Err, don't know why I kept saying March 8th. I was horribly ill while making this video. That's my excuse, anyway.

@NotSoMuchFrankly

Ай бұрын

Probably, the sun was in your eyes.

@MagentaOtterTravels

Ай бұрын

I hope you are feeling better now, Laurence! Well done on this video!!

@robertshepherd5163

Ай бұрын

I hope you are feeling better. Thank you for your hard work.

@Donleecartoons

Ай бұрын

You did that so a certain subspecies of commenters (h. Pedanticus nitpickii) would have something to talk about. Truly, you are a giant among altruists.

@jefferyindorf699

Ай бұрын

Admit it, you have invented a time machine, and you got confused about what era you were in.😂

I’m in northern Maine. It was totally dark. We saw stars and planets. Temp dropped drastically (15 degrees). It was ethereal! I felt absolutely euphoric! Being 73 yrs old it was amazing for me!

@terrylibbey611

Ай бұрын

It was amazing. I was in Patten.

@corruptduboiscountyindiana5058

Ай бұрын

i saw venus to the upper right of the moon when it got dark

@manifestgtr

Ай бұрын

I traveled to Vermont with my aunt and parents who are around your age. It was the first time my mother and aunt had seen one (I’d already dragged my dad 500 miles to see the 2017 eclipse). It was absolutely worth it…one of those things you want everyone in your life to experience.

@Zzyzzyx

Ай бұрын

​​@@manifestgtrI was in Vermont too, and on the way home there was *so much traffic* - probably amounts never before seen in the state - and all I could think of was that *every single car* was full of people who had just had one of the most amazing days ever! The whole day was pure delight.

@sylvanaire

Ай бұрын

I was near the Capitol of Augusta & must have been just that little bit too far east as the sun never got completely covered. It got eerily dark, but the sun continued to partially shine the whole time. 🤷‍♀️ I didn’t have a solar filter (glasses for me or lens cover for my phone) so I planned to just take photos of my back yard to show how dark it got, but the phone’s camera was too clever for me & adjusted the brightness on the darker shot so I couldn’t tell the difference in the 3 pictures I took, I could only see it w/my eyes. Weird!

He used both his British and Midwestern powers to view the eclipse a month early! Impressive mate.

@mellocello187

Ай бұрын

Didn’t you see the Delorean?

@Isabella66Gracen

Ай бұрын

Yeah, he did say March didn't he? I almost didn't catch that.

@timlois

Ай бұрын

I know. I was like, what the what?

@craigjohnston7143

Ай бұрын

@@Isabella66Gracen Multiple times.

@mellocello187

Ай бұрын

@@timloisBecause nobody here has ever misspoken, not ever, not even once!!

I witnessed the 2017 total eclipse. Conditions in Wyoming were absolutely PERFECT. Not a cloud in the sky. It was all I could have hoped for. Spectacular, awesome, overwhelming. No picture or video of a total eclipse can ever come close to doing it justice.

I took two planes and a three hour car drive to get to an AirBnB to be encompassed in clouds. However one minute before totality, the clouds broke and I got to see both the totality and the diamond ring! Totally worth it!

@Starry_Night_Sky7455

Ай бұрын

Your life is now complete.

@thecommenter9678

Ай бұрын

Same happened for me, i went out of my way to see it, was clouded, i was super disappointed, but just a couple minutes before it happened the sky cleared briefly, totality happened, and a couple minutes after it passed, the clouds came back. It saved the whole trip.

@preacherbillf

Ай бұрын

Aliens 👽 Loved 🥰 you!

@chloeedmund4350

Ай бұрын

Nice!

@nailsofinterest

Ай бұрын

Awesome!!! I'm glad you got to see it!!

I saw a poster which basically said the sun had gotten MOONED.

@debischepers2983

Ай бұрын

I got a t-shirt that day in my home town that said "I got Mooned in Southern Indiana"

@peteroutlaw7207

Ай бұрын

This was the first time I saw a new moon.

@jcsmith725

Ай бұрын

HEB was selling cakes in Texas that played on these very words. If I liked cake I would have gotten one.

@grahamnorris7315

Ай бұрын

Glad you saw it all with your dopey accent.

@tthappyrock368

Ай бұрын

😄😄😄💓💓💓

Seated in my yard in Indianapolis, just before totality..a soft cool breeze blew from the direction of the shadow coming, and it was so incredible.

@mswitch936

Ай бұрын

I was in my driveway and was so glad the weather cooperated. Our weather rarely likes to cooperate

I went on the day of. took I65 from Chicago with the goal of making it to Indianapolis. The GPS said I would make it. Once we crossed the state line it started saying I would make it within 10 minute of totality... then at totality.. then I'd be 10 minutes late... At that point I decided to set the goal to Lebanon Illinois. But the farther down we went on I65 the traffic got worse. And the same thing happened. At that point, I just kept going in hopes of a miracle. We made it to Colfax street which was the line you had to cross to experience totality.... with 5 minutes before totality. At that point we just kept driving as far as we could before it started. With a minute left everyone on the highway just pulled over. The Corona is really something you can see on a camera. It's very clear and looks like 4k. Didn't last long because we were at the edge. But still amazing.

