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We were weeding the gardens out back and she was out there with us. When it suddenly got really dark very quickly, she ran from the yard through the door to the garage cuz there was a light on in there so yeah, it kind of spooked her. We noticed the birds all went completely silent at the same time. They are quite active and a lot of chirping all day long this time of year but that came to a sudden stop when the darkness came on us. I don't think they had time to get back to their nests though. They carried on chirping as soon as it got light again as if nothing had happened.5 points
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@Reciprocity HAHA!! I thought they were your cats!! Your cat Holly is very cute and that was a wonderful thing you did to take her in! Did she get all weirded out during the eclipse?5 points
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The last eclipse that we had in 2017 we had only about 70% totality down here but yet it was darker than yesterdays eclipse and there was also these weird shapes reflected from the sun on the sidewalk back then. This time, even though we had 90% totality it just looked like it was cloudy and there was no weird shapes and the birds were still chirping.4 points
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I imagine you're right on that! It would be like nothing they ever saw before. I notice the birds, which were chirping away one minute, went completely silent when the sudden darkness came over us. The cat, who was outside, ran into the garage where there was a light on. Speaking of cats ... they had their own Eclipse today!3 points
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I think being in the actual total eclipse area makes a huge difference. I've also seen a few partial eclipses and mu reaction was kind of ... meh but yesterday's was very different; just in terms of what happened for those 3 minutes where the moon completely covered the sun. Many people say they noticed a big temperature drop when the sun was totally covered. I didn't really notice that but I'd been working in the dirt so was kind of overheated anyway.2 points
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Wow!!! That's great Mac!!! It really looks like night. Down here in NY City it didn't get as dark as I thought it would get but looking at the sun with the glasses was so cool....saw about a sliver of the sun as we had 90% totality Your pics are great too Reci. That is definitely some phenomenon. Hundreds of years ago people must have been so frightened when it happened. They probably thought the world was ending.2 points
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I got a couple as well but they were pretty crappy. My flash kept coming on because it was very dark out! Time was between 3:18 & 3:21 PM this afternoon. But you can tell, it was dark as night and that happened within about 10 seconds. Street lights came on, even my solar garden lights came on. We had total darkness for just over 3 minutes then, it got light again just as fast as when it got dark. Crazy!! The thing I wasn't expecting and completely amazed me is the speed at which it went from twilight to complete darkness then back to light again. You'll only ever see that in such a compressed time frame if you're in the path of totality for a solar eclipse. Partial eclipse won't give you that experience because it never gets completely dark. It was truly a once in a lifetime thing! I was thinking; what's the big deal before it happened but it truly was a big deal!2 points
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I doubt I'll be around for that one but to anyone who is, please go if it's close to where you are. You won't regret it!1 point
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