The Black Vault

http://news.yahoo.com/sunday-solar-ecli ... 45913.html


This will not be visible for the eastern seaboard as is occurs in the west in late afternoon. It begins right about the time we are invited to a graduation BBQ sunday afternoon, what a surprize they are going to have. Should be fun.

so cool

And it was spectacular.

It got so dark!

I imagine ancient civilizations who had a geocentric worldview would have thought the world was coming to an end.

We were at a back yard party in Los Angeles, facing the Sunset. If I didn't know it was happening, and people were not even aware of it, I honestly would not have noticed it. I knew the peak time was 6:38 pm, and we looked twards the sun blocking it, and all we could see was a big haze, however the backyard was lite up just like normal, maybe a bit less bright. I wish I would have brought one of my welding helmets to the party to actually see it with. I expected the sun to be blocking a really noticable amount of light.

I'm about 4 to 5 hundred miles north of you and it was really significant. I actually had a welder's helmet and shot some pictures through it.

My pathetic camera did not do it justice.