I saw total solar eclipse in '99. It was so interesting - all the birds stopped singing for a few minutes. And yes you're right: it's something you'll never forget.
Same here in UK 99. Errey feeling going from bright sunlight to darkness in about a minute.. .. No wonder our ancestors felt an eclipse was a sign from the gods....
I live in the area where the August 2017 total eclipse and this one intersected. I just walked 300 yards from my apartment to the highest spot around and watched both of them in ideal weather. Can you imagine the number of lotteries I had to win for that to come true? "Lucky" isn't strong enough. Glad for all who got to see the show...I don't think there's a better one on this planet than a total solar eclipse.
I don't intend to be mean by bursting your bubble...but you COULD totally plan for that, given that science and physics let's us know the exact path of past and future eclipses, so one could get a home in their overlapping paths, then just wander to their backyard for multiple events.
@@mlindholm I think the point is that they didn't totally plan for it, and just happened to land in one of only a vanishingly small handful of places in the world where two eclipse paths in the same decade happen to cross.
So cool! I had to drive for hours from the Denver area to see the 2017 eclipse in Wyoming. My wife and I drove a total of 35 hours round trip to see this one in Indiana. Both worth it, but I like the idea of a brief stroll to see both.
@@kevconn441 Exactly! I couldn't stop thinking of what people thought of this when caught unaware. One evening years ago out on my sailboat I watched the crescent moon rise in the East at sunset. For a moment I was shocked to my core at the impossibility of it all until I realized it was a lunar eclipse. The impact of solar totality was much, much greater even though I expected it. Caught unaware, it's the kind of thing that could start a religion.
Never lose that feeling of awe, the beauty and wonder of the universe. Kids still have that sense of curiosity and joy of learning new things. You have reminded me of my commitment to learn, to wonder and to never "grow up."
@@crystaldazz Growing older is mandatory, I have no choice in that. Keeping my sense of wonder in physics, chemistry and mathematics , that I will keep.
@@crystaldazzHmm. The people that refuse to continue learning are the most insufferable people. Not all of us just give up that joy of learning something new, to instead, wait for death.
I am SO glad that we live in an age where we understand what is happening so instead of being afraid we are instead filled with joy and awe. It really isn't possible to put into words just how cool a solar eclipse is in real life.
If someone hasn’t seen it in person, they just can’t possibly know. You’re right, it is the weirdest sensation when the light dims. It’s disorienting, just like you are losing your vision. And the experience makes the feeling of being on a planet in space so real.
Just under 3 minutes of totality here in Dayton Ohio. The weather was unbelievably perfect. The experience truly awe-inspiring! Nice video capture of your experience! Thank you for sharing.
Just under 2 minutes in Oxford, and it seems the whole state had great weather for it. It rained on Sunday and it was pouring today, but yesterday was almost perfect.
What an experience. I wish I could have gone to the totality, but even at 90% where I was the world felt uniformly more grey even without clouds overhead, like the light was dying. You captured for me what it could have been if I had gone Totality or Bust. Yesterday I said I want to see a video of people reacting to the world going dark and experiencing the totality, and you and the parts you chose to film did NOT disappoint!
In 2007 I was in the 90% zone and it was just interesting. Like she said, the world got dimmer like you're going blind. This year I drove to totality and wasn't disappoint
Thank you for sharing! Really intelligent remarks. I’m almost 70 and I still have not experienced a total solar eclipse yet!! Definitely going to Spain in August 2026.
I only had about a minute of totality with this eclipse, but I also drove to see the 2017 eclipse and had a little over two minutes that time. Really amazing experiences. The darkness is really bizarre and I can't find a way to explain it properly. As it begins, it sort of feel like a shadow that no cloud could ever cast. Glad you were able to make it!
Just spent the eclipse up in Jackman, Maine (my home state :) It was wonderful. My best friend, and I went to the cemetery where it was very open for viewing. It was nice seeing everyone very being respectful of the place, and just wanting to enjoy the spectacle. The shadows were very weird during the event. It seemed like everything was seen through a filter. Took forever getting back to Portland though (8 loooooong hours in mostly bumper-to-bumper) WORTH IT!!!!!!
I watched a solar eclipse back in the 90s. So weird the way the birds fell silent, then the world around me too. A beautiful, truly humbling experience ❤
It is so nice that you filmed the people and not the eclipse. We can see that in many vids but to see the people faces is the best! As an astronomy teacher I must tell you - you are awesome and my students love you! Keep the wonder alive!!! 🙏🏽
We saw it here in Newfoundland, Canada and it was amazing. When it transitioned from dark back to light it was the most uncanny thing. I may have filled up a little hard not to when you're reminded of how small you all really are in the grand scheme of things. Glad you all got to see totality it made you feel so connected to everyone around you.
i love how the sky gets darker but in a different way than sunrise or sunset. it gets grey in a way no other weather does. like the brightness on your phone turned down kinda.
i experienced a solar eclipse over here in '99. the view was mind boggling but what impressed me the most was the total silence. nature has pressed the mute button and all the bystanders were like petrified, even the kids. you could really feel the gravitas of the moment
Experiencing a total eclipse is both exhilarating and humbling at the same time, and something that you'll carry with you forever. Great coverage by the way.
