Solar Eclipse 2024
By Scar D. Cat
@Scarred4Lyfe (305)
April 8, 2024 2:57pm CST
How it looked from my side yard in Olney Illinois during the 4 minutes of totality. Most definitely one of the coolest things I have ever witnessed. It got dark enough the street lights came on and I could see stars. I'm so glad it didn't cloud up on us.
Shot with a Canon SX410 IS, no filter.
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@TheHorse (209135)
• Walnut Creek, California
11 Apr
@Scarred4Lyfe I will consider what Number 1 might have been but I don't really need to know.
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@Scarred4Lyfe (305)
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11 Apr
@TheHorse Another celestial event. The first time I saw Saturn with a real nice telescope.
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@Scarred4Lyfe (305)
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10 Apr
Quite possibly the coolest thing I have ever seen. If not 'the', then definitely in the top 2.
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@Scarred4Lyfe (305)
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9 Apr
@rebelann I can best describe it as looking like extremely bright moonlight during part of it.
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@Scarred4Lyfe (305)
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9 Apr
Um - not sure what you mean by 'street level'. I had a camera on a stand with a tight zoom trying to follow the sun.
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@LadyDuck (462971)
• Switzerland
9 Apr
This is the best solar eclipse shot I have seen, congratulations!
We had a total one in 1999, it was August, blue sky and suddenly total darkness. It was worth watching.
Your Canon SX410 IS is a great camera. Smartphones cannot take that kind of pictures.
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@LadyDuck (462971)
• Switzerland
10 Apr
@Scarred4Lyfe The eclipse of 2017 was more visible in the west of Switzerland, the only 100% I remember is the one of August 1999.
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@Scarred4Lyfe (305)
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10 Apr
We had the one 7 years ago, but it was only 97% eclipsed then.
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@Scarred4Lyfe (305)
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9 Apr
Didn't appear to bother them any, birds got really noisy like it was bedtime.
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@much2say (54118)
• Los Angeles, California
8 Apr
@Scarred4Lyfe You're lucky you were along the belt !
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@Scarred4Lyfe (305)
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8 Apr
One of those sights I'll always remember, just so awesome.
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@tkonlinevn (6438)
• Vietnam
9 Apr
Did you look into the lens when you took the photo? As far as I know, the light at this time is not very good for the eyes.
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@Scarred4Lyfe (305)
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9 Apr
The sun is safe to look at when it is completely obscured like in my discussion photo, but for the other pictures (such as this one) I had to use a filter.
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@sabtraversa (13138)
• Italy
8 Apr
Yes, you were lucky you didn't have clouds. We did but the sun was down anyway.
Great shot tho! It almost makes me think such event is not so overrated after all.
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@sabtraversa (13138)
• Italy
8 Apr
@Scarred4Lyfe My god, yes! I didn't know it would go that extreme, pretty dark with this ring of light up there. Sinister but fascinating.
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@Scarred4Lyfe (305)
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8 Apr
Having that looking down on you from the sky was simply breathtaking.
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@FourWalls (63316)
• United States
9 Apr
I watched the totality on a “railfan” cam out of Princeton, Indiana. The street lights did come on. The thing I think that’s most amazing about it is the 360-degree sunset.
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@FourWalls (63316)
• United States
9 Apr
@Scarred4Lyfe — thought Orville Redenbacher was from Brazil, Indiana (same town as Jimmy Hoffa).
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@Scarred4Lyfe (305)
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10 Apr
It was worth traveling to the side yard to look at for sure.
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@RasmaSandra (75005)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
8 Apr
That looks awesome, I just stayed by my PC. I think if I remember correctly I have seen like two eclipses in my life,
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@RasmaSandra (75005)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
8 Apr
@Scarred4Lyfe I would have loved to see their faces
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@Scarred4Lyfe (305)
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8 Apr
I'd been through a few partial eclipses over the years, 7 years ago it was 97% eclipsed where I live, but a total is sooo much cooler. I can understand how the primitives felt, their awe to behold what they did not understand...
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@NJChicaa (116657)
• United States
8 Apr
@Scarred4Lyfe ah that's true. I had forgotten about that. What a beautiful picture. Definitely frame it!
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@Scarred4Lyfe (305)
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10 Apr
Just a total 'wow' moment (actually almost 4 minutes but). You could hear people around town start hootin' 'n hollerin' in their yards.
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@wolfgirl569 (97913)
• Marion, Ohio
8 Apr
Great shot. My phone wasn't good at getting it.
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@Scarred4Lyfe (305)
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9 Apr
Per normal the shots from my 'good' camera are worse than my cheaper one.
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@Marilynda1225 (80687)
• United States
10 Apr
It didn't get very dark here. Just like a normal day at dusk. How amazing that you got to see the whole eclipse
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@kobesbuddy (76022)
• East Tawas, Michigan
13 Apr
I couldn't find any protective glasses, Wal Mart was sold out. I saw this total eclipse when I was a young girl, maybe 13 years old. I'm 72 years old, so that was about 61 years ago. They warned us not to look at the sun during the eclipse, so I did!
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@MarieCoyle (30736)
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8 Apr
I knew you would post spectacular pictures. You never disappoint us with your photos, thank you so much.
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