My Journey to see the Solar Eclipse

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Having seen the eclipse a few years back in South Carolina, I did not want to miss this one. I met up with family in Ohio. We drove west for a clear sky and it was worth it. It's such a beautiful phenomenon!

I got to view this with my parents and my son at home in our backyard. We to went star gazing after sunset my son knows where most of the constellations are but the one he wants to see is Centaurs and Crux but where we are in Southern Illinois they are not seen.

Absolutely awesome video Janine! I'd love to see more of your stuff turning up in my feed. I'll watch this video again as I chill later this evening.

You're absolutely right, a photograph cannot do justice on how magnificent the sight is. And those pretty pictures you see online have been heavily air-brushed & looks nothing like what you see with your eyes. Glad you're able to witness it!

Thanks for this inspiring video, kind mom, and both lovely girls

Really enjoy your videos. Thanks so much for sharing them with us.

Where's your husband? I'm sure he would have enjoyed a day out with his family to see the eclipse.

I can't say I would ever travel to see an eclipse, so this one was kinda important for me to catch. We were very near totality a few years back but, where I'm at in illinois, we just missed that one. We had clear skies and somehow I had no customers at work. We saw just shy of a minute of totality. Fantastic view and clear skies. It was pretty ok but, after sunset, our sky opened up to millions upon millions of stars. Much better than the eclipse.

As soon as you get a Buckee's near you, you'll learn. 😁

I watched it from near Ennis, Texas. I was less than a mile from being in the exact center of the path. It was very cloudy before the eclipse began. After the eclipse started, I would get breaks in the clouds. Just before totality, the sky cleared enough for me to enjoy the entire time of totality with perfect views. Where I was, it was total for 4 min 28 sec. The whole experience was amazing.

I live in Sweden and the two things on the top of my bucketlist is One see the southern hemisphere and two experience a total solar eclipse.
Could you do an episode on Canopus the second brightest star. Have you seen it Is it visible from Hawaii?

it was beautiful to live the moment through you

Good to know that you were able to be at a place of totality. 👍👍

It was only 1 min for me, but it was unforgettable. It was closer to 99.9% and not totality, just a slight glint of the sun piercing through in one corner. And a halo of light around the moon/sun. All the high def camera footage I seen do not replicate this aura of light, it has to be experienced in person.

“babe wake up learn the sky just posted”

this is interesting, i cant really explain what im going to say into words (im kinda bad at that), but its kinda interesting to see u talk about it stuff lol… theres more i wanna say, but still, i couldn’t find the words for it

nice journey.

We watched from a spot in Indiana. It was amazing. We had seen the previous eclipse in Kentucky. Yes, the quieting of the birds and the other animals is amazing. We also shared our eclipse glasses with some others who didn't come prepared, so it was a bit of a social event too.

I used the shadow of my 50mm H-alpha solar scope to find the Sun. When it is the smallest the Sun was in the view of a wide angle eyepiece and then adjusted my finder scope.
But I watched the eclipse through a pair of 7x50mm binoculars with solar film while I filmed the eclipse with my filtered 102mm triplet refractor at 27x, which was just under filling up the field of view. The H-alpha scope is more for observing the full Sun.
Sorry the Hestia gave up on you.

Thank your Mum. Fellow 🎉
grand parents will always do what we can!

In Ottawa we had 98%, the birds were obviously disturbed. The street came on for about 24 minutes, but I was in hope of something darker. We shared it with our granddaughter, her uncle (our son) and us!

Thank you for your video

Great video. Fam and I did very similar thing to you, but was longer drive from AZ to TX. Had some clouds too, but right at totality it cleared up pretty well to see corona. Saw Venus, but Mercury was lost in the brightness of the corona, was surprised by that. There were 10 of us who traveled together in 4 generations. Talk about a bucket list event, wow! So glad there were so many geeking out simultaneously, that too was a special in itself.

nNce, thanks for sharing. Nothing of the eclipse was visible here in the SF Bay Area.

