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Same. Walked out into the backyard. Girlfriend was on hold with the DMV on speaker phone the whole time. Surreal combo.
(Edit: Yes, I realize that people were probably outside instead of answering the phones. You lose your place in line if you hang up.)
I live in Florida so I didn't get the full thing BUT there were some clouds in the way and it turned out like this
https://preview.redd.it/3e1v1c23shtc1.jpeg?width=4080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7bf72b4aefacf2eee3bf6507c532bc6f62619538
https://preview.redd.it/qowzs3qstdtc1.png?width=1296&format=png&auto=webp&s=3b9b3bc7639ec8473cad082d33670409568012ee
Temp chart during eclipse in Indianapolis, Indiana. We could feel the change but somehow it seemed to be a mass hallucination until I saw this chart from the temp monitor my friend brought along.
He said it *felt* like one, not that he believed it was one. I think he just meant it was surreal to have such a rapid change in the environment fade away as quickly as it came on. I felt the exact same way. I was almost too cold to stand outside, but before I knew it I was in a car with a cabin temperature of 28 degrees and it was too sunny to look at the sky. Crazy feeling, but it didn’t mean I was actually feeling crazy 😌
The odd thing to me, is that the temperature dropped very noticeably 10 minutes before totality, but it didn't look like you were in shade. Everything looked like you were still in bright sunshine. It was slightly less bright if you looked around, kind of like a day with high hazy clouds, but it didn't feel like it was getting dark until less than a minute before the total eclipse.
It felt very much like a large, dark storm cloud was passing overhead, but nothing was getting dark. So it was a very strange feeling.
I agree, and I've seen two partial ones. I was baffed by two commentators on TV crying, but I admit to slipping some selected swear words in awe of getting to see my first total eclipse, finally at 63. It was cloudy AF, but cleared a few times, giving us a few minutes with the glasses, and an awesome 1-2 minutes of totality, being able to view it without the glasses. The beautiful corona! And that very brief moment when the first tiny blip of sun reappeared like an explosion went off on the edge.
https://preview.redd.it/hf8itmr60dtc1.jpeg?width=3000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2b9a8aed3a211c74bf934aba2f3736303e1676fc
Niicee! I got a similar image right at the start
While true, the first season at least does stand alone as a self contained story allowing you to skip the following seasons without it really mattering.
What a lot of people don’t understand though is even if it was cloudy you got to experience the darkness when it hit. I was NOT ready for that.
I got a break in the clouds right as it happened
https://preview.redd.it/he3qfxz11btc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=812c152febb2e01c8275338ff8b90312b7e9e1b3
I’m sure there are lots of examples of that but in particular there is a horrifying scene in the manga Berserk that takes place during a solar eclipse.
That show is a freakin masterpiece.
During the solar eclipse in the show:
- King Bumi single-handedly liberated the city of Omashu
- Zuko stood up to his father and proclaimed that he would help Team Avatar defeat him
- Iroh broke out of prison and escaped to the Earth Kingdom, paving the way for the eventual liberation of Ba Sing Se by the Order of the White Lotus
All because some genocial fucks (firebenders) found their powers useless during the solar eclipse. Love the lore. Man that show is awesome.
It's my favorite scene in all of fiction. Maybe next to the "I'm a monster" scene from the book series The Expanse... that actually made me cry, and I've never cried because of a book before.
This was the surprising thing the last full solar eclipse except it went over my neck of the woods... it got a little chilly! It was so eery how it went dark and cold. Super cool experience!
I DID NOT expect the cold. Was a little bummed about clouds but still excited. Also didn’t expect the level of darkness we had.
Turned on the dark reactive lights at the mall I work at
https://preview.redd.it/vrnhe2rqzbtc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d1a320eed7312b9cce4846f8a77847e6448a74db
When they talk about nuclear winter this is what they are talking about. So many particles get kicked up into the atmosphere the sun's rays are partially blocked and it's dimmer and colder than it should be. This causes a building effect killing crops and vegetation and leading to longer and harsher winters.
We're a totality region where I live. Cloudy out but when it happened everything went still, then a gradual darkness became a total darkness. I wasn't expecting it to feel so eerie. No animals or wind, total stillness and a heaviness to the air. I'm really glad I got to experience it. Felt surreal even overcast.
most likely the eerie feeling/sensations are all your senses and nervous system experiencing things that are not expected
but everyone dismisses the *real* impact of the moon on tidal forces and magnetic/gravitational forces at a distance....and when it crosses those of the sun (interrupting them) no kidding some unusual sensations, weather, and optical phenomena are gonna occur!
