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We got totality here in middle TN. I know Nashville had a big cloud roll in right before totality...I'm a little east of there.......my view was glorious.
The whole pre totality amount of light was pretty eerie.
It sadly was cloudy in Chicago, and it didn't get that dark at the point where totality was heading through Illinois(Carbondale, IL being close to the central-most point where it got the most dark). IIRC, something I read said Chicago was supposed to have 87% being in the path of totality, but it didn't seem that dark to me. I briefly debated doing an Amtrak trip south to Carbondale or say like Saint Louis, but ruled it out after seeing how high fares were getting and/or seeing sold out trains(in the case of Carbondale).
I decided after I ruled out doing a trip to see the 2017 eclipse, that I may make a more serious attempt to either see the 2024 eclipse in either Carbondale or Indianapolis. In case that doesn't work out, I'm glad I did see a partial eclipse in the mid-1990s, while I was in school sometime between 6th-8th grade. That school was nice enough, to let all of us stand outside to see the partial eclipse when it was happening. Although looking back, I found it odd they didn't give us glasses while it was occurring.
Truly an earth shattering- breath taking - amazing event.
MrsM and I were able to hook up with 5 busloads of astronomers from all over the world. This was sponsored by Boise State University. We were up at 3AM boarded buses to Weiser, ID and we had the Weiser High School track as our base.
Astronomers from NASA, MIT, Cal-Tech, Woods Hole etc. What an honor to accompany this group as a know-nothing tourist
They were hooting and hollering when we saw the black shadow screaming down the mountain toward us. Then totality.The Diamond Ring effect.
People were crying, kissing, jumping up and down.
My pictures were nowhere near the professionals, but I took them. We were there what a great cap to ur 50th Anniversary vacation
Wow, Mike, that's so cool! I hope you'll upload some of your pictures...
And sincere Congratulations to you and Mrs. Mike, too.
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Truly an earth shattering- breath taking - amazing event.
MrsM and I were able to hook up with 5 busloads of astronomers from all over the world. This was sponsored by Boise State University. We were up at 3AM boarded buses to Weiser, ID and we had the Weiser High School track as our base.
Astronomers from NASA, MIT, Cal-Tech, Woods Hole etc. What an honor to accompany this group as a know-nothing tourist
They were hooting and hollering when we saw the black shadow screaming down the mountain toward us. Then totality.The Diamond Ring effect.
People were crying, kissing, jumping up and down.
My pictures were nowhere near the professionals, but I took them. We were there what a great cap to ur 50th Anniversary vacation
Where I live was very close to totality and there was no way that I was going to miss seeing it. My niece, her boyfriend, my best friend, my husband and I all got in the car and drove about 30 minutes south so that we could be in the center of the path of totality. It lasted for supposedly 2 min and 48 sec. I didn't time it, but that's what every website was reporting.
It was very much worth the trip. Everyone was saying that it was going to be "soul crushing" traffic and that all the stores would be out of everything and that the gas stations would run out of gas. No such thing happened. Driving to our destination didn't take much longer than it does on a normal day in the summer, when we have a lot of tourists.
My best friend took this picture.
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It was well worth it!
