Personal Travelogue - My Trip to See the Great Eclipse of April 8th, 2024
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We drove from southern PA to Shawnee National Forest in the southern tip of Illinois, 860 miles.
Saw 4min 9sec of totality. Worth every mile. Unforgettable.
My wife and I watched you on the CBS show. I pointed at the screen and said, "hey, it's Ed, I know that guy". I drove 8 hours to Morrilton, AR. and had clear skies and a great time.
I live near Cleveland, Ohio in direct path of Eclipse. Watched from beginning to end. What a wonderful experience this was and the feeling was Erie as it became nighttime during totality.
I got to the middle of it here in Ohio and it was wonderful. This is my 4th one, but this was the best one. Even saw the pink flare and I think Jupiter.
We had totality here in Rochester NY. Unfortunately it was cloudy. Sitting in my backyard and hearing birds cease their chirping, then once again began to sing. None the less it still was an amazing event, and one I'll never forget.
We traveled from Florida to Jonesboro, Arkansas in hopes to see our first total eclipse. The weather was iffy but we were hopeful. We pulled into Jonesboro after driving through fog for a couple of hours........the sky opened up and it was almost completely clear with only a few wispy clouds. We were so joyful. We witnessed totality and it was magnificent. We were in a park with a couple of thousand people and, as totality hit, the cheers went up. It was a moment (actually about 2 1/2 minutes) that we will remember forever. If you've never witnessed a total eclipse of the sun and have the chance, don't miss it!!
saw Waco totality cherry on top was all of totality was visible despite five days earlier being a predicted 90% cloud cover
Long time follower here. Thanks for sharing the experience, Ed. I drove 900 plus miles from Denver to a small lakeside parking lot in Carbondale, IL for the totality. It was perfect, both visual and imaging wise. But the best thing was actually having nice conversations with so many folks there considering that I picked the parking lot randomly on Google Map and expected a lonely session. I'd never imagined my first astronomy "reach out" would be in broad daylight (apart from 4 min).
I travelled 1000 miles to Plattsburgh, NY, right across Lake Champlain from Burlington, to view the eclipse. Had a wonderful time! Glad I set aside time to see both the 2017 and 2024 eclipses.
We traveled from Germany to Texas, just to find out about the horrible weather forecast for Texas. However, about two hours before the eclipse, the overcast sky started to break up and by the time we had first contact, we had almost clear skies. During totality, it was completely clear, so the experience was amazing. We stayed for two days in the small, but very sweet little town of Hico, TX. The town had closed off the main city square and was holding a "block-party". We had such a great experience which was enhanced by the unexpectedly great weather. And yes, my camera clicked away and took many pictures with my 500/f5.6 mirror telefocus lens on a small star tracker while I was watching and enjoying the experience with my family and the rest of the town. Thanks Hico for the great party and the surprising weather!
Same thing happened to us in Corsicana Texas. Cloudy, then opened up just in time!
I flew from Vancouver, BC to Austin, TX to stay with friends I had known online for 28 years but had never met. We drove 20 miles east to where there would be 3 minutes of totality. We saw a total of about one minute of corona in the 0.01% of sky that wasn't fully socked in. I pointed my camera in the general direction, and got one frame in focus with the big prominence showing, but fully overexposed. I am going to have it printed 36"x24". The clouds actually make it a very dramatic shot.
In the leadup, I got shots with sunspots. Five minutes after totality, we were completely clouded over.
I did not cry, but I did whoop loud enough to be heard a mile away! Took me days to get down from that high. It was a $3000 bet that I fully expected to lose.
