[Alf]

Total eclipse of my arse

[Mystic Mock]

Originally Posted by Alf

Total eclipse of my arse

The next hit from Bonnie Tyler.

[Maru]

Thank you all. I'm just glad I had anything to share. We were not expecting there to be an opening.

Originally Posted by Ammi

……those are very superb images, Maru…if I had taken those, I would frame them and display them on the wall for sure…such a lifetime experience and captured beautifully….

I will. My daughter is too young to really remember this trip, but did lose her mind checking out the sun once everything blacked out. I'm thinking of framing with date/time and placing in her room. The weather was predicted to be cloud cover, but Dallas and its vicinity had a small chance of clearing based on some models, so we took to the highway and traveled while watching the radar. We stopped around the time it was beginning. We learned later we ended up on about dead center on the shadow line. It's a crazy coincidence because we were traveling on gut by that point. It was a mix of clouds through the partial and a clearing opened up during the full eclipse. Not a single bit of cloud cover in that period. Rightfully, the journey will be memorable for all of us. The traffic was tolerable also and no inclement weather though we were expected to run into a line of heavy storms otw back.

Originally Posted by hijaxers

Yes great photo, i've seen some incredible shots today. We were also in the back garden for the 1999 eclipse, its brilliant we get to witness these spectacular things.

Yes and to think we (Earth) are actually rare in terms of witnessing such events. I can spend hours watching such things. There's something oddly calming about watching planets & moons traverse through a telescope.

[Ammi]

Originally Posted by Maru

Thank you all. I'm just glad I had anything to share. We were not expecting there to be an opening.



I will. My daughter is too young to really remember this trip, but did lose her mind checking out the sun once everything blacked out. I'm thinking of framing with date/time and placing in her room. The weather was predicted to be cloud cover, but Dallas and its vicinity had a small chance of clearing based on some models, so we took to the highway and traveled while watching the radar. We stopped around the time it was beginning. We learned later we ended up on about dead center on the shadow line. It's a crazy coincidence because we were traveling on gut by that point. It was a mix of clouds through the partial and a clearing opened up during the full eclipse. Not a single bit of cloud cover in that period. Rightfully, the journey will be memorable for all of us. The traffic was tolerable also and no inclement weather though we were expected to run into a line of heavy storms otw back.



Yes and to think we (Earth) are actually rare in terms of witnessing such events. I can spend hours watching such things. There's something oddly calming about watching planets & moons traverse through a telescope.

….your daughter may not recall so many details that you would recall, because of her young age, Maru….but you’re giving her those detailed memories in how you’ve recorded it…?…she’ll know how special it was and how her parents drove on that road trip to be able to get those images and how they wanted her to be a part of the phenomenon, you know…?…so she kind of will recall it quite vividly in her memory stores, I feel…but in a different way to your recollections …and yes, frame all of those details for her room, together with your images and help her ‘complete’ her memories, which she’ll keep through adulthood and will always be a very special day with her parents……

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by Alf

Total eclipse of my arse

Originally Posted by bitontheslide

Youtube video

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[James]

Great pictures, Maru.

[Mystic Mock]

And great pictures Maru.

[arista]

BBC Reporter in Dallas

[bitontheslide]

Youtube video

[arista]

Amazing loads got Married
all under the Eclipse



[The event was a 'totally free
wedding ceremony', according to the organizers,
who also offered flowers, cakes, and drinks
to the brides and grooms for free]

[bitontheslide]

i don't think Trump thought through his eclipse video. Casting darkness across the country isn't really a good look

[Maru]

Somewhat related, I took a normal shot of the sun today using the same lens filter and boosted the color some for contrast so the ball shape would be more visible. Sunspots are visible in some of the eclipse shots as well and it was interesting to note them in other people's shots online and see that they weren't necessarily in the same place at all times...

Just something random to add to the end of this thread...

[Mystic Mock]

Originally Posted by Maru

Somewhat related, I took a normal shot of the sun today using the same lens filter and boosted the color some for contrast so the ball shape would be more visible. Sunspots are visible in some of the eclipse shots as well and it was interesting to note them in other people's shots online and see that they weren't necessarily in the same place at all times...

Just something random to add to the end of this thread...

It's very good, Maru.

I don't think that I would want the Sun to be anywhere near me, but it does look visually stunning.

[LeatherTrumpet]

Solar eclipse captured from Starlink satellite

https://www.itemfix.com/v?t=74ydiv

[Maru]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

Solar eclipse captured from Starlink satellite

https://www.itemfix.com/v?t=74ydiv

Creepy to think that we were in that black hole. While we were under shadow, we could see a planet nearby the Sun/Moon and the largest stars, but visibility was still poor enough that only the brightest apparent objects could be seen (so larger stars, larger planets). Theoretically it could've been Mercury, but visually I'd say from experience between size and distance probably Jupiter and I don't think it was close enough to be Mercury... star chart seems to agree. Very cool experience either way. Still buzzing

[James]

Next total eclipse is on August 12th 2026 in Iceland and Northern Spain.

Then one on August 2nd 2027 in Gibraltar and North Africa.