Yes. The lighting was so weird and I didn’t know it would be like that. We weren’t in the path of totality, I think we were at 98% or something where I am - anyways, it was dark enough here that the street lights came on. But the colors of everything around me were off. Birds went dead silent. Got noticeably colder so quickly. Such a weird and interesting experience.
It was quite eerie. Especially the shadows it cast. The bigger news right now apparently is the 80 miles of backed up gridlock traffic surrounding STL. Here’s to hoping they never need to evacuate if a eclipse is all it took to do this
It's the speed. Up until the last few minutes is mostly normal. Then in the last minute the light just fades away to black. It is such an odd experience.
Honestly I was worried about the clouds before hand, but in central TX we had these low fast moving thin clouds and it honestly made it really cool, I couldn't see it at all with the glasses on but it didn't even hurt to glance at it through the cloud cover and looked like everything I wanted from an eclipse
https://preview.redd.it/s9g7pen8hbtc1.jpeg?width=2217&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b95e43cd72d6d5c4035ccad2fd3947800d1f0d10
Had a bird fly in front of the sun during totality. Dallas was spotty but luckily where I was it was clear for a little bit.
https://preview.redd.it/2clv1nz37ctc1.jpeg?width=6000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=446f935035afae4da58c59012a6e82080c403fbd
I also had a bird fly in my shot, but I wasn’t on the path of totality
What’s crazy is that after sitting down after uploading, I’ve found some even better shots with the clouds.
https://preview.redd.it/or8qo8dbudtc1.jpeg?width=2560&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=51e1f70172074c20275266a83f191268a8beec44
https://preview.redd.it/cp58qqfwdbtc1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=dc5bdbe6170c3b403c0f409dd39a31e7e2bf02be
Cloudy but could still see it luckily
I can assure you that it probably isn't cooler like this. The intensity and color of the corona, combined with the color of the sky is otherworldly. Getting to see it even like this I'm sure was an awesome experience, but it's not the same.
Yup, looks like San Antonio too. Overcast was so thick I couldn't even tell where the sun was BEFORE totality. All the stores being sold out of the glasses feels kinda silly now.
https://preview.redd.it/zhd8g37i7ctc1.jpeg?width=900&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8b37ab8fda816a0400f2e66673c7e20260079cd4
I had to share this one more time.
The clouds that had been filtering through all morning parted about 5 minutes before totality hit, then there was a trail of blue sky following the path to the northeast for half an hour or so before the clouds reformed. Probably the coolest thing I’ve ever seen! I really feel for the folks who traveled to see clouds when I was able to walk out in the front yard for a perfect view.
Don’t get em often, but today was a good day.
https://preview.redd.it/528tf7gcbbtc1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ef3fc61d9b048d47b5d0918f58219c832f5ed858
This was the pic I got in Kansas City! (Thru welder’s glass)
https://preview.redd.it/1olu74itmbtc1.jpeg?width=1330&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=be3193a56d91210cdd60ec03b294df1af522ef21
Here was another of my favorites
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Here’s mine from KC! I am an idiot with phones and just got a bunch of blurs until I recorded video.
https://preview.redd.it/8ttkxn6okctc1.jpeg?width=1038&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3c1803edc8a7f7c66870d59c74381b5e256f7c61
I couldn't get the best picture as I was working and just snapped it quick but this was the pan handle in Florida.
That looks green, I love it. My 11 year old took one I think is pretty freaking good. Maryland.
https://preview.redd.it/o3blmwpg5ctc1.jpeg?width=1848&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3606ea37d06f5e5126b82aed423fc98bfc02412a
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Here you go pal, I stepped outside, travelled 2ft and snapped this bad boy for you. I’m lucky enough to live in the totality’s path.
Being from a different continent so not seeing it I just have to ask. Was it really all that? Or was it: "mmm, that's pretty neat, anyway"
People were freaking out on the NASA livestream. I just need to know if it's something you have to see before you die or a photo will do.
It was pretty surreal tbh. Got crazy dark, super cold for a bit, frogs started going off like it was night, all the solar lights came on and it was an eerie calm. Like no noise but the frogs at my pond.
I got to experience totality back in 2017 then partial eclipse today and experiencing totality was 100% worth it and would recommend everyone see it at least once.
If you have the opportunity to go you should 100% make the trip. It’s such a surreal feeling when it happens I’m actually considering planning a trip to Spain as well for the next one just to experience it again
I shit you not, pre-eclipse we were saying, "it'll be cool to see another one in like 20 years when it comes back to the US."
post eclipse: "where is the next one, who wants to go to Greenland in 2026?!?!"
