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[Hollycat]

That was pretty nifty. I almost wish the sky could stay like that.

 

[John Rabbit]

I think people who are underwhelmed aren't really appreciating the actual science of what they're seeing.

Even in Phoenix it was pretty neat to see it through glasses (last time I had to use a pinhole viewer) with partial coverage. Just really consider how amazing it is for too celestial bodies to line up in such a way for you to experience an immediate and real impact on your environment.

 

[MIMIC]

Only 80% here but it's definitely cooler. Getting some slightly crappy pics of it

 

[Not]

Like a late-dusk level of darkness. Was able to see stars.

I'm still amazed at what I just witnessed.

I shouldn't have moved from Oregon mannnnnnnnnnnnn

 

[Intheflorsh]

Clouds are blocking everything, but it's getting pretty dark out at least. Neat.

 

[PushTheButtonMax]

I've currently got my blinds open to keep an eye on the brightness. Max coverage should be happening in a few minutes here, but some clouds just passed over, blocking the sun and totally faked me out, I felt like a dumbass lol.

 

[half a moon]

I'm just going to look at the sun without glasses at 99.6% for a second Everyone has looked at the sun for a second sometime in their life. Shit doesn't happen. The only question is if I can see anything

 

[FireBeaver]

MO here, it was cloudy but still so freaking cool to see how everything got dark and back to light again.

 

[jmdajr]

I used the solar eclipse glasses and looked at it briefly for about 15 seconds. Feeling a bit strange right now.

Feel same.

 

[Smiley90]

I think people who are underwhelmed aren't really appreciating the actual science of what they're seeing.

Even in Phoenix it was pretty neat to see it through glasses (last time I had to use a pinhole viewer) with partial coverage. Just really consider how amazing it is for too celestial bodies to line up in such a way for you to experience an immediate and real impact on your environment.

I think those saying they're underwhelmed can'tbe in the path of totality. If you saw 100% and were underwhelmed by that, something is seriously wrong. That was absolutely breathtaking, nothing like even the 99.5% the minute beforehand.

I'm just going to look at the sun without glasses at 99.6% for a second Everyone has looked at the sun for a second sometime in their life. Shit doesn't happen. The only question is if I can see anything

Move. Drive. 100% is MAGNITUDES different and logscales more impressive.

 

[ExitPlanetDust]

We went low tech with a cereal box. 93%ish in Boulder, CO.

I was surprised how well the projection method worked. Clear enough to see cloud shadows.

 

[Hidden One]

I used the solar eclipse glasses and looked at it briefly for about 15 seconds. Feeling a bit strange right now.

 

[FyreWulff]

All the cicadas are singing now in Omaha

 

[_woLf]

Saw the total eclipse in Albany, Oregon.

That was the coolest thing I've ever seen in my life.

 

[Couleurs]

I wonder how many little kids are going to wind up with fucked up eyes from this. Me and my coworkers went outside our building to check it out and saw some woman and her 3 or 4 year old kid just staring up at the sky without glasses until someone ran up and covered the kids eyes. People are pretty dumb

 

[kris.]

It was cool seeing the tiny sliver of light and the weird darkness but man, fuck clouds.

 

[GK86]

The library next to me has glasses they are sharing with people and it looks badass.

 

[ag-my001]

Half an hour left. Clouds and thunder increasing.

Friend who didn't drive down (and probably try to propose) probably made the better call.

 

[Duane Cunningham]

That was AMAZING.

 

[Will the Thrill]

Clouds are blocking everything, but it's getting pretty dark out at least. Neat.

Clouds actually helped me see it in my area, without them it would of been way too bright but I was surprised that I could look at it with sunglasses on (though even then I'm not looking at it that often)

 

[Meowster]

That was awesome. My workplace gave us free glasses (and the day off) so we could watch it while it was happening.

