So who is watching the eclipse—

i don't get to because I live below the equator. —

How beautiful is it?? or better yet post your photos etc..

I think I missed it lol or didn't know what to look for. I know it was only supposed to be like 70/80 percent but didn't see anything .

We are only getting around 65% eclipse. Peak is in about 25 minutes. I was just out to watch for a few but even with the glasss, I'm still seeing spots.

I have to leave for work soon and it's a 45 minute drive so I should get some good views.

We had 99.3% where I live. It was pretty cool, but I didn't get glasses. It was still too bright to look at at 99% totality. I wouldn't have known when the peak eclipse happened if I didn't have the news on. The darkness happened pretty slowly. In the end, it looked like a weird super bright full moon and everything got quiet. Birds were flying in weird patterns too.

This was taken on my phone at the exact time of the full eclipse.

Edit: OrGasMe's pics are better; I never saw that though. We live in the same city, I think.

I've seen eclipses couple of times but this is the first time I'm in DXP. Quite hectics lol.

I can't watch this one tho —?

I saw it. Only got to 93% where I'm staying so it didn't meet the hype ?

That's awesome guys! thanks for that!

Even the birds though.... expected but still would've been cool to see! ?

Posted by EvilHare
Awesome view here:

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It's pretty cool. We get like 80% where I'm at. It's at It's peak now, which makes the sun look like a tiny crescent moon. Through eclipse glasses of course.

It's too cloudy!

Dammit!

Posted by Montgomery
It's too cloudy!

Dammit!

aw no! that has got to really suck! ?

Posted by Soul
It's pretty cool. We get like 80% where I'm at. It's at It's peak now, which makes the sun look like a tiny crescent moon. Through eclipse glasses of course.

so cool. darkness in the day..

I think I read somewhere that people used to be really scared of an eclipse because they believed it were the times when the devil was at play lol

My area had 98% totatility, but I really wouldn't have known there was an eclipse if not for reading it online. I took pics of the sun but it just looked a little less bright than usual.

Very anticlimactic.

Posted by csdude55
My area had 98% totatility, but I really wouldn't have known there was an eclipse if not for reading it online. I took pics of the sun but it just looked a little less bright than usual.

Very anticlimactic.

oh how?? We've had heaps of posts about it coming... lol ?

oh show me the pic you took anyway ☺️ I'll still appreciate it xx

Posted by meh
The sunshine began to dim so I stepped out with the doggo for a bit.

Did the pinhole method:

https://eclipse.aas.org/eye-safety/projection

It was pretty cool.

The shadows were crescent shaped.

(Now I need to try it without the eclipse to see if it creates a crescent shape then too.)

Definitely some stillness in the air.

A quietness.

That's what we noticed too. Very quiet, not even traffic noises. It's like everyone and everything just stopped for a couple of minutes.

Posted by WarAngel1
We had about 30% coverage here in San Antonio, Texas. The temperature dropped just a bit. It was cool. 🙂

VERY strange, my star app worked until 30-45 minutes before it hit completely....rebooted phone five times. No dice.

🤗 cyber hugs!

Love,

Eva

PS: I DVR and cannot wait to see it at home.

This was at 98% totality... maybe it would have been better with filters? As it was, though, I couldn't really tell anything other than that it was a little dimmer than usual.

Posted by Isabeau90

Posted by Montgomery
It's too cloudy!

Dammit!

aw no! that has got to really suck! ?

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I didn't care about one bit, until I couldn't see it.

😐

Posted by csdude55
This was at 98% totality... maybe it would have been better with filters? As it was, though, I couldn't really tell anything other than that it was a little dimmer than usual.

That's pretty much how it was here. Most people forget we're just seeing the moon's shadow. The sun is obviously the biggest object in our solar system. You would need an object extactly the same size or bigger then the sun for total darkness. Something bigger then the earth itself like Jupiter for instance would probably make total darkness, but that's impossible.

In here in Nashville, TN and we had Totality at 1:27 p.m. Central. It was awesone!

Not watching, but all that mingles with with the moon, specially full moons and eclipses make my astrological mind blow.

Posted by MysteriousDreamer
It looked pretty cool through the glasses, but would have been a lot better if it wasn't so cloudy here. Was at work and we all went outside during totality. It was a little eerie once it got dark and then it started thundering. They started shooting fireworks at the marina here during the darkness. Cool experience overall.

That would have been great to experience, with the fire works and everything! What a good idea though! ??

Posted by LostPisces
Not watching, but all that mingles with with the moon, specially full moons and eclipses make my astrological mind blow.

I know hey, all that is out there in our universe intrigues me so much!

Posted by Soul

Posted by csdude55
This was at 98% totality... maybe it would have been better with filters? As it was, though, I couldn't really tell anything other than that it was a little dimmer than usual.

That's pretty much how it was here. Most people forget we're just seeing the moon's shadow. The sun is obviously the biggest object in our solar system. You would need an object extactly the same size or bigger then the sun for total darkness. Something bigger then the earth itself like Jupiter for instance would probably make total darkness, but that's impossible.

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the earth makes total darkness every day

I was not giving af about the eclipse,especially since it was very marginal where I live (only eclipsing the halo), but I did notice a remarkable dimming of the light outside, so i went outside, it was too cloudy but the darkness made for some intereting effects in the clouds

THE BLACK SPOT IN THE FOLLOWING PIC IS NOT THE ECLIPSE BUT JUST MY CAMERA PIXELS SATURATING

Posted by hydorah

Posted by Soul

Posted by csdude55
This was at 98% totality... maybe it would have been better with filters? As it was, though, I couldn't really tell anything other than that it was a little dimmer than usual.

That's pretty much how it was here. Most people forget we're just seeing the moon's shadow. The sun is obviously the biggest object in our solar system. You would need an object extactly the same size or bigger then the sun for total darkness. Something bigger then the earth itself like Jupiter for instance would probably make total darkness, but that's impossible.

the earth makes total darkness every day

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Right, but not in the middle of the day. Unless you're way up north.

Posted by AerialView
I've seen eclipses couple of times but this is the first time I'm in DXP. Quite hectics lol.

I can't watch this one tho —?

Don't they come only once ever 60 years??

Posted by LadyNeptune

Posted by AerialView
I've seen eclipses couple of times but this is the first time I'm in DXP. Quite hectics lol.

I can't watch this one tho —?

Don't they come only once ever 60 years??

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No. I watched it three years ago. Can't remember if it was solar or lunar.

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Posted by AerialView
I've seen eclipses couple of times but this is the first time I'm in DXP. Quite hectics lol.

I can't watch this one tho —?

Don't they come only once ever 60 years??

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I think they come around something like every 38 years or so...

The next one will be in 11 years visible from south of the equator...