Wonderful commentary. I've only experienced 2 total eclipses in 80 years - one on my birthday in 1963 from a remote mountaintop with a modest Unitron I lugged up, and the 2017 eclipse a couple hundred yards from the center-line in Tennessee (mind-bending, wonderful experience). While both were total eclipses, they were profoundly different experiences. This eclipse I opted out of and viewed it as a partial (87.4%) from my backyard - not spectacular but interesting; the lighting became bizarre for spell, so we got that much -- and considered ourselves lucky the sky was pretty clear for the partial. Solar eclipse glasses and filters from 2017 served well for direct viewing of the partial, and the solar filter for the refractor (not much to see there, really). The naked eye impressions of the partial was the only notable experience - but that is always impressive in itself.
I was very nearly in tears during totality.
My wife and I traveled from our home in southwest Colorado to my brothers in Lago Vista, Texas. The weather was patchy clouds at first contact but we were able to easily observe as the moon traversed in front of the sun. Just as the diamond ring appeared, the clouds did seem to dissipate and we enjoyed a cloudless view for nearly three minutes. It was a spectacular eclipse in which we shared with family the experience. I did set up an 8" Dob with solar filter which was nice to view the event as it progressed. Was fortunate enough to get some wonderful photos during totality as well. We do like your channel Ed Ting!
I live in St. Louis and my family owns a small little place just north of Poplar Bluff, MO, so we decided to go down there for the eclipse. My dad and I prepped for months. I upgraded an old Vixen GP amount to make it go-to and my dad bought a nice camera to use with the 4 inch achromat that came with the mount. Things were going well until we were driving down the dirt road to our cabin and noticed it wasn’t there. It turns out that the week before, it burned down. That didn’t stop us from enjoying the eclipse though. We just didn’t have a bathroom or a stove like we planned. I ended up getting a nice video of the whole eclipse and some good stills of totality. I even captured an airplane crossing the eclipse. Also, a cat found us and kept us company. It was a good day.
You are so right about totality! I experienced 89% totality in 2017; immediately afterwards I looked up the 2024 eclipse to find that I would be in the path of totality. I teach at a college and sent an Outlook out to the rest of the department seven years in advance! (The college ended up closing for the day on April 8, but we all experienced the eclipse together at a park.) It's (literally?) a night and day difference! It was so surreal and beautiful; I'm not ashamed to say that I wept. Now we're all thinking about Spain in 2026....
I saw and photographed the eclipse in Ohio. The weather was good. I went to a rural park. It was less crowded than I expected. I came early and did some H-alpha observing. It was pretty impressive. I saw the annular eclipse in 1994, a number of partials, and finally a total eclipse at age 56. Yay! I also saw part of the transit of Venus in 2004, but missed the '12 transit because I was on an airplane waiting to taxi at the time.
I think I saw the shadow bands in your footage! At least it looked similar to what I've seen in other footage. I traveled to my brother's in Indiana and was graced with about 3' 54" of totality for my first ever total solar eclipse! It truly took my breath away, and it was an experience I'll never forget!
Travelled with members of my local RASC to Quebec, my first eclipse, and yes I cried :) really a wonderful experience all round and so happy to have shared it with wonderful people.
Thanks for the great video! I was lucky, I live in the path of totality, and I was able to have my entire family outside with me watching the whole thing. They were stunned to say the least. It was an awe inspiring event!
I live in Arkansas and myself and my club were looking forward to the eclipse for two years+. I moaned when the forecast was poor as Monday drew closer. We went to my cousin’s farm, near the center of the path of totality and it mostly cloudy that morning (but not raining as had been forecasted several days before). When C1 hit, it was still cloudy, but mostly clear and it was perfectly clear (towards the sun at least) during C2-3. I had two dozen people look through my Lunt in white light and H-alpha mode before totality. Right before totality hit, I realized I did not have a conventional star diagonal or an eyepiece read. I grabbed my TV diagonal and a 22 mm Nagler. That choice proved very fortuitous. I watched the last crescent disappear through the solar wedge and swapped the entire back of the telescope out, the wedge + 10 mm Ethos for a regular diagonal + 22 mm type IV Nagler. The much larger FOV allowed me to see the corona, which was much larger than I expected. The prominence towards the S and another to the W, which I had watched all morning through the HA rig, was visible naked eye (and through the star diagonal). It glowed a strange purple/red/blue color. You can see it on the picture Ed had in his video. I had a dozen of the people look through the scope during totality and grabbed a quick picture of the sun, framed by Venus and Jupiter (could not see Mercury). I made a (terrible) sketch, to go along with the other dozen I had during the day. I felt quite spent when C3 happened, like an adrenaline dump. I really want to go to Australia in a few years and do it again! Even my wife, who has a faint passing interest in astronomy at best, said it was awesome, in the true sense of awe inspiring.
