Total Solar Eclipse 2024 - Something strange seems to be going around this year's eclipse.

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Managed to get a clear sky view of things which was nice, accidentally pulled the glasses off before looking away once and may or may not have seared my retina, 4/5 star experience
 
Totally clear view of totality at my location. The change in lighting was like being on a different planet. Not cloudy, not dusk, different.

There was a weird red ring that rotated on the outer disc of the moon as the eclipse passed. I think it was a massive flare.

Edit: It was a prominance.
 
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Not to be a faggot but what I like best about these sorta you had to be there events is just being there. And what I mean by that is to me at least and I'm sure others here maybe, its always feels like proof life's worth enduring, even at its worst. You really did have to be there to be a part of it and I don't mean like driving 1000 miles or some shit too see Absolute Totality but just waking up and going to sleep stringing enough days together until the next grand event nature provides. It's a nice reminder that alot of shit we worry about is indeed pointless.
 
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Chernabog3000 said:
what I like best about these sorta you had to be there events is just being there. And what I mean by that is to me at least and I'm sure others here maybe, its always feels like proof life's worth enduring, even at its worst.
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Chernabog3000 said:
just waking up and going to sleep stringing enough days together until the next grand event nature provides
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Life is worth enduring to see eclipses? That's certainly a... unique existential take.
 
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It was a nice event, the clouds seemed to make iT more crazy. Would go full dark overcast and then the corona would peak through for a bit and back. Kind of this pulsing brightness around it. The darkness set off all my security cams, and I noticed birds going a bit more nutty before. But what I really noticed is the bugs, especially mosquitoes went bonks about 20 min before. I've seen some 3/4 partials before, but that last totality really is something else.

I was with someone that said they saw Jupiter for a second, but I was looking at the clear spot of the totality. Was real hit and miss. I feel bad as hell for the Everyday Astronaut that went to Fredericksburg, TX and it was 100% overcast. Here was 75% or so.
 
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Chernabog3000 said:
Not to be a faggot but what I like best about these sorta you had to be there events is just being there. And what I mean by that is to me at least and I'm sure others here maybe, its always feels like proof life's worth enduring, even at its worst. You really did have to be there to be a part of it and I don't mean like driving 1000 miles or some shit too see Absolute Totality but just waking up and going to sleep stringing enough days together until the next grand event nature provides. It's a nice reminder that alot of shit we worry about is indeed pointless.
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I will say that I became overcome with emotion. Perhaps some will find it gay, but witnessing the beauty of totality and watching the mass ejections from the Sun's corona dance in the sky made me feel something profoundly deep. It was amazing that everything just stopped for a few minutes. No birds sang, the wind stopped, and all you could hear was a perfect silence. I became so in tune with everything around me and that was so emotionally overwhelming that I couldn't keep myself from crying. It made me think of everyone I once knew who are no longer here and how they would have understood that feeling. My grandfather in particular, because he loved all things celestial and instilled that love in me. Getting to have my parents with me in that moment was a blessing beyond compare. And once the sun began to emerge, I felt an immense sense of loss, as if someone I loved and cared for deeply had just died in my arms. Then the birds resumed chirping, the breeze returned, and I felt like I had just abruptly landed as I became aware I was standing on the ground.

While these events aren't something unknown to us, they are special. It reminded me that there is some good out there in the world, despite all the horrible things we've seen over the last half decade. So many people came together and admired the beauty of the universe, even if it was only for 5 minutes. It was time enough for us to just say fuck it and enjoy the beauty of life. I find it funny that I haven't heard a single negative news story all day because every news feed was dominated by this eclipse. And you know what? That made my day 1000000x better simply because I didn't have to hear or read some left or right wing drivel.
 
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My experience with today's eclipse was middling.

There were no panic rushes on grocery stores, there were no riots, no traffic jams, and no troubles caused by out-of-towners. Aliens did not come to cull humanity, and no trumpets sounded to announce the Day of Judgement. The news got me all excited for nothing.

It might be because I was nowhere near the path of totality today. So I only got to see a partial view of the eclipse. It was mildly fun to watch though. Daylight faded just enough to feel wrong and weird, shadows made funny shapes, and the glasses I used must not have come from China, because my eyes are not melting out of my face several hours later. Then the sun resumed its normal shape, shadows stopped being weird, normal daylight levels returned, and it was time to go back inside and back to pretending to be useful to the global economy.

Those of you who were in the path of totality, how badly did the world end? Did the aliens have anything useful to say, or was it the same cryptic bullshit that people who use too much DMT always rant about?

Some of the photos that people in the path of totality took and have been posting online are nifty, at least. Any of you retards get any cool shots?
 
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Here's what ot looked like in Houston Texas. It was raining then suddenly cleared up just enough to see it during the peak of the eclipse.
 

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I was smack in the middle of the path, and miraculously we had cloudless skies all day. Took a short hike up to a treeless hilltop out in the back 40 to watch. It was really odd how as totality approached the ambient light took on a strange yellow cast and shadows became blurry. The light breeze that was blowing stopped and the birds stopped chirping. It was like everything came to a stop for a few minutes, total stillness.

I used welding goggles, and they worked well, as I could easily and comfortably see the moon as it moved in the way of the sun. Pretty wild how quickly it got dark at totality. Lasted almost exactly 3 minutes. Then it was interesting again how quickly everything went back to normal after. Overall a pretty cool experience.
 
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Literally every person I know irl who traveled to see the eclipse got cloud cucked. Sad! Better luck in 20 years!

Do not listen to the cope from cloud cucks. They will try to convince you that their cloud-filled experience was valid and not a complete waste of time, that akshually it's not so bad and they akshually gained so much from not having an unobstructed view of the eclipse. This is nothing but cope. Laugh at the cloud cucks. Laugh at them.
 
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