Yeah I get that apocalyptic sense. It was a little ominous, or foreboding, but then when the totality happened, it almost reverent and holy. I couldn’t believe that for those few minutes, everything was quiet. Completely quiet and still. Birds sounded like they do in the evening, like they went to bed. Squirrels were quiet. Everyone in our group went silent. There were no man made sounds.
It was dark like nighttime, but the colors were different than dusk, like there was a different filter over the lens. I can’t quite explain it, but that was so thrilling. My son and his girlfriend are a few hours away and still in the path of totality, but several minutes later than us. They were excited the same way.
Perhaps if it’s ever going to be over a place I want to go to, then maybe we will travel to get there, and stay for a while.
Where did you end up traveling to this time to view it? Was it as clear a day as it was here in the Indy area?
Good that Indy turned out to have clear skies. And speaking of Indy area, we are STILL awaiting the input from one Charles Henrickson about the eclipse he viewed.
I was not that far SW of you in Bedford, IL.
Bedford IN!
No way I would have gone to IL.
On the traffic front, I got a text early evening from a cousin in Toledo. “I went for a 5 minute errand to the auto parts store to get a headlight, and I’ve been stuck in traffic for 30 minutes!”
I pointed out that everyone in the Detroit area that wanted to see the eclipse had to funnel thru Toledo to get to the totality path in Ohio, S. of Toledo.
“Oh. I guess you’re right.”
I had tried weeks ago to get her to saddle up and go get in the path, but she didn’t listen. You can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make her drink.
When the sun was covered, not only was there silence, the temperature definitely dropped some degrees.