A certified old person, i've seen a couple of eclipses, plus several missions to the moon with humans aboard, and so on. I agree, it's been an amazing time. Glad you and Toni got a chance to experience it.
I saw the one back in 2017. It was truly breathtaking. I was surprised at how uplifting and inspiring it was to see. You are so right that we live a truly wonderous world.
Lessons 1. If you have to drive to totality, book your hotel room EARLY. Prices spiked here to $700-800 a room for one night. Some places made you reserve a 4 night minimum. 2. Don't just get in the Zone of Totality. Get near the center. I was about 2 miles from the center and it lasted over 4 minutes. You get the same view from the sides but it doesn't last as long. It's worth the drive. 3. Eclipse glasses are dirt cheap online. Get a stack of 10 so you can share with those less fortunate. 4. Get there early to avoid any potential eclipse traffic on the roads. We were there a couple hours early and had time to look around for the best spot. Spot found, we went back to the gas station and topped off so we could make the quick getaway after. 5. Find a place where there is really good visibility. From the spot we chose, we could see for miles in every direction. This is important if you want to see "sunset" all around you. 6. If possible (we couldn't) find a place with lots of local wildlife so you can see them freak out. 7. Check the weather charts to see where the greatest probability of cloud cover would be that day, historically. For the USA it was greater in the north and lower in the south. These are averages though, so I was checking forecasts all over the place as the day drew near. 8. Unless you have a super professional camera on a tripod, your pictures will be garbage. An iPhone/Android can't focus on the sun. And we tried the trick putting the lens up to eclipse glasses and catching the partial, but that was still just a blob. Someone there had a welder's helmet and that was just a green blob. So don't waste time trying to get a pic. It will be a disappointment. That is unless you have the StarMaster 9000 Miracle Zoomer camera on a tripod. But then you're taking pix for everyone. 9. Once you go full eclipse you don't need the eclipse glasses. You only need those for the partial eclipse. 10. The place we chose was right off the main highway. Once totality was over we jumped in the car and raced out of there. All tourists will be leaving at almost the exact same time. Don't get caught in the back of the line. 11. Cooler and snacks. I always get a 6-pack of Coke in the plastic bottles and freeze one solid. It doesn't explode. Try it. Stick this in the corner and cover the rest with ice. The frozen Coke keeps the ice colder longer. And if it's slush at the end of the adventure you get to drink that magic Coke. A bag of beef jerky and a bag of smoked sausages make for good snacks. Very little mess. 12. Folding chairs if you have room. We didn't. 13. Get some really good fixed-focus binoculars. I picked up a nice pair of Bushnell binocs the week before online for fairly cheap. It was amazing. You can stare right at the full eclipse with binoculars. Not a partial eclipse or you will damage your eyes. You'll know when the time is right. 14. Bring some umbrellas in case the weather turns. 15. Bring some old towels in case the weather turns and you don't want to get your car seats wet. 16. We stayed at a cheap motel and brought two changes of clothing. Why not? More clothes don't take up much room. 17. Bring some cash just in case. At one gas station their credit card machine was out so I gave the lady $30 in cash. No problem. Unfazed. 18. go to G-Maps and search for "gas stations near Brisbane" or whatever towns you're going to go through. It will show you the current price of gas at various stations in the city. Calculate your car's range and map out the gas stations along the way to get the cheapest gas. Record the exit numbers. Once you're at your eclipse spot, fill up on gas right there (before the eclipse) even if it's more expensive. You gotta make that quick getaway, unless you're staying with friends/family or whatever. 19. Also look for restaurants in the cities where you will be. Look for anything fun and exciting. 20. If you're making a long trip like I did, eat snacks and drink your drinks in the car about an hour away from the next gas station. It takes about an hour before you need to go to the bathroom. If you're always drinking, then you need to pull over constantly for bathroom breaks. Especially don't let any females drink anything when you're 3 hours from the gas station. Be mean if you have to. Math it important. 21. A week before you go, make a comprehensive list of everything you need to take on the trip. Otherwise you will forget something important.
Thank you for posting this. This is genuinely the first solar eclipse I've ever seen. I'm in NY and every time since I was a kid, it's been cloudy and I was in the middle of work.
We viewed from southern Missouri, had daughters journey from Seattle WA and Jacksonville FL to KY then together to MO. Shared a celestial event, and Quality Family Time !
I was so blessed to be able to enjoy totality with someone I love by my side. 10000000% worth the drive. Worth the traffic. Worth the sunburn. We can't wait for the next one!
