sun going dark today

[greybeard]

For those of you that have been living in a cave or perhaps incarcerated for the last few weeks, today will herald a solar eclipse. You will have to determine your area's start/end time, but here's the info for Texas.

Giant Frog devours the sun then vomits it back out later

(a Vietnamese belief)

 

[farmerjan]

Ours is supposed to be early afternoon but we are cloudy with some rain so it might get dimmer out for a little, but we won't be able to see much of anything...

 

[devonian]

Lucky you, we had one in 1999 (99.9%) it was cloudy lol we didn't see a thing but it went dark and all the birds started nesting and then went quiet for a few minutes it was quite bizarre.

 

[MurraysMutts]

Gonna be about sale time when it happens here. They might just stop the sale long enough to go gawk...

 

[JW IN VA]

Ours is supposed to be early afternoon but we are cloudy with some rain so it might get dimmer out for a little, but we won't be able to see much of anything...

I, like you would rather have the rain.

 

[jltrent]

I am ready..........

 

[Brute 23]

We watched it. Peak was about noon here. What was so interesting was the shadows when it went dim and the amount the temp dropped. You wanted to be in long sleeves or have a light jacked. As soon as it was over it warmed up significantly.

 

[farmerjan]

Cloudy here, nothing to see through the clouds...

 

[wbvs58]

Cloudy here, nothing to see through the clouds...

There's always next time Jan!!!!!

Ken

 

[devonian]

There's always next time Jan!!!!!

Ken

They're getting one next year as well lol so yeah theres always next time. Not being a smart alec but just found this out after searching around (maybe everyone knew this?) but it must be rare to get two total eclipses in two consecutive years in one country looks like south Texas will get both.

https://www.nasa.gov/solar-system/new-nasa-map-details-2023-and-2024-solar-eclipses-in-the-us/

 

[Named'em Tamed'em]

I did actually get a photo of it, didn't even use a filter.

 

[Travlr]

What was so interesting was the shadows when it went dim and the amount the temp dropped.

I almost missed the shadows, and when I did notice them I had to run for my phone.

 

[Hpacres440p]

From Waco Texas area. Trees make great eclipse watching tools

 

[Ouachita]

I usually keep up with these events, but got busy and forgot, until I was bush hogging some trails through the woods and noticed those shadows.

 

[greybeard]

I'll have to wait until the film from my Brownie comes back from Fox in the big city.

 

[Lucky_P]

Was cloudy here, so it got darker & cooler, but could not see the actual eclipse.

We are about 3 miles from the point of maximum intensity and length of time of the total solar eclipse in Aug 2017. Had a big crowd & celebration here at the farm, and the skies were clear to be able to experience the whole thing.

 

[Ouachita]

Fortunate for me, I get to witness the sun getting eclipsed by clouds every day! I’m a bit sappy about such things. In fact I get plum sideways……..(wiggle around enough to poke my boots out the window and lean my sorry back up against the center console).


Clouds are moving in.

 

[devonian]

We get cloud eclipses a lot as well but next total solar eclispe for uk................. 2090! .....thats a long wait

 

[Ebenezer]

Just another conspiracy hoax or it was caused by climate change.

 

[Dave]

I wasn't paying much attention to the time. Turned out it was partially cloudy and I drove to town when it happened. I never even noticed that it had occurred.