The 2024 solar eclipse

[VinnyVideo]

Did any of y'all get to see the solar eclipse on Monday, April 8? Solar eclipses happen pretty often in the world, but it's a rare treat for them to be visible in your neck of the woods. This particular eclipse was visible in a large chunk of the United States, Canada, and Mexico, which is quite a rarity.

I took a little trip to get a better view of the eclipse - most of Florida saw about 65% coverage of the eclipse, while I got to see more like 85%. It wasn't quite totality, but it was still really cool. I got to see a partial eclipse in October as well.

Did anyone else get to see this year's eclipse?

[littlelum]

I wasn't aware there was going to be an eclipse until someone asked me about it an hour after it happened. It wouldn't have made much of a difference anyways since it was cloudy that day.

[Hyper]

Very late post (since I rarely visit here) but I was able to witness it because I live in North Texas:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5BwGfyV3eE

Camera is difficult to capture how surreal it was but it feels out of the world. I tried to replicate of what I saw using Macromedia Fireworks 8:


Also a month later I saw auroras in northern Oklahoma:

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[Q-Nova]

Somewhat late reply, but that's really cool, @Hyper! The video clip is pretty neat, even if it's not 100% accurate to what you saw in real life (though the visualization is cool), and wow, you saw auroras!? That's incredible, they look so beautiful! Thanks for sharing!

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[VinnyVideo]

@Hyper Yeah, that was really neat! Nice work.

Some people in my area got a decent glimpse of the aurorae, but there wasn't much to see at my house. I know some people got an impressive view in south Florida and even Mexico.

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