Things I saw today

[Cato]

I prayed to Quetzalcoatl and he brought the sun back from a 93% eclipse. He's famous for that sort of thing. I don't know why people are so down on him.

Praying to Quetzalcoatl is TIGHT!   

[Szykneij]

Here in western Ohio we had a total eclipse for almost 4 minutes!

Despite predictions, local birds did not head for their nests or act strangely in any way: squirrels, however, were not seen, even when the sun was at 100%

Of interest was that even with 95% of the light blocked, with 5 minutes to go to totality, things were still fairly bright!

Then, when totality hit, and the sun was only a white glow around the moon, things faraway on all the horizons were lit up in a weird way, but, where our house lies, things were somewhat dark.  And you could look at the eclipse with the naked eye for almost 4 minutes: quite a sight!

I was able to get up to northern New Hampshire to see the total eclipse, and my observations were similar to yours (except the time of totality was shorter). When there was a sliver of sun left visible, it seemed just like a cloudy day. But as soon as the sun was completely covered, it was like someone shut off a light switch.

[Cato]

I was able to get up to northern New Hampshire to see the total eclipse, and my observations were similar to yours (except the time of totality was shorter). When there was a sliver of sun left visible, it seemed just like a cloudy day. But as soon as the sun was completely covered, it was like someone shut off a light switch.

Yes, fascinating, which phenomenon I suppose would be similar to standing on a faraway moon of e.g. Neptune, lit up by a small percentage of the sun (due to distance).