I saw you on Good Morning America, Ed. I told my wife all the stuff I know about you and your equipment and she said I was a stalker!!! Anyways, I think you did great and I love the amount of publicity astronomy got because of the eclipse.
I was in the 100% coverage zone around Indianapolis, the eclipse solidified that I’d like to get into astronomy, especially recording and photographing things like eclipses.
Pleasant surprise to see you on Sunday Morning. Moving on up in the world.
We drove to upstate N.Y. on Sunday from our home in New York City to get in position near Plattsburg for the big event on Monday. When we heard about the possible cloud cover over New York, we rushed up to the Canadian border, made a right turn across the state of Vermont and managed to reach nearly to the Maine border. We experience totality in the lovely town of Newport, Vermont in the Northeast Kingdom of the state. Words cannot capture the event. I am sure my 17 year old will one day tell his children about the time his dad raced him across multiple states to see an event that he will remember for the rest of his life. Btw, I just bought and set up my first Nexstar Scope, not bad for an old fart of 70 years!
I have seen other eclipses, but missed this one. Cloudy.
I'm glad you had a great eclipse experience Ed, and congrats with your CBS interview! My older brother and I made the trip to Erie, PA to watch the event, and it was a moment I'll remember for the rest of my life! The shadow bands, the drop in temperature, the erratic wildlife behavior, it was all so surreal. It was amazing that for those few short minutes we came together to celebrate our place in the universe, and I wish we had more moments like that on Earth nowadays. Thanks for sharing your experience, and I wish you clear skies!
Thanks Ed! The closing composite picture is a worthy close for this memorable video!
Thanks for sharing Ed. Wonderful experience here in Maryland...even though at totality our clouds covered that moment. However, we got some sensational shots. And yes, it was a phenomenal experience. Hope to see you soon on your scientific interviews. Wonderful News.
We traveled from New Jersey to St. Johnsbury, Vermont to see our first total eclipse. The main street in downtown had a street festival that day. It was like any other street festival in America, except for the booths selling eclipse glasses and the presence of astronomers manning 2 inch refractor telescopes pointed at the Sun every 500 feet. There was a round of applause at totality, which was at 3:28pm, so we had to wait two more minutes for it compared to the people in Burlington.
A lot of people start this hobby when they look into the eyepiece and wonder with the beauty of planets, or galaxies, or star clusters!
But its ironic to me that I've been a space and astronomy enthusiast for the past 4 years of my life, but out of everything I learned about galaxies, and clusters, and planets, and moons; suddenly this eclipse motivated me to buy a small telescope (+filter) to observe the sun, just one month earlier than the eclipse.
And boy did I not fall in love with the sky gazing, the very first time I looked through the eyepiece and saw sun spots in 90x magnification!
And then my lurking thought the stars began.
The day of the eclipse was a hell of a journey for me, too!
Everything went unexpectedly amazing.
I spent one of the best days of my life with my loved ones, and to this day I'm grateful for the opportunity the cosmos gave us on April 8! 😊
I drove three hours outside of Montreal, to a small town called Compton, QC, which gave us 100% totality for 3.5 minutes!
The sky was spotless that day. ❤
Thanks!
This is so cool!! I took my young family to Newport, VT from Pittsburgh,PA on a whim, we even had to sleep in our car. What an experience!!
