Total Solar Eclipse 2024

So much fervor has surrounded the coming of the total Eclipse.  Luckily, we were in a perfect spot to view it from our backyard and did not have to invest any effort or money into finding the perfect spot for viewing.  Yesterday would have been the perfect day for it, sunny, clear and warm.  But today was supposed to be cloudy and rainy.  And by 5 pm the clouds departed leaving us with a perfect, sunny evening,

During the actual eclipse, we were mostly cloudy here, thick, dramatic clouds, but with enough breaks of clear sky to really enjoy it. I think the clouds were actually more interesting than blue skies would have been, and the anticipation of the next cloud break was fun.  

The birds didn’t quiet down entirely, but the peepers did start up.  What surprised me the most was even with only a sliver of the sun showing it was still bright daylight.  These were just with the cell phone through the clouds.

The cloud cover was heaviest just as totality kicked in.  Luckily, with three minutes of totality, we did get a brief break in the clouds at just the right moment.  And then it was over and the light came back like dawn fast forwarding.