I took these with my Pixel 6 through the framed 14 gauge welders glass that my dad gave me last week. The phone’s focus software was battling with the glass, but considering I was winging this, I was fairly pleased. We were at 89.3%, so no corona. We got as far as a slice of light on the left, and then the moon started moving upwards.
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Wow
I didn’t realize til I started taking pics that the glass would photograph as green. Was excited about that! Good thing it’s still early spring here – in another couple weeks, we’ll have a fully leafed-out tree canopy.
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Just as spectacular as 2017! This was the first in totality for H and now he gets it. We were in a waterfront park on the banks of Lake Champlain, along with 8000 new friends. Entertainment, food trucks and a very festive well behaved crowd. Well worth the travel.
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We only had 99% here. S22 and friends drove 5 hours today searching for totality and clear skies.
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Now that the eclipse is over - and I’m glad was able to see 100% totality for a little over two minutes, and it was a cool experience….
I have to say, FOR ME, it’s overhyped.
Or over….something…!
I could not believe how many businesses closed for the day, people took off from work, workplaces made special accommodations (again nice, but it stuns me how interruptive it was) , and how many events around the area were planned - luckily it was a gorgeous day - probably the nicest of 2024
Don’t get me wrong I’m glad I saw it. Would I travel more than a short distance to see it again? Nope.
Personal opinion! Clearly
Many people had a much more emotional experience.
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My husband and I were excited. We geeked out. Tried to take pictures. We were at 92%.
I asked my husband if he was sad we didn’t travel 4 hours for totality. He said it was cool but he was happy being home and seeing what we could.
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I watched the beginning on TV and totally saw how amazing totality would be in person. So happy for those of you who did!
This is what we saw here. It was exciting in its own way.
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These are my grainy pics from my phone in AR. One was just a pic and one had the glasses over the camera lense.
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We watched the eclipse at a friend’s house about 45 minutes away from Columbus. Amazing experience. They had about 25-30 people over -all in the backyard. Lawn chairs/blankets, food - was like a picnic. My kids hadn’t experienced the total eclipse and were very glad they came to this one. Luckily for us, traffic wasn’t an issue and both my H and S made their flights out of Columbus in the evening just fine!
We love sunrises/sunsets and for us, this experience was very worth it. Our original plan was to fly to Austin to see this with friends - they ended up with clouds during totality. We got incredibly lucky.
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A lot of people I know in our greater than 98% area feel like the whole thing is overhyped. I went in totality in 2017 and told my husband that day that I was going to make him go with me in 2024. My kids didn’t get it at all either. Yesterday we were all in different areas but we were all able to get into totality. They now all understand that 100% is completely different than even 99.9%. The problem is , anyone who still stayed in the 98-99% range still don’t get it and now most likely never will.
A few minutes before totality my husband claimed “I still don’t think it’s going to be different than what I experienced in 99% in 2017”
Then, boom, the lights went out. We had nearly 4 minutes. Could see the planets and looked like a really dark sunset over the lake where we went to watch it. He then proclaimed “I get it now”
My whole family now gets why I said in 2017 it was so cool when they were underwhelmed.
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@bhs1978 exactly! That moment of totality is like nothing I’ve ever experienced before. It wasn’t just the eerie lighting, it was also the silence, the 25 degree drop in temperature, the strangeness of it all. Easy to understand how pre-scientific cultures would interpret it as a significant message from the gods!
Reframing the incredible traffic jam on the way home as sharing the experience with 200,000 likeminded people helped. A little.
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We went for 100% totality, driving about 1.25 hours to get there and 3 hours home. This is my shot of the darkness of totality.
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I’m jealous of those who were able to capture it on their phones! We had about 4 minutes, and all tried without success. Surprise 1: Even with a VERY TINY sliver of sun, while the sky starts to darken, totality was 100% different, and changes in an instant. Surprise 2: What looks like a sunset (or sunrise) in all directions of the horizon. Very cool!
We drove a longer route home via backroads, and nearly no traffic at all. That was a treat of its own.
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I’m glad you got to see it. The totality is like nothing else in the world.
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My D, her BF, and friends drove on Sunday from DC to Cleveland to see totality - no traffic issues. They watched from Cuyahoga Valley National Park, weather was great, they got the whole experience. They had no traffic issues leaving the park and for the first hour of driving. The rest of the way, they hit numerous work zones that took 20-30 minutes each to crawl through. Arrived back in DC at 1:30 am. She said the eclipse traffic would not have been bad if it weren’t for the work zones, and the work zones would probably not have been bad if it weren’t for the extra people on the highways. Combined, they made for a slow ride home (and a rough work day today.) But glad she did it!
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S goes to a school in the path of totality. It is Spring Break this week. Guess where S was for the eclipse? Epcot in Florida. 
I guess when you’re that age an eclipse doesn’t seem like that big of a deal!
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