Happy Eclipse Day!
By Faye
@FayeHazel (40248)
United States
August 21, 2017 1:46pm CST
Happy eclipse day Mylot!
Have you ever seen a solar eclipse?
I did but it was some number of years back.
It was truly a special thing. This was the 1990s at some point. I was a teenager (which by now feels like a million years ago) - and we lived on the farm that I grew up on from the ages of 11 to 26.
The first thing I noticed was how dark it got, like night at noon. Also like at night the temperature dropped. The air got still and everything got quiet , the birds and animals got really still and quiet.
There was a type of beetle like bug out (bright pink and teal) and a brilliant lime green snake - the latter of which I hadn't seen before or since.
Nature freaked out over the eclipse.
I hope you can enjoy this solar eclipse, it just happened here -- though because it is overcast and raining I didn't really see much of anything other than a slight darkening of the sky. I'm happy they filmed it at different locals where it was visible.
Eclipse info:
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@allen0187 (58444)
• Philippines
22 Aug 17
This particular eclipse isn't visible in my part of the world although I have seen previous solar eclipses as well.
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@allen0187 (58444)
• Philippines
22 Aug 17
@FayeHazel saw online that the next one in the States is on 2024. In the Philippines there are a couple of total and partial lunar eclipses in 2018 and 2019.
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@averygirl72 (37726)
• Philippines
22 Aug 17
@FayeHazel This year it's only seen in America? I hope we see it too here
@FayeHazel (40248)
• United States
22 Aug 17
And I think the next one in 2019 is in South America
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@bluesa (15023)
• Johannesburg, South Africa
22 Aug 17
@FayeHazel , yes, they really were lucky!
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@FayeHazel (40248)
• United States
23 Aug 17
@bluesa Looks like the 2024 Eclipse will travel in the opposite diagonal across the USA - though it still manages to avoid my state, lol
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@FayeHazel (40248)
• United States
22 Aug 17
I watched on weather tv - the places lucky enough to see the totality... wow!
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@averygirl72 (37726)
• Philippines
22 Aug 17
I have not seen a full solar eclipse only partial eclipse. We see the reflection of the sun on the water and use candy wrappers to protect our eyes
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@FayeHazel (40248)
• United States
22 Aug 17
The reflection would be beautiful! Also I've heard a technique where you punch a hole in a piece of paper, lay another piece of paper on the ground - and watch the shadow
@TiarasOceanView (70035)
• United States
21 Aug 17
Yes I saw it..I mean I didnt look right at it and have no photos.
Was in the perfect spot too.
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@TiarasOceanView (70035)
• United States
22 Aug 17
@FayeHazel Oh no..it was only 93 percent here Faye.
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@FayeHazel (40248)
• United States
23 Aug 17
@TiarasOceanView That's pretty good... here it was supposed to be... something 86% I want to say, though it wasn't too impressive thanks to cloud cover
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@FayeHazel (40248)
• United States
22 Aug 17
Nice! I take it you were in the path of totality?
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@Letranknight2015 (51532)
• Philippines
22 Aug 17
You're lucky to have seen them. Even if there's eclipse here we wouldn't see it because of the storm.
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@FayeHazel (40248)
• United States
22 Aug 17
Ah - we had rain here for this one. Still the sky did turn a weird shade of green
@FayeHazel (40248)
• United States
22 Aug 17
Well, I guess it was dark out during totality, lol
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