I was lucky to see a solar eclipse here in Europe more than ten years ago. We were on the roof of an office building and had a great view along a very wide, flat valley. It was unbelievable how the darkness raced along the valley towards us. At that moment I could understand how people in ancient times were horrified. It was a bit scary and amazing at the same time. I’m happy for all of you that you had the chance to experience this, it’s something that I think one will always remember with wonder.
We had a bit of cloud cover, so we did not experience the wall of darkness moving toward us and were unable to see the stars. It was still quite extraordinary.
We had a bit of cloud cover, so we did not experience the wall of darkness moving toward us and were unable to see the stars. I’m so glad I got outside to see what I could see.
We had a bite of swarm back, so we did not experience the bulwark of darkness moving toward us and were unable to run across the stars. I recollect the neatest thing I power saw was from the Nasa programme… they were in a planer filming the overshadow above the swarms.
As totality approached, our ash tree cast crescent shadows.
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LOVE this photo!
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Thanks. The whole experience was quite unworldly!
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Agreed! I’m so glad I got outside to see what I could see.
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Me too. A once-in-a-lifetime experience!
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I was lucky to see a solar eclipse here in Europe more than ten years ago. We were on the roof of an office building and had a great view along a very wide, flat valley. It was unbelievable how the darkness raced along the valley towards us. At that moment I could understand how people in ancient times were horrified. It was a bit scary and amazing at the same time. I’m happy for all of you that you had the chance to experience this, it’s something that I think one will always remember with wonder.
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We had a bit of cloud cover, so we did not experience the wall of darkness moving toward us and were unable to see the stars. It was still quite extraordinary.
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Very cool! I didn’t think to look at tree shadows, but I saw another photo on Twitter like yours. You would post it there! If you are on Twitter. 😉
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Thanks! It was an unusual effect.
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I am so glad someone I know got to take photos. We had clouds and rain today so no pictures sadly. Love this!
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We lucked out. Even though there were high clouds, they parted just enough at the last moment to allow us to see totality. It was awesome!
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I think the neatest thing I saw was from the Nasa broadcast… they were in a plane filming the eclipse above the clouds.
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I saw that also. Very cool!
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We had a bit of cloud cover, so we did not experience the wall of darkness moving toward us and were unable to see the stars. I’m so glad I got outside to see what I could see.
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We had a bite of swarm back, so we did not experience the bulwark of darkness moving toward us and were unable to run across the stars. I recollect the neatest thing I power saw was from the Nasa programme… they were in a planer filming the overshadow above the swarms.
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Yes, the NASA program was wonderful! Thanks for your comment.
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