This video gave me goosebumps, as it’s just how I remember seeing it (I was in northern NH). Clear blue skies, the “sunset”, people’s reactions, all of it. Hard to describe … awe-inspiring. Thanks for sharing your memory of it
Saw totality in my backyard in northern NY. Overcast so you couldn’t see partial eclipse well, but totality was still amazing! I thought the same thing, a 360 degree sunset all around. The clouds actually added a little something with the orange, and pink colors at the horizon. Something I’ll never forget. I can see why people travel the world just to witness them.
I did saw total eclipse in summer 1990 in the middle of my homecountry Finland. It was early in the morning. My intension was to keep awake whole night through, that I wouldn't miss this rare occasion! Next to be seen (but not by me 😂) is about 2124!!! I was taking sauna time and swimming in the lake, just waiting passionately! The dark fall in the other side of the lake and then it rapidly moved toward my side of the shore. Birds stopped to singing. Nearby cottages/farms dogs first parked furiously, then cut like by knife. One big howling and then great silence. It was both hounting and fascinating!
I'm really glad you were able to experience it, and very happy you shared it with us. I know the giddy feeling, the awe and the goosebumps, like I've crossed into another universe.
I paid attention to all the radio and tv coverage leading up to the eclipse. One thing I kept hearing was that certain people react very emotionally. That sounded so crazy. I was like "Come on Nancy, get over it. It''ll get dark for a couple minutes and then back to normal. What's the big deal?" What I didn't realize was they were talking about me! I broke down in tears. It was the most spiritual experience of my life. Hell, it's been almost 2 months and I'm still not over it.
This was the second eclipse I got to see where I was in the path of totality. The experience is indescribable. After experiencing it, it makes you sad for the people who seem to have no interest. Goosebumps, cheering, the diamond ring, the corona! It’s the closest thing I’ve ever had to a profound religious experience, but it’s science and it was most definitely a profound scientific experience.
So glad you were able to see this amazing event and I was half expecting you to break out into song!!! We had the same cool experience in Kent, Ohio. Safe travels back home!
0:47 - Exactly! Weird, isn't it? (The point is that the _color_ of light is "normal", full spectrum, only there is less of it.) That, and the "beads", of course, is what I remember most vividly from the only total eclipse I experiences as an adult, a quarter of century ago.
I travelled from the UK to Dallas to see the eclipse, it was a bucket list thing. Happily got to see it in a clear sky. Awe inspiring and worth every penny.
Man. I’m 51 years old and I’ve lived through several of these in my lifetime. Several total solar eclipses where I’ve lived, and several partial solar eclipses, and yet I’ve never actually gotten to see one. Every single time I’ve had the opportunity, circumstances beyond my control have prevented me from going outside to see them happen. And in almost every case, I’ve been living somewhere with clear weather when they’ve happened. I’m so glad you got to see this in person. I hope I manage to live long enough to get to see one myself. Obviously I’m going to have to prioritize it to make it happen because my life’s history has taught me that no one and nothing in the world care if I ever get to witness this or not. Don’t miss the opportunity like I have. These experiences for me have been replaced by nothing more than the same thing I do every single day of my life. No one is going to miss me doing that for an hour.
I went to the last one that passed through Idaho and the dimming of the whole area was super unsettling. The weirdest part was you could feel the temperature drop as you approached totality.
You remind me of a line from an old movie. The woman is kind like you and said something like, "Most of the people go through life asleep. A few wake up and those people live in a state of constant amazement". I swear, by all the stars in Heaven... sometimes listening to people like you is all that gets me out of bed in the ... mid morning. Peace and love to you both.
I saw 85% eclipse and it was great. I wanted to drive 8 hours to see the totality, but the family veto'd spending 16 hours on the road for a 3 minute event. I have seen a totality eclipse - back in 1970 when I was 9 and living on the coast of Georgia. it was weird and a little scary but mostly awesome. Today I am regretting not making that 16 hour round trip to see my 2nd totality event.
I watched the total solar eclipse in 1999 in northern France. That was 25 years ago and you're absolutely right, it's something you'll remember for the rest of your life.
Saw Totality with my son and oldest daughter yesterday afternoon when the clouds parted long enough to allow us to witness this truly awe-inspiring and spooky event here in Kingston, Ontario. "What if the moon stays stuck where it is?" I thought. "What if we never saw the sun again?" Folks in the neighbourhood were cheering and applauding, and I was glad to hear a lot of children in the crowd.
Were you in Pocahontas, AR for this video? That park looks strangely similar to the one we stopped in there. Tons of people oohing and ahhing and shouting for joy. Was a magical experience!
It's the last one I will get to see secondary to age. The emotional depth watching it took me by complete surprise and here, 4 weeks later, it still brings me to tears.
The one thing I think is so weird about the Eclipse, you are really not used to having to squint when it's really dark out... Like, you feel like it's late in the day... but you can't really not squint, and it's also kinda hot out... So weird, truly incredible!
I was in VT, watching the eclipse, and remember hearing owls in the forest nearby, while dogs howled and barked in the distance And of course all the people next to me wowing and shouting and cheering Amazing feeling. I’ll never forget the light, the mood, the astonishment when I finally took the filters off my binoculars and watched the covered sun, with the prominences and the extensive corona, while all around us it was a circular sunrise
Yeah, we saw it. I got goose bumps watching you watch it because I know what you felt. In some small and huge way it was life changing. Happy for you that you were there. We were there with you … along with 20m other Americans. /hugs.