@imhere653

16 күн бұрын

Good on you! Never say die. It ain't over 'til you say, "it's over."

I watched the solar eclipse from my my backyard , in northeast Ohio , with family . It was Amazing ! At totality , you heard people cheering and clapping , then total silence , as if people were overwhelmed with the experience . My husband said the temperature dropped by ten degrees .

@markbajek2541

Ай бұрын

So you didn't have someone fire off fire works or play loud music with sun references in it during your eclipse.?

@Kim-bt5tf

Ай бұрын

@@markbajek2541 There were fireworks that some neighbors were shooting off 😃

@withinyouwithoutyou3

Ай бұрын

I'm in Northeast Ohio too. Everyone cheered and semis blew their horns, a few fireworks went off and then like you said silence. Like we were all in shock. I was weeping by then.

@lucifermorningstar8562

Ай бұрын

I'm a North west Pennsylvanian and yeah it was a surreal experience.

@SheaTheSarcastic

Ай бұрын

I’m in NE Ohio too. Aside from the few fireworks, I had a similar experience. A few relatives from Florida visited, along with some from the Columbus area. Local relatives came by as well, since we have a big yard. It was awesome!

I definitely noticed a temperature drop in northern WV where we had 90% totality. At 55, I've seen eclipses before, but I still get excited like a child 😊 I think rainbows and thunder-snow are cool also, but maybe I'm just easily amused. 😮

@prion42

Ай бұрын

Have you seen a meteor shower? That's the best imo.

@jikook7457

Ай бұрын

@prion42 no, I haven't. I bet it is something amazing to see. I'll have to look on youtube for now. 🙂

@barbarahomrighaus6852

Ай бұрын

I am, too. It's a good trait because we're rarely bored.

@jikook7457

Ай бұрын

@@barbarahomrighaus6852 🙂

@sandpiperr

Ай бұрын

I saw the 2017 eclipse which was in August. The feeling of temperature drop was even more noticable then! I was with my dad who was 60 at the time. He also was like an excited little kid.

I saw the total eclipse in Irving, TX. It was MAGNIFICENT. It got so dark outside, almost like night! And the eclipse itself was so beautiful! I saw subtle colors of purple and blue around the sun’s corona.

@Wingedshadowwolf

Ай бұрын

That's where I went to see it too!

I saw it here in Fort Worth, Texas. Totality lasted from 1:40 to 1:44 pm CST. It was incredible! Imagine how folks in the old days felt when they witnessed an eclipse.

I was working in Indianapolis that day! I walked outside to see it. I got paid to see the eclipse!

actual conversation on Monday: Boss: "So what was discussed in this afternoon's meeting?" Me: "I dunno, I was out back staring at the sun and listening to the birds..." 🤪

@bemusedbandersnatch2069

Ай бұрын

I'm genuinely a little surprised how many places were actually open the day of. The essential worker type gigs in gas stations, grocery stories, and hospitals I get, but I kinda expected everyone else to treat it like an unexpected federal holiday.

@michaelmccarthy5455

Ай бұрын

I work at a hospital and there were quite a few workers viewing it. My IT department took a field trip.

@81UMspider

Ай бұрын

@@michaelmccarthy5455 So, it was not a good time to have scheduled your gall bladder removal if your surgeon is also a space/astronomy nerd......Doc.....where you going???.. we're only half done here!!

@michaelmccarthy5455

Ай бұрын

@81UMspider I think it was only non-essentials. I noticed a few nurses. Not sure about the departments. I only knew the tech people from my department. With a few thousand employees, you only know those in your department and those you interact with regularly.

@carolynshepherd8344

Ай бұрын

@@bemusedbandersnatch2069 we were in the path of totality and many schools around us closed for the day. Our district didn't but from what I understand, only about 50% of the kids showed up. (I'm a teacher.) I wouldn't know for sure, because you better believe I took that day off! It's a once in a lifetime opportunity!

I’m nerdy enough to have made a 14 hour road trip to Middle-Of-Nowhere, Nebraska in 2017 to witness that particular new moon, and I was enchanted and awestruck. So, living in Dallas in 2024, I negotiated a 2-hour ‘meeting’ from tptb at work and spent the last two months trying to drum up excitement among my coworkers. It worked! The weather cooperated (barely) and this time I travelled all the way to my backyard to watch it.

We watched from my backyard in a suburb of Cleveland. My great grandson thought it was “Amazing” when the total eclipse happened. So cute to watch him.

In Britain they do March twice and skip April because they're not fools. Read a book guys, geez.

@lindaseel9986

Ай бұрын

😂😂

@susannpatton2893

Ай бұрын

😂😂😂😂 Thank you.

@psiphiorg

Ай бұрын

That must be one of the memos that got lost in the pond!

@rahulraina2667

Ай бұрын

Daylight saving time extreme. Why be an hour ahead when you can be a month ahead?