Hi Janine,
On the 4th of April I flew from London Uk to my cousin 's home in San Antonio Texas to image and view the Total solar eclipse, sadly on eclipse day it cloudy over on the day, but did video the eclipse and watched the birds flying back into the trees.
I was glad I get to spend this time with my family and friends .
I enjoy watching your videos,
Thanks for your video of the eclipse

Thank you so much for sharing this....❤

That was awesome Janine, so glad you guys got to see it! We drove up to Maine from northern MA, though we didn't make it all the way, we saw about 90% of the eclipse which was still extremely cool!👍👍

Thanks for sharing. I’ve seen only one total eclipse a very long time ago fascinating but I was too young to really appreciate its beauty.
Wonderful that the night sky treated you so generously!! I live in NY on Long Island; the night sky can be very “murky “!
We had gorgeous blue skies for the eclipse & eventhough it wasn’t total, it was majestic. Beautiful shadows, cooling breeze, darkening surroundings, quiet birds. Wonder in the sky AND on the Earth!!!!

Every since ALCON 2022 in Albuquerque, NM, I have been very excited about the 2024 total eclipse. Along with our local org, Fort Worth Astronomical Society, we have been planning and marketing this eclipse. Some of the members built sun funnels which were an enormous hit with the crowds. One of the Total Eclipse team leaders indicated in late March that we had distributed 20,000+ eclipse glasses during star parties and meetings. Living on one of the longest eclipse paths in the country, from Eagle Pass to Clarksville, pre-event hype had the state taking in 15M to 30M addition people during the eclipse. Sadly, the forecast became bleaker and bleaker as the date approached, and caused us to move from the Fort Worth area to Temple, Tx, where my sister and her family live. Still, April 8 was very cloudy, with only occasional breaks. There were 12 people in our party and expectations were gloomy. As it turned out, our 3M 40S totality was cut to 1M 10S; thankfully, toward the end, we saw the Diamond Ring, along with Venus to the right/west. I had brought a sun funnel, an almost new DwarfLab II, and my Canon with a solar filter. It's great you were able to share the event with your family. In 2017, my wife and I were in Scottsbluff, NE, where the skies were clear, but the totality was only 1M 8S. Carry on through school!

I went down to Ohio with my brother to experience the totality! We went to the Toledo Zoo and there were a lot of people that came from Michigan. When the totality came, I was just blown away and it almost got me to tears. It was worth the traffic and the long drive. Truly an experience I'll never forget!🌑

You did very well, thank you for sharing your experience. Much love from Dursley in Gloucester UK ❤

Reside along N.Y., Pa. border. Around mid state line. Cloud cover so thick you could not see the Sun. Closed my eyes and let the sounds of nature encompass me. Dusk to daylight in a matter of minutes. It was not a total bust. I enjoy your content very much.

I drove from Toronto, ON, Canada to Mansfield(Dallas), TX, USA with two telescopes. My spouse flew in to join me after I arrived in Texas and on the day of the eclipse we set up in a park in Mansfield. By the time totality arrived we'd gathered a group of about 30 people who came to the park to view the eclipse. Being able to see and more importantly, share, views of totality with magnified views of the corona and solar prominences via the telescopes was amazing. I still get chills remembering.

We few photos of the growing eclipse and totality through electing to stay in the moment. I'm looking forward to my next opportunity to chase and observe a total solar eclipse.

I was in Columbus IN. We had fairly clear skies and over 4 minutes of totality. It was the most awesome thing I’ve ever experienced in my life.

I saw an eclipse in 2000 here in the UK, and it was one of those amazing moments you never forget.. I'm so glad you got to see yours..
Love the channel by the way..

Nice.

Thank you nice video ! I find it amazing how the distance the Sun is away and the Moon how they can align up so beautifuly

Great Ms jennin ,

Thank you so much for sharing your experience. I saw the solar eclipse in my PC because I live in Chile. How ever, when the Moon blocked the Sun in Mazatlán, Mexico, I cried. It was like being there and enjoying the view in person. I was touched and moved❤

Great content glad you had a good time!