Eclipse 2024.

gumby said:

Indy - Guy said:

Totally understand chasing totality now after experiencing it for the first time.

But also, now that I have experienced it, I won't drive to find it again without some external motivator.

Same here. It was pretty neat to experience, but a big part of that was due to the fact that I could just go outside and look up. I don't think I'd seek it out.

STM317 said:

gumby said:

Indy - Guy said:

Totally understand chasing totality now after experiencing it for the first time.

But also, now that I have experienced it, I won't drive to find it again without some external motivator.

Same here. It was pretty neat to experience, but a big part of that was due to the fact that I could just go outside and look up. I don't think I'd seek it out.

Yeah, I'm waiting for it to come back to me also. In 2044 when I'm 88. I'll be standing right at the terminus, not sure what that will look like.

bobzilla said:

VolvoHeretic said:

Glad so many people had a great eclipse and I'm so glad that no virgins where sacrificed for this eclipse. 

*that you know of.

I'm sure that also depends on your definition of "sacrificed"

Went to Outlet Beach to try to get a look, it was a close 2nd on the list of least-cloudy locations over land in Ontario. The sky was so cloudy we barely got a quick peek of the moon in front of the sun, here's a pic I took before the eclipse started:

At totality:

It's hard to see in the pic but one interesting thing was that you could see a golden stripe on the horizon where the sun was still hitting the water in the distance.

Only hit one spot of bad traffic on the way there, it was apocalyptic on the way back though, took 50% longer than usual:

VolvoHeretic said:

STM317 said:

gumby said:

Indy - Guy said:

Totally understand chasing totality now after experiencing it for the first time.

But also, now that I have experienced it, I won't drive to find it again without some external motivator.

Same here. It was pretty neat to experience, but a big part of that was due to the fact that I could just go outside and look up. I don't think I'd seek it out.

Yeah, I'm waiting for it to come back to me also. In 2044 when I'm 88. I'll be standing right at the terminus, not sure what that will look like.

2017 path of totality was directly over where I lived at the time. Went home at lunch, broke out the lawn chairs and hung out in the front yard with SWMBO (RIP) and the cool neighbors along with a few adult beverages.  Definitely a once in a lifetime experience! I doubt I'd chase another one, but glad I had the opportunity to experience it once.

Saw on the news about a community in Indiana that got totality in 2017 AND today.  But clouds made them miss then, it was totally clear today.

Eclipse traffic added 3 hours to our drive home.  berkeleyers coulda watched it on TV.

As the sun was more and more eclipsed I couldn't shake the feeling that I needed to take off my sunglasses. Which, of course, I was not wearing. It was surreal.

And yes, I pity ancient peoples who were certainly much more in tune with natural rhythms than we are and for those not expecting it, that woulda been something else. Something to go make a few impromptu sacrifices for, if nothing else!

In reply to AngryCorvair (Forum Supporter) :

Berkeley those motherberkeleyers.

In reply to GameboyRMH :

My consolation for trading totality for the ~88% I got to see at home is I would probably be getting home from upstate NY right about now (close to midnight). 

I didn't think to try putting one of the glasses I have in front of the phone camera lens, but I did manage to get an interesting lens flare of the crescent sun:

Cloudy conditions were forecast, but we had crystal clear skies with only the occasional tiny cloud dropping by. We drove about 20 mins from home to go from ~30 seconds of totality to 1:30. Plus we got to hang out with some friends and the kids got to play with friends there. 
 

it was pretty dang cool to see. I loved the diamond ring effect as it hit totality. 
 

the streak below it is Venus. 

We had an exceptional time of it.

I left the classic cars at home due to the rain that we encountered and I am fully Ready to travel to Montana in 20 years for the next one. I should be retired by then and have plenty of "free time"

Total cloud overcast at my house in the 99% totality range.  It got a lot darker for about 15 minutes but not totally dark.   

A friend that has a biz of some sort with his drone (Drone Ohio) did a timelapse video of it light, then dark, then light again.  Kinda wished I had done something with mine, but then again I wouldn't have been able to focus on the actual event.  Kinda like shooting 100s of photos and videos during a concert.

In reply to slantsix :

Is that field up by Kerbers? That's a great view

slantsix said:

We had an exceptional time of it.

I left the classic cars at home due to the rain that we encountered and I am fully Ready to travel to Montana in 20 years for the next one. I should be retired by then and have plenty of "free time"

 

 

 

Yep.  My youngest son is two years old.  He won't remember yesterday at all, but in 20 years, I should be retired and the two of us can chase it to Montana so he will remember it.

In reply to RevRico :

Naw, I don't know if they even have fields there any more, Just houses, houses and more houses.

No Totality in NHT  for 4/8/24

That was the Pymatuning State Park Wildlife viewing area. We got totality there, then took the back roads to avoid the massive traffic on I 79S

In reply to Indy - Guy :

Hell yeah, then if you miss it in 2044, it' back again for the western swing in 2045!

My daughter will remember this one for sure! she's 10.. We can roadrip in some old beatup MoPar to Montana in 2045 when she is 30.  I am telling her to schedule the week off now for August 2044.

Late to the party.  Yesterday was my double nickle birthday and the eclipse.  With no job we had time so headed down to the enemy state of Ohio to get directly in the path of the totality.  Traffic down to Ohio was nuts both going and leaving, what is normally a circa one hour trip was two and a half times that, but totally worth it.  What a great thing to see.

Didn't want to travel, and since we are selling our house and had a number of showings at that time period, we took the RV a couple blocks away and watched it there. The light cloud cover here in MD actually made it easier to see and get a video of the 90% eclipse we had here:

Conversation with a colleague the day of:

Tuna: "Did you see the eclipse earlier"

C: "No, I didn't bring my glasses"

Tuna: "Oh, that's too bad. A bunch of us down here had them, you could have borrowed them."

C: "Well, I have some, but I didn't think you needed them for just a partial eclipse, not a total eclipse."