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In reply to the discussion: We just watched the eclipse....total...nashville, tn [View all]Ilsa
(61,731 posts)53. Im in an almost total eclipse area, maybe
20 miles from the total zone.
I thought it was spectacular! The leaves on some low bushes had peculiar shadows. The edge of shadows was fuzzy or graded when it should have been sharp. The street lamps came on. The color was eerie. And it got really quiet. No birds, rustling of squirrels, etc.
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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
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
We only had 67% coverage. Just dimmed like a cloud cover. BUT the crickets came out!!! nt
LAS14
Aug 2017
#12
great town...outgrowing itself right now....building/growing at an insane rate.
spanone
Aug 2017
#24
Went out for 1.5 hour walk during eclipse in Atl. The only time I really noticed anything in
Hoyt
Aug 2017
#36
what was strange was when the eclipse was total...you couldn't see it through the glasses
spanone
Aug 2017
#32
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
I'm jealous. We only got 76% darkness here in California. Still so amazingly beautiful...
iluvtennis
Aug 2017
#57
it was just like night, but the horizon was still blue, if that makes any sense
spanone
Aug 2017
#63
I was in the smokies too .. the crickets started chirping when it got dark ..
Le Gaucher
Aug 2017
#73
We were in Millersburg, MO (between Columbia & Fulton) - it was totally amazing!
bullwinkle428
Aug 2017
#72