It wasn't just luck, the eclipse itself has a tendency to clear out clouds:
Was similar here in Austin - sky has been hazy/cloudy most of the day including the partial eclipse - and then conveniently cleared up for a few minutes exactly around the time of the totality
Not for us :( seemed like the clouds got thickest literally during totality and immediately cleared up after. We only got one little tiny glimmer of it for like 10 seconds.
The one eclipse I saw was in cloud, and I was surprised at how intense the experience still was. At the moment of totality, all the light seemed to suck away quite suddenly, even though it had obviously been getting darker gradually. It felt very eerie and a little frightening.
I was in Cornwall in the UK, and the amusing thing was seeing the sparkle of people's camera flashes going off all along the stretch of coast. I'd love to see those photos. "This might look like a picture of a fence taken at night, but trust me, it was 11am in summer..."
Yes and no. For the clouds that we did have, yes, the eclipse was enough to affect those.
However, for the clouds that we had earlier in the day, and that had been predicted that we might have, would have been far too heavy for eclipse to effect. Unfortunately my sister up in New York ended up in that situation, where it was far too heavy a cloud cover so they didn't get to see anything. We had been predicted that we might have that, but that's the manner in which we got lucky.
Beautiful. I bet this will be in contention for the best picture award for this community at the end of this year.
Got this one in Austin. Took it with my phone so it's not that great, but still a super cool moment.
This reminded me of Heroes.
Save the cheerleader… save the world.
What a rotten time for a great original idea.
Man that first season was so cool
HEROES
Flew from Utah to Dallas. It was so worth it. I was almost shaking at one point. Colors were so weird around us, birds stopped chirping for a bit. People were cheering.
Our Airbnb and rental cancelled last minute, so we ended up having to scramble at the last minute. And the whole cloud situation...but everything worked out in the end.
My first partial solar eclipse was when my dad took me to elementary school to get enrolled for kindergarten in '94. The front desk person handed us a sheet of solar filter (?) and went out to look at the sun. One of my earliest core memories.
I missed the one in 2017 because I was being lazy and it was only 2 hours away. But I didn't plan and my wife was working.
Thank you for a sweet Pic of today's eclipse. I'd like to share it with my other friends not along the path of totality. I will credit you.
I was so elated. We were viewing from Dallas (Perot) and the day started very overcast, and there were even some clouds in front of the sun 5 minutes before totality, but we had a clear view of the main event (and Jupiter and Venus during the day)
I kind of figured as much.
I viewed the 2017 eclipse from Greenville, SC and remember experiencing much the same. The sudden drop in temperature did something to move the clouds out of the way or something.
The 2017 eclipse we viewed from the Greenville Zoo, and that was cool as hell. Animals went nuts. Some local college set up Go-Pros in front of a bunch of exhibits to view the animals reactions.
Also there was a local at the concession stand telling his partner, on the phone, that he was in the "food line", but throgh his accemt they thought he was saying "Food Lion" (regional grocery chain) and hilarity ensued.
Oh, and someone offered me a "cool rag". I'd never heard of such a thing (I'm the sweaty type, for sure though, and I'm from the cooler New England), and was kind of grossed out at first by the idea. But in retrospect I do appreciate the hospitality.
It was gorgeous in Fredericksburg, poking through tunnels of clouds throughout the eclipse.
A what?
Some interesting things happen during the 98%-99.9% eclipse moments that really make it a “you have to be there” type situation.
The cascading shadows in the ground are hauntingly beautiful, and that let bit of light right before and right after totality some people perceive as a diamond shape.
Me and my wife dressed in red and green since we read those colors look very weird close to totality but we got so amazed with the eclipse that we even forgot to look at each other
The shadow bands liked really cool tho
Also just having the evening hue all across the horizon apparently
As long as there were no strange singing plants this eclipse I think we're all good right?
Saw it in Richmond, Indiana. Incredible picture, thank you for sharing!
Saw it in Lake Placid, New York and it was incredible. Clouds were just wispy and it broke right through. The bands of shadow really confused my eyes but it was so cool. Great picture!