Since I grew up in the UK, the last time I saw a total eclipse was in 1999. I was 2 years old, and I still remember that crazy moment when everything went dark. Truly surreal.
You're right, you'll never forget this moment. I've seen the solar eclipse in 1999. We went to France to be as close as possible to the core. Won't forget it.
It's a month late, but I was catching up with my favorite creator, watching you and Toni share this incredible experience - all while listening, coincidentally, to your recording of Carl Sagen. I haven't stopped smiling. 😊😊😊❤❤❤
It's a life time experience,, I have seen this when I was 10years old in the year 1995 from a place near Kolkata, India. The dimond ring, the solar corona,, it was the most mesmerizing phenomenon that I will remember my entire life.
Thanks for sharing your trip with us! It was incredible when the sun came back and shined on your faces, like a shot in a movie. It's the ultimate nerdy mecca for our time. Cheers!
I saw total solar eclipse in '99. It was so interesting - all the birds stopped singing for a few minutes. And yes you're right: it's something you'll never forget.
Hi, me too. From where did you watched the eclipse? I have the same experience with the birds.
@@cheesy-p1j from Lake Balaton, Hungary. It was right in the middle of the path of the eclipse
Compiegne France. Worth the drive from. Netherlands . Exactly as you said. Birds stop singing. I’ll never forget
@@solinvictus6587 Great, thx.
Same here in UK 99.
Errey feeling going from bright sunlight to darkness in about a minute..
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No wonder our ancestors felt an eclipse was a sign from the gods....
There's something so lovely about seeing people just enjoying things 🙂
I live in the area where the August 2017 total eclipse and this one intersected. I just walked 300 yards from my apartment to the highest spot around and watched both of them in ideal weather.
Can you imagine the number of lotteries I had to win for that to come true? "Lucky" isn't strong enough.
Glad for all who got to see the show...I don't think there's a better one on this planet than a total solar eclipse.
We wondered what SIU Carbondale did to please the gods on that one. ;)
I don't intend to be mean by bursting your bubble...but you COULD totally plan for that, given that science and physics let's us know the exact path of past and future eclipses, so one could get a home in their overlapping paths, then just wander to their backyard for multiple events.
@@mlindholm I think the point is that they didn't totally plan for it, and just happened to land in one of only a vanishingly small handful of places in the world where two eclipse paths in the same decade happen to cross.
@@mlindholm You know they planned this 20 years ago when they were just born. Mom, gimme that eclipse map. I need to plan my future right now.
So cool! I had to drive for hours from the Denver area to see the 2017 eclipse in Wyoming. My wife and I drove a total of 35 hours round trip to see this one in Indiana. Both worth it, but I like the idea of a brief stroll to see both.
Same. In Texas I watched from my back yard. I was surprised by how emotional it was, a wave of true awe. It caught me off guard.
Imagine what the cavemen felt.
@@kevconn441 Exactly! I couldn't stop thinking of what people thought of this when caught unaware. One evening years ago out on my sailboat I watched the crescent moon rise in the East at sunset. For a moment I was shocked to my core at the impossibility of it all until I realized it was a lunar eclipse. The impact of solar totality was much, much greater even though I expected it. Caught unaware, it's the kind of thing that could start a religion.
@@Miata822 It could start a religion all right, never thought of that. lol.
I felt nothing before and after, but it was pretty neat.
100%
I just said “oh my god” like such a goober and almost cried lmao
Never lose that feeling of awe, the beauty and wonder of the universe. Kids still have that sense of curiosity and joy of learning new things.
You have reminded me of my commitment to learn, to wonder and to never "grow up."
you can say that all you want... but it happens to everyone eventually.
@@crystaldazz Growing older is mandatory, I have no choice in that.
Keeping my sense of wonder in physics, chemistry and mathematics , that I will keep.
And niver loose eterist in speling
@@karlwilhelm5893 oops 🤠
@@crystaldazzHmm. The people that refuse to continue learning are the most insufferable people. Not all of us just give up that joy of learning something new, to instead, wait for death.
I am SO glad that we live in an age where we understand what is happening so instead of being afraid we are instead filled with joy and awe. It really isn't possible to put into words just how cool a solar eclipse is in real life.
Most of us understand. Flat earthers still have a ways to go.
Thanks for sharing this Elle. I didn't have a chance to watch myself so this is great!
I missed that too, we were on the opposite side of the planet.
I could
That 360 of the sunrise was amazing. Thank you!
Yes, that part was awesome
If someone hasn’t seen it in person, they just can’t possibly know. You’re right, it is the weirdest sensation when the light dims. It’s disorienting, just like you are losing your vision. And the experience makes the feeling of being on a planet in space so real.
