We were socked in by clouds here in Chitown, but I checked at about 5:15, and noticed the horizon looked pretty bright. Went outside and saw shafts of sunlight through the neighborhood, with the sun very low. Grabbed my Astroscan and set it up on the sidewalk across the street, and managed to catch this snapshot using eyepiece projection onto a clipboard, with trees and a chimney obscuring the view.
Think of it as art:
That’s a neat, ethereal image .... very Halloween-ish ;)
Here in WNY, it was totally clear skies, but the eclipse started only 1/2 hour before sunset & was behind obstructions by the time it was low enough to safely view.