On August 21, 2017, much of the United States witnessed a total solar eclipse. We drove from Florida to South Carolina to be in the middle of the cone. It had been over 30 years since the contiguous U.S. last witnessed a total solar eclipse crossing through Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana and North Dakota on February 26, 1979.
Frank & I met two of his best friends at a B&B to witness this phenomenon where we visited for 4 days. One of his friends in the photo above with me is from Virginia and the other friend not shown is from Washington state. It had been a long time since Frank had seen his friend from Washington and it was a delight to finally meet him in person. In the photo, we were looking up to see the process had began while Frank was in the background setting up his tripod.
The interesting part about the whole thing was the birds freaked out! They were scrambling as it was beginning to get dark because they were not ready to roost in the middle of the afternoon. It cooled off about 15 degrees and lasted just over 2 minutes before the sun began to peak on the other side.
More info on this eclipse at wikipedia here.
Total solar eclipse!
We are planning to go to south Texas for the next total solar eclipse in April, 2024 which will cross 12 states. This will be the last solar eclipse in the U.S. until 2045 which will cross 10 states.
So happy to be back for squares in 2021!
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13 responses to “SQUARES – Up in the Sky”
That’s awesome! Lovely picture of you…
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It was so cool! Thank you so much! Looking forward to the next one. 🙂
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Did the birds go silent too? I recall they did when I watch a total in southern England a few years ago – most strange, and as you say the temperature drop was incredible. So fast!
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Yes, the birds went crazy flying all over the place in a panic and went totally silent. It took a good 30 minutes for them to start singing again once the sun came back out to full.
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so strange . . . .
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It was that! 🙂
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You can wave to me on your way to South Texas. 😉
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Where are you located if you don’t mind me asking?
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Hill Country
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Good enough! I’ll wave when I go through. Hopefully, we will be flying over and not driving by. 🙂
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What a great experience, Lisa. I remember when I was going to school in the 80s, we had a partial eclipse and we fashioned a device to view it safely. Who knew it would cool down so fast? Imagine if the sun disappeared for just a few hours. Life would probably cease to exist. I look forward to talking to you tomorrow. 🙂
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It was on my top 10 lists of amazing days! I remember the partial eclipse in the 80s. I was in school too. The total eclipse was “totally” different and unique. We are planning on going to Texas in 2024 for the total eclipse. I’m looking forward to talking to you tomorrow as well! 🙂
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