I know that I was in elementary school, when the last eclipse was in town. [I absolutely just dated myself] I have a vague recollection of it. That and the concord, that went over our city, breaking the sound barrier. Two things that have nothing to do with one another, but two things I have vague memories of...
Anyway, Monday August 21st, we were to witness a solar eclipse, and see 81% of totality.
81% seems like it should get at least dusky... Right? Wrong.
81% seems like it should get at least dusky... Right? Wrong.
I'm not going to lie. 81% of totality, ended up being pretty disappointing. If you didn't know the eclipse was happening, you wouldn't have even realized the change in light. The light change was very subtle. A little bit more 'golden'. Inside the house, was more noticeable, it was much duller.
We had purchased eclipse glasses, and I had made cereal box eclipse viewers, which turned out very cool. It was so easy to make, and you got a real good look at the eclipse.
We brought out lawn chairs and parked ourselves in the driveway, for a front row show. It didn't disappoint.
Here are some photos from that day:
It was really hard to get any decent photos, trying to take them inside the cereal box. But it worked so well, you really got to see the shape change as the moon passed across the sun.
And, it wasn't all exciting... Mad made sure she had some reading material handy.
One thing I didn't realize, is that you would be able to see the eclipse in the shadows, such as leaves. I saw that later on the news, and wish I'd known that fact.
I'd also like to check out the next total eclipse... I want to see totality. That just got put in my bucket list.
We had purchased eclipse glasses, and I had made cereal box eclipse viewers, which turned out very cool. It was so easy to make, and you got a real good look at the eclipse.
We brought out lawn chairs and parked ourselves in the driveway, for a front row show. It didn't disappoint.
Here are some photos from that day:
It was really hard to get any decent photos, trying to take them inside the cereal box. But it worked so well, you really got to see the shape change as the moon passed across the sun.
And, it wasn't all exciting... Mad made sure she had some reading material handy.
One thing I didn't realize, is that you would be able to see the eclipse in the shadows, such as leaves. I saw that later on the news, and wish I'd known that fact.
I'd also like to check out the next total eclipse... I want to see totality. That just got put in my bucket list.
No comments:
Post a Comment