You get it! In 2017 we drove the family 8 hours to the path of totality, and had to race against the clouds to see it (eclipse started in a cloud and eventually the cloud moved out of the way). Crazy awesome experience. We decided to do it again in 2024. The cloud forecast looked terrible 2 days previous, so we stayed home. Driving 15 hours in storm and rain to have a 50/50 shot at seeing totality again didn't seem like a good idea. April 8 came and suddenly the forecast was clear skies from Russellville AK to Mount Vernon IL! So we missed our chance to experience it again with the kids. But it was fun reliving 2017 watching the NASA stream for 2024. I'm glad everyone else got to see it.
I saw the totality from our apartment in downtown Dallas. We were lucky to have a balcony that put is right underneath it. It was awe inspiring for me, but other people enjoyed it more by playing loud music and hollering. I don't know, I felt a deep contemplative feeling immediately, and would have loved to just to see it in silence. Nonetheless I was lucky to experience it, and it definitely had that "I don't control anything" feeling.
Good hot take. We had about 3 mins of totality here in Bee Cave and I have to say, like you, it was significantly better and more interesting than I expected. Watched with the family and a few lingering neighbors - it was fun - listening to the neighborhood gasp, clap and cheer at different times. The "smallness" that you described in your post is very real. I too would now travel to experience it again - if it wasn't too inconvenient.
After getting a partial view of the 2017 eclipse, I remember making a commitment to see the 2024 eclipse in totality. I didn't realize how easy that would be since I ended up moving to a city in the path of totality. My only regret is not driving further out to get the 4 and half minutes instead of the 1 and half minute. My pitiful iPhone photos may as well be deleted. The phrase "doesn't do it justice" doesn't do it justice. Not even the special high quality pictures broadcasted on the news can replicate the brief but magical in-person experience.
I've been reflecting hard on the visual I took in to seer the memory into my mind and hope the details don't fade too much with time. It was like seeing some kind of new exotic planet up in the sky for the first time.
I came to the same realization as Adam after making a wise last minute decision to drive several hour to see the 2017 total eclipse in Wyoming. 99% is nothing close to 100%. I’ve seen lots of partial eclipses. Those are interesting but not really worth going out of one’s way for. The 2017 one is #1 most awe inspiring thing I’ve seen.
I got to see the total eclipse with my daughter. It was truly a biblical experience. For one, there is no man on this earth who could do the eclipse. Taking mathematics personified, only the LORD GOD ALMIGHTY CAN BRING THIS EXPERIENCE TO US. WHEN JONAH WAS ASKED TO WARN NINEVAH BY GOD THAT HE WOULD DESTROY THEM ALL UNLESS THEY REPENTED. THE PATH OF THE ECLIPSE WENT THROUGH SEVEN TOWNS IN AMERICA NAMED NINEVAH. THIS ECLIPSE HAD UNIMAGINABLE MEANING. THE ELITE THINK THEY OWN THE EARTH. THEY DONT.
You get it! In 2017 we drove the family 8 hours to the path of totality, and had to race against the clouds to see it (eclipse started in a cloud and eventually the cloud moved out of the way). Crazy awesome experience. We decided to do it again in 2024. The cloud forecast looked terrible 2 days previous, so we stayed home. Driving 15 hours in storm and rain to have a 50/50 shot at seeing totality again didn't seem like a good idea. April 8 came and suddenly the forecast was clear skies from Russellville AK to Mount Vernon IL! So we missed our chance to experience it again with the kids. But it was fun reliving 2017 watching the NASA stream for 2024. I'm glad everyone else got to see it.
I saw the totality from our apartment in downtown Dallas. We were lucky to have a balcony that put is right underneath it. It was awe inspiring for me, but other people enjoyed it more by playing loud music and hollering. I don't know, I felt a deep contemplative feeling immediately, and would have loved to just to see it in silence. Nonetheless I was lucky to experience it, and it definitely had that "I don't control anything" feeling.
Good hot take. We had about 3 mins of totality here in Bee Cave and I have to say, like you, it was significantly better and more interesting than I expected. Watched with the family and a few lingering neighbors - it was fun - listening to the neighborhood gasp, clap and cheer at different times. The "smallness" that you described in your post is very real. I too would now travel to experience it again - if it wasn't too inconvenient.
After getting a partial view of the 2017 eclipse, I remember making a commitment to see the 2024 eclipse in totality. I didn't realize how easy that would be since I ended up moving to a city in the path of totality. My only regret is not driving further out to get the 4 and half minutes instead of the 1 and half minute. My pitiful iPhone photos may as well be deleted. The phrase "doesn't do it justice" doesn't do it justice. Not even the special high quality pictures broadcasted on the news can replicate the brief but magical in-person experience.
I've been reflecting hard on the visual I took in to seer the memory into my mind and hope the details don't fade too much with time. It was like seeing some kind of new exotic planet up in the sky for the first time.
I came to the same realization as Adam after making a wise last minute decision to drive several hour to see the 2017 total eclipse in Wyoming. 99% is nothing close to 100%. I’ve seen lots of partial eclipses. Those are interesting but not really worth going out of one’s way for. The 2017 one is #1 most awe inspiring thing I’ve seen.
I got to see the total eclipse with my daughter. It was truly a biblical experience. For one, there is no man on this earth who could do the eclipse. Taking mathematics personified, only the LORD GOD ALMIGHTY CAN BRING THIS EXPERIENCE TO US. WHEN JONAH WAS ASKED TO WARN NINEVAH BY GOD THAT HE WOULD DESTROY THEM ALL UNLESS THEY REPENTED. THE PATH OF THE ECLIPSE WENT THROUGH SEVEN TOWNS IN AMERICA NAMED NINEVAH. THIS ECLIPSE HAD UNIMAGINABLE MEANING. THE ELITE THINK THEY OWN THE EARTH. THEY DONT.
Saw it from my balcony here just north of Austin, Texas!