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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWe just watched the eclipse....total...nashville, tn
all our yard lights, street lights came on.....
awesome
Rhiannon12866
(205,405 posts)But it looks like we have total cloud coverage. I have the TV on, too.
spanone
(135,838 posts)Rhiannon12866
(205,405 posts)I'm going to see something, one way or another!
leftynyc
(26,060 posts)We watched from Park Ave in the 30s - yes, there were some clouds towards the end but we saw plenty (using those special glasses). Very cool as was watching all the people outside on both sidewalks AND covering the center island. It was like a party.
Rhiannon12866
(205,405 posts)We didn't experience darkness, and I kept going outside to check. It's very bright today, no rain for a change, but it appears to be complete cloud cover here.
leftynyc
(26,060 posts)handy dandy glasses to watch - everyone passing them around - sidewalks packed. Clouds every now and again but mostly sunny.
Rhiannon12866
(205,405 posts)I'm up north in the Adirondacks, here it was just me and my dog.
leftynyc
(26,060 posts)on Park Avenue. How did your dog do? I was hoping the kitties were sleeping through it.
Rhiannon12866
(205,405 posts)My dog was exceptionally noisy today - and I didn't take him out while the eclipse was supposed to be going on. I made a point of taking him out well ahead of time, but he did seem agitated and barky. My cat, on the other hand, didn't seem fazed, but then he never goes out.
leftynyc
(26,060 posts)made sure they (2 goldens - so cute) had been out far ahead of the event. We didn't get the nocturnal effects many were talking about - crickets coming out, bats, other nighttime creatures), just slight dimming of light but with those glasses - it was a whole different world. The photos from NASA are amazing. And we have another that's going to come a lot closer to both of us in 7 years.
What was particularly nice - as when events happen that bring NYers together - was talking to strangers, laughing together, sharing the experience. Most of the time, looking someone in the eye is considered an act of aggression and we're ALWAYS in a rush. These "come together and share" times are few and far between so I like to enjoy them when they occur.
Lars39
(26,109 posts)Watched it from our front yard a little north of you. People cheered and some set off fireworks. I did pinhole, and we got cloud cover just as totality hit, so I couldn't see totality on the white board, but just listening to the tree frogs and birds was neat!
spanone
(135,838 posts)Lars39
(26,109 posts)malaise
(269,004 posts)A once in lifetime moment of stunning beauty
spanone
(135,838 posts)madokie
(51,076 posts)where the sun was shining thought the leaves. It was pretty awesome seeing that.
We were at about 90 percent here.
The neighbors chickens were eating the cracked corn I throw out for them like nothing was going on. LOL
spanone
(135,838 posts)madokie
(51,076 posts)at 90 percent covered it was a little darker than normal but nothing like it would be at 100%.
Ain't life grand? I just hate that we have to share it with that cretin in our house in washington DC
You know before the dick and W I never hated anything in my life now I'm back to that hate again with the orange anus
I really don't like the feeling of hate. 69 years old and I never felt that feeling all those years prior.
Sometimes I just want to
spanone
(135,838 posts)the sickening part is the 8 years of Obama prior were so good.
an honest broker.
a good man.
an intelligent man.
quite the opposite of what we must endure now.
LAS14
(13,783 posts)FSogol
(45,487 posts)spanone
(135,838 posts)just south of green hills....
Lars39
(26,109 posts)cbdo2007
(9,213 posts)thunderstorms all morning...one hour of clear skies just enough to see the eclipse...within 5 minutes of it ending, full cloud cover and then thunderstorms the rest of the day.
LAS14
(13,783 posts)Tanuki
(14,918 posts)so as the eclipse developed there were moments when the sun was perfectly visible and other moments when it was covered. Whether the totality was visible or covered by clouds varied in the Nashville area. At a couple of the high-profile public viewing parties, the moment of totality was completely blocked, but others had a good view. I got to see it but my best friend didn't. I was working in Murfreesboro, slightly southeast of Nashville. The workplace set up a viewing area in the parking lot with tents, folding chairs, and free water, sunscreen, and viewing glasses, which was really thoughtful. I played songs from the eclipse playlist on my smartphone. It was just like everyone said....the temperature dropped (mercifully), the birds very quickly shifted from midday silence to twilight twittering, and the remaining ambient light was of a weirdly unnatural intensity, so that it somehow seemed to be dark and light at the same time. Despite all the photos I had seen of totality, the actual experience of a black disk in the sky with its golden halo was dramatic and otherworldly. I will definitely try to make a road trip in 2024 for the next North American eclipse.
