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It was definitely worth the drive! I took I-95 to I-20 to I-26 to I-385 to get to downtown Greenville and didn’t run into any traffic; on the way back home? A totally different experience. I-85 was absolute hell. Regardless of all that, I had an excellent time in downtown Greenville and the eclipse was nothing I expected. I, as well as my friends, all enjoyed using the glasses to see the progress of the moon covering the sun, but once totality happened all glasses were off. To say the least, my eyes felt an immense amount of pressure afterwards but the pressure was worth it for seeing such a beauty with your naked eyes was jaw-dropping and exciting.
"Eyes Hurt" was the most googled phrase since the eclipse for most areas including Greenville and Columbia according to a report on the local news at 6.
"Eyes Hurt" was the most googled phrase since the eclipse for most areas including Greenville and Columbia according to a report on the local news at 6.
Can't say you weren't warned.
"You'll burn your eyes out"
Thank-you Clemson for hosting spectacular event! It was worth the 5.5 hour drive back to Atlanta.
Left work in Marietta at 11:00am yesterday morning but heard that 85 was slow, so ended up on Hwy 78 east to Athens then on Hwy 72 past Elberton to the SC state line. It was just about 2:30pm by then, so stopped and watched on the SC side of the bridge at the resevoir there with a few other folks.
It was the first time for me (and it felt like it!) to see an eclipse with totality, wow, really otherworldly experience.
Was surprised that the bottom rim edge of the corona seemed most active as if the surface of the moon itself was on fire, and that the diamond ring effect was at the lower right edge as the moon gradually moved off the sweet spot. Definintely worth the drive, and traffic wasn't too bad, got home by 6:15pm.
<>Was surprised that the bottom rim edge of the corona seemed most active as if the surface of the moon itself was on fire, and that the diamond ring effect was at the lower right edge as the moon gradually moved off the sweet spot. Definintely worth the drive, and traffic wasn't too bad, got home by 6:15pm.
At Santee the diamond was 4:00 position, so the Moon must have been tracking a bit north?
After seeing this, who's ready to try to go travel to see the one in 2024??
If we're still in Michigan by then (groan, whine, complain) we'll be making it a day trip to a bit further south because there is just about 0 chance of sunny skies in early April in that part of Michigan/Northern Ohio. My parents already have "reservations" at my uncles house in College Station, and from there drive to the path of totality that morning.
If I win the lottery before 2019, I'm heading to Argentina and renting a boat for the July 2, 2019 eclipse down there. I'm crossing my fingers! lol
I also now TOTALLY understand those solar eclipse chasers.
Since the eclipse is over, I have to remove the sticky from this thread - we have a 2 stickies per forum rule.
But since I don't want the thread to disappear, I'm bumping it back to the top by posting about removing the sticky
Yac.
Since the eclipse is over, I have to remove the sticky from this thread - we have a 2 stickies per forum rule.
But since I don't want the thread to disappear, I'm bumping it back to the top by posting about removing the sticky
Yac.
Thanks Yac. I think the sticky was helpful to our members.
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