@anitapeludat256

Ай бұрын

Thanks ! You are too funny. ☮️🇺🇸🇬🇧😅

Three thoughts. I'm an Indianapolis resident and this was my first total eclipse at 50+ years old. What stood out to me the most is that it got a lot darker than I had expected. The whole experience was amazing. Not enough words here. Second thought; I have a brother in law that lives in Carbondale, IL. That jerk has been able to see this twice now. Third thought; Lawrence, had I known you were at Butler I might have stopped by and said hello and told you how much I enjoy your videos.

We spent about an hour and 45 minutes on the journey from Memphis to Pocahontas AR, the trip back took about 6 hours due to the traffic. Still had 15% charge on my Tesla. The total eclipse was FANTASTIC!!! The drop in temperature, the silence (except for the barking dogs going bananas), the darkness causing the street lights to turn on was such a moving experience. We decided to find a parking lot for our view instead of joining the vast throng of people on the bank of the Black River. A Pocahontas native told us that the crowd at the river front went completely silent at totality, but I'm glad we had our own little group. Taking off the glasses at totality is an experience of a lifetime!

I live in northern Illinois. Me and 5 friends drove down to Indiana and we stopped by a "landmark" according to google maps called Mann Mountain. Turns out it was just a joke because it was just a pile of concrete left over from a demolished grain silo in the middle of a field in Indiana. Great spot to watch the Eclipse though. No one was around to bother us.

@paulwerner3150

Ай бұрын

😂

From Ohio, small town on centerline between Toledo and Cleveland. Absolutely mind blowing. I told my bf I would buy a plane ticket to see 4 more minutes of that. It's been days and it was so visually beautiful and hard to comprehend at the time that my brain is still computing it lol

@UzeUrBrain

Ай бұрын

Literally exactly what I told my wife- I'll fly to another one. It was crazy!

@bemusedbandersnatch2069

Ай бұрын

Well the next total solar eclipse in 2026 is set to go through parts of Greenland, Iceland, and Northern Spain which are all pretty nice places to visit. I definitely think I wouldn't mind taking a nice European vacation and happening to be in Northern Spain during the eclipse.

@borisbalkan707

Ай бұрын

People are sick of me telling them how amazing it was

@cspat1

Ай бұрын

I felt the same way. It was beautiful. Did you see another planet or star small, beside the the sun that had a halo too right before it began to get light again? What was that? It was cool looking.

@DeathDealerAFD

Ай бұрын

​@@cspat1 To the left was Jupiter, to the right Venus.

omg I was at Butler University too, just a few steps away how the heck did I not even notice you 😮

@deed5811

Ай бұрын

Butler has a beautiful campus ❤

@rnptenafly

Ай бұрын

You were staring at the sun?

@vincem3748

Ай бұрын

I was there too, at Holcomb Observatory no less! ...on April 6th, not the 8th. Bummer...

The butler planetarium is where I stood in line to see the Shoemaker-Levy 9 comet hit Jupiter. ❤

I live 5 miles north of Buffalo NY, so I had a front-row seat to a very cloudy day 😞 Through broken clouds we got just enough clearing to see the entire totality while sitting on our back porch. Awesome!

@christinewittmann1806

Ай бұрын

Same experience on Grand Island

@-Cece

Ай бұрын

I was in Ellicottville. Made a last minute decision to get south of Jamestown. Glad we did. We had clear skies to start and finished with broken clouds.

Ummm... March? I'm not positive how Time Zones work, but our eclipse happened in April...

@youdontknowme5969

Ай бұрын

"metric conversion" _just kidding!_ 🤪

@7shortofperfection

Ай бұрын

He was a month early

@prion42

Ай бұрын

I think it's because Indiana doesn't switch to daylight savings

@SpyridonJohn1633

Ай бұрын

Good, I'm not the only person who noticed he said "March"

@sophiacromwell8017

Ай бұрын

@@prion42(the majority of) Indiana changes to Daylight Saving time (now) 😎

1:05 Laurence was REALLY planning ahead, leaving a MONTH before the eclipse!

@elgatofelix8917

Ай бұрын

😅😅😅

@sublimnalphish7232

Ай бұрын

He got an early viewing! That's all. I asked who he knows to get special favor.

@jefferyindorf699

Ай бұрын

...and still didn't have enough time to get a filter for his camera. 😂

"Meanwhile, the moon wandered through space..." Sir. That whole sentence was an Ode to Douglas Adams. It belonged in one or another of his books. He would have loved that line.

6 hours up to Lake Placid, N.Y., 11 hours back, for 3 minutes of totality. Worth every second. It was awesome. Your pictures are spot on.

"I don't know about the puppy, but I'm ready to catch some ZZZ's...Zeds." Best line and laugh of the video.

I think you meant April 8th. Glad you got to see it

@claregale9011

Ай бұрын

We had one in britain in 1999 . It was very eerie .

99.4% totality is what they said we got here in Hebron, Ky. Noticeable temperature drop, birds went back into the trees and were quiet. There was even a dog howling in the neighborhood.

@CortexNewsService

Ай бұрын

We had 94% in Springfield, Ill. Temp dropped seven degrees. Birds didn't go quiet, but their singing did change to more early morning sounds.

