it changed everything. It’s not until you can take off the glasses to stare at the sun that matters. The fact there were no clouds was incredible. The sun flares on the lower portion were spectacular.
We posted up at Foam Brewers on the waterfront in BTV and had an amazing experience. It was the greatest picnic that Burlington has ever hosted. I’m just glad I didn’t have to get in a car to go home.
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This. A partial eclipse may as well not even be considered a similar event as a total. It's not even in the same realm, IMO...Quote:
Originally Posted by Peruvian
Second one for me and definitely won't be the last.Quote:
Originally Posted by ex-powderbroker
One of these (New Zealand 2028?) I'm eventually going to skin/climb a mountain to experience it from the summit.
i’m so glad i took the drive from the edge of totality to the middle. i was really about to say “what’s the difference” and take the minute or whatever from my steps.
Canmore 2044 booked
Haven't heard Fredericton report in. Did we lose the NB outpost?
Haaa it was pretty cool. Clear day and total eclipse. Looks like the trg server fan can't handle my mad pixels though!
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Just a few miles east of Jay Peak, it went from a bright blue sunny day:Quote:
Originally Posted by ötzi
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It was nuts. Something buried deep in the primal brain can't make sense of it. The sky was broken for three and a half minutes.
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I also want to add that Holy Fuck there were A LOT of people trying to get out of northern VT. Put the Phish show traffic jam to shame. It was apparently bumper to bumper 5mph traffic from Newport to WRJ on I-91. I saw the start of the jam in Newport and took backroads home to Lyndon. I couldn't believe how many other vehicles from out of state were also on the back roads trying to get around the mess on the Interstate. However, most of those NEK backroads all end up in Lyndon along with the Interstate. It was a shit show through 9:00 this evening.
My brother who lives outside Burlington took the day off and skied Stowe then hiked up Mansfield for the eclipse. He said there weren’t too many other folks hanging on the chin, probably made for a pretty cool viewing.
Although when I talked to him this evening he said it took 3hrs to get back to Williston…
Amazing photos BTW NEK!
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I’m thinking Gibraltar in ‘27 would be pretty cool.Quote:
Originally Posted by I Skied Bandini Mountain
That whole area of the 27 eclipse is like 90-95% chance of clear skies that time of year too.
Sydney Australia right on the centerline in July 2028. It will be winter there, of course.
Ya, thing #3 had to get back to Worcester, MA last night. He ended up taking two hours to get to Waterbury and I told him to get off and take rt 100 south. Got to school around 1:30 am.Quote:
Originally Posted by From_the_NEK
GoldQuote:
Originally Posted by Skistack
yeah it was really great. I hiked up a hill with my wife and it was a pretty interesting experience.Quote:
Originally Posted by grinch
Sky was as clear as it could be
This is where having previous experience with psychedelics was useful for me. Lots of folks were really going off about how cool the totality of eclipse was (and it certainly was!),but for me it wasn’t as cool as dropping a clean hit back in the day and paddling a canoe around a remote pond at sunset. I felt very connected to the Universe that evening thought that I could paddle to the Sun. The Eclipse and experience of witnessing totality yesterday brought me back to that neighborhood and I was thankful.Quote:
Originally Posted by From_the_NEK
Wait until 4/20 when Jupiter aligns with your anus
I thought id be up at crabbe for it but i was too late rounding up glasses. I bet it'd be best up a hillQuote:
Originally Posted by ironhippy
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Painful drive but it was a cool experience.
Found a secluded spot on the beach of a fairly big lake and toasted with chilled champagne.
Did a walk at a pollenater garden and nature preserve before the event. Traffic was no big deal
We lucked out on weather. It was partly cloudy before the event but had an entirely clear view between the clouds for the moment of total eclipse.
I thought about heading up there as well, in the end I figured it'd be best to stay close to home so I wouldn't have to deal with any traffic.Quote:
Originally Posted by grinch
It was great, as soon as the eclipse ended I was back to doing yard work.
Ever wondered what the eclipse would look like from orbit? So cool!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ld33TvLPwYI
That looks awesome. Like a black hole just opened up on Earth.