The eclipse was pretty good from here in Ottawa. I just set up a chair on the park and relaxed with phone and glasses. The weather was mostly clear, with just a high hazy cloud cover.
As the light dimmed the evening birds started chirping away, and it did get a bit cooler. My eclipse glasses showed a shrinking sun, as the moon covered it, up to our 99% max. At max I couldn't see it at all through the glasses, so I figured it was safe then for bare eyes, as glances. However, that haze scattered the sliver of sun to a bright blob, so no detail was available. The birds were all quiet too, but as the eclipse ended they started up again. Perhaps wondering if they'd missed supper?
Well, the cloud was too heavy for the first part until the eclipse got to the tightest point. I could see nothing, but the light was changing. Suddenly there was a small space in the clouds and the tiny thumbnail of sun appeared like some slice of gold in the sky. So I got to see the second part where the 'pagan' sun comes back to life. I did watch and experience the growing darkness, cold temperature, birds behaviour etc as the sun was disappearing even tho I couldn't see it directly. That was pretty spooky in itself, maybe even more spooky because the sun wasn't directly visible. My neighbours kids were laughing about imagining zombies in that weird midday darkness. It was an interesting and weird thing even with the clouds and the reflected viewer.
Good post. I will be watching with my home made cardboard viewer from my back yard-- the heavy cloud we had this morning is clearing. 😊
The eclipse was pretty good from here in Ottawa. I just set up a chair on the park and relaxed with phone and glasses. The weather was mostly clear, with just a high hazy cloud cover.
As the light dimmed the evening birds started chirping away, and it did get a bit cooler. My eclipse glasses showed a shrinking sun, as the moon covered it, up to our 99% max. At max I couldn't see it at all through the glasses, so I figured it was safe then for bare eyes, as glances. However, that haze scattered the sliver of sun to a bright blob, so no detail was available. The birds were all quiet too, but as the eclipse ended they started up again. Perhaps wondering if they'd missed supper?
Well, the cloud was too heavy for the first part until the eclipse got to the tightest point. I could see nothing, but the light was changing. Suddenly there was a small space in the clouds and the tiny thumbnail of sun appeared like some slice of gold in the sky. So I got to see the second part where the 'pagan' sun comes back to life. I did watch and experience the growing darkness, cold temperature, birds behaviour etc as the sun was disappearing even tho I couldn't see it directly. That was pretty spooky in itself, maybe even more spooky because the sun wasn't directly visible. My neighbours kids were laughing about imagining zombies in that weird midday darkness. It was an interesting and weird thing even with the clouds and the reflected viewer.