Just under 3 minutes of totality here in Dayton Ohio. The weather was unbelievably perfect. The experience truly awe-inspiring! Nice video capture of your experience! Thank you for sharing.
We were in Akron and we had perfect weather for it too! We got so unbelievably lucky for it being Ohio in April
@@rdear No doubt! It is super cloudy here today! 😱
Just under 2 minutes in Oxford, and it seems the whole state had great weather for it.
It rained on Sunday and it was pouring today, but yesterday was almost perfect.
I live in Dayton but went up north near De Graff and experienced longer totality. I agree, it was amazing.
I grew up north of Dayton and went back to my parents' for almost 4 mins of totality. It was truly incredible
What an experience. I wish I could have gone to the totality, but even at 90% where I was the world felt uniformly more grey even without clouds overhead, like the light was dying. You captured for me what it could have been if I had gone Totality or Bust. Yesterday I said I want to see a video of people reacting to the world going dark and experiencing the totality, and you and the parts you chose to film did NOT disappoint!
In 2007 I was in the 90% zone and it was just interesting. Like she said, the world got dimmer like you're going blind.
This year I drove to totality and wasn't disappoint
We had 90% coverage here. Wasn’t as far as I had hoped. Amazing how much light that 10% of the sun lights up
@@babyseals4872 It is! But it still got really muted for me at 90%… just not dark.
Not only that the sun and moon are so perfectly sized, but that we can *predict* this…
Thank you for sharing! Really intelligent remarks. I’m almost 70 and I still have not experienced a total solar eclipse yet!! Definitely going to Spain in August 2026.
wait, what?!?! 🤩 I live in Spain! Thanks for the heads up ❤️ *running to google...*
I only had about a minute of totality with this eclipse, but I also drove to see the 2017 eclipse and had a little over two minutes that time. Really amazing experiences. The darkness is really bizarre and I can't find a way to explain it properly. As it begins, it sort of feel like a shadow that no cloud could ever cast. Glad you were able to make it!
Just spent the eclipse up in Jackman, Maine (my home state :) It was wonderful. My best friend, and I went to the cemetery where it was very open for viewing. It was nice seeing everyone very being respectful of the place, and just wanting to enjoy the spectacle. The shadows were very weird during the event. It seemed like everything was seen through a filter. Took forever getting back to Portland though (8 loooooong hours in mostly bumper-to-bumper) WORTH IT!!!!!!
Yeah took us 11 hours to get back to Boston, we saw it on Newport VT. Still totally worth it!
I watched a solar eclipse back in the 90s. So weird the way the birds fell silent, then the world around me too. A beautiful, truly humbling experience ❤
Isn’t it amazing! And it’s so indescribable. You can tell others but unless they’ve experienced it… they just won’t get it. Welcome to the club! 🌙
It is so nice that you filmed the people and not the eclipse. We can see that in many vids but to see the people faces is the best! As an astronomy teacher I must tell you - you are awesome and my students love you! Keep the wonder alive!!! 🙏🏽
I lived one a few years ago here in Chile... it was truly spectacular... One of the most beautiful experiences along with the birth of my son.
I just got home from my own Arkansas eclipse viewing. I'm so glad I got to see this one *and* the one back in 2017. So cool.
The best eclipse video! You captured the almost childlike wonder of people watching a genuinely awe inspiring natural event. Thanks for sharing it.
We saw it here in Newfoundland, Canada and it was amazing. When it transitioned from dark back to light it was the most uncanny thing. I may have filled up a little hard not to when you're reminded of how small you all really are in the grand scheme of things. Glad you all got to see totality it made you feel so connected to everyone around you.
i love how the sky gets darker but in a different way than sunrise or sunset. it gets grey in a way no other weather does. like the brightness on your phone turned down kinda.
i experienced a solar eclipse over here in '99. the view was mind boggling but what impressed me the most was the total silence. nature has pressed the mute button and all the bystanders were like petrified, even the kids. you could really feel the gravitas of the moment
What is wonderful is no camera can capture the range of change in the intensity of the sun. Glad to have see it.
Experiencing a total eclipse is both exhilarating and humbling at the same time, and something that you'll carry with you forever. Great coverage by the way.
Thanks from Germany!!👍♥️
A certified old person, i've seen a couple of eclipses, plus several missions to the moon with humans aboard, and so on. I agree, it's been an amazing time. Glad you and Toni got a chance to experience it.
I saw the one back in 2017. It was truly breathtaking. I was surprised at how uplifting and inspiring it was to see.
You are so right that we live a truly wonderous world.
Thanks for sharing!! We will get one in Australia in about three years.
Looks incredible and I felt your goosebumps from here!
2030 I believe. Luxor Egypt in '27!
2026 greenland, iceland, spain
2028 australia, new zealand
2030 botswana, south africa, australia
Lessons
1. If you have to drive to totality, book your hotel room EARLY. Prices spiked here to $700-800 a room for one night. Some places made you reserve a 4 night minimum.
