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amyth - Aug 21, 2017 8:59:24 am PDT #15677 of 30002

And none of us deserving the cruelty or the grace -- Leonard Cohen

I'm at the planetarium on campus for a 2:00 show, which will let out in time for our (95%?) totality at 2:43. They are having a party out there with food trucks and a make-your-own-poster thing, and other stuff. It's also a thousand degrees outside. I'm glad to be in the a/c for a few minutes, and I love a good planetarium show.

Dana - Aug 21, 2017 9:00:08 am PDT #15678 of 30002

I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."

It's amazing to me that it doesn't really seem any dimmer. I'm sure there's some fancy science explanation for that.

sarameg - Aug 21, 2017 9:06:11 am PDT #15679 of 30002

It's dimmer here! But that's the clouds, we're getting socked in.

Connie Neil - Aug 21, 2017 9:13:47 am PDT #15680 of 30002

brillig

It was distinctly dark here in Utah.

Dana - Aug 21, 2017 9:14:18 am PDT #15681 of 30002

I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."

Back inside. The explanation for the light thing is probably that we're bad at detecting gradual changes in light level. Or I am. But it feels a good 15 degrees cooler.

Calli - Aug 21, 2017 9:32:36 am PDT #15682 of 30002

I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

It definitely feels twilight-y here. We should reach 95%-ish totality in a few minutes.

And there's a weird heat-shimmery effect on a stone wall that I'm leaning against. Although it's NC in August, so it could just be actual heat shimmer.

Tom Scola - Aug 21, 2017 9:36:06 am PDT #15683 of 30002

hwæt

It's, like, 71% dark outside.

tommyrot - Aug 21, 2017 9:49:29 am PDT #15684 of 30002

Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

Overcast here, but the sun peeked out a few times. I borrowed someone's eclipse glasses and did confirm a dragon is eating the sun.

Liese S. - Aug 21, 2017 9:50:26 am PDT #15685 of 30002

"Faded like the lilac, he thought."

It got dark enough at totality here that the streetlights came on!

Atropa - Aug 21, 2017 9:53:55 am PDT #15686 of 30002

The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

It got darker here, and I was able to get some good photos using the front-facing camera on my phone. This was my favorite: [link]

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