Can anyone see the eclipse so far?

For me, it looks like someone took a bite out of the sun at the moment.

It was awesome here.



Actually got fully dark for a few minutes..it seemed like a moonlit night

I was disappointed. We had clear sunny skies until 30 minutes before the eclipse then a blanket of slow moving clouds moved in and ruined any views we could have had. Afterwards the clouds dispersed and it's sunny again. I did see the eclipse in 2017 and That was very exciting.

Oh no, how frustrating!
I got a great view here. I was a little bummed though because I didn't know beforehand that you could look at it when in totality. So I only took a few brief glimpses rather than fully watching. Wish I knew it was safe... I'd have taken it in more.





These are some photos my neighbors across the street took.

We drove 10 hours to get into the path of totality. It was totally worth it! It's not possible to appreciate from pics or anecdotes, it's something that just has to be seen in person to fully comprehend. I regret not making an effort to see past eclipses.

We wandered up to Poplar Bluff, MO, and decided to go to a nearby state park while eating breakfast. Thousands of other people had the same idea so there were countless cars parked along the various streets winding through the park. When the totality was achieved, we could hear a gasping cheer roll through the crowd from the SW corner toward the NE, as the specific view of it where each person was standing was "activated." That was as amazing as the actual eclipse. Hearing it manifest across the park over the course of several seconds as a succession of people audibly experienced it together was indescribably cool! Similar to doing the wave at a stadium, but in a whole different realm of the awesomeness of nature.

Lovely description, Tiffany. My sister in California complained that when she tried to watch the eclipse on television, the cameras kept cutting to the faces of people watching, not what she wanted to see. Thank you for presenting a different perspective!

I'm glad you enjoyed my description : ) Thank you for the nut.

DH was totally blasé about the whole thing but came away from it as thrilled as I was and agreed it was worth the drive, taking 2 days off of work, and spending 2 nights in hotels. If I'm still around when the next one happens in 20 yrs, I definitely want to hobble somewhere into the path to see it.

I agree. If I end up moving to California after all, K said we should head up to northern California to see the next one.

Funny, I didn't see this thread til today. I thought there would be one.
Anyway- we drove 6 hours, stayed overnight in NY and went to a big city park on the shore of Lake Ontario. Lots of people but not over-packed, but mostly cloudy. Experiencing totality darkness was the highlight and yes, it was cool being with people and hearing crowd reaction when there was a break and we could glimpse some stage of it.
We left right after and had an extra 2.5 hours on our drive. That made for a long day. That was not so much fun but we didn't want the extra night stay. We were glad enough that we'd dressed properly and everything else about the trip was ok.

Seeing beautiful sunrise/sunset colors all around in a complete circle was really amazing too. I forgot to mention that before.

NMoasis said: Lovely description, Tiffany. My sister in California complained that when she tried to watch the eclipse on television, the cameras kept cutting to the faces of people watching, not what she wanted to see. Thank you for presenting a different perspective!

Here in California, there "wasn't anything to see here",
In 2017, we had a good view and it was almost totally dark. The birds went quiet. Kind of eerie, but fun.