@brianbee2869

Ай бұрын

You missed out.

As a Buffalo Resident,this was are first total eclipse since like the 1920s

I am now a veteran of all 3 solar eclipses in the US in the last 7 years. I was in Kelly Kentucky, just an 8 mile drive to Hopkinsville in 2017, Zion National Park in Utah in 2023. Jackman Maine in April. Zion National Park was cold because we were on Scouts Landing and Maine the temperature dropped due to the foot of snow plus the eclipse. Great fun had by me but my family won't talk to me anymore. All I can say is I am sure going to miss them. Spain, Egypt and Australia here I come.

@sophierobinson2738

Ай бұрын

Kelly! Where little green men scared the occupants of a farmhouse almost to death! (It was quietly determined by investigators that the inhabitants were a bit inebriated and were instead visited by several large owls.) I was born in Hopkinsville.

@peggywoods4327

Ай бұрын

I wholeheartedly support your (scientific/nerdy) priorities. I'm also highly envious!

@sandpiperr

Ай бұрын

Agreed! I saw the 2017 eclipse, but didn't live anywhere near this year's and couldn't afford to travel to see it which made me so sad! Just once, though, was enough to inspire me to become an eclipse chaser. I'm already planning ahead to hopefully be in a position for a trip to Egypt 2027 and Australia 2028.

@dodie-poopsco.6893

Ай бұрын

my dad is planning the one to Australia already 😂

@VHFonFire

Ай бұрын

Wait, your family won't talk to you because you saw an eclipse?? Did I understand that right?

I watched the eclipse with eclipse glasses in Fort Worth, TX 😎. We were also in the path of totality. Thankfully storms didn't come here until later Monday night. I also walked under a tree and could see crescents on the ground from the blocked sun hitting leaves.

@williamscoggin1509

Ай бұрын

We had the same crescent projected through a tree onto the hood of our Ford truck. Looked like a pile of toenail clippings, lol!

@leahmollytheblindcatnordee3586

Ай бұрын

We had a 90 percent eclipse and took pictures of the crescents. It was cool.

@chitlitlah

Ай бұрын

I live down the road in Dallas, We got lucky with the weather. I went to Charleston for the last one and the clouds ruined it. The news was saying DFW wasn't going to be a good place to view it this time and I didn't have much hope, but the gods didn't let us down.

@vanblaricom5

Ай бұрын

@@leahmollytheblindcatnordee3586 Where I went in Mount Vernon, Illinois there were no crescents unfortunately. The leaves are too small on the trees there.

@elisam.r.9960

Ай бұрын

I went to the Fort Worth Water Gardens! It was a great place to watch the eclipse.

I was in Indianapolis as well for the totality! I was so awestruck.

I live in Fort Worth, Texas and enjoyed the Totality eclipse. Birds were singing, roosters were crowing and insects were....um they were...insecting! It got really dark for the middle of the afternoon. Once in a lifetime event for sure. Now I know why Joel wrote about the event (if you know what I'm talking about) 😉.

@carolynshepherd8344

Ай бұрын

Interestingly enough, down near Austin there are some bat caves. The bats got confused with the eclipse and all flew out of the cave early. Four minutes later, they were probably all like..."What the heck!?" We also noticed that most of the birds stopped singing during totality. Once the sun popped out again, they were singing their hearts out. It was a really neat experience!

I got my niece into astronomy from reading books by Stephen Hawking and Albert Einstein to her at a young age. Experiencing the last solar eclipse I'll ever see with her is unexplainable. We both love space. Her face when totality came was priceless. It's a day I'll never forget.

There was a definite drop in temperature in NE Ohio, just like you described. The one thing I've noticed is the camera tries real hard to show the ring of fire but you don't get that white wispy fingerlings of plasma in the image that is so prevalent when viewing with the naked eye at totality. Overall I'm glad I saw it; I would certainly travel a reasonable distance like yourself to see it again.

@ifly-fsx

Ай бұрын

That's not the ring of fire. That's the corona. The ring of fire is what you see in an annular eclipse, when the moon doesn't fully cover the sun.

@llamawalrushybrid

Ай бұрын

I hope you don't literally mean the naked eye..

@ifly-fsx

Ай бұрын

@@llamawalrushybrid Because...?

We live in Richmond, IN and viewed total eclipse for nearly 4 mins. from Earlham College back campus where a team of scientists from U of Wisconsin and Valparaiso sent up weather balloons just before and just after totality - they let out a collective cheer when their equipment registered the anticipated temperature inversion (warmer temps higher up than closer to ground). It was an awesome day -- so lucky on the weather clearing up perfectly. We had gone to a small state park in KY in 2017 to see that eclipse in totality -- the birds going quiet felt more pronounced there, and we could see more stars, but here we heard the spring peepers in a nearby pond that usually come out at dusk, and we could see Venus and Jupiter.

Watched in Aylmer, Ontario, Canada...1minute and 58 seconds of totality, what an amazing once in a lifetime event with my 6 year old grandson...