 

[TimeEffect]

Man I wish i had the glasses

Is this happening in toronto yet

 

[Lonestar]

It's getting that shady haze out here in northern Alabama. Think about 15 minutes from the max amount of eclipse

 

[Thebullfrog]

Of COURSE it's raining as we head into Eclipse Prime

 

[tonysidaway]

As the last sliver of the sun disappears you take off your glasses and see this majestic view of a perfect black circle with a fiery rim and the massive plumes of the sun's corona shooting out from behind it. The light all around you drops into dusk in a matter of seconds. So awesome.

There's always one creative writing major...

 

[Lumpy Onion]

That was amazing. Never seen anything like that before. It was surreal how off the lighting felt when it was covered the most. Got a bit chilly too.

 

[OceanicAir]

I'm already impressed and we're still a bit from totality. It's like someone dimmed the sun lol.

 

[JJH]

Got my glasses and get outside to big overcast and rain.

 

[GulAtiCa]

About 3/4 the way for GA. Already much cooler outside.

 

[SliceSabre]

Only partial but I got to fucking see in here in Akron, OH. One of our managers at work has the glasses and let everyone outside use them.

Its pretty fucking amazing to see the moon passing in front as a big black orb. Its also gotten noticeably dimmer outside.

 

[half a moon]

15 minutes till 99.6% still bright outside

 

[Zelenogorsk]

Just had a solid minute and a half of totality. It was pretty fucking metal. The moon blocked out the sun in a perfect circle and it was some Dark Souls shit.

 

[Fox Mulder]

fucking rain.

I'll just watch the fainting goats.

 

[Jakoo]

So far, it doesn't look like the "Goatality" goats are going to faint. 7 minutes away!

 

[Skyline Owl]

That was awesome. A few photos I took with my crappy camera in
KC. Being able to see it without glasses was something else. Very surreal.

 

[mashoutposse]

I think those saying they're underwhelmed can'tbe in the path of totality. If you saw 100% and were underwhelmed by that, something is seriously wrong. That was absolutely breathtaking, nothing like even the 99.5% the minute beforehand.



Move. Drive. 100% is MAGNITUDES different and logscales more impressive.

Absolutely. Mind completely blown.

This is binary. 99.9% doesn't cut it. If any part of the sun remained bright enough to require eclipse glasses, you didn't see the mind blowing part.

 

[ronco2000]

Any blind yet?

 

[TheContact]

It's super sunny out today but I forgot my protective glasses 👓

 

[Van Bur3n]

I'm going to beat the fuck out of these clouds.

 

[Lubricus]

It's 90F here in Georgia, I could use some coolness. Come-on Moon, speed it up!

 

[Obliterator]

I just experienced totality for 2 minutes and 40 seconds. I feel emotional.

I have never seen a more amazing site in my entire life

 

[woodland]

MY cereal box hasn't seen anything special

 

[benzy]

The damn clouds rolled in and now I can't see shit here in SC.

 

[sphagnum]

I'm gonna have to make that trip to NY in 2024. Totality sounds awesome.

 

[yuoke]

It suddenly got completely overcast in the last hour.

 

[Captain Pants]

We got a good 2 minutes of totality. We drove from Boise up to Sweet, Idaho. My dad grew up there and took us on some back roads to a place where no one else was. The whole valley went dark, stars came out, and you could see the lights from people's houses like it was dusk. The whole thing was incredible. Now I kinda want to make a trip to see the next one.

 

[Panzon]

Anyone in Houston seeing anything? I'm in baytown but nothing is happening/happened

 

[half a moon]

Absolutely. Mind completely blown.

This is binary. 99.9% doesn't cut it. If any part of the sun remained bright enough to require eclipse glasses, you didn't see the mind blowing part.

I think those saying they're underwhelmed can'tbe in the path of totality. If you saw 100% and were underwhelmed by that, something is seriously wrong. That was absolutely breathtaking, nothing like even the 99.5% the minute beforehand.



Move. Drive. 100% is MAGNITUDES different and logscales more impressive.

god damnit. rip offf. i don't have access to my car and it'd be too late to drive 15 miles to totality anyway

 

[Kensation]

Dark Side of the Moon just started over the outside work PA.

 

[Smiley90]

And now for a 10h drive home...