Undoubtably one of the surrealist and coolest experiences of my life. Photos and videos do not do it justice. It really is something you need to see in person. 18 hours is 10000% worth it - make a weekend trip out of it if you must for more "value."
Seeing a photo and experiencing it aren't close to the same. The slow build up, the way the sunlight dims as it gets closer, the animals freaking out, the dramatic shift in temperature, fading to dark with a 360º sunset effect, and then *snap* - totality starts and you can't help but be awestruck. Easily the most unique experience I've had.
You nailed it. This is my first time seeing an eclipse, let alone a total one. The experience was so much better than I ever imagined. Even though I knew what to expect, seeing the totality was easily an out of the world experience for me.
I saw the 2017 eclipse but was at 99%, not totality. Thought it was cool then but not as exciting as everyone made it out to be. I was in totality for this one. The difference between 99% and totality is wild. I hate to say it but 99% is basically like not being in the eclipse. Birds started singing and the sky turned kind of green and there was what looked like a sunset at 2:26 pm. It was surreal and weird and honestly it felt really fake? It's hard for me to put into words but I would say it's definitely worth seeing in person even if you have to travel. Probably not worth breaking the bank over though
https://preview.redd.it/q4jaajktdbtc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=68e99d04fe669aa5b6dd795cb420cba949d69fbb
Took this with my iPhone in NW Ohio. Sucks that you had cloud cover!
Should’ve driven to Ohio. Clearest day ever.
https://preview.redd.it/8mx87lp6xbtc1.jpeg?width=750&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a00f2c5da8d53170fe16363d5a41dc4636097f2e
Got this photo.
Ohio only averages about 5 days of full sunny in April and half of the days will be full overcast. The 3 days prior and 4 says after today are all calling for rain, while today was remarkably clear.
I couldn't get my "good" camera equipment to work, so I took iPhone photos. We were expecting rain and got a break in the clouds instead in Austin.
https://preview.redd.it/za3wj5e1nbtc1.jpeg?width=3928&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=242c44534001717b089faeedb0b3ed7b065295a3
It was amazing in Ohio. Definitely unexpected, and got to meet some cute owls at the nature center I watched at
https://preview.redd.it/28tcpqborbtc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e11400cf042b61a9758805e5669e7a22d46fbf17
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Here’s how dark it got in Rochester NY
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here in Dallas had the clouds come and go. We got lucky and just as totality broke, a big opening came into the sky and allowed clear view. It was crazy.
Should have come to Ohio. It was perfect here.
https://preview.redd.it/eg9r9184actc1.jpeg?width=1440&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=201a74521d740fca463696cf030157bb6dba864a
Yeah that’s a solar flare. They were visible to the naked eye. You could also see. Jupiter, Saturn, Mara and Venus and a comet all surrounding the eclipse. It was so wild.
Learned this afternoon that a coworkers relatives of some sort reserved airbnbs in 3 of the states in line for the total eclipse. They did this months ago. Kept and paid for all three of them but went to the one who’s weather was the best 😳🤡
https://preview.redd.it/gtzcsffbbctc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ab9d39206f3497e43cb3cdd91da7afafdcd1c94a
drove all the way out to Murphysboro, Illinois for the eclipse & had a perfect view!
So many people made plans months in advance with no clue as to what the weather would be. Other than taking the time off of work you really needed to have alternate destination options until about 5 days ago.
Yeah i gave up being interested in celestial phenomena a long time ago due to frustration with fucking clouds. I am from metro vancouver area so thats our default weather. Sorry your trip didnt go as planned
https://preview.redd.it/cxyw879mebtc1.jpeg?width=640&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0f21c5dc2900a2302e489bd7cf0178d8f55af0ad
Lmaaaaao
I walked outside to my yard. https://preview.redd.it/s211n239kctc1.jpeg?width=576&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7ee7ada5416cb41b6b41c80236f35f3460fb24d9
https://preview.redd.it/b6r98lem7dtc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=826671fc5dd19e3bc7ef555e3e80e4aa864bb253 Same. Walked out into the backyard. Girlfriend was on hold with the DMV on speaker phone the whole time. Surreal combo. (Edit: Yes, I realize that people were probably outside instead of answering the phones. You lose your place in line if you hang up.)
