Solar Eclipse visible in U.S today.

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So that is pretty cool, and it has already started...

I was reading about the guy who looked at it previously, and developed a blur spot in his vision.

https://www.today.com/health/eclipse-ey ... rs-t115190

I made a pinhole camera. Take two notecards, and like a pinhole near the center of one. The other is your projection screen. Just look at the screen and change the distance from the pinhole to focus

Just watched it and meh. Just glancing at it the sun looked just as bright. Looking through welder's glass it was cool looking, but not the most astounding thing I ever saw. The light was a little strange looking but nothing like it getting dark. The sun and sky were still bright. I took pics with my phone and it just looks like a picture of the sun.

The cat and birds got a little agitated, then quiet. They're starting up against, now.

We only are going to get 70% here. Up to about 35% now and a little funky dim.

I was alive for a 96% one here in March 1970. Dusk type darkness and a big temperature drop. After it passed the light came back in waves. Very cool.

Pretty cool here in Salt Lake City (91-percent eclipse zone)! But, the eclipse in 2045 will be totality in Salt Lake City.

We didn't quite get totality here, and heavy clouds moved in right around the peak time. I watched what I could, though. It's still going here, if I could see anything even without special glasses past the clouds.

You guys get all the good stuff!

I saw one in the US in 1992 but it was a little bit meh. . .it didn't get dark, just looked dim, like dusk, or like a storm was coming. We looked at a reflection in a car windshield, but the image was very small and so not as spectacular as it would have been to watch TV coverage. We were at our workplace and took a break to try to see it.

I watched today on British TV, which had live coverage. It looked good "on camera."

They said that the UK might see it partially right around now (8pm). I don't know if it's my imagination but an hour ago I was out and about and there was that "dusk" looking light here where normally it would still have been brighter at that time of evening.

I took a walk at the height of it. Coolest thing was seeing crescent-shaped sun spots on the sidewalk under trees. At 70 percent not nearly dark enough for the street lights to go so I am sure a lot of people in New York will be screaming fake news, but still something rare and different.

Most weather stations around here recorded a 3 to 4 degree fahrenheit temperature drop.

Portland was not in full totality. I watched the eclipse with my mom and my sister from the backyard of our home and it was a beautiful sight we will never forget.

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I don't know much about the Eclipse, I know the sun goes dark, why? How long does it last?

Yep I saw it this morning and we lived very close to it so we were able to drive to where we can see the full eclipse. people applauded and clapped when it happened and boy was it very dark. It was different than when clouds cover the son. My children enjoyed it too. The moon covering the whole sun only lasts only a few seconds and then the light starts to shine again. But the eclipse itself lasts two hours. Right when the light started to shine again, everyone started leaving and we left too and it didn't fully end until after we got home and it was nearly over by then.

Well my brother took part of the day off from work for the eclipse and our landlord that lives next door let us borrow a welding helmet of his...so we used that to look at it. Though from where we saw it, it didn't quite do the full eclipse it was a bit more partial but it certainly got noticeably darker and such, that was the coolest part I think.