The Great American Eclipse

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About 4 minutes with better vis now more cloud cover

 

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Now clearer

 

[wader]

sky's turning a funky color

 

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So friggen cool!

 

[Chevy1]

 

[live bait]

Cloudy here, sorry but I’m not impressed yet

 

[cany]

Pretty cool

 

[Chevy1]

At the perfect moment Mother Nature screwed us again and sent in heavy clouds

 

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[Chevy1]

Meanwhile, at my daughters house up in Maine, she got to see this

 

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I’m

 

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And all that’s to come and everything under the sun is tune
But the sun is eclipsed by the moon

 

[jpd]

I feel kind of nauseous from looking at it, a couple of my coworkers said the same thing.

 

[Roccus7]

Meanwhile in totality …

"Nighttime over Moosehead Lake":

The sun's corona, and Venus down a bit to the right at 5 o'clock:

Sun & Venus again:

Close up of the sun's corona:

 

[Avenger]

just heard something I didn't think about - your pet's eyes need to be protected as well - they were suggesting keeping them indoors during the event

Trust me, your pets are either too smart or too stupid to stare at the sun.

 

[Roccus7]

Trust me, your pets are either too smart or too stupid to stare at the sun.

NO animal, with the exception of Homo sapiens, is STUPID enough to look at the sun...

 

[wader]

Trust me, your pets are either too smart or too stupid to stare at the sun.

The commentator suggested that the animal will see you staring up for several minutes watching & out of curiosity may follow suit to determine what it is you're staring at.

 

[cany]

NO animal, with the exception of Homo sapiens, is STUPID enough to look at the sun...

Haha me and frank looked at twice that sucker was bright lol

 

[Roccus7]

A final word, on an absolutely amazing experience. If you think that "Well I saw 97% covered, so I saw it." you couldn't be more wrong.

I've witnessed 6 other solar eclipses up to 97%, in my life and they didn't eve come close to the AMAZING EXPERIENCE that a total eclipse presents. I can't recommend it enough that if you're ever presented with the once in a lifetime experience of a total solar eclipse, DO IT!!

The absolute icing on my Eclipse Experience today was the fact that the normally cloudy April skies of Northern Maine by Moosehead Lake, were totally clear of clouds, an absolutely crystal clear blue sky!!!

Well, another Bucket List Item crossed off, just amazing.

 

[wader]

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