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Old 08-21-2017, 03:16 PM
 
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OMG that was amazing-- and I didn't have to leave my front yard to experience it.
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Old 08-21-2017, 07:14 PM
 
Location: Franklin, TN
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OMG that was amazing-- and I didn't have to leave my front yard to experience it.
It was incredible. I could have stayed home and had about 90 seconds of totality....but I watched from a random farm in Sumner County, not far from Cottontown.
https://goo.gl/maps/mAhhGRY9cQN2

I got 2:39.7 seconds of totality. Only 0.1 seconds off of the midline in the area, only 0.2 seconds off of the longest totality in Tennessee, and only 0.5 seconds off of the longest totality in the eclipse (which was in Illinois).

It was absolutely worth the time dedicated to it. I've never experienced anything like that before. For anyone that doesn't understand the difference between a 99% eclipse and totality, it is very, very different.

I wasn't sure if I would bother to go to the 2024 eclipse (which is only a few hours from here, if you go to Illinois). I am planning to go, now. That was a very, very different experience. I have chills running up my spine just thinking about it.
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Old 08-22-2017, 03:32 AM
 
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It was incredible. I could have stayed home and had about 90 seconds of totality....but I watched from a random farm in Sumner County, not far from Cottontown.
https://goo.gl/maps/mAhhGRY9cQN2

I got 2:39.7 seconds of totality. Only 0.1 seconds off of the midline in the area, only 0.2 seconds off of the longest totality in Tennessee, and only 0.5 seconds off of the longest totality in the eclipse (which was in Illinois).

It was absolutely worth the time dedicated to it. I've never experienced anything like that before. For anyone that doesn't understand the difference between a 99% eclipse and totality, it is very, very different.

I wasn't sure if I would bother to go to the 2024 eclipse (which is only a few hours from here, if you go to Illinois). I am planning to go, now. That was a very, very different experience. I have chills running up my spine just thinking about it.
I've already told my sisters we are coming to visit them in Dallas in 2024. The next one is supposed to have up to 5 minutes of totality.
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Old 08-22-2017, 07:41 AM
 
Location: Gallatin, TN
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Adjectives fail to capture the experience. My 10 year old asked me afterwards if that was more amazing than seeing her and her sister being born. I had to think for just a second...no, it wasn't that amazing, but it certainly is in the top 3-4 natural experiences of my lifetime.

It was just bizarre. Awesome. Surreal. Very moving.

My daughter's teacher assigned them a project to document the wildlife they saw and also to journal their thoughts. We're in a Gallatin subdivision with some farmland not too far away. Crickets were active. Birds nested. And somewhere a rooster sounded. I think she checked off almost every box on her nature observation checklist in the course of about 4 minutes.

We certainly will consider going to the next one...Paducah, Metropolis area is probably the closest to Nashville. 2:00-2:30 totality there but they're along the outskirts of the main line. Here's an interactive map. Carbondale, IL is in the path of totality for this one and yesterday's too!
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Old 08-22-2017, 08:49 AM
 
Location: Nashville, TN
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Obviously had never seen anything like it. I was wondering how being at work downtown was going to affect it, and as it turned out the totality was kinda skewed by some clouds and city lights from buildings and street lights coming on. It was really cool though.
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