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We Blotted Out the Sun and Lived to Tell About It
8 years ago
My family and I are home safe and sound from Tennessee where we watched the Total Solar Eclipse. It was fantastic. I have never seen one before and I was hooting and hollering like an idiot when it occurred. So amazing, so beautiful, so fantastic! I have no words to convey the beauty and the excitement and the majestic power that combined in that one moment when sunset stretched along the entire horizon and there was a luminous hole in the sky. Just Wow! The next Solar Eclipse to hit the US will be in April 2024 so if you missed this one there's a chance you can catch the next one (and you should).
We saw the Eclipse with a bunch of fellow Transformation writers and fans as we held the annual TSA Bash at the same time. It was a ton of fun and I'm glad we went. Thanks to everyone who was there and I sure did miss everyone who wasn't. Now to try and get caught back up on everything...
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We saw the Eclipse with a bunch of fellow Transformation writers and fans as we held the annual TSA Bash at the same time. It was a ton of fun and I'm glad we went. Thanks to everyone who was there and I sure did miss everyone who wasn't. Now to try and get caught back up on everything...
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Glad to hear you had a good trip.
On a completely random note, have you ever been to Living Treasures Animal Park in New Castle?
We've been to the one in Donegal; I didn't know there was one in New Castle.
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But I wasn't entirely distraught or anything because, to be fair, I already saw a lunar eclipse a few years back, and not only was that just as intriguing and spectacular to see, but I didn't need safety glasses for it.
That said, if there really is another solar eclipse coming to North America in April 2024, maybe I'll get a chance to look at it then (and hopefully get some safety glasses beforehand, lol).
Glad you got the opportunity, though, Matthias!
Safety glasses are easy to get if you snag them early enough. I've got a bunch still from our trip and will keep them somewhere. It's cool just to look at the non-eclipsed sun from time to time.
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Looked at the projected path, selected a small(ish) town at random, and headed out.... *laughing all the way*. While 90% of of GA streamed northeast toward the furthest corner of the state - creating monumental gridlock - I drove 200 miles dead north without dropping below the speed limit, turned around afterward and came right back the same way - no issues, no traffic. Those returning from NE GA had six+ hours of gridlock.
Took my adopted niece and two newly arrived exchange students with mom. Was a unique experience for all - but I won't say it made an umbraphile out of me, though I may prepare for the 2024 event now. That's not to terribly far away, and the totality is expected to last more than four minutes.
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