2. Don't just get in the Zone of Totality. Get near the center. I was about 2 miles from the center and it lasted over 4 minutes. You get the same view from the sides but it doesn't last as long. It's worth the drive.
3. Eclipse glasses are dirt cheap online. Get a stack of 10 so you can share with those less fortunate.
4. Get there early to avoid any potential eclipse traffic on the roads. We were there a couple hours early and had time to look around for the best spot. Spot found, we went back to the gas station and topped off so we could make the quick getaway after.
5. Find a place where there is really good visibility. From the spot we chose, we could see for miles in every direction. This is important if you want to see "sunset" all around you.
6. If possible (we couldn't) find a place with lots of local wildlife so you can see them freak out.
7. Check the weather charts to see where the greatest probability of cloud cover would be that day, historically. For the USA it was greater in the north and lower in the south. These are averages though, so I was checking forecasts all over the place as the day drew near.
8. Unless you have a super professional camera on a tripod, your pictures will be garbage. An iPhone/Android can't focus on the sun. And we tried the trick putting the lens up to eclipse glasses and catching the partial, but that was still just a blob. Someone there had a welder's helmet and that was just a green blob. So don't waste time trying to get a pic. It will be a disappointment.
That is unless you have the StarMaster 9000 Miracle Zoomer camera on a tripod. But then you're taking pix for everyone.
9. Once you go full eclipse you don't need the eclipse glasses. You only need those for the partial eclipse.
10. The place we chose was right off the main highway. Once totality was over we jumped in the car and raced out of there. All tourists will be leaving at almost the exact same time. Don't get caught in the back of the line.
11. Cooler and snacks. I always get a 6-pack of Coke in the plastic bottles and freeze one solid. It doesn't explode. Try it. Stick this in the corner and cover the rest with ice. The frozen Coke keeps the ice colder longer. And if it's slush at the end of the adventure you get to drink that magic Coke.
A bag of beef jerky and a bag of smoked sausages make for good snacks. Very little mess.
12. Folding chairs if you have room. We didn't.
13. Get some really good fixed-focus binoculars. I picked up a nice pair of Bushnell binocs the week before online for fairly cheap. It was amazing. You can stare right at the full eclipse with binoculars.
Not a partial eclipse or you will damage your eyes.
You'll know when the time is right.
14. Bring some umbrellas in case the weather turns.
15. Bring some old towels in case the weather turns and you don't want to get your car seats wet.
16. We stayed at a cheap motel and brought two changes of clothing. Why not? More clothes don't take up much room.
17. Bring some cash just in case. At one gas station their credit card machine was out so I gave the lady $30 in cash. No problem. Unfazed.
18. go to G-Maps and search for "gas stations near Brisbane" or whatever towns you're going to go through. It will show you the current price of gas at various stations in the city.
Calculate your car's range and map out the gas stations along the way to get the cheapest gas. Record the exit numbers.
Once you're at your eclipse spot, fill up on gas right there (before the eclipse) even if it's more expensive. You gotta make that quick getaway, unless you're staying with friends/family or whatever.
19. Also look for restaurants in the cities where you will be. Look for anything fun and exciting.
20. If you're making a long trip like I did, eat snacks and drink your drinks in the car about an hour away from the next gas station. It takes about an hour before you need to go to the bathroom.
If you're always drinking, then you need to pull over constantly for bathroom breaks.
Especially don't let any females drink anything when you're 3 hours from the gas station. Be mean if you have to. Math it important.
21. A week before you go, make a comprehensive list of everything you need to take on the trip. Otherwise you will forget something important.
oh, multiple ones will happen in the next 20 years in downunder.
Thank you for posting this. This is genuinely the first solar eclipse I've ever seen. I'm in NY and every time since I was a kid, it's been cloudy and I was in the middle of work.
So nice to experience this out in a natural setting too.
It is truly a Moment to remember!! Humans Cheering on the Sun and Moon!!! For just a few breaths the World Changed right before you!!
We viewed from southern Missouri, had daughters journey from Seattle WA and Jacksonville FL to KY then together to MO. Shared a celestial event, and Quality Family Time !
I was so blessed to be able to enjoy totality with someone I love by my side. 10000000% worth the drive. Worth the traffic. Worth the sunburn.
We can't wait for the next one!
I have the same feeling. Took me nearly four hours (no traffic) to drive to my location, and 11 hours to drive home. Worth every second.
This video gave me goosebumps, as it’s just how I remember seeing it (I was in northern NH). Clear blue skies, the “sunset”, people’s reactions, all of it. Hard to describe … awe-inspiring. Thanks for sharing your memory of it
Saw totality in my backyard in northern NY. Overcast so you couldn’t see partial eclipse well, but totality was still amazing! I thought the same thing, a 360 degree sunset all around. The clouds actually added a little something with the orange, and pink colors at the horizon. Something I’ll never forget. I can see why people travel the world just to witness them.
