Ali in OR Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 We were in our neighborhood park where eventually there may have been 100-200 people. Partial was fun to watch. No one watched continuously. People moved around, visited with neighbors, some had telescopes on the basketball court, kids played on the playground. But as totality approached, the quality of light changed. It still looked like daylight, but dimmer. Not the same as sunset or early morning light. As we got really close to totality, everyone got excited. My dds were bouncing up and down. Then totality. It was not totally dark. The sun/moon/corona was just magical. People cheered. One minute forty seconds went by so fast. We saw the diamond ring as totality was ending. Daylight returned very quickly. Everyone was touched. Surreal. Magical. Beautiful. I will try to attach a totality pano. 18 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 (edited) Very cool! Edited August 21, 2017 by Kinsa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MommyLiberty5013 Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 We had only 84% here in my part of MN. We debated on driving somewhere for totality, but four kids, including the baby...sigh. Gone are our days of couple adventures! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 I love your picture! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milovany Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 It was AMAZING!! So glad we made the trip. Never seen anything like it and probably never will again. It's seared into my memory. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frances Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 At totality our streetlights came on and we saw a few stars. It really was amazing. All of the shadows were also very cool. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenn in FL Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 Oh wow! Beautiful. Thank you for sharing both the photo and the commentary! :hurray: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ali in OR Posted August 21, 2017 Author Share Posted August 21, 2017 It was AMAZING!! So glad we made the trip. Never seen anything like it and probably never will again. It's seared into my memory. So it cleared up on the coast for you? Awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
regentrude Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 It was absolutely amazing here, too. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myfunnybunch Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 Yes! Spectacular. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PinkTulip Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 We had 93% totality, and I agree about how different the light was - dimmed, like I was wearing sunglasses, but completely different than sunrise/sunset. I'm regretting not driving 4 hours to totality - it was pretty amazing! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmandaVT Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 That's awesome! Thank you for sharing the picture! We were at 62% here, so it dimmed a bit and the light looked weird, but not dark by any means. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GailV Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 Excellent description. I've gone from thinking eclipse chasers are sort of weird to wanting to go chase the next one. :auto: 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garga Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 Due to a back injury, we had to cancel our travel plans to drive to totality, so we stayed here in our 80% area. Even though we were disappointed we couldn't travel, we enjoyed how the blacktop in the nearby parking lot cooled down. How it felt like a cloud was passing in front of the sun...but there was no cloud. How I didn't feel like I needed my sunglasses because even though it was sunny out, it didn't have that sting of brightness. We were in a park and left just after the height of the eclipse for us and when we walked into the house, the house was dark. Even though it was bright outside (but not too bright) the house looked as if it was late, late evening. We got the most out of our 80% that we could. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milovany Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 (edited) So it cleared up on the coast for you? Awesome! Our campground was about two miles off the beach, up a hill. When I woke up this morning, early, I drove down to the local beach and then north about 10 miles to that beach and saw that both were socked in about an hour out, so I decided to stay at the campground. Glad we did, had a perfect view and it was fun to share it with the people around us in the campground. Some people had cool experiments going on and people were just walking around and taking a look at those, too. It's now three hours later, and we are at the beach. It's still foggy! Made the right call. Edited August 21, 2017 by milovany 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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