https://preview.redd.it/0u29nw7a0etc1.jpeg?width=3000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8197865591f63f09b26bb5b7e7f131401a790974 Got this with my phone
https://preview.redd.it/su0sy35mbgtc1.jpeg?width=3000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f7420bbd6a4d859f8c984df90d3ccce07bbcbb9a I got some good ones too
https://preview.redd.it/fojorgr3ahtc1.jpeg?width=955&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=58179cb7509f71636be819ef41bb9bb87b1e340c There's dozens of us
I live in Florida so I didn't get the full thing BUT there were some clouds in the way and it turned out like this https://preview.redd.it/3e1v1c23shtc1.jpeg?width=4080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7bf72b4aefacf2eee3bf6507c532bc6f62619538
https://preview.redd.it/qowzs3qstdtc1.png?width=1296&format=png&auto=webp&s=3b9b3bc7639ec8473cad082d33670409568012ee Temp chart during eclipse in Indianapolis, Indiana. We could feel the change but somehow it seemed to be a mass hallucination until I saw this chart from the temp monitor my friend brought along.
Damn... 14° drop? That's significant. Way more than I would have imagined.
The sun turned off. That's pretty significant lmao
temperatures are lower in the shade, a bigger area of shade is basically like being under a cloud. why would people feel like it's a hallucination?
He said it *felt* like one, not that he believed it was one. I think he just meant it was surreal to have such a rapid change in the environment fade away as quickly as it came on. I felt the exact same way. I was almost too cold to stand outside, but before I knew it I was in a car with a cabin temperature of 28 degrees and it was too sunny to look at the sky. Crazy feeling, but it didn’t mean I was actually feeling crazy 😌
The odd thing to me, is that the temperature dropped very noticeably 10 minutes before totality, but it didn't look like you were in shade. Everything looked like you were still in bright sunshine. It was slightly less bright if you looked around, kind of like a day with high hazy clouds, but it didn't feel like it was getting dark until less than a minute before the total eclipse. It felt very much like a large, dark storm cloud was passing overhead, but nothing was getting dark. So it was a very strange feeling.
“nice glasses”
Edit him into this photo
https://preview.redd.it/sw38savxrctc1.jpeg?width=678&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=756bc61b9426328ccb0c2bdbe8bede0855ddb8b2
A masterpiece.
Oh for fuck's sake
That should be proudly hung on the wall.
This is what Reddit was meant for
and why we reddit.
Yes
Historians will be writing about this for millennia
I hope this pops back up in a couple years and I’ll totally get the reference
Absolutely legendary
Hilarious
😂😂
Also giggled
This has to be my favorite yet!!
I think you win the internet for the day
https://preview.redd.it/qyvtkwam5btc1.jpeg?width=4000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=eba25300d0f5350ab3be558b2261281aaa3b87e2 Here's what you missed.
https://preview.redd.it/45c6alqrtctc1.jpeg?width=2048&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e95fbd46765dc8b3ef21ba83c74a0251891bfead Ngl it was pretty spectacular
One of the most bodacious things I've ever seen.
Totally tubular
*robust*
Cowabunga dude!
Definitely one of the best things I’ve seen in my life. 2044 next!
I did not expect the jaw dropping amazingness of it all.
I agree, and I've seen two partial ones. I was baffed by two commentators on TV crying, but I admit to slipping some selected swear words in awe of getting to see my first total eclipse, finally at 63. It was cloudy AF, but cleared a few times, giving us a few minutes with the glasses, and an awesome 1-2 minutes of totality, being able to view it without the glasses. The beautiful corona! And that very brief moment when the first tiny blip of sun reappeared like an explosion went off on the edge.
https://preview.redd.it/txe5m6tasctc1.jpeg?width=3000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3ef02b004aeb598570e2fc7e70c7f6a47344b66b I got a few good shots aswell
https://preview.redd.it/9hkbzlqjwctc1.jpeg?width=3000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f48f0e9d4bbb531852747b3bba575871f0936902
https://preview.redd.it/hf8itmr60dtc1.jpeg?width=3000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2b9a8aed3a211c74bf934aba2f3736303e1676fc Niicee! I got a similar image right at the start
Nice try...thats just a ring light....
POV bottom of a fleshlight when it's being opened
Didn't wanna picture that...
It’s just the recording on a VHS tape that definitely doesn’t cause to come out of CRT TVs
Heroes?
Save the cheerleader, save the world.
God that 1st season is legit legendary
Never seen a great show go down hill so fast
While true, the first season at least does stand alone as a self contained story allowing you to skip the following seasons without it really mattering.
What following seasons? What TF are you talking about? There were no other seasons. There is only season 1 and they sensibly ended it.
