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[MIMIC]

Any demon sightings yet?

Just one. Got my shotgun ready.

 

[Kallor]

You know. Here in Utah like 90% or so. Not that dark. Super cool. But not mind blowing.

Should go to a full eclipse location next time.

Edit. Like just above me. Yeah still bright as fuck. Looking through these glasses and how you can't see anything but the sun. It's insane how bright it is

You really should. That was my first time and wasn't super interested at first. was Incredible. Was 100% here.

 

[CheezyMac88]

It's time

 

[Monocle]

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.

 

[Atomic Playboy]

Welp. Just saw like, 99.4 percent totality here in Portland. That was cool as hell.

Yeah, similar up in Vancouver. It was pretty incredible. And I was able to verify that the shadows of leaves on trees do indeed reflect dozens of projections of the eclipse. After the viewing party I had everyone in my office staring at tree shadows in the parking lot.

Also, honey bees started dropping from the sky en masse. Like they just completely shut down as the sun faded from view. It was surreal.

 

[Z3M0G]

I got emotional watching the totality on a live stream. Just gorgeous.

Texas in 2024 is going to be lit

Both Texas and Atlantic Canada in 2024? That's quite the path...

It's 2 days before my birthday that year... so I'm considering making plans.

Or today may convince me it wouldn't be worth it...

 

[see5harp]

What does that even mean? What did you expect to happen?

on NPR some dude was saying crickets would start chirping and animals would start behaving as if it were night.

 

[Smiley90]

The fuck it was. that was incredible. Day turns to night, the stars reappear. The temperature drop. The moon brightens up and looks like something out of elder scrolls. That was incredible. But I also live in one of the best viewing spots in Oregon.



Yah. Was crazy.

.

Albany, OR.

Clear skies, one of the most incredible sights of a lifetime. Felt like it was straight out of a movie or videogame.

 

[HTupolev]

So apparently a 57% eclipse doesn't look any different from normal. At least when viewed with a phone camera.

it was supposed to be like 79% me and it didnt look any different from the normal sun when viewed through my camera

The sun blows cameras out. We had a people today trying to take phone photos through a welding mask lens, and it was still way too bright to capture.

Even with pinhole cameras, you need lots of ambient light to force the phone's camera exposure low enough to get a good image; it's much harder to photograph the Sun's disk in a pinhole projected into a dark box, than a pinhole projected onto a surface in the open. These two shots were taken at about the same time, the upper one is just really blown out:

 

[Khalifa Jayy]

Man, my eyes feel strange even though I used the protective glasses.

 

[IceMarker]

Welp. Just saw like, 99.4 percent totality here in Portland. That was cool as hell.

I live near the Columbia river in Portland, it got dark enough to the point street lights turned on. I didn't get any special glasses or whip up a projector fast enough, but it was cool to see the twilight and the shadows from foliage reflect the phases. Glad I'm young enough to be alive when the next one happens on the west coast a couple decades from now.

 

[Kallor]

Don't forget the 360 degree sunset. I seriously did not expect how quickly day went to night.

The temperature drop too lol.

 

[Dubbedinenglish]

Jealous of the people taking up their plames to see it

 

[Bornstellar]

on NPR some dude was saying crickets would start chirping and animals would start behaving as if it were night.

That happened where I was.

 

[Borgnine]

Youngest guy in the office just got told sorry we need to sacrifice a virgin lol

 

[womfalcs3]

Saw the total eclipse. That view was incredible. I'll never forget it.

Until 2024, when the next total solar eclipse happens in the US.

 

[ag-my001]

Both Texas and Atlantic Canada in 2024? That's quite the path...

It's 2 days before my birthday that year... so I'm considering making plans.

Or today may convince me it wouldn't be worth it...

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_eclipse_of_April_8,_2024

 

[BreezyLimbo]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmLk2vSXXtk

only song you should hear

 

[enzo_gt]

Man scientists oversold the shit out of this nonsense.

Outside of this not making very much sense on it's own, by the very nature of their job, scientists are the probably the best trained people at not overselling things.

 

[SkyOdin]

The sun was only half covered by the moon where I live, but I was able to use one of those pinhole devices to watch the eclipse happen. It was cool. Literally, it felt like I was standing in the shade outside. Even though it is daytime, the light was noticeably dimmer than normal. Eclipse weather is nice.

 

[breakfuss]

Will I see anything in Florida? Cloudy as shit here.

