Anonymous
08/26/2017 12:36
Subject: Watching the eclipse was so much fun!
We were in the Grand Tetons for the total and it was different than I imagined. It's not like a partial at all. I didn't know you could take off your glasses when it's a total eclipse, so that was cool!
However; I'm also a fan of the partial, even though it's a different experience. OP and some of the PP's discussion reminds me of how it is out here in California when there is a earthquake that is big enough to briefly scare people. Everyone runs outside, then it's over, and there is this collective experience feeling and suddenly everyone is friends, or becomes friends, and you meet that neighbor that you've never met before. The partial eclipse is better than that because there's no fear factor.
However; I'm also a fan of the partial, even though it's a different experience. OP and some of the PP's discussion reminds me of how it is out here in California when there is a earthquake that is big enough to briefly scare people. Everyone runs outside, then it's over, and there is this collective experience feeling and suddenly everyone is friends, or becomes friends, and you meet that neighbor that you've never met before. The partial eclipse is better than that because there's no fear factor.
MikeL
08/22/2017 20:46
Subject: Watching the eclipse was so much fun!
Anonymous wrote:^ sorry the sun doesn't set but the sky exhibits the same colorful show. The lights quality is unlike anything I've seen. That's why I don't have words.
+1
I was in totality and the light was really different that anything I'd ever seen
Anonymous
08/22/2017 18:34
Subject: Watching the eclipse was so much fun!
I was at totality. Photos do not do it justice. I am still processing the experience. From the changing lighting...to the insect sounds...to the mid-day cool down...and then...the sun is just about completely occluded.
And then the last bit of the sun is gone...
I looked around, and saw the Great Smoky Mountains still lit up...but noticed 360 degrees of sunrise/sunset colors. It is truly a magical experience.
I am mostly at a loss to describe the emotional intensity of the 2min 38 s.
And then the last bit of the sun is gone...
I looked around, and saw the Great Smoky Mountains still lit up...but noticed 360 degrees of sunrise/sunset colors. It is truly a magical experience.
I am mostly at a loss to describe the emotional intensity of the 2min 38 s.
Anonymous
08/22/2017 18:01
Subject: Watching the eclipse was so much fun!
I had a lot of fun but have had a migraine for the last 24 hours that I'm blaming on it so I starting to remember it less fondly!
Anonymous
08/22/2017 16:22
Subject: Re:Watching the eclipse was so much fun!
I posted this in the other thread, but it seems like it would be more appropriate here. Here are some photos from friends who traveled to totality zones. Both of these friends are avid amateur photographers.
This friend is an astrophysicist and he traveled to eastern OR to view the eclipse:
This friend is a retired project lead from Space Telescope up in Baltimore. He traveled to the Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming to view:
Amazing and beautiful. I'm so jealous of my friends going to see this. We are already starting to plan to go and see the eclipse in 2024 (we're just investigating where we'd like to go for the viewing).
This friend is an astrophysicist and he traveled to eastern OR to view the eclipse:
This friend is a retired project lead from Space Telescope up in Baltimore. He traveled to the Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming to view:
Amazing and beautiful. I'm so jealous of my friends going to see this. We are already starting to plan to go and see the eclipse in 2024 (we're just investigating where we'd like to go for the viewing).