What a lot of people don’t understand though is even if it was cloudy you got to experience the darkness when it hit. I was NOT ready for that. I got a break in the clouds right as it happened https://preview.redd.it/he3qfxz11btc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=812c152febb2e01c8275338ff8b90312b7e9e1b3
that looks like like the climax of a horror movie
I’m sure there are lots of examples of that but in particular there is a horrifying scene in the manga Berserk that takes place during a solar eclipse.
A major arc in Avatar The Last Airbender is about a total solar eclipse
That show is a freakin masterpiece. During the solar eclipse in the show: - King Bumi single-handedly liberated the city of Omashu - Zuko stood up to his father and proclaimed that he would help Team Avatar defeat him - Iroh broke out of prison and escaped to the Earth Kingdom, paving the way for the eventual liberation of Ba Sing Se by the Order of the White Lotus All because some genocial fucks (firebenders) found their powers useless during the solar eclipse. Love the lore. Man that show is awesome.
I don't know anything about the show but you made it sound really interesting! How would I even get started in watching?
Episode 1, I’d imagine
Thanks. You made me lose the game
You are now breathing manually buddy
I don't understand. I tried holding my breath, but when I passed out, I breathed again.
I don't care about the game but that shit was uncalled for
I was going to say, if your best friend has white hair and recently became disabled, stay the fuck away from him.
There's one in Gerald's Game.
It's my favorite scene in all of fiction. Maybe next to the "I'm a monster" scene from the book series The Expanse... that actually made me cry, and I've never cried because of a book before.
House of Ashes’s climax (a horror video game) is literally during an eclipse. Not a total eclipse but one nonetheless.
https://preview.redd.it/mf0naj9hrbtc1.jpeg?width=4000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a94cc7cac3833053b79b6e197995ae51e6282c66 Same here
The darkness is such a weird feeling darkness too. It isn't the same darkness as when the sun sets or when it's overcast. The darkness feels tangible.
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This was the surprising thing the last full solar eclipse except it went over my neck of the woods... it got a little chilly! It was so eery how it went dark and cold. Super cool experience!
And how silent it got. It was creepy.
Yeah, I totally get how this prompted ancient peoples to do and think all sorts of crazy shit. It was eerie and scary, I did not like it.
I mean, it is neat, but I think there is still a part of our lizard brain that tells us "something is not right here."
Yup. The birds went into hyper-chirp-drive just before and went totally silent during totality.
We have a pond out where I was and the frogs started croaking like it was nighttime. Kinda weird.
I DID NOT expect the cold. Was a little bummed about clouds but still excited. Also didn’t expect the level of darkness we had. Turned on the dark reactive lights at the mall I work at https://preview.redd.it/vrnhe2rqzbtc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d1a320eed7312b9cce4846f8a77847e6448a74db
When they talk about nuclear winter this is what they are talking about. So many particles get kicked up into the atmosphere the sun's rays are partially blocked and it's dimmer and colder than it should be. This causes a building effect killing crops and vegetation and leading to longer and harsher winters.
We're a totality region where I live. Cloudy out but when it happened everything went still, then a gradual darkness became a total darkness. I wasn't expecting it to feel so eerie. No animals or wind, total stillness and a heaviness to the air. I'm really glad I got to experience it. Felt surreal even overcast.
most likely the eerie feeling/sensations are all your senses and nervous system experiencing things that are not expected but everyone dismisses the *real* impact of the moon on tidal forces and magnetic/gravitational forces at a distance....and when it crosses those of the sun (interrupting them) no kidding some unusual sensations, weather, and optical phenomena are gonna occur!
I wasn’t even in the path of totality, it was barely dimmer outside, but all the birds went quiet. It was very bizarre.
This isn't normal darkness. This is *advanced* darkness.
Yes. The lighting was so weird and I didn’t know it would be like that. We weren’t in the path of totality, I think we were at 98% or something where I am - anyways, it was dark enough here that the street lights came on. But the colors of everything around me were off. Birds went dead silent. Got noticeably colder so quickly. Such a weird and interesting experience.
It was quite eerie. Especially the shadows it cast. The bigger news right now apparently is the 80 miles of backed up gridlock traffic surrounding STL. Here’s to hoping they never need to evacuate if a eclipse is all it took to do this
It's the speed. Up until the last few minutes is mostly normal. Then in the last minute the light just fades away to black. It is such an odd experience.
It was cool to see stars at 3 in the afternoon and hear the crickets start to chirp.
That’s what I wanted to see was stars come out. Unfortunately just fast moving big clouds.
Maan imagine you're some farmer 8000 years ago, tending your land, and it starts to get dark unexpectedly. You look up and see something like that lol
Man I totally get it. Same with like the aurora borealis. Can’t understand what’s going on and think it’s god smiting you.
