I wasn't sure what to expect. So I
guess there's no way I could be disappointed, right?
Eclipse Day has come and gone, and we
actually were able to enjoy it here in Marquette. Except for a few
high hazy clouds floating here and there, we were able to see the 72%
coverage we had here in Marquette. And thankfully, everyone
practiced safe viewing--
The hazy clouds actually helped a
little with the photography of the eclipse. I was able to capture
the eclipse thanks to the sun poking through the clouds and the
reflection of the image off the darkened screen of a tablet--
That's right. I used a camera to shoot
a reflection off of a tablet. But it worked, so whatever helps,
right?
I wasn't quite sure what things would
look like at 2:15, when we had the maximum coverage of the sun by the
moon. Even so, I was still a little surprised when things really didn't seem that different. It wasn't as bright as it usually is, but it
wasn't that much more different. As I mentioned on the air, it was kind of
like a December afternoon, when the sun's weak. It's still there.
It just isn't as bright as it is on a normal August afternoon.
If there was any surprise about
yesterday, that was it.
Thankfully, around here we were able to
enjoy it. I know there were chunks of the Midwest that couldn't, so
for that we should be grateful. After all, it's not every day you
get to live through a solar eclipse, right?
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