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wryter2000

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28. I'm so jealous

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Mon Aug 21, 2017, 03:15 PM

Aug 2017

We were supposed to be 75%, but we had the fog all morning. Still thick out there.

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We just watched the eclipse....total...nashville, tn [View all] spanone Aug 2017 OP

Still very sunny here in New York Rhiannon12866 Aug 2017 #1

darn....wish you could see the way the darkness creeps up on you spanone Aug 2017 #2

I'm alternating going outside and watching the TV Rhiannon12866 Aug 2017 #9

Not so leftynyc Aug 2017 #31

Well, I'm in the Northeast, not near the City Rhiannon12866 Aug 2017 #39

We used those leftynyc Aug 2017 #50

That sounds like a lot of fun! Rhiannon12866 Aug 2017 #54

It was like a party leftynyc Aug 2017 #76

It sounds like a party! On my street, I didn't see a soul - and I do have neighbors here, LOL. Rhiannon12866 Aug 2017 #77

My sister did like you did leftynyc Aug 2017 #79

Wasn't that just great?! Lars39 Aug 2017 #3

amazing! worth the 99 year wait! 😎 spanone Aug 2017 #4

Lol absolutely Lars39 Aug 2017 #10

Lucky you bro malaise Aug 2017 #5

it was beautiful...strange the way the sun 'dimmed' spanone Aug 2017 #11

My back deck was a series of little slivers of light madokie Aug 2017 #6

it got really, really quiet here....then cicadas started up.... spanone Aug 2017 #7

We weren't that dark here though madokie Aug 2017 #19

i'm with you on the orange one....66 here and hate hating....but i can't help it with this asshole. spanone Aug 2017 #21

NPR said that a cloud came over in Nashville just at totality. Not true? nt LAS14 Aug 2017 #8

It did here in No VA. We were in the 80% area. n/t FSogol Aug 2017 #14

no it was spotty cloud cover.....we had none. clear as a bell. spanone Aug 2017 #15

It did a little north of there. Lars39 Aug 2017 #16

We had the opposite in Liberty, MO.... cbdo2007 Aug 2017 #56

Wo! Talk about a lucky day!!! LAS14 Aug 2017 #58

It was a bright day with fluffy clouds here and there in the sky, Tanuki Aug 2017 #78

We only had 67% coverage. Just dimmed like a cloud cover. BUT the crickets came out!!! nt LAS14 Aug 2017 #12

Crickets here in St. Louis went crazy! Moostache Aug 2017 #17

Lucky you. Saw it on television - it was beautiful. SharonClark Aug 2017 #13

We had 80% here in the Detroit area-didn't look due to no glasses maryellen99 Aug 2017 #18

Detroit is real close for the next one in 2024 sweetloukillbot Aug 2017 #20

It's between Toledo and Cleveland...I'm going to try and go nt maryellen99 Aug 2017 #25

I'm thinking Austin will be a nice vacation myself sweetloukillbot Aug 2017 #30

Your in Nashville? Pachamama Aug 2017 #22

great town...outgrowing itself right now....building/growing at an insane rate. spanone Aug 2017 #24

98% where I am. It was fantastic. cwydro Aug 2017 #23

97% here in suburban ATL. Dulcinea Aug 2017 #26

Went out for 1.5 hour walk during eclipse in Atl. The only time I really noticed anything in Hoyt Aug 2017 #36

We're not far from you! Saw it in Madisonville. unblock Aug 2017 #27

I'm so jealous wryter2000 Aug 2017 #28

I'm jealous! Solly Mack Aug 2017 #29

what was strange was when the eclipse was total...you couldn't see it through the glasses spanone Aug 2017 #32

Sounds cool! All we got was a crescent but I got to see it. Solly Mack Aug 2017 #38

Partial in New Hampshire matt819 Aug 2017 #33

I'm just north of you in Franklin, KY liberaltrucker Aug 2017 #34

AHHHHH - Nashville TN - 1986 - cross country road trip from Mass. with guy who is my asiliveandbreathe Aug 2017 #35

Hi, Neighbor! Just down the road a ways between Fairview & Burns, but we didn't have 100%. southerncrone Aug 2017 #37

Hello! 'twas gorgeous! spanone Aug 2017 #44

Yep, MBSP is one of our treasures! southerncrone Aug 2017 #48

I'll gladly take both!!! thanks spanone Aug 2017 #49

In the SF Bay Area, we're blanketed by fog and grey skies ailsagirl Aug 2017 #40

Only 60%, but it was still really cool LeftInTX Aug 2017 #41

those shadows were really strange looking, weren't they? spanone Aug 2017 #45

They're cool! LeftInTX Aug 2017 #47

Great pic dalton99a Aug 2017 #68

My shadows, similar to yours, from Central Virginia: phylny Aug 2017 #75

The shadows before and after were spectacular... hunter Aug 2017 #85

Not much to see here in western SD. BHDem53 Aug 2017 #42

Sweet! ismnotwasm Aug 2017 #43

Central FL - 85-88% coverage Roland99 Aug 2017 #46

I saw Nashville eclipse on TV. Awesome. nt Honeycombe8 Aug 2017 #51

It was amazing XRubicon Aug 2017 #52

Im in an almost total eclipse area, maybe Ilsa Aug 2017 #53

we were at 92%..went to the top of a mountain..was awesome! samnsara Aug 2017 #55

I'm jealous. We only got 76% darkness here in California. Still so amazingly beautiful... iluvtennis Aug 2017 #57

How did the crickets know to chirp when it was only as dark as a cloud cover???? LAS14 Aug 2017 #59

You're just trying to boast now... Blue_Tires Aug 2017 #60

hahahaaa... busted!!!! spanone Aug 2017 #61

stared out my office window for a half hour and saw nothing Blue_Tires Aug 2017 #62

it was just like night, but the horizon was still blue, if that makes any sense spanone Aug 2017 #63

Total here in the Smokies! It was spectacular and everyone mtngirl47 Aug 2017 #64

I was in the smokies too .. the crickets started chirping when it got dark .. Le Gaucher Aug 2017 #73

What was the corona like? LeftInTX Aug 2017 #65

you couldn't see it with the glasses...they were too dark spanone Aug 2017 #69

Bland. Not much flavor, but the lime wedge helps... Thor_MN Aug 2017 #70

At totality in mid-Missouri hatrack Aug 2017 #66

We were in Millersburg, MO (between Columbia & Fulton) - it was totally amazing! bullwinkle428 Aug 2017 #72

Here in Independence, MO., and had perfect viewing. Joe Fields Aug 2017 #67

My cats slept through it - we only got 34% and it was cloudy. raven mad Aug 2017 #71

We drove 300 miles for totality pokerfan Aug 2017 #74

Same driving experience... Adrahil Aug 2017 #81

That's a great description of what we also experienced! CottonBear Aug 2017 #87

I was near ypu yesterday. It was incredible. Adrahil Aug 2017 #80

we needed the eclipse skippercollector Aug 2017 #82

We just returned to California from Oregon. Clear skies and awesome. hunter Aug 2017 #83

same as here! we just stepped out onto the deck....😊 spanone Aug 2017 #84

We braved the traffic. hunter Aug 2017 #88

My son & I journeyed to the 100% zone/totality in Northeast Georgia! CottonBear Aug 2017 #86

First time in my life I flew to an airport as my actual destination Silent3 Aug 2017 #89