Mostly terrible eclipse photos. Lots of nifty tree pinholes as it progressed.
Mostly terrible eclipse photos. Lots of nifty tree pinholes as it progressed.
Totality:
- It did get a little cooler, although not hugely. However, the air got completely still and there was almost like a suspended animation thing.
- The light got darker and weird, like, flat, or something, just before and just after.
- It did not get as dark as I expected. I think I was expecting it to get, like, midnight dark. It reminded me of summer in Vancouver, where if you looked west over the ocean it looked like the sun had set but the light never quite completely disappeared, even at 11:00 pm.
- The stupid cicadas apparently got a little confused, but they never completely shut up. Like, they weren't all noisy and then poof quiet during totality. Nope. They just got a little confused about their usual crescendo decrescendo cycle. They actually shut up for a while after the sun came back post totality. Weird.
- The corona may not be bright enough to damage your eyes, but it sure feels intense.
- You could tell right before the diamond ring thing happened as totality ended. There was a spot that started to turn reddish in the corona.
- No, I didn't put the glasses on right away because I wanted to see the diamond ring. Upside - it really does look like a super refracting diamond ring for a split second. Downside - well, you think the corona is bright and intense. Until the pain of actually bright sunlight and you slam those glasses right back on.
Grateful to have been able to avoid the crowds.
Ha ha, traffic.
Totally worth it.
Yay!
Totality:
- It did get a little cooler, although not hugely. However, the air got completely still and there was almost like a suspended animation thing.
- The light got darker and weird, like, flat, or something, just before and just after.
- It did not get as dark as I expected. I think I was expecting it to get, like, midnight dark. It reminded me of summer in Vancouver, where if you looked west over the ocean it looked like the sun had set but the light never quite completely disappeared, even at 11:00 pm.
- The stupid cicadas apparently got a little confused, but they never completely shut up. Like, they weren't all noisy and then poof quiet during totality. Nope. They just got a little confused about their usual crescendo decrescendo cycle. They actually shut up for a while after the sun came back post totality. Weird.
- The corona may not be bright enough to damage your eyes, but it sure feels intense.
- You could tell right before the diamond ring thing happened as totality ended. There was a spot that started to turn reddish in the corona.
- No, I didn't put the glasses on right away because I wanted to see the diamond ring. Upside - it really does look like a super refracting diamond ring for a split second. Downside - well, you think the corona is bright and intense. Until the pain of actually bright sunlight and you slam those glasses right back on.
Grateful to have been able to avoid the crowds.
Ha ha, traffic.
Totally worth it.
Yay!
Very cool.
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