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  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 41,023
    edited August 2017
    ...yeah it got a bit chilly here as it was still morning. At roughly the cruise speed of the Concorde, it crossed the nation in just over an hour.
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  • NovicaNovica Posts: 23,887
    edited August 2017

    A thunderstorm rolled in to Pensacola, up from the bay. I headed to the barn as planned, because it was closer to the bay than home so there was a better chance of it clearing out sooner there. It didn't, but that worked out because the clouds were thick enough to take a picture and using contrast/midtones, I was able to "see through" them. And all the horse were brought in for safety, but it didn't really get that "oooooh-ahhhhhh!" even at 83% coverage. I took a picture of the tree's shade so you could see the difference in "shade" vs eclipsed sun.  I mentioned several places on the forums about the tree leaves casting the mini-slivers, glad others got to see them, but as you can tell, we weren't able to because of the overcast conditions. 

    The barn owner and I discussed how nice it actually was, as the sun came out of the peak, to have a slightly dimmer sun. (The storm clouds had passed.) We actually thought it would be better to have the slightly dimmer version of the sun- it wasn't glaring, it was slightly muted. (Brighter than shown here.) 

    So here's the contrasted/midtoned image, the tree shadow, and what my Morgan horse thought of the entire thing.

    Just really seemed like an overcast storm-cloud day. No dapples through the tree leaves, darn it. This was at 1:35pm, during the peak (83%) 

    Stetson being his usual self. He'd just had a container of fresh, jumbo blackberries and was ready to start on the carrots (that I had for the OTHER horses.) 

     

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  • 3Diva3Diva Posts: 11,402
    edited August 2017
    Novica said:

    A thunderstorm rolled in to Pensacola, up from the bay. I headed to the barn as planned, because it was closer to the bay than home so there was a better chance of it clearing out sooner there. It didn't, but that worked out because the clouds were thick enough to take a picture and using contrast/midtones, I was able to "see through" them. And all the horse were brought in for safety, but it didn't really get that "oooooh-ahhhhhh!" even at 83% coverage. I took a picture of the tree's shade so you could see the difference in "shade" vs eclipsed sun.  I mentioned several places on the forums about the tree leaves casting the mini-slivers, glad others got to see them, but as you can tell, we weren't able to because of the overcast conditions. 

    The barn owner and I discussed how nice it actually was, as the sun came out of the peak, to have a slightly dimmer sun. (The storm clouds had passed.) We actually thought it would be better to have the slightly dimmer version of the sun- it wasn't glaring, it was slightly muted. (Brighter than shown here.) 

    So here's the contrasted/midtoned image, the tree shadow, and what my Morgan horse thought of the entire thing.

    Just really seemed like an overcast storm-cloud day. No dapples through the tree leaves, darn it. This was at 1:35pm, during the peak (83%) 

    Stetson being his usual self. He'd just had a container of fresh, jumbo blackberries and was ready to start on the carrots (that I had for the OTHER horses.) 

     

    Cool images! Sadly, I didn't have glasses or a contraption to see it and it passed over where I am around 9 AM, so I ...slept in. lol If it had been where you can see the eclipse in it's entirety or at least more of it than what my area was exposed to, I would have gotten a pair of eclipse glasses and watched the whole thing. But since we only got a partial view, it didn't seem worth ordering the glasses for.

    Thank you for sharing the photos! By the way, Stetson is beautiful! :D I suspect he might be the type of horse that knows he's beautiful too! lol :)

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  • NovicaNovica Posts: 23,887

    @divamakeup   Thanks!  (He's the barn sweetheart though, just wants to cuddle. That horse next to him is Flash- one of his many girlfriends. She's got her ears back because she's being ignored.) 

    The images from NASA on the eclipse are amazing, and what folks have shared from Oregon. Wow!  WeatherNation and Weather Channel are posting them, as is CNN. I figured it out, if the moon's shadow was going 1700 mph, that means it was going 28.33 miles per minute, .47 miles per second.  (Bless calculators.) That's why totality was only 1-2 minutes on average, and so was the peak wherever people happened to be.

  • barbultbarbult Posts: 24,223

    Here's a picture from Brevard County, Florida at 3:04 pm, about 10 minutes after peak. This is a view of my dirty driveway with the sun crescents showing through the cucoloris of oak tree leaves.  I didn't notice it getting any darker outside. We only got about 85%, I think. I checked the eclipse multiple times from start to end with my eclipse glasses, but I only took pictures of the ground. We had clear sky views the whole time.

