• Semi-Hemi-Lemmygod@lemmy.worldEnglish
    16·
    9 months ago

    Yesterday I thought I would be driving nine hours (probably more) to see this one with my kid, but the weather sucks and I’m glad we stayed home and enjoyed the day off of school

    Kind of a bummer, but I’m glad I got to see the 2017 eclipse.

      • Mossy Feathers (She/They)@pawb.social
        1·
        9 months ago

        The clouds left just after totality. There was a brief break in the clouds during totality though. It’s been about 10min after totality and the sky is almost entirely clear now.

    • TheSlad@sh.itjust.works
      2·
      9 months ago

      All week leading up to this the weather report has said cloudy and rainy here in indiana, but its literally happening right now (40 min until totality) and we have nice clear skies. I thought I was in for disappointment but I guess not!

  • Ms. ArmoredThirteen@lemmy.ml
    71·
    9 months ago

    It’s overcast enough in Seattle and we’re only at like 20% eclipse, it didn’t even get any dimmer out than it already was

  • snooggums@midwest.socialEnglish
    5·
    9 months ago

    This happened to me on the last total eclipse after driving a significant distance to be in the path of totality. This time I’m staying local and enjoying the partial if the clouds stay away long enough.

  • grrgyle@slrpnk.net
    1·
    9 months ago

    Damn, I’m really sorry to hear that. At least you got to see everything around you get dark

    • snooggums@midwest.socialEnglish
      9·
      9 months ago

      There are different types of eclipses and they are over oceans most of the time. Only about half of eclipses are total, the other half are annular where part of the sun is still showing around the moon since the moon’s orbit isn’t a perfect circle.

      The big news about this one is that since it is through the middle of North America it covers all 48 of the continental states in the US which is pretty rare.

      So yeah, they aren’t uncommon, but there are uncommon in specific locations.

    • TheSlad@sh.itjust.works
      41·
      9 months ago

      The next total solar eclipse in North America will happen in 20 or so years, and will mostly be over the wilds of western Canada. This eclipse goes right over my house. Yes Eclipses are not rare they happen roughly every 18 months, but total (not annular) solar Eclipses that are easy and convenient to view in totality are rare. This will probably be the only total solar eclipse I see in my entire life.

    • DessertStorms@kbin.social
      64·
      9 months ago

      Sure, some form of solar eclipse happens a few times a year, but most of those aren’t full eclipses, and even when they are (every 18 months or so), totality isn’t visible from populated land (so they are mostly visible from the poles or somewhere in the middle of an ocean).

      The excitement isn’t about the rarity of the eclipse, but of how rare it is for totality to be directly visible to so many people.

      Maybe you should take a minute to consider why you feel the need to shit on something cool most people might only get to see with their own eyes once, maybe twice in a lifetime, and which couldn’t possibly be causing you any harm.