I did saw total eclipse in summer 1990 in the middle of my homecountry Finland. It was early in the morning. My intension was to keep awake whole night through, that I wouldn't miss this rare occasion! Next to be seen (but not by me 😂) is about 2124!!! I was taking sauna time and swimming in the lake, just waiting passionately! The dark fall in the other side of the lake and then it rapidly moved toward my side of the shore. Birds stopped to singing. Nearby cottages/farms dogs first parked furiously, then cut like by knife. One big howling and then great silence. It was both hounting and fascinating!
It’s humbling. Imagine what ancient people thought. Thanks for sharing!
So fortunate. Reported with such emotion and candour.
I'm really glad you were able to experience it, and very happy you shared it with us. I know the giddy feeling, the awe and the goosebumps, like I've crossed into another universe.
Of all the coverage (wink, wink) of this eclipse, this is my favorite!
Chased a hole in the clouds to see one in south France in the early 2000s. Saw it and danced around like a kid. Such AWE. Thanks for sharing.
i love how nerdy yall both are... coffee cheers from SE Texas
Thanks for posting this. I hope you beautiful people are around to see many more.
I paid attention to all the radio and tv coverage leading up to the eclipse. One thing I kept hearing was that certain people react very emotionally. That sounded so crazy. I was like "Come on Nancy, get over it. It''ll get dark for a couple minutes and then back to normal. What's the big deal?" What I didn't realize was they were talking about me! I broke down in tears. It was the most spiritual experience of my life. Hell, it's been almost 2 months and I'm still not over it.
I saw ~95% in Denver in 2017 but seeing totality the other day in Dallas was absolutely the most amazing thing I've seen in nature.
This was the second eclipse I got to see where I was in the path of totality.
The experience is indescribable. After experiencing it, it makes you sad for the people who seem to have no interest.
Goosebumps, cheering, the diamond ring, the corona! It’s the closest thing I’ve ever had to a profound religious experience, but it’s science and it was most definitely a profound scientific experience.
So glad you were able to see this amazing event and I was half expecting you to break out into song!!! We had the same cool experience in Kent, Ohio. Safe travels back home!
I was lucky enough to see this in 2017 and 2024 both. Awe inspiring and unforgettable both times.
I am so happy I got to share your totality, even if from afar. You two are my favorite good friends I have never met. Thanks.
I enjoyed the event of a lifetime, then I enjoyed another wonderful sight ! Elle your hair is beautiful ! 😊
What a great event but really what amazes me as well is how the astronomers can tell us when this happens to the moment and when it will end!
Math! Science! Computers!
i have an idea how they do it, but everything is in constant motion, so to take the measurements and run the numbers is impressive
0:47 - Exactly! Weird, isn't it? (The point is that the _color_ of light is "normal", full spectrum, only there is less of it.) That, and the "beads", of course, is what I remember most vividly from the only total eclipse I experiences as an adult, a quarter of century ago.
This is my first time seeing it. Thank you for sharing your solar eclipse experience with us.
I travelled from the UK to Dallas to see the eclipse, it was a bucket list thing. Happily got to see it in a clear sky. Awe inspiring and worth every penny.
Doing stuff with good friends, fun. Geeking out on a rare solar eclipse with friends, well, likely priceless. 🙂
Thanks for the video
Thanks for letting us share your experience!
“Living in goosebumps!”
My new fav saying!
SO happy for you - what a joyous occasion - awe-inspiring I'm sure
Watching you watch it and experience it was wonderful! Thank you for sharing your awe and joy!
Once in a lifetime. Witnessed with a good friend. Spent the day traveling and ended that night on a tow truck. A date to remember.
Man. I’m 51 years old and I’ve lived through several of these in my lifetime. Several total solar eclipses where I’ve lived, and several partial solar eclipses, and yet I’ve never actually gotten to see one. Every single time I’ve had the opportunity, circumstances beyond my control have prevented me from going outside to see them happen. And in almost every case, I’ve been living somewhere with clear weather when they’ve happened.
I’m so glad you got to see this in person. I hope I manage to live long enough to get to see one myself. Obviously I’m going to have to prioritize it to make it happen because my life’s history has taught me that no one and nothing in the world care if I ever get to witness this or not.
Don’t miss the opportunity like I have. These experiences for me have been replaced by nothing more than the same thing I do every single day of my life. No one is going to miss me doing that for an hour.
May I say, you captured the sky and the Sun during totality REALLY WELL! And I say this as a professional astronomer and engineer. Kudos.
Thank you for vicariously taking off the glasses to look at it for me- in my heart I wanted to try that.
I love the way you started somewhat glib and ended in authentic awe.
Hey, your video is mirrored! I caught this from Canada. Really surreal and special.
You're the first one I've heard mention the 360-degree sunrise effect. SO COOL.
I went to the last one that passed through Idaho and the dimming of the whole area was super unsettling. The weirdest part was you could feel the temperature drop as you approached totality.
Best "coverage" of the eclipse! Thanks for taking us along!
