Eclipse 2017

[SlipZtrEm]

OMG it's happening!

 

[Exorcet]

I didn't have glasses, but I was able to catch the eclipse as it passed behind some clouds. I'll have to make plans for the 2024 one to be under total conditions.

 

[prousonhairy]

That's how dark it got, I couldn't get any decent ones of the total eclipse, it still looks like the sun on my iPhone. I'll post a couple of the ones my sister in law took, as soon as she sends them to me.

 

[Silver Arrows]

I was expecting uttee darkness in Brandon.

0/10 would not look into the eclipse again

 

[prousonhairy]

I was expecting uttee darkness in Brandon.

0/10 would not look into the eclipse again

It wasn't anything special here, until totality happened. That's was extremely cool. Unfortunately, that only lasts a couple minutes.

 

[photonrider]

OMG it's happening!

But . . . where . . . is the apostrophe?

 

[Adamgp]

Too cloudy here, didn't see much at all. Didn't get very dark, either.

We did get plenty of free King Size Milky Ways, Eclipse gum, Sun Chips, and Rocket popsicles from work though, so it wasn't a total loss.

 

[Silver Arrows]

Too cloudy here, didn't see much at all. Didn't get very dark, either.

We did get plenty of free King Size Milky Ways, Eclipse gum, Sun Chips, and Rocket popsicles from work though, so it wasn't a total loss.

I bought a vanilla Coke and gum.

I am the greatest man alive.

 

[Dan]

About 70% here, but with clouds. I didn't buy any of those glasses, but the clouds cut down most of the glare so you could view the eclipse briefly. Neato.

 

[RocZX]

It was getting cloudy

 

[huskeR32]

Lincoln, NE.

 

[RACECAR]

While I wasn't in a state directly in the path (hence not much darkening), I did feel an immediate drop in temperature. Suddenly felt like I wasn't walking into an Oven. Pretty cool experience, can't wait for it when it heads over here in 2024 (at least that's what Nasa Predicts).

 

[CodeRedR51]

Sorry, but this had to be posted.

 

[PeterJB]

It's remarkable how much excitement, anticipation and preparation goes into these events, when you consider they only last a few minutes and (in this country at least) it'll almost certainly be overcast when it does happen.

 

[Pupik]

Here's what I got in San Antonio, Texas with about 66% coverage, and some partly cloudy skies:



Put enough neutral density filters on there, and you can turn a blue sky black. Used two pairs of sunglasses on my head and stopped down -2 EV on the camera to be sure.

In reality, the sky was just a normal blue, since it was not a total eclipse. Just an otherwise average day, if you weren't prepared for it.

 

[UnoMOTO]

Here in Denver, I was expecting more. At 92% I thought it was going to get much darker than it did. Would not repeat.

 

[Thorin Cain]

Lincoln, NE.

Watched on a live feed from Lincoln earlier. It was quite spectacular to say the least . I'll bet it would have been 1000% more so on the ground.

 

[Sage Ages]

Too far away, and too much/not enough cloud cover to actually notice there's an eclipse happening. Had to borrow glasses to see it and even then it was underwhelming.

 

[Johnnypenso]

This was about as big a non-event here as Y2K. If it hadn't been talked about incessently for days I'd never have known it judging by the level of light outside.

 

[Robin]

It was very cloudy here so I didn't even manage to see the tiny bite out of the Sun we were supposed to get but I did see the live coverage from the US in an area of totality and the reporter was overcome with how surreal and amazing the whole thing was.

Saw this tweet, pretty cool that the ISS made an appearance.

 

[ProjectWHaT]

My family drove to Portland, Tennessee from Louisville. Currently eating in a Burger King because the traffic is so bad.

My full set will be edited and online tomorrow.

 

[Joey D]

We got like 92% here in SLC. Work had an eclipse viewing party for us and we were all up on the roof. They had Astro Popsicles (a Utah thing), hot dogs, pop, and other goodies for us. No one did any work for almost two hours so I was good with that. I was surprised that it didn't look more like twilight out, everything just got kind of overcast looking and that was it. The sky over the mountains was pretty dark though.

Even if it wasn't what I was expecting, it was pretty cool to see. Now to wait until 2024 to see one again, I'll probably head to Michigan for that one though since it looks like it's in the path.

 

[ROAD_DOGG33J]

These crescent shadows are pretty cool: https://twitter.com/i/moments/899691374030733312

It was only ~86% coverage here and cloudy. You could see it through the sun, but it just looked like a very overcast day.

 

[Daniel]

Stupid double standards smh.

 

[Dolph Drago]

I would have expected it to be a bit darker considering it was at 91% where I was. Meh.

On an interesting note, the one in 2024 will be a total one assuming I don't move away.

 

[PsuPepperoni]

I've seen a partial eclipse before. It's neat, but nothing to travel for. It doesn't even really get dark.

The total eclipse, on the other hand, is beyond belief. Terms like speechless and breathtaking seem overused and meaningless now. I can't explain it and I'm not going to try. I was crazy excited for it, but it was about a billion times cooler than I could have imagined.

Marshall, Missouri

 

[TB]

With our 70 something percent coverage in Fargo and being at work, there aren't any cool eclipse pictures from me but the family was on the news and the youngest interviewed. That counts, right?

 

[Eva]

Didn't go outside to look at it. I was in 95-98% range. I watched it get dark outside for a few minutes, so I may actually enjoy the 2024 one since it'll run right through Cincy.

 

[CinnamonOD]

It looked like the one in the left

And it was pretty dark, and the sun was not burning as much as it usually does

 

[TB]

It looked like the one in the left

Better than the one in the middle!