Moon Shadow, Moon Shadow

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I’m told we reached 94% totality here, but it was never close to dark. The light did get very soft and muted. Beautiful. I looked for the crescent shadows that I saw during the last eclipse back in the 80s, but I never saw any. I guess I just didn’t have the right trees to make shadows. Lots of people near me got pics of them. The photo at top was taken by sister Ramey. 

It was fun and exciting and nice to have CNN reporting on something besides the fall of our country. But now it’s over, and the disastrous news is back to abnormal. If you had no eclipse (partial or total) at your house, better luck next time. There’ll be another one in 2024.

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On 08/21/2017, Dolores Tanner said ...

We did, we did... am 20 miles south of Madras Oregon, had 43 secs of totality, really DID get dark and even colder... was pretty weird/strange, but one of the coolest experiences I have had.. kind of makes me want to travel about the world to go too other ones, hither and yon :)

On 08/21/2017, Barbara Anne said ...

We got to about 90% and the light softened as did the shadows, but that was about it. Still, it was magical and the cats took note and were eager to be indoors.

Hugs!

On 08/22/2017, Sue, a Florida Farm Girl said ...

We had just at 2 minutes of totality and it was awesome. Crescent shadows, 360 degree sunset effect, temp drop, crisp shadows, diamond effect. Wish everybody could have had the experience.
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