LAS14
(13,783 posts)Moostache
(9,895 posts)Everyone noticed them right away, it was like someone hit a switch and BANG! they all went nuts!
SharonClark
(10,014 posts)maryellen99
(3,789 posts)It was still cool. It got dark in my house like a storm was about to come through.
sweetloukillbot
(11,023 posts)Cleveland and Indianapolis are getting totality. I think Carbondale Ill is getting it again.
maryellen99
(3,789 posts)sweetloukillbot
(11,023 posts)Pachamama
(16,887 posts)I have always wanted to go there....heard so many great things about your city and watched a great episode of Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown on Nashville and I am determined to go there and eat my way through your city and go see lots of music entertainment....
spanone
(135,838 posts)lots of music and entertainment for sure.
cwydro
(51,308 posts)Temperature drop was amazing, and the nighttime crickets started up.
Dulcinea
(6,631 posts)It got pretty dark, but not dark enough for street lights. The temp dropped 5-10 degrees, though.
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)terms of darkness was when the sun went behind a cloud. It was a little darker than normal. Other than that, not much other than anticipation. I even looked at the sun and didn't go blind. Admittedly, it was a very quick glance.
Well, it was fun walking, got some good exercise, and when I left home there was the possibility I would see the Rapture because I modified my route for a good view of downtown Atlanta about 8 miles away.
unblock
(52,240 posts)Driving back to Connecticut now....
wryter2000
(46,049 posts)We were supposed to be 75%, but we had the fog all morning. Still thick out there.
Solly Mack
(90,767 posts)spanone
(135,838 posts)it was too faint to get thru the lenses.....they said you could look without the glasses when it was total so i did and it was really strange looking.
like an eyeball looking down on you!
wow.
Solly Mack
(90,767 posts)matt819
(10,749 posts)Saw it through a pinhole projector. Kind of ho hum at around 60%. Slight change in light, but that's about it. Might feel different if I was looking directly at it, but I didn't think that far in advance. Speaking of which, when eclipses happened in what they call the olden days, when solar eclipse filters weren't readily available on Amazon, did millions of humans lose their eyesight when looking at and trying to figure out what was going on? In any case, no rapture. Satan stayed put, as did werewolves.
liberaltrucker
(9,129 posts)That was AWESOME!
asiliveandbreathe
(8,203 posts)hubby today....Grand Ole Opry - then on to Memphis - Graceland, Elvis's airplane...
That''s so cool, streets lights on....
70% - eclipse - Mesa AZ - eerily shadowed...
southerncrone
(5,506 posts)Almost, but not enough I felt comfortable taking off the special glasses.
I did like the eeriness of the dusky light & the 11 degree drop in temperature. Everything got really quiet, except for the cicadas, too. Roosters started crowing out here in the country!
My daughter did have 100% at work in Brentwood. She said it was amazing!
spanone
(135,838 posts)be out in montgomery bell tomorrow at the golf course! lovely area
southerncrone
(5,506 posts)I don't golf, but know the wife & kids of the golf pro there.
Here's to under par & a hole-in-one!
spanone
(135,838 posts)ailsagirl
(22,897 posts)Didn't see anything
LeftInTX
(25,341 posts)I planned this for several weeks. Got the glasses etc. I wore extra dark wrap-around sunglasses over my eclipse glasses. Took pictures etc. It was really cool to see the sun as a crescent. Watched it from my driveway.
The only thing: I forgot to use sunscreen, (South TX) but my eyes were protected.
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spanone
(135,838 posts)LeftInTX
(25,341 posts)dalton99a
(81,512 posts)phylny
(8,380 posts)Driveway:
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hunter
(38,313 posts)... and so many people seemed to be missing them!
I'd told my wife we had to be by or near deciduous trees, just for the shadows and they were spectacular. The light and the shadows are so strange!
BHDem53
(1,061 posts)I was watching it on The Science Channel and TWC until they showed a shot of tee rump and the bride of trumpenstein and I changed the channel.
ismnotwasm
(41,984 posts)Roland99
(53,342 posts)Was like wearing polarizing lenses without hack g anything on. So cool
In 1979, we had 60% or so when I was a kid in KY. Similar thing.
Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)XRubicon
(2,212 posts)Street light came on, the black circle over the sun was breathtaking.
Ilsa
(61,695 posts)20 miles from the total zone.
