I'm an hour south of Gainesville; we had a dimming (like dark sunglasses, maybe 35%) and it cooled down at least 5*, maybe 10.
Great picture of your Dodge Bob! I heard that could happen, but didn't see it here. Tried to do the projection thru round holes in cardboard but all I got was round spots, no crescents.
Just north of Nashville we had 2-1/2 minutes of totality and the temp dropped from 95 to 81.4 according to the local weatherman. It was estimated that our city and surrounding areas had 1 million visitors for the eclipse. Lots of traffic after the eclipse ended.
That was a complete let down. The sun was only eclipsed 1/2 way over here. It basically just got hazy out. I was figuring it would at least look like sunset out. Gyp!!!!
Supposedly 81% here in sunny SW Florida. I was able to multi task - I wuz cutting grass on my lawn tractor and every few minutes I would stop and put on the glasses. It was interesting to watch.
This was as close as it got here (93%), and it still was light enough to work under the hood. That says a lot about just how powerful the light coming out of that star really is!
Same here. We had 90% blockage and I honestly thought it'd be darker. I didn't even get to wiz off the back porch like planned it was so bright....
[QUOTE I didn't even get to wiz off the back porch like planned it was so bright....[/QUOTE] My wife is always on my case about that, I'm doing her a favor,...ha
Well. I was only about One Quarter mile off DEAD CENTER http://xjubier.free.fr/en/site_page....html?Lat=33.95706&Lng=-81.28137&Zoom=16&LC=1 (Presque Isle Road, off Barr Road in Lexington SC, so you could say I got 100%... I was looking up at it through my glasses as it went into totality, and EVERYTHING went BLACK (through the glasses). I had been through several other eclipses before, but never in totality. There really is the difference between 100 % and 99% like you would not believe. For the few moments of total blockage you could see (or what I thought I saw) the solar flares. Forget the little "diamond" that forms as the totality ends (Yeah that's cool), but seeing the little orange spots around the sun was better. It actually went dead over several people's houses (Bywater Court and Highcrest Lane). My niece's husband, a SLED agent, was assigned to be a guard for the astronauts as the SC State Museum. Later I found out that one of the was actually Charles Duke, from the Apollo 16 crew. Kind of historic for my nephew, getting to meet someone that had ACTUALLY been on the moon, on the day of the best total eclipse. Just MY two cents worth.
I went to Clarksville, TN for totality of the eclipse. The weather was perfect and mother nature was spectacular. We had a few toys to play with.
We were in Carbondale Il., the culture capital of the western hemisphere. Kids and a lot of my spending capital also go there. Very impressive from our vantage point plus I got to see some old friends. Afterward traffic was horrible, 2.5 hours to go ten miles but there was a fatal vehicle accident on US 51. I-57 was bumper to bumper so we tried alternate routes, duration was 8.5 hours to travel 165 miles. through some neat old towns and decent scenery. Rumored that the National Guard was deployed due to motorists running out of gas while stuck in traffic. Another total eclipse is in April of 2024 and one of the best spots will again be Carbondale for viewing. Regards, Upstaged in SW Michigan
Well I wound up in South Carolina instead of Kentucky. Just pulled up in a food lion parking lot and watched the show from there. I have seen 90% before and the difference to the total is amazing. Let me cut off he first reply buy saying forget the math. The difference between 90% and total is more than 10%. I was able to pick out planets and stars, the corona of the sun was just unbelievable along with the way the moon looked while it was in front of the sun. The rest of the sky appeared to go through the seasons, changing throughout the event. Looked like a 360 sunset. I was joined buy a grain farmer from Iowa and a bunch of hippies (Real hippies I didn't know they were still making them!) from Maryland who placed a cloth on the ground with the zodiac on it then put crystals on each sign to catch the energy of the moon and sun. OOOOOOOOOOOOKKK right. An unforgettable experience worth the drive from Ohio and two days off work. Something Like seven years till this show goes right over my farm. I hope I can be blessed to see it again.
Took this on the north end of kentucky lake. All my professors cancelled class at murray state because no one was going to show up lol. I think we were 99.9% coverage
Grand island was in the perfect location to see the Eclipse so I took the opportunity to see it... top down! It was 12:53am and it was dark as 8pm. It was something!
