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The weather was certainly looking dicey all the way up to today, but the clouds were kind when it counted.
There was some hazy cloudiness, but not even thick enough to block the view of the sun's corona at totality, much less block the lead-up to totality (which is a lot easier to see through clouds).
I had all sort of travel options I was considering up until today, but I was really hoping that I'd be able to see totality from my own backyard -- there's something special about that to me, especially since we moved into our current home just a little over a year ago. The three other times I've seen a total eclipse were a trip far from home.
30-40 miles north, closer to Cleveland, we'd have had more totality time -- nearly four minutes -- but since weather in Cleveland wasn't any more promising than at home, we were quite happy with 2 1/2 minutes right here.
These aren't great pictures, but what I could do with my iPhone, a filter for the phone for pre-totality, and an app just for taking eclipse pictures.
I was happy to be able to see two planets, Venus and Jupiter, during totality. Perhaps if it had been less hazy, Mercury, Mars and Saturn could have been spotted too.
Fla Dem
(23,711 posts)Walleye
(31,032 posts)ybbor
(1,555 posts)Just got home. Drove to Grand Rapids, Ohio from Ann Arbor. Took farm/county roads down to avoid the traffic on US 23 and I-75. It was our second totality, having gone to TN for 2017. Loved the red solar flare at roughly 6 oclock. We had roughly 2-2:30 minutes, and the haziness cleared up right around totality. So cool!
llmart
(15,545 posts)Thanks for posting them and the description. Native Clevelander here but in Michigan many years now.
AllaN01Bear
(18,307 posts)malaise
(269,103 posts)Rec
We were in Dayton. The temperature dropped, wind picked up, and it looked like a stunning sunset all around us. I am so glad that I got to experience and see this!!!
Silent3
(15,247 posts)Sharper than what I was able to get, and clearly showing a second prominence that didn't show up in my pictures.
we can do it
(12,190 posts)If we had not had totality in in our backyard in 2017, I would be really jealous.
Today we should have had 88% instead we had clouds and light rain.
Glad you had the experience.
Grumpy Old Guy
(3,172 posts)Nicely done!
great pictures, thank you. Just think Mother Nature got Americans together.
StarryNite
(9,456 posts)SergeStorms
(19,204 posts)I live about 30 miles west of Rochester, NY and we were in the path of totality, but we were completely socked-in with cloud cover. We went out anyway to experience whatever there was to experience, but l couldn't believe the level of darkness!
Sure, I'd heard it would get dark, but this was DARK!
Three generations of our family were together watching today, and it truly was a once-in-a-lifetime event.
Takket
(21,600 posts)This video is really cool. Don't look at the sun/moon but rather look at the right side of the picture and you can literally see the moon's shadow enter, envelop the stadium, then leave.........
doc03
(35,358 posts)We had I guess about 95% of full eclipse here and the clouds cleared enough to get a good view at times.
It got fairly dark like dusk and the wind picked up a little like there was a storm approaching. I couldn't get
very good pictures with my cell, I think I needed some kind of filter. I was riding the bike trail at the time
and saw a motorcycle accident when the eclipse was about 50%. A car made a left turn in front of
the motorcycle, he hit the right rear quarter panel of the car. The motorcycle driver didn't appear to be seriously hurt
he was complaining about his arm and side hurting I figure maybe a broken arm and some ribs. I wonder if the driver
of the car was looking at the eclipse instead of the road.
Crunchy Frog
(26,594 posts)liberalla
(9,250 posts)appleannie1
(5,068 posts)One of my granddaughters brought a couple friends from Philly to my home for the night and we got up early and drove to a grandson's house only a few minutes from Erie and we put our folding chairs in his driveway. We spotted both of those planets just before the full eclipse. Silent3 can attest to the fact that it was more than a visual experience. The temps dropped as the sun was covered and it created a breeze. Everything got real still. Birds that had been singing before it started go real quiet. The sky itself had a little different color sort of like right before a storm that creates tornadic behavior. I can see fully why anyone that did not know what was going on would panic. It was eerie and awesome all at the same time.