the Solar Eclipse

[waterboy]

It is because the moon is moving in relation to the sun and earth. 
Managed to see most of it up until just about peak and then the clouds rolled in.

[LizStreithorst]

I didn't have the glasses and I didn't make the box.  I think that the sun was obscured by clouds at least at first.  (I didn't dare look to see for sure).  I sat in the swing by the chicken house hoping to see them go to roost in the middle of the day but it didn't get dark enough here.  It did cool off enough to sit outside without sweating.  It became quiet and peaceful.  The skeeters figured it was meal time.  The coolest thing was the crescent shaped shadows.

I'm glad that my expectations weren't high.  I'm glad that it happened on my day off so I didn't have to miss it.  It wasn't a religious experience as some have described but I'm happy to have experienced it.

[wallace]

This animation shows that the moon's shadow is moving west-to-east faster than the earth is turning. If the earth was turning faster the shadow would travel the other way. But then there would be shorter days and that would suck.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKFPL9xBe_U

[Mugwump]

..about an hour after the eclipse......the sun came out.....

[wsantia1]

It was a big dud here. Didn't even get close to dark. Had a T-storm roll by here on afternoon last week that made it look like night. This thing was barely cloudy.

[Mugwump]

..is this cool or not....



The International Space Station is seen in silhouette as it transits the Sun during a partial solar eclipse today near Banner, Wyoming. (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

A closer look:

[LizStreithorst]

Cool