We got lucky and the clouds parted just in time in my corner of Texas.
It wasn’t just luck, the eclipse itself has a tendency to clear out clouds:
Was similar here in Austin - sky has been hazy/cloudy most of the day including the partial eclipse - and then conveniently cleared up for a few minutes exactly around the time of the totality
Yes and no. For the clouds that we did have, yes, the eclipse was enough to affect those.
However, for the clouds that we had earlier in the day, and that had been predicted that we might have, would have been far too heavy for eclipse to effect. Unfortunately my sister up in New York ended up in that situation, where it was far too heavy a cloud cover so they didn’t get to see anything. We had been predicted that we might have that, but that’s the manner in which we got lucky.
Beautiful. I bet this will be in contention for the best picture award for this community at the end of this year.
This reminded me of Heroes.
Save the cheerleader… save the world.
What a rotten time for a great original idea.
Man that first season was so cool
Got this one in Austin. Took it with my phone so it’s not that great, but still a super cool moment.
HEROES
Flew from Utah to Dallas. It was so worth it. I was almost shaking at one point. Colors were so weird around us, birds stopped chirping for a bit. People were cheering.
Our Airbnb and rental cancelled last minute, so we ended up having to scramble at the last minute. And the whole cloud situation…but everything worked out in the end.
My first partial solar eclipse was when my dad took me to elementary school to get enrolled for kindergarten in '94. The front desk person handed us a sheet of solar filter (?) and went out to look at the sun. One of my earliest core memories.
I missed the one in 2017 because I was being lazy and it was only 2 hours away. But I didn’t plan and my wife was working.
As long as there were no strange singing plants this eclipse I think we’re all good right?
A what?
Saw it in Richmond, Indiana. Incredible picture, thank you for sharing!
Saw it in Lake Placid, New York and it was incredible. Clouds were just wispy and it broke right through. The bands of shadow really confused my eyes but it was so cool. Great picture!
It was gorgeous in Fredericksburg, poking through tunnels of clouds throughout the eclipse.