We watched it from Evansville, IN. Truly amazing. During totality the sky didn't quite turn black, but rather a very dark midnight blue. Everything felt eerie or spooky, and the entire horizon looked like when they turn the lights down inside a planetarium. I'm incredibly pleased that you had the opportunity to experience this with us. I imagine that such things are much more uncommon in the UK simply because the land area is so much smaller.

@justanotherjessica

Ай бұрын

I also watched from Evansville and definitely agree that the sky didn't get that dark. It felt like twilight. It was dark enough for the street lights to come on but not enough to see the stars. I think Venus was visible though.

@rogink

Ай бұрын

We had a total eclipse in 1999. It was a bit overcast - well, it was summer! - but the light and temperature notably dropped. What struck me most was the quiet. Birds suddenly went silent - it was quite eerie.

As a resident of Indiana, I think this is the most exciting thing that’s ever happened in Indiana ever. Except for maybe the Indy 500.

I live only 1hr south of Indianapolis in Brown County and was able to see it from my backyard. Even out in the country I could hear people at houses nearby cheering and clapping and children excitedly screaming because of the way the sound carries over the hills. It was gorgeous. I never expected to become so excited. The part that amazed me the most was the 360degree sunset it creates, and I found myself suddenly running out into the field by my house to take in that view better. My 90 year old grandmother who I am a caregiver for was just inside holding my dog watching the news coverage of it and I quickly ran inside and told her to look out the window and she was amazed. She said "How about that?" I became a little emotional being able to share the whole experience standing next to my dad and sharing it with my grandma. All that in just 4 minutes. It was powerful, far more than I ever thought it would be.

I was in rural, Southeastern Indiana, and it definitely got cold! It went from so hot I was lamenting wearing long pants to sweatshirt weather. I didn’t have a camera filter, so I used a pair of spare glasses to get pictures of the partial eclipse with my point and shoot. I actually got some good pictures of totality, too, including a diamond ring. That little red dot you can see at the bottom of the eclipse is a solar prominence. There were a bunch of them captured by cameras but only one easily visible with the naked eye. As usual, my cell phone had no idea how to photograph an eclipse and took junk photos.

Texas. Total darkness. Crickets went wild

I too forgot to pack my solar filter. I live in west Texas, so I planned to visit my sister near Austin. When I was showing off my new camera equipment, I realized I didn’t have filter. Luckily, this was on Saturday and my brother in law is the king of Amazon. He found a semi-disposable filter that could be delivered on Sunday.

@Falcon-eh8tq

Ай бұрын

how tf is something semi disposable man?

@robertlong3561

Ай бұрын

@@Falcon-eh8tq it’s made from cardboard and Mylar. Not like a normal filter that threads on to the lens.

@garyb6219

Ай бұрын

If you had solar glasses you could have held those in front of your phone, we did here and got some nice pics.

@noone1929

Ай бұрын

That's funny because my cousin lives in Austin but left for Schaffer Bend to watch the eclipse

@Deborah-so8mv

Ай бұрын

I live in East Tx and it got slightly dim. We’ve had thunderstorms with darker skies.

I also drove down from Chicagoland to Indy to see the eclipse. Great choice!! Weather cooperated nicely.

Us Hoosiers love you Lawrence English humor and all.

I'm in Dallas and on April 8th, I watched the entire eclipse, and it was awesome. If I'm still around in 2044, I'll watch again.

@elgatofelix8917

Ай бұрын

Apparently though, Laurence watched in March 😅😅😅

@KF-tk5wb

Ай бұрын

I live in a small town south of Dallas. The Event was awesome! Imagine, 4 minutes of totality. Even got to see Venus and Jupiter mid-afternoon. Crazy.

@integerdivision

Ай бұрын

The one in 2044 will pretty much just be in Montana. 2045 will have one like 2017 and this week’s going coast to coast

@DonP_is_lostagain

Ай бұрын

@@KF-tk5wb It's funny you mention that. At totality, I was able to see either Venus or Mars, but not sure which one since we had broken clouds, but thought it was awesome to be able to see a planet that I normally only see at night.

@DonP_is_lostagain

Ай бұрын

@@elgatofelix8917 Maybe he owns a Delorean and we don't know it. 😉😆

I live in Southern Illinois & was lucky to experience totality in both 2017 & 2024. Both times were equally amazing!

@windycityliz7711

Ай бұрын

Me, too. In my backyard - no driving no crowds. Best way to do it.

Didn't had the pleasure to see this year eclipse. But in 1999 I've seen the total solar eclipse on my birthday. My parents took me to Hungary and it was truly special. Best birthday ever.

Our house in Cincinnati was set for 99.8% totality, so we drove up to Oxford, OH to visit our kids at Butler's MAC rival Miami University. It was the perfect place to experience it.

April 8th 😊

@albert71292

Ай бұрын

I came here to point that out. Don't think Laurence would have seen much on March 8th! ;-)

@CCoburn3

Ай бұрын

OK. I can get that he said it ONCE. But several times during the video? He needs to proofread his script better.

