The total eclipse was AWESOME! About 1 minute 15 seconds of total eclipse in my front yard. Southwest St. Louis County.
At totality it was not total darkness, but like evening before night falls. Did not see any birds moving, or hear any birds singing. Temp dropped noticeably on hot muggy day.
Very cool to observe the sun slowly being obscured for an hour or more before totality. And the light fading.
Eclipse glasses worked fine to watch the sun being obscured and then coming back after totality. During totality, couldn't see anything with glasses on, just dark. During totality, glasses off, just like a photo, a black disc in the sky with a little brightness circling the black disc.
Just before the end of totality, there was a tiny super bright point of light that grew and sparkled, at the edge where the sun was about to appear again. Might have been the "diamond" I read about somewhere.
Eclipse was something nice to see!
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