The best description I've heard is that 95% eclipse is like a cool sunset, and totality is like the sky broke.Well that was interesting. In 2017 we were in the path of totality. At full eclipse, the birds stopped singing and the insects began, then when the sun re-emerged, the birds started up, and the insects quieted down. We were in the 95% coverage area today, so I was expecting a dusk type of light level. I wondered if the birds and insects would do their thing again. I was quite surprised at how bright it was with only 5% of the sun showing. It was much brighter than dusk. It wasn't full daylight, but it was still day. The birds and the insects did not react in any noticeable way. Both Ralph and myself observed that the light had an odd quality to it. Not the type of light one sees on a typical day. The closest I can think of is when there are green clouds swirling around thinking about becoming tornados. Not the same color tone, but the same type of oddness to it.
Like I said, interesting
I can be such a nerd
That's what I was expecting, but it wasn't like a sunset. It was its own thing. I'm glad I decided to pay attention rather than doing something else. A worthwhile experience
Mike, I was surprised by the brightness as well, even when my "eclipse glasses" showed just the tiniest crescent of sun showing.Well that was interesting. In 2017 we were in the path of totality. At full eclipse, the birds stopped singing and the insects began, then when the sun re-emerged, the birds started up, and the insects quieted down. We were in the 95% coverage area today, so I was expecting a dusk type of light level. I wondered if the birds and insects would do their thing again. I was quite surprised at how bright it was with only 5% of the sun showing. It was much brighter than dusk. It wasn't full daylight, but it was still day. The birds and the insects did not react in any noticeable way. Both Ralph and myself observed that the light had an odd quality to it. Not the type of light one sees on a typical day. The closest I can think of is when there are green clouds swirling around thinking about becoming tornados. Not the same color tone, but the same type of oddness to it.
Like I said, interesting
I can be such a nerd
That pretty much mirrors my experience of the event today, at 87.9 % eclipse. An odd light, and the shadows cast by the still mostly bare tree branches seemed different somehow. We had a mix of clouds and sun during the event.Well that was interesting. In 2017 we were in the path of totality. At full eclipse, the birds stopped singing and the insects began, then when the sun re-emerged, the birds started up, and the insects quieted down. We were in the 95% coverage area today, so I was expecting a dusk type of light level. I wondered if the birds and insects would do their thing again. I was quite surprised at how bright it was with only 5% of the sun showing. It was much brighter than dusk. It wasn't full daylight, but it was still day. The birds and the insects did not react in any noticeable way. Both Ralph and myself observed that the light had an odd quality to it. Not the type of light one sees on a typical day. The closest I can think of is when there are green clouds swirling around thinking about becoming tornados. Not the same color tone, but the same type of oddness to it.
Like I said, interesting
I can be such a nerd
I didn't notice the temperature drop, but I noticed the increase when the sun was back to full. I'm sure that accounted for your chill.
Gary, very cool none the less!I prepared well for the eclipse, but unfortunately, the clouds spoiled the experience. We were able to see a few glimpses of the event, but the totality was not visible. It did get dark, and the birds flew back to their homes, making the environment very quiet. However, due to the cloudy weather, we couldn't feel any temperature change. It's fascinating to imagine what it would have been like for ancient people to witness a total eclipse. Nonetheless, I managed to take a few pictures with my smartphone, but my filtered camera couldn't capture anything as it was not bright enough.
We had scattered clouds as well, but got to see most of it. The distortion of shadows is unsettling. What should be straight lines are curved.
Bypass all that junk by just saving the Imgur uploader
If you create an account, you can click on your initial in the upper right that gives you a menu for your stuff.
Interesting. I don't know what that means.
Here ya go. Click on this link, https://img.doerig.dev/ upload photo, click on copy link, then in comments, click on link icon and paste link in drop down
I'll be darned.
Hope that helps.
