The unofficial 'official' BYC solar eclipse thread

[TwoCrows]

I'm in New Mexico, maybe 60 or 70% zone? Mostly cloudy however. I was just able to view the moon's shadow coming down over the Sun, clouds have moved back in. It's gonna get pretty dark fast!

 

[junebuggena]

50% coverage at this point. Light is just starting to fade. No observable change in chicken behavior.

 

[junebuggena]

97% has come and past.
Chickens didn't notice much of anything. Light level was about what it is like on stormy day. Did get much colder as the sun was covered. No stars, but did manage to see a satellite for a few seconds.
Those getting a partial eclipse likely won't notice much at all.

 

[TwoCrows]

The clouds broke in the nick of time. Sun looked like a fingernail moon. My chickens didn't seem effected, however it got very quiet outside, didn't seem to stop my 75+ Hummingbirds from guzzling feed.

 

[Bunnylady]

We had light clouds the whole time. Light levels were significantly reduced, but the sun never appeared to be missing more than a chunk. DS managed to get a few shots by tweaking exposure levels on his phone. Best shot I got was this one; I've never seen a contrail cast a shadow before.

 

[Toothpick]

I was in the path of totality. It was uneventful. I didn't even bother to take a peek. I had just got to work about 10 minutes before it was due and hung out inside while everyone else headed out to see it. I got reports that clouds moved in and completely blocked it anyway.

I did think it was kind of creepy seeing it get completely dark during the middle of the day.

 

[JadyBird98]

I was in the path of totality (didn't even need to leave my back porch), but there were heavy clouds, so we barely got to see anything.

 

[TwoCrows]

I was in the path of totality (didn't even need to leave my back porch), but there were heavy clouds, so we barely got to see anything.

We had clouds much of the time too.

 

[Toothpick]

It was funny...sunny skies allllllll morning. But right as the eclipse got closer the clouds moved in. The guys at work said that during the eclipse the clouds covered it. About an hour after....sunny skies again!

 

[Blarneyeggs]

We really enjoyed it! Had the grandkids here and everything.