Is anyone going to travel in a month to see the total eclipse?

[EastTexFrank]

I'll see it on Monday as it passes right over the house but would I travel to see it? ... I don't think so! I'm having a tough time understanding the hysteria surrounding this event.

The forecast is calling for clouds and rain so we may not see it after all but the lights should go out for a few minutes.

 

[Melensdad]

Traffic camera photo at 7:40pm this evening at mile marker 235, on Interstate 65, which is 2 hours northwest of Indianapolis, of traffic heading southbound toward Indianapolis. The center of the totality of the eclipse will pass just south of Indianapolis about 3pm tomorrow afternoon.

This traffic is NOT normal.

 

[NorthernRedneck]

I won't be traveling anywhere to see it. Calling for cloudy and rain all day here so we probably won't see much.

 

[Melensdad]

We are packing up a picnic basket, we are driving south to see the full eclipse. Our destination is not Indianapolis or any other big city, we are planning to go to a small town away from “civilization” and enjoy the eclipse in relative quiet. There are lots of cities in the path of the full eclipse that are having parties and festivals, we are not looking for that excitement. Just want to take some pictures, enjoy our time together, have a nice lunch, see the eclipse.

Right now the interstate is looking pretty good, the side roads are also looking pretty clear. About a 2 hour drive to get to the small town of Thorntown, IN. Pretty much located 1/2 way between the interstate roadway and a major state highway. So I think it is 'far enough' away from major roads and considered "off the beaten path" so we should find relative calm and maybe quiet? Probably not. But that is our hope

 

[tiredretired]

I have to travel from my recliner to the back deck. Looking forward to it.

 

[NorthernRedneck]

Not traveling anywhere. It's heavy cloud and pouring rain here so doubt that we'll see anything.

 

[pirate_girl]

I've been walking outside looking at it.
It's pretty cloudy today, but it's very clear and viewable through the glasses.

 

[bczoom]

We have partial clouds. Every few minutes they clear so we get a view.
Hard part right now is having a mentally disabled senior that's with us and getting him to use the glasses properly.

 

[Ross 650]

Well, I was East of the total darkness. It just got dark like about 30 minutes before dark on a normal cloudy day. It did get dark enough for the chickens to go their roost!!! My Big Red and cigar were enjoyable. Hope all enjoyed the early darkness.

 

[pirate_girl]

Well that was it!
Before, during and after.

 

[bczoom]

Pretty good viewing conditions here. Clouds came in-and-out.
Temperature dropped about 8 degrees.
Birds did act kind of weird. Silence, no birds in sight. Did hear owls when we hit near darkness.
It didn't turn as dark as I thought it would.
Birds are back.

 

[pirate_girl]

I know Brian, it didn't get quite as dark as I thought it would either.

 

[bczoom]

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[bczoom]

Hard part right now is having a mentally disabled senior that's with us and getting him to use the glasses properly.

Well, that's no longer an issue. Once he got used to the glasses, he's enjoying it.
After we hit apex, the rest of the family went on with our business. He's still sitting out there watching it.

 

[Ross 650]

ECLIPSE GLASSES FOR SALE!!!! Get them now. Be prepared!
I have 10 pair available. Reasonably priced. Call BR-549 for pricing.

I sure remember Junior Samples phone number too!!

 

[Doc]

Here is what we would have seen had we traveled NW of Columbus
And what we saw when we took a break from our trike ride.

 

[Doc]

More pics. Taken by a friend that was not in totality. No clue how he got these.

 

[pirate_girl]

I was afraid to point my phone directly at the sky before totality, I was told it could damage it.
Once we reached totality I got the partial shot but found myself too caught up in looking at and listening to other things.
Like Brian mentioned, the birds.
They got very quiet, then the street lights came on.
A big crowd were gathered down at the park and started cheering.
Once it was over, the birds went crazy chirping and chattering like What the hell just happened??
Lol

 

[pirate_girl]

My son Jeff has a friend Jon.
He had a solar camera or something sat up outside and recorded the entire thing.
Took a screenshot from the message I received.

 

[bczoom]

I was afraid to point my phone directly at the sky before totality, I was told it could damage it.

We put a spare set of eclipse glasses over the camera lens (as suggested by the mfgr). My son got some good pics.
Just something to remember when you see the eclipse in another 120 years.

 

[pirate_girl]

We put a spare set of eclipse glasses over the camera lens (as suggested by the mfgr). My son got some good pics.
Just something to remember when you see the eclipse in another 120 years.

Lol
My dear, I'll be up there looking down at it from the other side.

 

[bczoom]

Lol
My dear, I'll be up there looking down at it from the other side.

Put on a big smiley face like the sun did. We'll take pics. Selfies if it's still a thing.

 

[tiredretired]

It was incredible up here. Gorgeous day. My second total eclipse having seen one in Norfolk, VA on March 7, 1970. The next one up here is in about 50 years so I'm sure I'll miss that one.

 

[bczoom]

 

[pirate_girl]

The scene from the Neil Armstrong Air and Space Museum today.

 

[bczoom]

The scene from the Neil Armstrong Air and Space Museum today.

Beautiful skies but was there an eclipse there? I thought that was too far west.

 

[pirate_girl]

Beautiful skies but was there an eclipse there? I thought that was too far west.

See daytime turn dark during Solar Eclipse 2024 at Neil Armstrong Museum

See daytime turn dark during Solar Eclipse 2024 at Neil Armstrong Museum in Wapakoneta, OH.

www.dispatch.com

 

[pirate_girl]

I have some neighbours and friends who spent practically the entire day down at the park.
Now I'm getting reports of sunburn.
Well, it was 75 degrees here today.
That ☀️ was doing it's thing.
Don't complain to me.

 

[NorthernRedneck]

Sadly it was heavy cloud and pouring rain all day. Interesting observation though was that the temperature dropped 3 degrees for the duration of the eclipse.

 

[Melensdad]

We had perfect weather. It has been crap here with rain for days. But today cleared up. Temps warmed up from 40's to 75(F) and sunny.

Literally had an easy drive down to Thorntown Indiana, under 2 hours to get to the totality. Thornton is a small town with a nice park, we pulled in, there were a couple hundreds others, mostly semi-locals. Lots of Purdue shirts in the crowd (like 98% of the crowd). We chatted with strangers, had a picnic, it was nice.

The totality was actually far more awesome than I would have guessed. I honestly went in with zero expectations. I was blown away. Arrived 20 minutes before the eclipse started. Settled in with a picnic, lawn chairs and socializing with others. All good. Then it started and it was not terribly exciting at first. The sky turned a sort of odd color, but hard to describe. Says slowly darkened but were still far brighter than I expected, despite the odd color/sensatioin. It was nothing like going into dusk. And the temperature, which was bright sun and warm, 75 (F) all of a sudden started to plummet. Probably dropped 10 full degrees in very short order. All of a sudden the parking lot lights at the park lit up because it got dark enough. Couple minutes late we hit 'totality' and it was pitch black like night.

I tried taking photos. Tried talking movies. Tried various filters. Used a $1000 Panasonic Lumix camera with a Lecia lens. NOPE! Used my iPhone. Nope. Tried using filters over the lenses. None worked on either device. So crappy photos. But awesome memories.

Best photo I got was this one . . .