Beautiful. Thank you for sharing!
Thanks Ed, very enjoyable. It's always great to view an experience like this through another person's eyes and experience. I loved the camera work showing the on set of darkness as the eclipse progressed, followed by a shot of totality.
We drove from Toronto, Canada to Dallas (Mansfield), Texas for the eclipse and were nervous about the forecast. We had intermittent clouds at first contact and skies cleared for totality. We were set up in a public park with my 6-inch SCT and my C90 Maksutov, by the time totality arrived we'd gathered about 30 folks who come to the park to observe. The impromptu watch party and the shared experience were absolutely fantastic. I still get chills remember the views of the corona and solar prominences during totality as well as seeing both Venus and Jupiter in the afternoon sky.
I was not far from you in Stowe.
My dear wife booked a place two *years* in advance for our family and friends, but as this was our first eclipse we focused only on viewing with our own eyeballs.
(Oh, and a Sunspotter).
Luckily you’ve captured so much of the actual experience I can now relive the absolute majesty and thrill forevermore.
Just seeing your image of the eclipse brings back such clear memories of viewing the same through binoculars.
Thank you deeply, from the bottom of my heart.
Hi Ed - It's nice to see music gear I feel like hardly anyone listens to music these days. Only 3 weeks ago I purchased around 12 classical music CD's from a charity shop for less than $20!
That looks a great setup my buddy in UK tends to go for Rotel equipment. I probably spend more of my budget on real music, sitting in front of my Yamaha U3 is always something I enjoy.
That piano you showed looked an interesting size would love to hear it played.
Cheers
-Ollie
Watched it from Dunnville Ontario. Clouds parted just an hour before totality. Incredible experience
Unfortunately this time I wasn't able to go to the totality path as I intended, yet had the opportunity to help doing divulgation, went to the Luis Enrique Erro Planetarium, north Mexico City, with a Firstscope and a solar funnel in a backpack. Had the most audience taking photos of the solar projection even when it just got to 75% covering. Congratulations to those that went to experience totality.
We drove from Maryland to the middle of nowhere in the adirondack state park. We had a perfect view, and it was the most awe-inspiring thing I've ever seen. Totally worth it
I'm an audiophile, so I was recommended to your system tour, and I'm also a flaterth researcher. It is amazing the way the moon and the sun form a clock over our plane!
Great travelogue Ed!
Have a nephew that lives in Fort Worth Texas and made a trip to see my first total eclipse. Forecast wasn’t favorable but as the day approached it cleared up just in time. I didn’t cry but I was bouncing around like a kid in a candy store. Just couldn’t get enough.
My uncle had been chasing eclipses since the last totality over mexico in 1991(?) and came to the US/Texas to try and see it again without being clouded out. It was my first total eclipse. It was incredible, the clouds were constantly blocking and unblocking our line of sight, up until the final moments before totality when the clouds just disappeared. Being able to see the corona and the prominences is a memory I'll take with me for the rest of my life.
Thank you for this video, that area was beautiful.
Great vid as always Ed. It was beautiful in Vermont.
We traveled from Tacoma, WA to see the eclipse. We were 12 miles west of Killeen, TX and pulled into an open field with other campers waiting for the eclipse. The owners of the land charged 20 dollars a piece but included breakfast. I thought it was a great deal. We made friends and the clouds broke up enough to see most of the partial and just about all of the totality. It was well worth it. I got many photos of the partial phases, Bailey’s Beads, and totality. ❤
My first totality was around 1967 in South Carolina. What I remember most was the birds roosting, twittering and slowly they reduced to silence. Then when the sun began uncovering, an enormous cacophony of bird calls as the birds complained about the early rising of the sun.
I changed from Mazatlan at the last minute to drive up to Marion, IL, and had a great view and was able to take some nice images (fully automated so it didn't interfere with my viewing of it).