@Str8Bidness

Ай бұрын

Didn't know the Brittish slang for "April" is "March." 😂

@elgatofelix8917

Ай бұрын

@@Str8Bidness it is if you're a "KZread Sensation" like our dear Laurie 😂

@elgatofelix8917

Ай бұрын

@@CCoburn3 either that or lay off the drugs ;)

Me and my neighbors had a great neighborhood block party; lawn chairs, snacks, beverage coolers -- and of course our eclipse glasses. We're just NW of Little Rock, Arkansas in a rural area, We had 3 minutes and 30 seconds of totality under clear skies, no clouds within miles and miles! It was awesome! The temp did plummet, the birds silenced, and the sounds of cicadas filled the trees.

@msfeistybabe

Ай бұрын

I lived in Little Rock for a year in 2015... I wanted to see the eclipse in totality but couldn't :( It was about 90% here but couldn't tell any difference in the temperature or light level at all. I did get some photos but they just look like solid white moon pics (no shadows) and having bites taken out of the white circle. So couldn't even tell it was an eclipse really.And I couldn't get any glasses so I couldn't even look at the sky! I was bummed & jealous of Little Rock as well as other places that got darkness & a ring of fire!! Lol

@Starry_Night_Sky7455

Ай бұрын

Now that is the way to see this. Rural area eclipse would be weirder surreal.

@KayKayClaudette-mh4wc

Ай бұрын

There are no words to describe a total eclipse compared to seeing it only partially. I forgot to mention we did see Beaty's Beads and the Diamond Ring. The planet Venus was also very bright. I've seen lots of partials, but this was a first for me being in the line of totality! Hopefully, someday, each of you has the chance to experience this! Nothing else like it!!

I live in DFW and we had a total shabang! Getting cooler, a bit more breezy and an every silence. I just sat out in the back and the birds were chipper and loud as usual. Some 40 min later: dark as night and dead silence. Awesome, breathtaking and I got a wee bit immotial and cried. I hope I'm still alive and of sound mind and able to travel to see the next one, which would be my 4th.❤

93% Totality in Massachusetts. I watched it with my students. I drew sketches almost every 10 minutes. I had glasses this time. In 2017, I had to rely on pinhole cards and reflections from mirrors from neighbors at the park. I had ordered glasses then for my class , but they didn't clear customs until 2 weeks after the eclipse.

In North Carolina, I used a "solar colander" to project the image onto a piece of foamboard, it worked really good.

@Anon54387

Ай бұрын

I cut a piece out of a cereal box, put some aluminum foil over the hole, poked a pin hole in the foil, cut another bit out to put my eye against, and place a piece of white paper at the bottom for the image to project on. It worked well.

@Arkelk2010

Ай бұрын

I have done that too. Very safe and still interesting.

@monkeyboy4746

Ай бұрын

@@Anon54387 There is a picture online of a guy showing a child that you could do it through the holes in a cracker.

@Colorado_Native

Ай бұрын

​@@Anon54387I had a similar plan. I put a piece aluninum foil over my eye and poked a hole in it. I like your plan better. Less painful and it works much better.

@GrantWaller.-hf6jn

Ай бұрын

​@@Anon54387in 2017 I saw a family did that where I was off I20

Went to Bloomington , Indiana for totality. Clear skies and a beautiful experience!

@markbajek2541

Ай бұрын

did you have a pork tenderloin sandwich?

@chrisschepper9312

Ай бұрын

@@markbajek2541the Trojan Horse.

@markbajek2541

Ай бұрын

@@chrisschepper9312 I had one last week at the Greasy Pickle in portland.

@thomaskalinowski8851

Ай бұрын

Did you get to see the Janeway Memorial?

@notnek202

Ай бұрын

@@markbajek2541they make the best pork tenderloin sandwiches at “one eyed jacks” Winamac, Indiana

I traveled from a Chicago suburb to a suburb of Indianapolis to view the total eclipse. The group I was a part of definitely felt the temperature drop. It was eerie.

I was surprised how long 3 1/2 minutes could feel. But for once time stretching out was a good thing.

I’m in partial Canada. It was right over my house. I live near Niagara Falls. Watched it from my yard.

So glad to see Arthur is with you!

I was very unprepared for how awe inspiring it felt.

Buffalo NY here. We were in the path of totality. Sunny the day before, full cloud cover until an hour after the eclipse, and then sunny yesterday. Buffalo never fails to disappoint during celestial events.

Yep, we had a total eclipse here in Mesquite, Tx. The clouds cleared enough to see it happen. It had been widely advertised that this was the place to be in North Texas to watch the event. Lots of solar watch parties here. An estimated 70,000 folks came to Mesquite from seven countries and 26 states to watch it all happen here. Great boost to our local economy.

@paulwerner3150

Ай бұрын

Cool to see that so many people from outside the U.S. came to see it. Land of the Free!!

@MtnNerd

Ай бұрын

We were just up the road in Sulphur Springs. Just glad the clouds thinned out enough in the end

I work at a library and the entire morning was spent letting people know that we ran out of glasses the previous week. I live in 93% totality and we all went out and watched with some patrons! It wa s a crazy day!

