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Post by bixaorellana on Apr 8, 2024 14:25:58 GMT
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Post by cheerypeabrain on Apr 8, 2024 17:18:13 GMT
How brilliant. Nothing here but I will watch it on the iPlayer as they have a live stream from the USA.
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Post by kerouac2 on Apr 8, 2024 17:25:29 GMT
People need to remember to wear a helmet because of all of those pieces of Boeing falling out of the sky.
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Post by bixaorellana on Apr 8, 2024 18:35:47 GMT
Well, what we're getting of the totality -- @69% -- is far less dramatic than I would like. There is no cloud cover & the birds are quieter than usual, but only drama is the somewhat eerie light outside, a light I doubt I would have noted had it not been for knowing about the eclipse.
There will be another one in 2045, so I'll just have to hold out & wait for that one.
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Post by fumobici on Apr 8, 2024 18:52:56 GMT
Well, what we're getting of the totality -- @69% -- is far less dramatic than I would like. My experience is that partial solar eclipses are pretty dull. Kind of like lunar eclipses.
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Post by htmb on Apr 8, 2024 19:13:43 GMT
My son, who has been staying at my home periodically, was having a problem today with the garage door opener. We both blamed it on the eclipse.  |
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Post by kerouac2 on Apr 8, 2024 20:26:44 GMT
We had the last total eclipse in France in 1999. Paris was at about 98% but even those 2% are brighter than the brightest moon.
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Post by bixaorellana on Apr 8, 2024 21:09:07 GMT
a problem today with the garage door opener. We both blamed it on the eclipse. Thank goodness some people understand how the universe really works! |
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Post by bixaorellana on Apr 9, 2024 3:13:04 GMT
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Post by Kimby on Apr 9, 2024 4:58:40 GMT
We only had 37% eclipse in Montana, and it was mostly cloudy.
But the clouds thinned as the eclipse was happening, and with our eclipse glasses from the 2017 total eclipse, we were able to see the chunk missing from the sun.
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Post by lugg on Apr 9, 2024 19:49:03 GMT
We had the last total eclipse in France in 1999. Paris was at about 98% but even those 2% are brighter than the brightest moon. I was in Vannes and it was quite amazing for a few minutes |
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Post by lugg on Apr 9, 2024 19:50:02 GMT
But the clouds thinned as the eclipse was happening, and with our eclipse glasses from the 2017 total eclipse, we were able to see the chunk missing from the sun. Even a glimpse is amazing. I saw nothing here |
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Post by Kimby on Apr 13, 2024 0:40:51 GMT
I will be 90 years old when the next total eclipse occurs in my part of the world. Glad we made the effort to see the 2017 total solar eclipse in Idaho’s Lost River Mountains. Very magical experience.
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Post by bixaorellana on Apr 13, 2024 3:37:19 GMT
Kimby, I am so glad that you all got to see it!
The next one will be less than a month after my 96th birthday. Looking forward to it.
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