Posted on 08/21/2017 9:12:49 AM PDT by Kaslin
Americans with telescopes, cameras and protective glasses staked out viewing spots along a narrow corridor from Oregon to South Carolina to watch the moon blot out the midday sun for a magical couple of minutes Monday in what promised to be the most observed and photographed eclipse in history.
Sky-watchers everywhere — and millions were expected to peer into the sun — set out lawn chairs and blankets and awaited the first total solar eclipse to sweep coast-to-coast across the U.S. in practically a century. Astronomers were giddy with excitement.
Jim Todd, a director at the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry, warmed up the crowd at an amphitheater in Salem, Oregon.
“The world is watching us, folks, because we are going to get the first, best show and the weather is gorgeous,” Todd said. “The weather forecast is crystal clear throughout the state.”
David Avison showed up in Salem before dawn with his wife and relatives, after traveling by car and overnight train from their suburban Portland home. They couldn’t get reservations at a nearby resort, despite making plans six years ago.
“I’m telling people if you want to see the one in 2024, you’d better make your reservations now,” Avison said.
With 200 million people within a day’s drive of Monday’s path of totality, towns and parks braced for monumental crowds. Clear skies beckoned along most of the route, to the relief of those who feared cloud cover would spoil this once-in-a-lifetime moment.
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The light is getting funny here in NW Connecticut... shadows of trees look different.
Praise God! WOW!
St Louis got really dark...can I say that?
That’s so silly
The wind has started to pick up a bit.
My Rotts acknowledged nothing of it
Horses neither
My cats are hanging around food bowls, eclipse makes them hungry. Its darker outside so must put food in bowls, yes, your human servant will dutifully refill your bowls....
Heard one of my cats crying from behind window.
The sky did clear off enough to see the show here. Everything turned an odd color, like a technicolor movie.
Yes the birds are all I saw act different
And after it passed
They began morning calls
THAT view is worth as much as experiencing the eclipse!
Don’t buy any strange and interesting new plants today...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0MklanXNTY
My gosh, if you’re that close go for the full experience and take a drive.
Going to check again. Like end of day.
Lyrics for The Majesty and Glory of Your Name by Tom Fettke
When I gaze into the night skies and see the work of your fingers; The moon and stars suspended in space.
Oh, what is man that you are mindful of him? You have given man a crown of glory and honor, And have made him a little lower than the angels. You have put him in charge of all creation: beasts of the field, The birds of the air, The fish of the sea. Oh, what is man? Oh, what is man that you are mindful of him?
O Lord, our God the majesty and glory of your name Transcends the earth and fills the heavens. O Lord, our God; little children praise You perfectly, And so would we. And so would we.
Alleluia! Alleluia!
The majesty and glory of Your name.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7yp_bu9ydw
Not the best recording but the words are here........
Yo!...President Trump and Melania are on the Truman balcony for the Eclipse!
I check Saint Joseph, Missouri’s website the other day (long totality duration there.). It said that they were “prepared” for the eclipse.
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We had a hummingbird come up to our window as if trying to get inside and disoriented during the middle of the eclipse here in Los Angeles
Drove 40 miles down I-5 to Brooks, Oregon to get a minute and a half of totality. Impressive but I probably wouldn’t make the effort again.
I think it’s a religious experience for some people(mostly liberals), and they’ll go to great lengths to see an eclipse again and again.
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