"sunrise all around us" indeed. Thank you for sharing this video, and your awe and joy
You remind me of a line from an old movie. The woman is kind like you and said something like, "Most of the people go through life asleep. A few wake up and those people live in a state of constant amazement". I swear, by all the stars in Heaven... sometimes listening to people like you is all that gets me out of bed in the ... mid morning. Peace and love to you both.
I saw 85% eclipse and it was great. I wanted to drive 8 hours to see the totality, but the family veto'd spending 16 hours on the road for a 3 minute event. I have seen a totality eclipse - back in 1970 when I was 9 and living on the coast of Georgia. it was weird and a little scary but mostly awesome. Today I am regretting not making that 16 hour round trip to see my 2nd totality event.
Let me try to console you with the fact that the traffic was really bad. It likely would've been more like 20-24 hours of driving for you.
I will not be showing this reply to my guy, to save myself from the “look” of “I was right smugness”
I watched the total solar eclipse in 1999 in northern France. That was 25 years ago and you're absolutely right, it's something you'll remember for the rest of your life.
It was pretty amazing. Got to watch it on my back porch. Props to everyone who drove to see it.
The most beautiful and unexpected thing I saw was the bright red 'Baily's bead' At the bottom of the eclipse! Amazing!
I saw that too! and a little flare as well - just amazing, and this corona was larger than 2017
Yes, a total eclipes is a real weired thing! Ich saw one in Germany and it was so supercool. ...
Thanks for taking you with me again, Elle.
We watched the August 1999 total solar eclipse in Germany!
@@susanne5803 same as me!
It was a frikkin' religious experience. We were stunned for the rest of the day.
Saw Totality with my son and oldest daughter yesterday afternoon when the clouds parted long enough to allow us to witness this truly awe-inspiring and spooky event here in Kingston, Ontario. "What if the moon stays stuck where it is?" I thought. "What if we never saw the sun again?" Folks in the neighbourhood were cheering and applauding, and I was glad to hear a lot of children in the crowd.
The look on your face when you whipped off the specs and saw that glorious corona! Hell YEAHHH!!!
Were you in Pocahontas, AR for this video? That park looks strangely similar to the one we stopped in there. Tons of people oohing and ahhing and shouting for joy. Was a magical experience!
It's the last one I will get to see secondary to age. The emotional depth watching it took me by complete surprise and here, 4 weeks later, it still brings me to tears.
Its a gut wrenching human emothion to see this. Just reminds you how delicate and small we are.
Thanks so much - from your biggest fan. With much aloha
Annie Dillard's TOTAL ECLIPSE is a must read.
I get emotional thinking about how I got to see it on April 8th. It truly was the most Beautiful thing I've ever seen in my life.
The one thing I think is so weird about the Eclipse, you are really not used to having to squint when it's really dark out... Like, you feel like it's late in the day... but you can't really not squint, and it's also kinda hot out... So weird, truly incredible!
Saw it in Indianapolis. Awe-inspiring only barely begins to describe it!
Wasn't it just amazing? I'm so glad you got to see this.
Drove 6 hours up and more than 8 hours back over two days for 2 minutes and 18 seconds of totality and it was so incredibly worth it. Unbelievable.
I was in VT, watching the eclipse, and remember hearing owls in the forest nearby, while dogs howled and barked in the distance
And of course all the people next to me wowing and shouting and cheering
Amazing feeling. I’ll never forget the light, the mood, the astonishment when I finally took the filters off my binoculars and watched the covered sun, with the prominences and the extensive corona, while all around us it was a circular sunrise
You're gonna write a song about it. You are. You are. You _know_ you are.
Ya, when that last bit winks out things really change! I saw the 2017 one but missed this one. Glad you had a chance to catch it.
The transition from not-totality . . . to totality happens much faster than expected.
Yeah, we saw it. I got goose bumps watching you watch it because I know what you felt. In some small and huge way it was life changing. Happy for you that you were there. We were there with you … along with 20m other Americans. /hugs.
Since I grew up in the UK, the last time I saw a total eclipse was in 1999. I was 2 years old, and I still remember that crazy moment when everything went dark. Truly surreal.
in august 2026 is one in spain. time for vacation perhaps ? mallorca for example will be in the path of totality
Thanks for sharing. We were in Conway, AR. Seems like you weren't too far away. Truly the most spectacular thing I have ever seen. Wow
You're right, you'll never forget this moment. I've seen the solar eclipse in 1999. We went to France to be as close as possible to the core. Won't forget it.
It's a month late, but I was catching up with my favorite creator, watching you and Toni share this incredible experience - all while listening, coincidentally, to your recording of Carl Sagen. I haven't stopped smiling. 😊😊😊❤❤❤
I saw both the 2017 and the 2024 eclipses. They never grow old.
It's a life time experience,, I have seen this when I was 10years old in the year 1995 from a place near Kolkata, India. The dimond ring, the solar corona,, it was the most mesmerizing phenomenon that I will remember my entire life.
Thanks for sharing your trip with us! It was incredible when the sun came back and shined on your faces, like a shot in a movie. It's the ultimate nerdy mecca for our time. Cheers!