I drove 6.5 hours to Waterloo, Quebec, which is less than 2 hours north of Burlington. We had amazing weather for my first eclipse and I got some great pictures. What an experience.
Great video!
Great video, Ed! We only had about 85% here in NC, but I was still able to view and photograph it. Such an amazing experience.
Congrats! Wonderful video to watch.
I saw 2017 but missed this one, mostly due to work interference but then I got food poisoning the week of the eclipse. Spent the day of the eclipse in the doctors office getting checked out but did see a bit of the partial that afternoon.
We went to Marion IL. Took my Vixen 81s and a Baader Herschel wedge. It was great!
We were in the Eastern Townships in Quebec, around 3 1/2 minutes totality. I just set my Seestar to time lapse (1 photo every 2 seconds) throughout entire eclipse so that I could just lay back and enjoy it--what an amazing experience!!
Hi Ed, April 8th was my 6th total. I travel thousands of kilometres to catch the different types of solar eclipses. This one was almost in my back yard. 5 minute drive. I live in Ingersoll Ontario Canada 🇨🇦 I’m thinking of Egypt in 2027. Totality will last about 6.5 minutes. Your expertise is very much appreciated. Take care, Harry
I didn't cry DURING the eclipse. My mind was trying to process so much at the same time. But the next day... and the day after... I cried and cried! I'm tearing up just thinking about it now! WHY!? Why am I getting so emotional over an eclipse... I am pretty sure it changed my DNA that day. I can't explain it, but I feel different.
Now I’m crying! 😂
Ended up in Bowling Green, OH for the eclipse. 2017 was in Bowling Green, KY. Boy was I better prepared for this years.
Love hearing all the eclipse chasing stories! Was a good icebreaker at NEAF too when chatting with folks from various booths lol.
My original plan was to travel around upstate NY that weekend and see it in Niagara, but it quickly became apparent that the weather was not going to be good enough. Waffled all day on the 7th at the falls between driving west to Cleveland or east to Vermont and finally bit the bullet that night to make the drive west. Figured that following I-90 along the path would give better flexibility than trying to drive through the Adirondacks in the middle of the night and that was definitely the right decision. It was a pretty exhausting drive lol, I basically alternated between driving for an hour and then sleeping for an hour at the rest stops along the way, but we made it to Vermillion just around sunrise and it was an amazing view by the lake. Some high clouds but nothing that blocked the eclipse. And there was basically no traffic coming back, whereas I heard Vermont and New Hampshire were absolutely slammed.
It was my first time seeing totality and no description really does it justice, it's truly awesome in the original sense of the word. Pictures, words, even my own memory doesn't feel like it captures how crazy it was to see and experience it in person, in the moment. It completely converted me to an eclipse truther! The saying that the difference between 99% and 100% is 100% is so true, there's nothing quite like it and I'm so glad I pushed through to avoid the clouds instead of just giving up on seeing it. And I absolutely had a little post eclipse depression after, it felt wrong to just go back to normal life after something like that instead of dropping everything to plan for the next one.
In a lot of ways the journey it took really enhanced the whole experience for me as well. I'm sure it also would've been nice if plan A had worked perfectly too like yours, but the adventure to get there made it special in its own way and being able to step back and appreciate the absurdity of driving hours and hours just to catch an event that lasts for four minutes... it's something that only the eclipse can bring about. Granted, this is with me having successfully seen it, if I had done all that only to still get clouded out I think I would've cried 😂
I learned my lesson from 2017 and got a hotel in the path of totality. 8 hours to drive 100 miles. Never again.
I traveled back to Texas after viewing the anuler eclipse of 2023 in Cancon, Texas. My sister's husband has a ranch where both eclipses were in totality. We had slight cloud coverage for this eclpise, but it did not diminish the experience. Got great pictures and some movies with my DWARF II at both.
