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Post by desertwoman on Oct 14, 2023 10:20:23 GMT -5
Today is the Annular Solar Eclipse! Depending on where we live in the U.S. you will see anywhere from 20% obscured (East Coast) to 50% in Iowa, to 70% in California to 100% -with the ring of fire (in parts of NM- that's me!).
It starts at 9:13 MDT and peaks at 11:35AM MDT. I'm not clear what time it will start in other time zones, but keep an eye on the sky and (carefully) see what you can see!
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Post by gianna on Oct 14, 2023 10:43:11 GMT -5
70% covered here, but not yet. And not a cloud in the sky. One of the coolest things I observed during a significant eclipse years ago is seeing the sun shining through leaves on a tree, and all the little light rays hitting an adjacent wall were in little curves. Better than a pin-hole viewer.  Here's an on-going NASA broadcast on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=LlY79zjud-Q |
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Post by datgirl on Oct 14, 2023 10:50:06 GMT -5
So cloudy here, we won't see anything.
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Post by Mumsey on Oct 14, 2023 11:47:24 GMT -5
Nothing here either. Total cloud cover.
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Post by breezygardener on Oct 14, 2023 12:23:54 GMT -5
Totally cloudy, dark, & rainy here today. No eclipse for us. But that's normally what happens around here whenever there's any type of astronomical occurrence.
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Post by gianna on Oct 14, 2023 12:59:22 GMT -5
It was clear here, and I was outside. While I was aware it was happening, I wasn't specifically watching for it. I did notice the light was a little weird, and a couple times I did look for leaf shadows on a wall. One of the times I did see the small light crescents from sunlight passing through the leaves of the adjacent tree. Cool, but really not much more 'excitement' than that.
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Post by desertwoman on Oct 14, 2023 13:03:05 GMT -5
I think we saw the same thing you saw gianna , The eclipse was wonderful to see but what really caught me was how the sunlight reflected on the floor was altered Before and after the eclipse it looked like this  Around the peak it looked like this 
and another reflection looked like this  |
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Post by gianna on Oct 14, 2023 13:22:25 GMT -5
Exactly right! But since your eclipse in NM was more extreme than here, my crescents were not as complete, but still very distinct. 'Mine' were like little moon slivers, yours are more like horse shoes. So cool!
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Post by emmsmommy on Oct 14, 2023 14:57:46 GMT -5
Clouds and rain today so we missed it.
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Post by pepperhead212 on Oct 14, 2023 22:42:07 GMT -5
Cloudy and rainy all day, so I didn't see the ring of fire. However, I did hear Ring Of Fire today!  |
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Post by pondgardener on Oct 15, 2023 10:04:16 GMT -5
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Post by shadetree on Oct 16, 2023 14:02:31 GMT -5
I was lucky enough to see it. We had 73% coverage peaking around noon. I noticed the slightly dimmer sunlight as well. Looking forward to the next one on April 8, 2024. I will be in the path for full coverage!
An FYI: I obtained the sunglasses for viewing for free from our local library. Maybe yours will, too!
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Post by Tomato Z on Oct 16, 2023 18:19:01 GMT -5
We were lucky enough to see the eclipse around 1030am, only with the special glasses from a neighbor. Hubby noticed the shadows on the deck were a bit more intense, but other than that, the sun was beautiful and warm.
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