Solar Eclipse

[Luv2play]

I am sitting in my back yard and the solar eclipse has just started. I live in a zone of 100 percent coverage so in an hour from now will see full eclipse. That is, if the clouds don’t move in first. They are approaching from the west so will be a race against time.

[Luv2play]

I can now see a bite out of the lower right side of the sun. Hasn’t impacted the ambient light yet. It’s 2:39 edt. 

[Luv2play]

It’s another half hour till total eclipse. But the clouds are thickening fast . 

[Luv2play]

It’s 3pm now and the sun just peaked out from the clouds. A one third crescent has been taken out of the sun. 

[Luv2play]

It’s 3:07 and now half the sun has disappeared. 

[Luv2play]

I might have my sun downer cocktail early today. Just a thought. Lol

[Luv2play]

5 minutes to total eclipse. 

[56harrisond]

It's cloudy here in Buffalo today 

 

[Luv2play]

Just now, 56harrisond said:

It's cloudy here in Buffalo today 

 

Nice pic though. 

[Luv2play]

I can see just a sliver of sun now. One minute to go.

[Luv2play]

Wow it’s beautiful. The corona is here 

[Luv2play]

The sun is a black disc with a silver corona surrounding it in the dark sky .

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That’s it . I need to put my glasses on again. 

[Luv2play]

Unbelievable!!! What a show! 

[Luv2play]

And the sun is starting to shine again. 

[56harrisond]

18 minutes ago, 56harrisond said:

It's cloudy here in Buffalo today 

 

[Luv2play]

3 minutes ago, 56harrisond said:

Very nice shot. To see it in real life was even better. 

[Welshman]

If you have now developed the bug for seeing solar eclipses (which according to surveys 86% of people who see a total solar eclipse suddenly want to see the next one), there are two options open to you

1) Wait for the next partial eclipse in 2029 or the next total eclipse in 2044

2) Travel to the next total eclipse which will be over Greenland, Iceland and Spain on August 12th 2026

[samhexum]

I can't tell you how excited I've been about the eclipse...  because there's no word in the English language that describes an amount that small.

[BuffaloKyle]

1 hour ago, 56harrisond said:

It's cloudy here in Buffalo today 

 

Yeah, at my house got a few decent looks at the moon covering the sun but during totality was nothing but clouds. I would have LOVED to seen it during that point. Yesterday was sunny all day too. 😭

[+ jeezopete]

[+ azdr0710]

I saw the 2017 eclipse at 100% totality under clear skies (Oregon). It's something everybody should see. Absolutely incredible. We were on a mountain top and watched the shadow race toward us from 100 miles away. 2028 in Australia anybody??!!

[Luv2play]

6 minutes ago, azdr0710 said:

I saw the 2017 eclipse at 100% totality under clear skies (Oregon). It's something everybody should see. Absolutely incredible. We were on a mountain top and watched the shadow race toward us from 100 miles away. 2028 in Australia anybody??!!

What time of the day was that?

[+ azdr0710]

8 minutes ago, Luv2play said:

What time of the day was that?

About 10:30am. 

[Luv2play]

2 hours ago, samhexum said:

I can't tell you how excited I've been about the eclipse...  because there's no word in the English language that describes an amount that small.

No doubt you’ll be more impressed with the millions of cicadas about to darken the skies of America soon.