@bemusedbandersnatch2069

Ай бұрын

I tried to get my glasses at the last minute from my local library and in between me calling to confirm they still had some and me actually getting there they ran out. Luckily my viewing spot had said on their events page they would sell some and they actually did still have some by the time I got there.

@kkarllwt

Ай бұрын

After spending about 2 hours looking for the glasses I had for the last eclips, I drove to my library to get some, Nada. So I used my welding helmet, Seemed to be ok for brief views ( 92 % ) I did find a lot of stuff I hadn't touched for years

@Ron-rs2zl

Ай бұрын

​@kkarllwt I had an extra pair. A young fella parked a few feet away and I saw that he was using a welding helmet. I knew from experience that that wasn't enough(it's actually only 60%). I walked over and gave him my extra pair. I think he was in shock as he really didn't say much but I was glad to give him the glasses and he used them.

@someonenew3478

Ай бұрын

My spouse works at a library and took the day off so we could travel to totality. She got texts looking for glasses all day anyway.

@sircharlesmormont9300

Ай бұрын

I work in a library that was in the totality. We also took calls all morning from folks in need of glasses! I walked down to the park for the eclipse and watched with a bunch of folks. My town was basically having an eclipse viewing party. It was really fun! I left early to reopen the library.

Oakland hat!!! I grew up in Wisconsin, lived 15 yrs in Oakland, now in Seattle, go Lawrence you f'ing FIB!!!! Love you!

My wife and I viewed the totality from our pool deck in Fort Worth, Texas. It was phenomenal.

Can hardly believe my luck that I’ve seen 2 total eclipses in clear skies in 7 years. I guess I’m done now.

@markbajek2541

Ай бұрын

2044 SD, MT. 2045 FL (6 minutes of totality)

@brianrounding4283

Ай бұрын

2026 in Spain..save up

I drove from the Provo UT metro area to Dallas Texas with some friends to watch it. We got lucky and had no issues with clouds. The eclipse was beautiful, I'll never forget it. Also, Dallas TX is a beautiful city. We stayed in Addison, which is also nice.

@MagentaOtterTravels

Ай бұрын

I live in Plano and know lots of people in Provo (including my son!)... it was crazy crowded here in the Dallas area with Eclipse watchers, but it was great to see!

I’m 65, and my whole life, after each eclipse, they say there won’t be another one for 50 years, and there’s another one in five or 10 years.

In north TX, we noticed the drop in temps, but also noticed that all the birds suddenly got quiet about fifteen minutes or so before totality. VERY eerie sensation!

I took my son to southern IL and camped for a couple days. Shawnee National Forrest is awesome to hike and camp! On the way home, we stopped in Vincennes, IN for a few hours for the eclipse. We passed Indianapolis on the way home and enjoyed a few hours of traffic jams. I had to work Tues morning. I saw the 2017 eclipse with my boys in Shawnee also!

@Anon54387

Ай бұрын

Laughs in Los Angeles. 😀

@deborahdanhauer8525

Ай бұрын

I love that forest!❤️🤗🐝

@paulwerner3150

Ай бұрын

Sounds incredible!

@brolinofvandar

Ай бұрын

I grew up in southern Illinois, I spent a big part of teens in the Shawnee. Where'd you go? My favorite for the view was always Garden of the Gods. Camped there once, but I believe that's the night a big storm hit, not a good night to judge anything. Mostly always went there just for the view. My youngest sister still lives there, in Metropolis.

@katharine5606

Ай бұрын

Great idea to go to Shawnee for the eclipse. Traveled there several years ago, loved it, and want to go back.

I live in the totality zone in Texas. We drove to the park down the road... Like 2 mins. My kids played on the playground while we waited. It worked out very nicely. About 3 mins of totality.

When you were setting up your camera, I had already gotten back home from my 1 hr drive destination to view the eclipse. If anyone has a chance to view one with a 1-2 hour drive, you should. It was incredible.

I watched the eclipse in my front yard. It was disappointing because it was overcast. We did, however, get totality. It got dark, like a moonlit night. That's when the animals went weird. Dogs, cats, wild birds, chickens, horses & 1 donkey in the neighborhood went wild, giving a concert for us. (Barks, meows, chirps, clucks, neighs & brays...) The animal chorus lasted for about 5 minutes longer than the duration of totality before the animals settled down back to their normal behavior. So, the visual of the eclipse was almost obscured by the cloud cover & very unimpressive. The animals' reactions were amusing though.

I went to a tiny town called New Minden, Illinois, after spending the night with family in the area. I had a pinhole viewer, but it wasn’t working. Luckily, I’d pulled into the parking lot of the local church (a staple in rural America) and was able to befriend a lovely family who let me have an extra pair of glasses (and food, which is important considering I’d had none all day). I definitely felt a chill, but I thought it was just the breeze picking up! One thing that flabbergasted me was that it looked like dusk all the way across the horizon. I got some pretty wild pictures at totality.

@sunincognito2

Ай бұрын

360° sunset! My favorite thing about eclipses!!

I live in a part of Texas where we got the entire eclipse. I stayed inside my home, and it got so dark I had to turn on my electric lights.