In 2017 I bought a car on Thursday, and hit the road for Oregon from Los Angeles on Friday. It was a whirlwind trip that went unexpectedly well, and I was so grateful to see totality from Corvallis. This year, leading up I had started to plan a trip with someone, that didn’t pan out so last minute I bought a plane ticket on Sunday the week prior, and flew out the following Wednesday for Buffalo. My trip was impromptu and I initially had wanted to travel to Toronto, but that was thwarted, so I ended up staying the weekend in Niagara, having an amazing time. There was cloud cover in Buffalo where I sat with new friends, ate pizza and saw totality across from the airport, then I hopped back on a plane and returned home, grateful that the eclipse-my initial goal-became a bonus.
Looking forward to my next total, and definitely hope to plan better to ensure visibility as well travel line up as well.
We’re near Fryeburg Maine, we drove north to point a little ways north of Andover, got right to the edge of totality. Quite a sight.
At the edge it was only about 30 seconds of darkness. But it was dark.
I was set up in New Brunswick Canada and was showing people sunspots as we waited for the eclipse. This was my first Total Solar eclipse - saw many partials. A fellow nearby set up his spotting scope on a tripod and put on his solar glasses and was about to look into the eyepiece. I stopped him quickly and explained how this was a bad idea. The total eclipse was well worth the drive and fortunately it was clear - rare for the location I was at. I didn't take pictures (my wife did) as I wanted to experience the eclipse! Yeah the traffic was bad heading towards the hotel!
I was fortunate, at least in my opinion , I just set up my almost 30m year old C8 with solar filter and viewed form my back yard. I wasn't in totality (97%) and I am sure totality would be another level. But it was still a wonder to see. My wife, who could care less, actually came out to view several times. My grandson who is 3, woke up from his nap to catch the last minutes. One thing you didn't mention is the temperature change, it was noticeable. Thanks for your perspective..
Off topic, but a little known fact about Burlington is that it was once home to GE Armament Systems Department, maker of gatling guns on US fighters and attack aircraft including the infamous GAU-8A 30mm on the A-10. Early in my career I worked on the AV-8B Harrier II which had a 25mm variant. The vibration requirements for parts in the vicinity of that gun were insane!
I was near Seneca Falls, NY. Horrible cloud coverage, but the darkness was awesome! The day before, crystal clear. The day after, crystal clear haha. During totality, I proposed to my long time partner! She said yes!
We flew to Dallas and lucked out when the clouds parted minutes before totality. Huge difference between 99% and 100% totality. Was able to see the corona easily. I have yet to see a photograph that equals what we saw with our own eyes.
Haha, I just stayed during school and watched it with my friends because my school gave us viewing glasses! (90% coverage where I was)
Glad that the experience turned out much better than Stonehenge for you! Dr B from Manitoba, Canada
I will never forget the solar eclipse of 1999. Took my TeleVue Ranger and two Pentax ME Super 35mm SLR’s.
Went to a small village/town called Krapets, BG🇧🇬 with a group from my local astronomy society/club. We were within a few metres/yards of being on the centre line. I was going to go to the following one, from Antalya, TK🇹🇷 a few years later, but someone stole my passport a few weeks earlier. Looking forward to 2026 and SP🇪🇸
Hi Ed. I have followed you for many years in Astronomy magazine and now on youtube. I live in Northern Aroostook County, Maine. With weather very similar to Burlinton, CLOUDY. But as fate would have it, the weather was perfectly clear and warm, 60 deg. but windy. I just walked up to the top of my street and set up my camera. My big mistake was forgetting to take my solar filter off during totality. I could not figure out why the viewfinder was so DARK! I got Nothing of totality! But I did get a visual of totality.
It was a real near religious experience Ed. We saw ours on the border of Canada & N.H.
Northern Nevada. Only 43%, but I set up a couple of 7x50ish binoculars backwards into a cardboard box, so the neighborhood people could watch the whole thing, without damaging their eyes. The more of their shadows in the box, the better visually it was. They were so concentrated on making their shadows work, they didn't turn around to look at the sun.