I thought it was spectacular! The leaves on some low bushes had peculiar shadows. The edge of shadows was fuzzy or graded when it should have been sharp. The street lamps came on. The color was eerie. And it got really quiet. No birds, rustling of squirrels, etc.
samnsara
(17,622 posts)iluvtennis
(19,861 posts)...to see a crescent sun vs crescent moon. Wow
LAS14
(13,783 posts)Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)spanone
(135,838 posts)Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)the outside got about 5-10% darker, but that was it
spanone
(135,838 posts)mtngirl47
(989 posts)cheered and clapped when it was total!
The mountains were awesome!
Le Gaucher
(1,547 posts)the sight was SO TOTALLY worth the 13 hour drive from NJ to Gatlinburg
LeftInTX
(25,341 posts)spanone
(135,838 posts)you could safely look without the glasses when it was a 'total' experience...i did and it was really strange looking.
looked like it was on fire.
...the entire experience was great
Thor_MN
(11,843 posts)hatrack
(59,587 posts)Without question, the most spectacular natural phenomenon I've ever seen. Absolutely spine-chilling.
bullwinkle428
(20,629 posts)And well worth the drive down from Iowa.
Joe Fields
(11,099 posts)100% totality and what an experience!
raven mad
(4,940 posts)Oh well. Everyone will have great photos to share!
pokerfan
(27,677 posts)Five hours down, Nine hours back.
But it was totally worth it! My first TSE as we got skunked by weather in '79. And to add insult to injury, I had to trudge off to Math 315 (Diff EQ).
I had seen many partials but a total solar eclipse is so far beyond those, there is no comparison. All of a sudden, the corona pops out which is like three times the size of the sun. It's always there but we cant see it because it's so much fainter than the sun. And then in the middle of the corona is a perfectly round hole in the sky. That's the moon. It's just completely surreal.
The moment it transitioned from partial to diamond ring to total was like nothing I've ever seen before. It was instantaneous and kind of like nature saying to me, "Hey, take a look at this!"
That instant was followed by chattering and whooping and the passing of binoculars back and forth, but instant was sublime. For want of a better word.
Yeah, it only lasted 2m and 8s for us but that doesn't matter. For me, it was all about the first second of totality. That transition from weird but still kinda normal 99.99% eclipsed to "Holy crap, what the hell is that? That is not normal!"
I will totally see another one.
Adrahil
(13,340 posts)Drove from East Central Indiana to White House, TN. Perfect spot, perfect viewing. Fairly easy getting there, just a little snag. Total driving time 5 hours. Then we left. OMG. It took 5 hours to go the first 60 miles. 9.5 in total by the time we got home. Oof! But totally worth it. I've always linged to see one, and it was a amazing as I'd hoped.
CottonBear
(21,596 posts)There were quite a few folks who'd driven from Gainesville, FL & Tallahasse, FL at the state park in Northeast Georgia where we experienced totality. It was not at all crowded and there was almost no traffic. We were far away from the interstates and the major 4 lane divided highways.
Our fellow eclipse viewers at the park were all super nice. We all had come for the same experience. It was peaceful and far out and awesome and totally amazing. Everyone was happy.
Adrahil
(13,340 posts)Otoh, the traffic getting back home was epic. Never seen anything like it.
skippercollector
(206 posts)I think Americans didn't just WANT to see the eclipse, we NEEDED to see it. It was the first time in months, maybe years, that we ALL had something positive to experience. Something that had NOTHING WHATSOEVER to do with any other topic that we've heard about ad nauseum.
hunter
(38,313 posts)spanone
(135,838 posts)hunter
(38,313 posts)It wasn't so terrible driving up Saturday, but the rest areas were overflowing with people sleeping in their cars, spilling out onto the ramps. Politely apologetic signs were taped to the restroom doors telling eclipse travelers Oregon would do their best to keep the restrooms clean but they might not be up to Oregon's usual high standards.
Traffic returning to California was worse, especially at various pinch points, like one in Northern California where the bridges on Interstate 5 are being repaired and reduced to one lane in each direction. Fortunately we only had to make it so far as our kid's house in Sacramento.
CottonBear
(21,596 posts)It was an awesome experience! We drove about 50 minutes north and went to a little state park on a lake. We were on a beautiful hilltop with a field and big oak trees overlooking the lake.
Silent3
(15,213 posts)I watched the eclipse from the Nashville airport, flying in and never leaving the airport before flying back.
It was my third total eclipse, and still an amazing, awesome experience!