 

[The Last Wizard]

Got cloudy in NYC shit!

The one fucking day it had to be cloudy😑

 

[MAtgS]

Yep.

 

[GhaleonEB]

We were in the path of 98.5% coverage, which still looked like a dimly lit day. It was still creepy how dark it got, and how fast the temperature dropped. With glasses, the sun was this tiny sliver, but still far too bright to look at without them.

 

[Luminaire]

Pretty cool to see. Up in Seattle, temp felt way colder. Watched, with glasses for about 20 mins while also streaming the Oregon one. My entire workplace was outside staring up and sharing glasses.

 

[Z3M0G]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_eclipse_of_April_8,_2024

Yah that's what I figured it must have looked like

Edit: holy shit, I don't need to go anywhere! Or drive 1 hour away to be dead center if I want.

 

[TheCochese]

Will I see anything in Florida?

Lizard men.


But those aren't related to the eclipse.

 

[soundtrack]

Man, my eyes feel strange even though I used the protective glasses.

Same, hope I'm alright lol

 

[GodParticle]

I just saw a lizard in my house while waiting on the eclipse. Coincidence? I think not....I"M ONTO YOU LIZARDMEN

 

[Aeriscloud]

Will I see anything in Florida? Cloudy as shit here.

Yeah, you should easily be able to. It's 90% eclipse here in Daytona, at 2:50 PM EST.

 

[Hidden One]

Same, hope I'm alright lol

Hope you enjoyed vision.

 

[Jedi2016]

Well, trying to get a timelapse with the DSLR was a bust. There's just no way to keep the camera focused on such a small area with the equipment I have (I have six years to fix it before the annular). So now I'm just going outside every few minutes and snapping a handheld photo.

 

[Gorillaz]

I need an avatar the last airbender joke but I can't think of one

 

[Arcteryx]

Pretty cool to see. Up in Seattle, temp felt way colder. Watched, with glasses for about 20 mins while also streaming the Oregon one. My entire workplace was outside staring up and sharing glasses.

Yep, definitely felt cooler in Seattle.

Stream was better than what I saw outside :shrug:

 

[Monocle]

Until 2024, when the next total solar eclipse happens in the US.

Yeah but I'd have to travel for that most likely.

 

[Shalashaska]

Man, my eyes feel strange even though I used the protective glasses.

Same, hope I'm alright lol

 

[Burt]

Welder's goggles and 3 pairs of sunglasses, baby.

 

[Instro]

Got a good look at it in SoCal, since it's so clear, pretty cool even if it's just partial. Definitely worth having the glasses compared to using the DIY stuff. Definitely got darker outside as well which was neat. The birds were freaking out too.

 

[Intheflorsh]

Yep.

Same here.

It's not even that dark out.

 

[Hunter S.]

Going inside makes it even more obvious that it is dim as hell out. My nipples are getting hard due to strange coldness.

 

[GrandHarrier]

Salem Oregon here, was in the path of Totality. Holy shit that was amazing. Even as someone who understands the science it's so creepy and surreal.

 

[half a moon]

We were in the path of 98.5% coverage, which still looked like a dimly lit day. It was still creepy how dark it got, and how fast the temperature dropped. With glasses, the sun was this tiny sliver, but still far too bright to look at without them.

I wonder what 99.6% will be like. hm

 

[ZOONAMI]

Just one. Got my shotgun ready.

Time too shoot our guns at the sun y'all.

 

[Dinokill]

I wonder how many people will fuck up their vision for good.

 

[PumpkinSpice]

In Ottawa.

Can't tell the difference looking at the sun, but the light is way more yellowy than it was 30 mins ago.

 

[PushTheButtonMax]

Lol, the scientist on the CNN eclipse cam equated our ability to predict astronomical events to being able to predict climate change and the host was completely flustered.

 

[GK86]

Man, those people in the path of totality are fucking lucky. (video)

I'm jealous.

 

[Reszo]

Honestly i feel like a lot of people expected a total eclipse in the whole US, because thats the image that the media always uses.

Yeah thats literally what everyone i talked to today thought until i told them not in ohio so they lost interest lol

 

[Menitta]

Still mostly sun in Maryland. I looked at it for a little bit through 4 sunglasses. Trying to make the projection work.

 

[Kallor]

Salem Oregon here, was in the path of Totality. Holy shit that was amazing. Even as someone who understands the science it's so creepy and surreal.

The atmosphere of it all was something else.