Watch the Eclipse

   / Watch the Eclipse #71  
Here's one of the best pictures I got. IMG_9833.JPG
 
   / Watch the Eclipse #73  
Used my HF auto-darkening helmet just a few minutes ago, and it darkens to 13. We got about 99% totality here in North St. Louis City. It was flickering a bit, trying to stay on, and the flashes were enough to limit my time to just a few seconds. Pretty cool when fully dark, though.

Same problem I had, the helmet would not stay "on" when the light got a bit dimmer, and you got "flashed". oops..
 
   / Watch the Eclipse #75  
We're a couple of hundred miles north of totality, and I let a couple of my employees travel so I had to cover for them, but I got a few decent shots.
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   / Watch the Eclipse #76  
It was cloudy and muggy where I viewed. Only got a couple glimpses between cloud breaks. My friend bought the special glasses yesterday. Most stores were out several days ago @ $2.00. Yesterday the same glasses were $8.75 + tax. The cicadas and Cardinals were doing their evening songs as it became dark @ no extra charge.:laughing:.
 
   / Watch the Eclipse #77  
I'm just glad to see all these people going back home. Last night driving to town somebody was backing down the on ramp to I-80. Another Texan in a brand new Range Rover pulling a brand new Airstream drove through Laramie with his flashers on the whole time. Just lots of city slickers running around taking eclipse selfies it seems.

Still bumper to bumper traffic at 10pm on hwy 287 going about 5-10 mph headed for a 5+ hour ride to Ft Collins. I can't imagine how bad it is at every passing lane going up grades as everyone races to merge at the last second or all the people who are running out of gas, breaking down, having to stop for bathroom break in ditch, etc.... I also can't wait to see all the mess they left behind on public land.
 
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It rained most of the morning, cloudy at show time and a bright sunny day 2 hours after the show. I never did get a good look at it. I even made a viewer from a box about the size of a cereal box.
 

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