@jazzbeaux6154

Ай бұрын

Why did you stay inside? Just curious. 😊

@elonmusk684

Ай бұрын

Same bro I live like 20 minutes from Indianapolis.

@Dularr

Ай бұрын

My daughters solar powered lights came on.

@annaryan4803

Ай бұрын

@@jazzbeaux6154 I was working on a project that is important to me. I have seen the solar eclipse before, and it wasn't worth the effort to see it again. However, I love to watch lunar eclipses.

@annaryan4803

Ай бұрын

@@Dularr The outdoor security lights turned on, down here.

Im an Indy native who moved away a decade ago and returned to see the eclipse with the family ... it was legit!! Great video !

3:33 - Lawrence speaking to "Future Lawrence" in the car and wifey being confused was hilarious! (You'd think she was used to it by now). 😉

Saw totality in Jackman, Maine. A small town of just under 800 people. Local officials estimate about 10,000 people showed up for the event. Amazing experience.

I live in Austin and got the opportunity to see the Totality. It was incredible. Absolutely incredible.

@jebsmith323

Ай бұрын

Dumb question, but did it get dark like nighttime? I couldn't tell from his video.

@coocoodog1232

Ай бұрын

@@jebsmith323 I'm don't live in austin but I was there for the eclipse. the light level outside was very similar to twilight. Imagine just a few minutes before the sun sets for the night. Not quite totally night dark, but seemingly moments away.

@chitlitlah

Ай бұрын

Dallas here. The sky was 90% cloudy and a thick cloud blocked the sun just as it went into total eclipse, but it opened up seconds later and let us see most of it.

@chitlitlah

Ай бұрын

@@jebsmith323 It got pretty dark but not like nighttime. It looked like how it looks about 30 minutes after sunset. There was enough light to walk around the yard without a flashlight and not bump into a tree, but you'd definitely want to turn on your headlights if driving a car.

@KevinTumlinson

Ай бұрын

@@jebsmith323 It got very dark, maybe similar to a night with a half moon. Though that doesn't really cut it. But it was dark enough that all the street lights came on. It was eerie and beautiful.

The skies unexpectedly parted and we got a perfect view here near Cleveland. Absolutely surreal to experience.

This eclipse was much more impressive than the last. I was just south of Indianapolis. Very noticeable drop in temperature.

When you're so excited to see an astronomical event that you forget what month it is...

@claregale9011

Ай бұрын

We had one in britain in 1999 . It was very eerie.

My daughter and son-in-law work for Indiana University, and had an eclipse party for friends and students. They had so much fun! I saw the one in 2017 when my late husband and I drove up to Oregon to see that eclipse. This year, I was visiting my son and his family, we had a partial eclipse. It was still wonderful to experience.

My students were disappointed by the cloud cover. We went back inside and played space trivia.

I watched in Tyler, Texas (100 miles east of Dallas). It was as beautiful and impressive as I hoped it would be.

I'm from Elkhart Indiana, and enjoyed the eclipse in Springfield Ohio, the home of our daughter...The eclipse is definitely a once in a lifetime event!!

Ooooooh Laurence, I've been waiting for this video! Here in GA we got 80% totality.

Love the pup in the back who is obviously wondering "What the heck is going on?!" We had 88% here in Virginia.

i was in downtown indy working, took my lunch 15 minutes before totality and it got CHILLY!!! i was a block away from the circle!

I also saw it in Indianapolis. Stayed at the Block building in the penthouse. Watched it from the roof. Just climbed out the window and a few family and friends.💯

I journeyed 3 days from my home in California to Texas to see the eclipse. It was magical. So worth the long trip.

Had a very good totality in these parts (near Dallas). Temp dropped, world turned dark surrounded by a 360 degree "dawn" and all the solar lights in the yard (garden for Laurence) switched on. Not having to travel for it was nice.

I traveled to Searcy Arkansas with my daughter at Harding University. It was amazing! All the greens were so vivid, and it cooled so quickly.

I had the forethought to move to south central Illinois just for this eclipse, 5 years ago. Well, not really, it just worked out that way. We had totality for about 4 minutes and 7 seconds, a month later on April 8th. Weird that.

@Starry_Night_Sky7455

Ай бұрын

😅 planned this out you did.

It was my third "total" eclipse (one was a "ring of fire last year in San Antonio.) A few years ago, my son and I drove for miles and miles from Dallas to the middle of Kansas, then did our best to watch the weather and got to the best we could do. High cloud cover, but it was a total eclipse, and even through the cloud cover it was awesome. For this one, it passed literally right over me, and many of my neighbors ended up in a party on the cul-de-sac. The partly cloudy day cooperated completely with no clouds overhead at totality. The most awesome eclipse of the three I have witnessed. I've seen two others that were partials, one as a teen, one as a mid-twenties youngster.

Loved the outfits. Especially her earrings 😊. I should’ve dressed in themed too. Nice little touch ❤. Thanks for the video. My family and I experienced this beautiful moment in East Texas; also in the path of totality.

I live in Dallas, so I got a great show. It was overcast in the morning, then partly cloudy, and about ten minutes before totality, the skies cleared. Mother Nature was kind to us.