@kdfrawg Tried getting a shot of Mercury but the corona was so bright that the phone wouldn't pick it up. I would have snapped a shot of Jupiter had I thought of it.
Observation: It's fun being totally blind in one eye.
When someone tells you over and over again, "Don't look at the eclipse", and you stare at it for nearly a minute (With good eye closed) and that someone freaks out.
The crickets have started. Their confusion when the sun comes back will be amusing
@thrrgilag We got lucky. Totally clear skies. If only the roads were as clear. (We're in a prime viewing area where the totality is approaching two minutes.)
In case you're wonder what is at the center of the galaxy (At least, as envisioned by David Braben)
@kdfrawg It's horrible. My neighbor called me this morning to say, "If you're headed to I-75 - Don't." (I take Lee Highway (US-11) anyway)
According to him it was bumper to bumper and almost impossible to merge onto.
The last time it was like that was when they were holding the Olympic rafting event on the Ocoee River.