  • BlueIreneBlueIrene Posts: 1,318

    That's a brilliant picture of the crescents, Barbult! I've enjoyed seeing every single one of the images (thanks, all), and it's always a joy to see Stetson :)

  • NovicaNovica Posts: 23,887

    You should send that image in to the Weather Channel @barbult  !!!!!  Or Accuweather.

  • RGcincyRGcincy Posts: 2,834
    edited August 2017

    Visiting my sisters in St. Louis, so we went to a nephew's house that gave almost a minute ot totality. Really neat to see the sky darken, lights come on, temperature drop, corona come out, and cicadas sing (if you want to call it that, was more an irritating loud screeching). I only had my phone camera which didn't get a good picture of the corona but we did see the crescent sun through the tree leaves. In 2024 for the next one, we won't have to travel more than 20 minutes to our daughter's house in Cincinnati. 

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  • RGcincyRGcincy Posts: 2,834
    Novica said:

    ... and what my Morgan horse thought of the entire thing.

    Stetson being his usual self. He'd just had a container of fresh, jumbo blackberries and was ready to start on the carrots (that I had for the OTHER horses.) 

    Well hello Stetson!

  • L'AdairL'Adair Posts: 9,479

    We watched from Monmouth and got to see the eclipse in totality. Only the slightest haze and that really wasn't a factor. I didn't have the appropriate lens covers for the camera, so I didn't even bother to bring it along. We made a day of it and didn't head back to Eugene until after 5pm. We drove south down 99W to Corvallis, then took a back road to 99E, (which is more than half the distance of the drive.) It was most congested on 99E where we joined it, but thinned out as we left town. All in all, a very nice, relaxed day.

  • PetercatPetercat Posts: 2,321

    Savannah GA.
    Overcast.
    Got darker, then it got lighter.
    Whoopee.

  • kaotkblisskaotkbliss Posts: 2,914
    barbult said:

    Here's a picture from Brevard County, Florida at 3:04 pm, about 10 minutes after peak. This is a view of my dirty driveway with the sun crescents showing through the cucoloris of oak tree leaves.  I didn't notice it getting any darker outside. We only got about 85%, I think. I checked the eclipse multiple times from start to end with my eclipse glasses, but I only took pictures of the ground. We had clear sky views the whole time.

    My GF has been uploading pictures she's taken to a contest site called photocrowd and there's one that's just about to start called "Shades of Grey" and this picture would probably do very well in that contest.

  • IvyIvy Posts: 7,165

    we are still recovering from the eclipse .lol  well the after party anyway...I got a few great pics I'll post when get a chance to upload them on line. totality was awesome total darkness.  the Cascada bugs & crickets  went crazy when t got dark. didn't stay dark long enough to see any animals .  the Diamond ring effect when the sun was coming back into focus was spectacular.   when the sun went dark everyone started whooping and cheering.. crazy friends lol 

  • LlynaraLlynara Posts: 4,770
    edited August 2017

    I'm in Central Illinois. We had about 90% eclipse here. We used the glasses and got a great view of it. Also watched the NASA feeds for the total eclipse. Very cool! My first grader loved it. Glad he doesn't start school till tomorrow. 

    Here's the best I could get with an iPhone: 

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  • IvyIvy Posts: 7,165

    Some cell phone pics of my eclipse experience  where i live in NE Tennessee we had 100% totality . my cell phone take crappy pics sorry
    there is one picture of the shadow on the  sidewalk in front of my house the leaves where making crescent moons and a weird texture.


    one pic of how dark it got in the neighborhood

    and one pic of the moon covering the sun , just before the sun came back

     

  • NovicaNovica Posts: 23,887

    @ivy  @llynara   Those pictures are neat! Happy it went so dark for you, and those crescents are neat. 

  • IvyIvy Posts: 7,165

    Hi Novia ,  Its was a pretty incredible experience, I felt lucky that is passed by us  Huge crowds were in town which made the event all the more exciting.   it would have been cool though if it would have lasted a little longer than a couple of minutes  I think our area had 2minutes & ,28 seconds or totality

  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 41,023
    Ivy said:

    Some cell phone pics of my eclipse experience  where i live in NE Tennessee we had 100% totality . my cell phone take crappy pics sorry
    there is one picture of the shadow on the  sidewalk in front of my house the leaves where making crescent moons and a weird texture.


    one pic of how dark it got in the neighborhood

    and one pic of the moon covering the sun , just before the sun came back

     

    ...those are some pf the best shots I've seen. So few people take pics that show how dark it really gets.
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