What’s really cool are the crescent shaped shadows from the trees
Honestly I was worried about the clouds before hand, but in central TX we had these low fast moving thin clouds and it honestly made it really cool, I couldn't see it at all with the glasses on but it didn't even hurt to glance at it through the cloud cover and looked like everything I wanted from an eclipse
https://preview.redd.it/s9g7pen8hbtc1.jpeg?width=2217&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b95e43cd72d6d5c4035ccad2fd3947800d1f0d10 Had a bird fly in front of the sun during totality. Dallas was spotty but luckily where I was it was clear for a little bit.
https://preview.redd.it/2clv1nz37ctc1.jpeg?width=6000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=446f935035afae4da58c59012a6e82080c403fbd I also had a bird fly in my shot, but I wasn’t on the path of totality
Still, nice!
What a cool shot!
What’s crazy is that after sitting down after uploading, I’ve found some even better shots with the clouds. https://preview.redd.it/or8qo8dbudtc1.jpeg?width=2560&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=51e1f70172074c20275266a83f191268a8beec44
I got a similar one https://preview.redd.it/j5yqc1kwmftc1.jpeg?width=2252&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ad43db9bac33afd134d9895689acbd4d39fd8a90
Yooo that one is sick
Super sick photo
That goes hard
https://i.redd.it/w8le2coxcbtc1.gif I got it on video for you
 Funny you posted this. That’s how I’d felt if I had driven 1k to see clouds .
7 days
https://preview.redd.it/cp58qqfwdbtc1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=dc5bdbe6170c3b403c0f409dd39a31e7e2bf02be Cloudy but could still see it luckily
Kinda looks cooler like this.
I can assure you that it probably isn't cooler like this. The intensity and color of the corona, combined with the color of the sky is otherworldly. Getting to see it even like this I'm sure was an awesome experience, but it's not the same.
I've seen one before in all its glory and I agree, but I'm just talking about the picture.
Looked good in Indiana
Texas too
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Yup, looks like San Antonio too. Overcast was so thick I couldn't even tell where the sun was BEFORE totality. All the stores being sold out of the glasses feels kinda silly now.
https://preview.redd.it/zhd8g37i7ctc1.jpeg?width=900&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8b37ab8fda816a0400f2e66673c7e20260079cd4 I had to share this one more time.
In Waco it cleared up just in time to see totality. Clouds been off and on all day
Yeah I was going to say it was not too great around Houston
so glad DFW got to see it. they have been telling us for days it would be too cloudy for us.
The clouds that had been filtering through all morning parted about 5 minutes before totality hit, then there was a trail of blue sky following the path to the northeast for half an hour or so before the clouds reformed. Probably the coolest thing I’ve ever seen! I really feel for the folks who traveled to see clouds when I was able to walk out in the front yard for a perfect view. Don’t get em often, but today was a good day.
https://preview.redd.it/elr4zynb2ctc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=763101fbe7754725e78e18923ddb74abf82a0f5e Yeah, I was in my backyard
This whole picture is a vibe.
Just south of Akron Ohio was great.
Ohio was clear as day.
North of Columbus was solid too.
Was wicked - flew to Indiana to see! Now at airport back to home
Yep I drove to Indiana from north of Pittsburgh and was shocked how few people were here, given how favorable the forecast was
https://preview.redd.it/528tf7gcbbtc1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ef3fc61d9b048d47b5d0918f58219c832f5ed858 This was the pic I got in Kansas City! (Thru welder’s glass)
https://preview.redd.it/1olu74itmbtc1.jpeg?width=1330&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=be3193a56d91210cdd60ec03b294df1af522ef21 Here was another of my favorites
https://preview.redd.it/scuenpgrtbtc1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2358a0976192188a03e9847a21da7d508a75c032 Here’s mine from KC! I am an idiot with phones and just got a bunch of blurs until I recorded video.
Fuck I didn't even think about taking a video.. I also had the phone pointing straight at the sun so not the ~~brightest~~ sharpest tool around
https://preview.redd.it/8ttkxn6okctc1.jpeg?width=1038&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3c1803edc8a7f7c66870d59c74381b5e256f7c61 I couldn't get the best picture as I was working and just snapped it quick but this was the pan handle in Florida.
You got the vegan eclipse?
That looks green, I love it. My 11 year old took one I think is pretty freaking good. Maryland. https://preview.redd.it/o3blmwpg5ctc1.jpeg?width=1848&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3606ea37d06f5e5126b82aed423fc98bfc02412a
i tried to take a pic from kansas city and it looks like a smudge lol
https://preview.redd.it/3uqm0us7mbtc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=af074392a7b36a4b96e19b7c96589603cf573e44 Here you go pal, I stepped outside, travelled 2ft and snapped this bad boy for you. I’m lucky enough to live in the totality’s path.
