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Top Comments: Eclipsed Edition [1]

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Date: 2024-04-08  

So, anything happen today? Besides the solar eclipse? I’m sure it did, but if you’re like me and millions of others, today had only ONE news story. And so rather than write something non-eclipse related, I’m going to share some of my experience as well as a few of the photos I managed to get with no advance planning, and I hope you’ll share your experiences/photos in the comments!

Here in Boston, we were at about 93% of totality. I admit I had some FOMO about not having traveled somewhere to see 100% totality, but we made the decision to stay here and even without a corona it was pretty freeking amazing. We’d overordered eclipse glasses so at 8am I posted on our local Buy Nothing group and by 8:02 I had a dozen people wanting them. I’m glad that we gave six pairs away, and that we kept two extra… we saw our neighbors across the street and when they said they didn’t have glasses we invited them over and had an impromptu party!

I took all of my photos using my iPhone with an eclipse glasses lens covering the camera, while Mr. Brillig McGyvered a safe filter for his Actual Camera and used a tripod. All photos here are mine. Since I am terrible at embedding pictures in my diaries if I have text to add afterwards, please hop below the fold for my final thoughts and tonight’s Tops!

2:57pm, 41 minutes after it started. I was still figuring out how to get decent pictures and this is way overexposed, but it’s the first one I got in my series after a half hour of struggling.

3:04pm, and I finally figured out more or less how to get a proper exposure. I was trying NOT to spend all my time taking photos, and to use my eyes to see both the sun, and also what my surroundings looked like.

3:14pm, about one hour in and 15 minutes from our maximum. Our neighbors came over about this time, making it a lot more fun. K2 also was home from school, but not interested in the eclipse.

3:31pm, two minutes into Maximum Totality for us. The temperature dropped noticeably and the light was definitely… different. Obviously not dark, but it was NOT what it looked like this time yesterday.

3:39pm five minutes after the maximum totality. You can see how the angle of the crescent is different, even though it still looked like a sliver.

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