"Sigh." But not larger EVER at max distance is the point.And the right size + shape and at the right distance! Imagine if they were on the same plane, then we'd have full eclipses multiple times a year. There's also the 'donut style' partial eclipse where the sun and the moon are in alignment (like today) but the moon is at its farthest distance from earth so it is too small to eclipse the sun (annular eclipse). When that happens the moon looks like a donut hole in the middle of the sun and you can't see the corona. Other partial eclipses are also much more common. Sigh.
Then there's Jupiter, which is rollin' in moons and has total solar eclipses on the regular
Ok nerd tangent over 😂
Solar Eclipse
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Megatron's Mom
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We had totality. It got pretty dark and we could see some stars. The kids were very excited. The chickens didn't really react, nor the dogs. Jack out lab was looking for food as the kids had snackies.
_The_Beast_
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Just in case there's a need for clarification, my sigh was wistful and full of happy nerdy wonder and enjoyment at the shared excitement and conversation that was growing, not passive aggressive or however it seems to have been interpreted here.
Loooovvvveeeee all the pics folks have been sharing! Did others encounter any weird creature behaviour from their tort or otherwise? I wasn't home, so couldn't tell if WL or our cat reacted. My guess is they were too busy napping.
My dogs went to bed earlier yesterday. My wife and i noticed that after the eclipse the birds were singing/chirping/squaking louder than usual. Other than that....
We had complete cloud cover on this one
Love the video! Love the pond set-up, and what were those tiny trees?
Pyramid something-or-others. lol
The ones that look like Christmas trees? I think those are cedar trees.
lol Found them, thank you. Pyramiding is right!
Yes, I think it's cute that they are proportioned to the tortoises height! 🤣
Just how old do you think people here are anyway, Tammy? Cat who???
Oh god now I DO feel old. Bark at he Moon? Bad Moon Rising? Harvest Moon? Hunters Moon? Fly me to the Moon? There, I think I covered most of the age ranges here. lol
That's what my animals did this time even though we had about 98% coverage. They just slept. It got somewhat dark and the temperature dropped. I didn't watch it. But I did watch CBS televise it from all over. The last one in 2017 my bunny and cat came up and sat in front of me through it. They didn't take their eyes off of me the whole time.
I love that song and Cat Stevens 🤗😘
mojo_1
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Mojo came out and had his afternoon snack, then went back to his cave.
I love hanky panky myself, lol.
The same for my son., he sent us some very nice pics...we were on our way to the airport in southern CA during the event.
Moon River. Moonlight and Roses. Paper Moon.
OK Tammy. That's far enough already.
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