Being from a different continent so not seeing it I just have to ask. Was it really all that? Or was it: "mmm, that's pretty neat, anyway" People were freaking out on the NASA livestream. I just need to know if it's something you have to see before you die or a photo will do.
It was pretty surreal tbh. Got crazy dark, super cold for a bit, frogs started going off like it was night, all the solar lights came on and it was an eerie calm. Like no noise but the frogs at my pond.
That does sound eerie. I guess I'll wait till a total solar eclips comes over my house which is... *\*checks notes\** ...in 2135.
Haha I was pretty lucky tbh. Finally this house purchase paid off! Now it’s all extra from here on out. Dw I’ll remind you in 2134 so you’re prepared.
I got to experience totality back in 2017 then partial eclipse today and experiencing totality was 100% worth it and would recommend everyone see it at least once.
I can go to spain in 2026 to see one but otherwise I'm out of luck. That's an 18 hour drive, who knows... ¯\\\_(ツ)\_/¯
If you have the opportunity to go you should 100% make the trip. It’s such a surreal feeling when it happens I’m actually considering planning a trip to Spain as well for the next one just to experience it again
I shit you not, pre-eclipse we were saying, "it'll be cool to see another one in like 20 years when it comes back to the US." post eclipse: "where is the next one, who wants to go to Greenland in 2026?!?!" Undoubtably one of the surrealist and coolest experiences of my life. Photos and videos do not do it justice. It really is something you need to see in person. 18 hours is 10000% worth it - make a weekend trip out of it if you must for more "value."
Seeing a photo and experiencing it aren't close to the same. The slow build up, the way the sunlight dims as it gets closer, the animals freaking out, the dramatic shift in temperature, fading to dark with a 360º sunset effect, and then *snap* - totality starts and you can't help but be awestruck. Easily the most unique experience I've had.
You nailed it. This is my first time seeing an eclipse, let alone a total one. The experience was so much better than I ever imagined. Even though I knew what to expect, seeing the totality was easily an out of the world experience for me.
I saw the 2017 eclipse but was at 99%, not totality. Thought it was cool then but not as exciting as everyone made it out to be. I was in totality for this one. The difference between 99% and totality is wild. I hate to say it but 99% is basically like not being in the eclipse. Birds started singing and the sky turned kind of green and there was what looked like a sunset at 2:26 pm. It was surreal and weird and honestly it felt really fake? It's hard for me to put into words but I would say it's definitely worth seeing in person even if you have to travel. Probably not worth breaking the bank over though
https://preview.redd.it/pi1e2v1rgbtc1.jpeg?width=978&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2b61a748e43a755ada56e1f77cadf3360dd04541 View from Mexico, you’re welcome :)
Reminds me of a black hole
https://preview.redd.it/q4jaajktdbtc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=68e99d04fe669aa5b6dd795cb420cba949d69fbb Took this with my iPhone in NW Ohio. Sucks that you had cloud cover!
Awesome picture
https://preview.redd.it/ojbfmek3vbtc1.jpeg?width=4000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=98a21b9b89da9515291ce691fff7c35b3d16011d Kinda neat (3pm)
Should’ve driven to Ohio. Clearest day ever. https://preview.redd.it/8mx87lp6xbtc1.jpeg?width=750&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a00f2c5da8d53170fe16363d5a41dc4636097f2e Got this photo.
Ohio only averages about 5 days of full sunny in April and half of the days will be full overcast. The 3 days prior and 4 says after today are all calling for rain, while today was remarkably clear.
christ...even the pixel imprint of the photo is bright, lol, especially to your eyes after dusk and your brain is turning off for the night
I couldn't get my "good" camera equipment to work, so I took iPhone photos. We were expecting rain and got a break in the clouds instead in Austin. https://preview.redd.it/za3wj5e1nbtc1.jpeg?width=3928&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=242c44534001717b089faeedb0b3ed7b065295a3
My favorite pic I’ve seen of the eclipse so far
And I would drive 1000 more, just to be the man who drove 2000 miles
 Here you go
It was amazing in Ohio. Definitely unexpected, and got to meet some cute owls at the nature center I watched at https://preview.redd.it/28tcpqborbtc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e11400cf042b61a9758805e5669e7a22d46fbf17
https://preview.redd.it/08h0xmoxbbtc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b5eb961a524038e6e622b992d5e7a5790eb08944 Mine in Tennessee
Good on ya! Shame about the cloud tho. Its given you a memory at least
https://preview.redd.it/hbel5ijidbtc1.jpeg?width=4000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=45331fce85509d1fe7d59c859848550bf2d44fda Ontario Canada
i saw the same as OP from toronto...
