Cool! Photo taken at 3:13 p.m.
@Melanie_Marie (1800)
New Baltimore, Michigan
April 8, 2024 2:49pm CST
This was just before the big moon crossover, one minute before. I already noticed this white hue to the sky - you can see it right behind me. Camera exposure started getting weird.
Everything dark-colored in the house looked extra-dark, and everything light, looked WHITE.
Then 2 minutes later, our entire house turned black inside. I was not expecting this! Michigan wasn’t supposed to see much of anything.
Ok, so what happens when you wear green (or red) during a full solar eclipse?
You get covered in spots! Yep, looks like I got the whole solar system there.. all the planets reflecting off the green.
NOT. Nothing happened. So I made something happen. Now I’m covered in planets and suns and moons.
I will admit I was very surprised at how dark it got in the house. This was a lot of fun.
Things are looking normal again, colors returning to normal, sun shining into our house with no shadows or darkness.
2024 Solar Eclipse over. We made it and we’re all still alive. 
Time to dance
Date: Mon. April 8th Solar Eclipse
Time: 3:13 pm - 3:45 p.m.
The day the house turned dark 
NOT. Nothing happened. So I made something happen. Now I’m covered in planets and suns and moons.
I will admit I was very surprised at how dark it got in the house. This was a lot of fun.
Things are looking normal again, colors returning to normal, sun shining into our house with no shadows or darkness.
2024 Solar Eclipse over. We made it and we’re all still alive.
Time to dance
Date: Mon. April 8th Solar Eclipse
Time: 3:13 pm - 3:45 p.m.
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@RasmaSandra (73570)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
8 Apr
Thanks for the link, I think such an experience would have upped my anxiety too much, Luckily everything my way came and went with no major changes, Yes, we are still here and the world keeps turning
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@RasmaSandra (73570)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
10 Apr
@Melanie_Marie thanks for the link. Great beat but not one I have heard before. Pretty much I am into many genres of music and oldies a great favorites of mine, I agree about songs they inspire many of my poems.
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@Melanie_Marie (1800)
• New Baltimore, Michigan
12 Apr
@RasmaSandra Love poetry. Songs are just poems with melody. 
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@Melanie_Marie (1800)
• New Baltimore, Michigan
10 Apr
This is true, and you have accidentally led me to another song,
My mind attaches almost everything to songs, it’s always done that. I just gave in to it already. No point in fighting it anymore. Haha
Thnx @RasmaSandra
How can we dance when our earth is turnin’….
My mind attaches almost everything to songs, it’s always done that. I just gave in to it already. No point in fighting it anymore. Haha
Thnx @RasmaSandra
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@Melanie_Marie (1800)
• New Baltimore, Michigan
10 Apr
Thanks GreenTree, did you get to see anything? Or was it already kinda dark..
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@grenery8 (2248)
• Croatia (Hrvatska)
12 Apr
@Melanie_Marie in my country, there wasn't any chance but i really hoped for. in europe, i think only in north, norway and maybe portugal. ah
@RebeccasFarm (86780)
• United States
10 Apr
You look like a genuine vamp Mels
May we interview you?
Haha get it?
May we interview you?
Haha get it?1 person likes this
@Melanie_Marie (1800)
• New Baltimore, Michigan
12 Apr
Yes I get it
I was in the middle of a full-blown solar eclipse and I was beginning to glow in the dark!
x
@JESSY3236 (18919)
• United States
9 Apr
We had 80%. My mother made a cereal box viewer and I saw some of it, but we did have cloud cover too.
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@Melanie_Marie (1800)
• New Baltimore, Michigan
10 Apr
Yeah the cloud cover can kinda mess with the view. Surprisingly, we had clear skies - (Michigan weather usually never cooperates) so I think that’s why we got such darkness in the house. My plan was to go outside and goof around with the eclipse and stuff, but it turned out to be a lot more fun INside the house because it got so dark and creepy. All my inside photos look almost black and white, mega-cool. 
Thanks Jess, glad you got to enjoy the 80%
Thanks Jess, glad you got to enjoy the 80%1 person likes this
@Scarred4Lyfe (191)
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9 Apr
I'd never experienced being in the path of totality before - one of the coolest things I've ever seen.
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@Melanie_Marie (1800)
• New Baltimore, Michigan
10 Apr
Whoahhhhhhh
There are no words. AMAZING shot, Scar. Tell your hoomin he is very lucky to have such a talented cat with amazing photography skills.
My goodness
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@kaylachan (57914)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
8 Apr
That was kind of cool. It looked cloudy for a while. Doesn't look like much happened.
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@Melanie_Marie (1800)
• New Baltimore, Michigan
8 Apr
Thanks Kayla, I managed to get this shot from our jacuzzi room. I just blindly held my cell phone up and turned my eyes away from the ceiling window.. and BOOM!
Caught it.
I think the sun was completely covered here, because it looks like the moon. And YES that’s how dark our house was during all of this.
Will answer responses to my other discussion(s) later, I didn’t forget.
I’m behind on EVERYTHING. Cuz this was fun.
Cuz this was fun.2 people like this
@Melanie_Marie (1800)
• New Baltimore, Michigan
10 Apr
Eerie, that’s a good word for it. Thank you Judy!
Eerie, yes.
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@Deepizzaguy (94694)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
8 Apr
The only weird thing that happened lunchtime was that I lost internet connection for about five minutes before the internet connection was restored.
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@Melanie_Marie (1800)
• New Baltimore, Michigan
10 Apr
They said that might happen. I don’t know if it happened here because I wasn’t online, but the solar system does affect all kinds of things. My younger brother and I both had 2-day migraines right before the day of the eclipse. And we rarely get them. I thought I was going blind. 
Got scared and texted him, he told me to settle down cuz it was happening to him too. Thanks pizzaguy
Let me know if you’d like a recipe for low-carb organic pizza crust.1 person likes this
@Melanie_Marie (1800)
• New Baltimore, Michigan
10 Apr
Heck yeah. People were making a big deal about it wayyyy in advance. Stocking up on food & water, getting their storm shelters all ready, etc.
But you know what, in their defense.. they’re picking up on something. Our days really are numbered, as a species. Some can pick up on it, some cannot. This worldwide strangeness going on, the illnesses going up, both mental and physical, food quality is terrible yet prices are still rising, pandemic hit and took many people out, people are having trouble sleeping and they don’t know why, anxiety is going up and they don’t know why. I won’t get all evolutionary on ya, but our turn is almost over.. it’s just the way it works. We probably won’t see it, my niece will have to endure a lot of it :(
Population already going down
Thanks Kandase :) Nice to see you again