You can watch the last week of a crescent moon every month, but it's very odd to see the "moon" during the day with a crescent starting in a Full "moon".
I thought Vermont was supposed to be clear. We drove from TX to hot springs Arkansas, when totality started there was not a cloud in the sky!
Hi Ed! We were able to see totality in Texas, near Tyler. It was a cloudy morning but they broke just enough for am amazing view. I did capture it and posted to my youtube channel, if you would like to see.
Pine Ridge Scout Camp in 2017 - 2.5 minutes of totality. Pine Ridge Scout Camp 2024 - 4 minutes. Great view both times. 350 happy Scouts.
2 things: 1) I flew to Del Rio TX, from DC and to everyone's delight the heavy clouds parted at 96% and stayed very thin through totality.
2) I made a binocular solar filter from Baader film for $100 binos and was stunned by what I saw but only after taking the filter off during totality.
Why haven't I seen a single pro photo close to what I saw? Respectfully, the full ring of prominences and the beads are blown out in every photo. Is everyone just gathering too much light?
It was my second time and I still got emotional
Hi Ed - I'm a big fan of your channel but never commented. I can't help to do so with this one. April 8, 2024 was my 50th! I took my family to a horse ranch in Novelty Ohio for totality. It was a magnificent experience and we recorded so much with our equipment, but the most valuable was the reaction to the event: ruclips.net/video/bpA1vIE8iDs/видео.html - this was one of the most memorable, and meaningful experiences of my life!
I’m in Europe so don’t get to see eclipses. 😂. Well ok some partial ones
August 2026 ... Spain has a total eclipse. BE THERE!!
@@astronomybob my eclipse app don’t tell me about that one🤪. Thanks. Ironically I will be under path of totality!!!
Only 2 years!!!!
I live in Boston we drove to Burlington VT it was amazing we got so lucky to see what wow saw! I have never seen anything so spectacular in my life WOW!!!
11:08 I went to college with the fellow who owns Junktiques.
Cloud seeded
😂🎉🎉🎉🧞♀️🧞🧞 3:42 3:42 🧞❤
Hello mr ting i just recently bought a 114/500 orion observer and it works pretty well. Is there any way you might be able to do a review on it?
It should be fine. See my review of the Orion Observer 134, which is a similar telescope.
I drove 6 hours to Montgomery, Vermont. Cloudy with haze over in NY, clear skies in Montgomery. The experience justified the drive and the 10 hour nightmare drive home. Will never forget it.
The annular and total eclipse went across my house. Both were awesome
Finally ! Been waiting all week for this! - I was in Barton Vermont, Lake Willoughby. The ride that should have been 3.5 hours, turned into a 12-hour ride home...
Crying is too be expected! 👍👍
i saw the start and then it clouded right over BUT was great to see how dark it got at 320pm seemed like 9pm was great.
Set up my Televue Ranger telescope with solar filter at a park in northeast Ohio right on Lake Erie. Many people looked through. We had some thin clouds but it was clear enough. Once totality came I removed the filter and the view through the Ranger was unforgettable. Glad to hear that you had clear sky. At the start of the video I was thinking what telescope would you use and I thought probably your 76. I guessed right.
I saw it in the Dallas, it was the most beautiful thing I've ever seen.
I took the trek to view the eclipse in Vermont, drove 200 miles; slept in my car, and watched it from a cemetery. For most of the time, it was like "Hey the moon is moving in front of the sun, that's pretty neat", but once totality occurred my brain was 😵💫🤯 . I've truly never experienced awe up to that point in life. For the next week, I was still processing the experience. I even brought my telescope with me and I could see the solar prominences. They were the most ethereal things I've ever seen while not of psychedelics. I felt so moved that when I got home the next day I painted what I saw.