After reading about this upcoming event on the Internet for what has seemed like forever, the eclipse finally happened! I'm so happy we can move on as a nation and return back to our normal internet obsession of everything in the whole wide world museum that remotely connects in any possible way to "Game of Thrones."
Our county did not cancel school, though after they announced to everyone that all absences on Monday would be excused, they definitely should have, if for no other reason than to save everyone the time and hassle of having to go through the motions. Jacob texted me updates throughout the morning. His first period class had 6 out of 23 kids and another of his classes had ONE kid show up. My school had about 5 kids absent per class that morning and then the mass exodus check-outs began at about 11am. By the end of the day it was a ghost town. Luke did get to go outside and use his projection box and use some glasses to view it as well. Glasses seemed to be in abundance at our school, so pretty much everyone who wanted to view it got to take a peak. I had plenty of time to head outside and check it out. I had my own glasses, so no need for me to share.
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| Your head is a giant red blur, but otherwise my eyes are fine |
Since we were not in the path of totality, the overall effect for us here was basically like that of cloud cover, but I will say that I did notice the temperature drop, if only for just a moment. That part was pretty cool. Pun intended. Oh wait, Florida doesn't get cool. Never mind, that pun doesn't work. And we got to see the crescent leaf shadows in the parking lot as well...
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| Beyond beleaf |
My brother Dave was in Rexburg, Idaho and Brian was in Nashville- BOTH in the path of totality. I told them it was a battle for who could send me the best pictures.
Dave:
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His report: "This is how dark it got. No roosters or werewoofs, but the streetlights came on and you could see stars. The temperature dropped from 84 to 61 degrees." (Not bad, 850 bonus points for the use of the word "werewoof.")
Brian:
I think we all know who won this battle. (Probably because I told you the score.)
When Luke and I got home from school, Cindy was laying in the yard as so:
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| Wait, are you frying your retinas? |
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| Checking out the last of it before it disappeared |
Here are a few photos Cindy took of the eclipse. I will admit, I was a bah humbug nay-sayer and did not think her idea of putting the eclipse glasses in front of the camera lens would do anything. Apparently, I was totally wrong. Her bus let her off at 2:47 and our maximum coverage was at 2:49 so she got to walk home under the eclipsing sky. She brought her camera to school and was able to take a few there as well. I'm impressed!
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| Money shot |
To be honest, if we weren't told about the eclipse, I wouldn't have noticed anything different. Good thing Krispy Kreme is always there to let you know what random holiday is happening, though! Seriously, if you didn't go get some of those Eclipse chocolate glazed donuts they were selling yesterday, I have secondhand disappointment for you. They were amazing. They changed their classic glaze to chocolate for the day. Our half dozen was so hot and melty we could barely pick them up. But somehow we dug deep and found a way to win.
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| This picture illustrates my desire to not be "that guy" taking a picture of food at KK on a holiday. I mean, I was. But it was a secret. |
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| Thank goodness it wasn't dark chocolate :) |
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