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Sun came out again. It didn't seem that dark out until I remembered I was not wearing sunglasses. It seemed to be darker than when I wear sunglasses on a normal sunny day. Then I got into my apartment and realized it's brighter indoors than outdoors.
Our eyes just adjust to the dim sunlight so it seems brighter than it is, unless you're in the totality.
There's a group called Astronomers Without Borders who say they'll be collecting eclipse glasses for re-use in South America during the 2019 eclipse. [link]
I love that! I was noticing that ours say not to use after three years, so I can't keep them for 2024.
Cool, Calli!
I just checked Weatherunderground, which keeps a running log of the temperature during the day. There's a significant dip during the eclipse.
I hung out with a group of students, staff, and teachers for the height of the eclipse. One of them brought his chocolate lab. The dog was pretty chill. He was clearly taking his cue from his people, and was like, "Well, the sun's disappearing, but my human's cool with it and I'm getting lots of pettings. So, OK!"
My farmers market farmer did a video time lapse of his chickens. They got a little confused, looked like they wanted to roost, but it went by so fast they didn't really.
We reached 92% totality, and it was basically just like an overcast day -- not remotely dark or even twilight-y. It seems 8% sunlight is a lot of sunlight. But it was noticeably cooler at the eclipse's peak.
Whoa, that was cool. Totality was quite dark all of a sudden, and the sun looked like a huge black rock burning in the sky. Lots of screaming and hat-tossing and general merriment among the kids I was with. I was amazed at how it got dark little by little, and then a lot all at once. I didn't get to see the thing I remember most vividly from the 2002 eclipse in Botswana (still one of the most incredible experiences of my life): the shadow of the moon racing down the long straight road toward us at superspeed. But this was still, you know, pretty damn cool, and so much fun to see it with my kid.
...Now I kind of want to plan a trip to catch one of the next ones. There's one coming up in Australia and New Zealand sometime in the next decade!
In July 2019 it looks like there will be a solar eclipse viewable from Argentina and Chile. [link]