Re: August 21 Solar Eclipse
We pulled the kids from school and went "home" for the weekend. We decided to hike ~7 miles to view totality from the top of Black Balsam at 6200 feet. About 4 minutes to go clouds rolled in and we missed it...at least in the traditional sense. What we did get was a full 360 degree view of RED sunset all around us!! We were also just inside the full coverage zone and could see the shadow moving across the hills about 7 miles away. It definitely cooled off about 10 degrees and all the bees and flies around us stopped buzzing around for a couple of minutes.
Re: August 21 Solar Eclipse
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Jason Musgrave
We pulled the kids from school and went "home" for the weekend. We decided to hike ~7 miles to view totality from the top of Black Balsam at 6200 feet. About 4 minutes to go clouds rolled in and we missed it...at least in the traditional sense. What we did get was a full 360 degree view of RED sunset all around us!! We were also just inside the full coverage zone and could see the shadow moving across the hills about 7 miles away. It definitely cooled off about 10 degrees and all the bees and flies around us stopped buzzing around for a couple of minutes.
Black Balsam is one of my favorite spots in the world. So even though you "missed it," I'm supremely jealous since I only got a partial eclipse from an office park in Ft. Lauderdale.
Re: August 21 Solar Eclipse
Spent the weekend hunkered down in a cabin near Carbondale, IL, longest totality in the US! What really surprised me was how the sun exposure didn't change all that noticeably on the ground even at like 80% coverage, even at 90%, it was sort of dim, but it REALLY started to get into midday-dusk from 90%-100%. So, the trip to the zone of the totality was worth it - if you were in a region with less than 90% coverage, I could see this being sort of an underwhelming experience. For us, it was AWESOME!
Re: August 21 Solar Eclipse
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Matthew Strongin
Black Balsam is one of my favorite spots in the world. So even though you "missed it," I'm supremely jealous since I only got a partial eclipse from an office park in Ft. Lauderdale.
Mine too!
Re: August 21 Solar Eclipse
I traveled all the way to a mini golf course on Cape Cod to view this cosmic event. At it's peak the family and I were on the 12th or 13th hole. I borrowed a pair of shades from the lady in front of us. I was more impressed by my daughter's hole in one. Eclipse sounds cool and all but just not my thang.
Re: August 21 Solar Eclipse
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dogrange
if you were in a region with less than 90% coverage, I could see this being sort of an underwhelming experience. For us, it was AWESOME!
Sounds like a great trip. I was in 93% range. It cooled down by 6-7 degrees and the light was like an old movie where they used a filter to simulate night; not that dark, but daylight through a scrim of moon shadow.
A friend in the path of totality said they could see stars.
Re: August 21 Solar Eclipse
1.55 minutes darkness over the front yard party.
Stray mama cat dragged her kittens out to the porch for their (normal) night time meal at 230 PM.
So many high points!
Re: August 21 Solar Eclipse
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Buzz Killington
I traveled all the way to a mini golf course on Cape Cod to view this cosmic event. At it's peak the family and I were on the 12th or 13th hole. I borrowed a pair of shades from the lady in front of us. I was more impressed by my daughter's hole in one. Eclipse sounds cool and all but just not my thang.
Well, at least you are living up to your name!