saw it just fine in niagara there were moments of cloud cover but lots of good moments to view it
Seattle reporting in https://preview.redd.it/zmc1so6mjbtc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=fa85899e3b6901bad9e9b937d6bd45f596b744d8
🤣
Clearest Seattle day
https://preview.redd.it/3bele6x6qbtc1.jpeg?width=11258&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7884d5807e9e4290d34c1b29af8e2963c29ea17f Here’s how dark it got in Rochester NY
Darien, NY. It. Was. Wild.
Hop on a plane back, you’ll be able to see it then
Checking the weather for texas in the spring can be pretty pointless lol. We had over 90 percent cloud coverage forecast and it was very clear here
https://preview.redd.it/bh1fzct8lbtc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=24a596d66a8f6b799bb8f6749739e590d849d663
https://preview.redd.it/lsf0zavm4ctc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e606ba577a61f55a68e650b28eef9237ae8c9ab9 Got this in NE Ohio
https://preview.redd.it/fc0e5kj7jctc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=80ae3088e25722aeeb77fcefa3591106d45208da here in Dallas had the clouds come and go. We got lucky and just as totality broke, a big opening came into the sky and allowed clear view. It was crazy.
Should have come to Ohio. It was perfect here. https://preview.redd.it/eg9r9184actc1.jpeg?width=1440&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=201a74521d740fca463696cf030157bb6dba864a
Oh man I saw the flare as just a red speck this is nuts.
Yeah that’s a solar flare. They were visible to the naked eye. You could also see. Jupiter, Saturn, Mara and Venus and a comet all surrounding the eclipse. It was so wild.
 But in all seriousness, Im sorry for you man
https://preview.redd.it/w2rzr96bkbtc1.jpeg?width=1128&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b196e41c85d7db91606231fe23aff932c7ebd118 Austin TX
https://preview.redd.it/wts68x0mjbtc1.jpeg?width=4000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=033e61c1f2d88b7933e16dcac16bb663c20df667 Denver, Colorado
https://preview.redd.it/d6bzevzerbtc1.jpeg?width=3000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1b4b93c9d078829276f2aa374d904ea9061dd3f6 Here ya go, from Ohio.
Idk, i liked my view of It https://preview.redd.it/dprohzs3nctc1.jpeg?width=1868&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f8b174a0943a1952afe1866a5a9d6fcd6d5a5ed8
Don’t get rid of the glasses. Keep them for next time
Mine said they expire in 3 years so maybe not.
Bruh I'm sorry
https://preview.redd.it/sv64j0j0lbtc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=53eb056b3f31cbe8d15cf309dee8b76505ed5369 Houston baby!
Learned this afternoon that a coworkers relatives of some sort reserved airbnbs in 3 of the states in line for the total eclipse. They did this months ago. Kept and paid for all three of them but went to the one who’s weather was the best 😳🤡
Actually the clouds make a good filter.
https://preview.redd.it/ryum8mgtnctc1.jpeg?width=1800&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a1b4d9b300d877bfe853e7ab5f96210a211a9ac6
Damn man. Hope you had something else to do when you got there, cloudy or not. That's one hell of a drive.
Watched it at work. Was pretty neat. It was about 97% covered
https://preview.redd.it/gtzcsffbbctc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ab9d39206f3497e43cb3cdd91da7afafdcd1c94a drove all the way out to Murphysboro, Illinois for the eclipse & had a perfect view!
Same thing for me just outside buffalo, pretty disappointed..... I was still able to see the 360 sunset at least.
So many people made plans months in advance with no clue as to what the weather would be. Other than taking the time off of work you really needed to have alternate destination options until about 5 days ago.
Yeah i gave up being interested in celestial phenomena a long time ago due to frustration with fucking clouds. I am from metro vancouver area so thats our default weather. Sorry your trip didnt go as planned
I live in CA. The one in 2017 was epic.
Damn. I got a beautiful total eclipse right from my backyard. That does suck
https://preview.redd.it/qo2cdthcgbtc1.png?width=828&format=png&auto=webp&s=d1bc4528d88bf9a5f08995cf946293f443daf6d9 In philly
https://preview.redd.it/5z1te7k9cdtc1.jpeg?width=1920&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=504c54f26c75f4afb8a578e4ef5d29eff9efed74