Total Solar Eclipse of 2024, Partially Seen

 Unless you're literally living under a rock, you know there was a total solar eclipse that passed over the US (and other areas) today. Here in Wisconsin, we got about 90% coverage of the sun. It was noticeably dimmer outside for a while. I hesitate to say it was darker. It's amazing how strong just 10% of the energy from the sun really is.

The partial eclipse started here around 1:00, but it took me until just before 1:30 to figure out a good way to see it. 

Here's my monocular and tripod setup.

I used it like a pinhole viewer to cast the image on the deck.

Starting at 1:30, I took a snapshot every 5 minutes, plus a couple at max coverage at 2:08.

1:30

1:35

1:40

1:45

1:50

1:55

2:00 (The Cheshire)

2:05

2:08 (Maximum)

2:08 again more true to form

No shade needed

2:10

2:15

2:20

2:25

2:30

2:35

2:40

2:45

I stopped after 2:45 because, as you can see, due to the angles of the participants, it was getting hard to get a decent shadow.

I'll probably do this again on August 12, 2045. See you next time.