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[Astro Sky]

Mount Pleasant, Texas area excellent views 

[JimV]

Houlton, ME perfectly clear.

Fine corona strands visible.

[rowdy388]

Success in the middle of the Adirondack Pack in Newcomb, NY. Same high, thin clouds that were so widespread elsewhere

made the corona nearly impossible to see. Venus and Jupiter popped into view early, during the Diamond Ring phase. I didn't

notice any stars or the comet.

 

In my excitement, I forgot to use sunscreen and got a good case of sunburn on my head and face. I'm just recovering now 

from the worst effects from the day in the sun.

 

Yes, the prominences were a highly visible treat!

 

Our little astronomy group had six members there, and we did a lot of outreach with our telescopes.  

[jrussell]

Dierks Lake in Arkansas it was a beautiful morning, then around 9 heavy low clouds moved in. By noon the sun was playing peekaboo, and by about 1 it was only sparse, high thin clouds. They got pretty dense after totality, but not enough to really block out the sun so it was a rousing success. One of the most amazing things I've ever seen.

[AstroSSM]

Just south of Dansville, Arkansas - had a few wispy clouds, but were wonderfully parted away from totality as it rolled in 

[rowdy388]

Granby, QC - Thin skies but spectacular success. After the 2017 bust in Kansas, this was so worth it. 

In 2017, I was a few miles north of Kansas City. Spotty, heavy clouds started rolling in just before the eclipse. We did

get a few clear views of totality, but just a few minutes after totality ended, a monsoon hit us, drenching us before we

could pack our gear properly.....everything just got thrown in the car in a soaking wet pile. Record flooding in the Kansas

City area! 

[Bubbagumps]

NE Ohio cleared up at the last minute to provide fairly decent viewing. I would rate sky clarity at 7 out of 10. There was still a thin and diffuse high cloud cover that created some haze but overall it could have been a lot worse given it was overcast and raining a few hours earlier. I took some photos but couldn't get really sharp images due to the haze. 

 

Edited by Bubbagumps, 10 April 2024 - 10:49 AM.

[RNSpeed]

Brady Texas spectacular views!!   My original plan was to go to Ingram but that morning while getting there the weather was foggy with light rain. So, we decided to continue driving looking to an area west of the centerline and arrived at a Walmart area in Brady.  That was the spot. 

 

Although we only got 2min 5 secs of totality it was definitely worth all the extra driving. It was an amazing spectacle that I enjoyed with my wife and kids as well as all the people that were there.

 

Regards

 

Ray

[gordtulloch]

Mazatlan was increasing high clouds throughout the morning but they were tenuous enough that on our perch on the roof of our 20 floor building we got a very fine display and could hear people on the beaches reacting. The trip has been amazing (second time in Maz after scouting it last year so no surprises) and totality was life changing. People are talking about Iceland rather than N Spain around here tho

[Matt Lindsey]

Ohio (Mansfield) came through!  Light cirrus cloud coverage, but didn't impact the views much at all.  

[NK351c]

East Burke, Vermont. Attended the Maple Solar Eclipse event I found a few day prior on FB. High thin clouds off in the distance that were creeping towards us but stayed far enough away during totality = Success!

 

They also had a syrup cooking demo and samples which helped pass time. All locally sourced trees. Check out their online store, if you like real Maple syrup. Good stuff.

[HawkerVT]

Illinois - along Rend Lake just north of Carbondale, IL had great weather and was a success.  There were high level clouds scattered about (many of them seemed like airplane con-trail remnants), but the few clouds never altered viewing from C1 to C4.  The wispy clouds helped enhance some of my wide angle pictures.  I drove from North Carolina to southern Illinois, and am very happy with my decision.

[paulh83]

Vincennes, Indiana. Great conditions with a few high clouds in the sky, but nothing near the sun during totality. My third total solar eclipse (2017, 1991) and first for my wife and 9 year old son. Fantastic prominence! We watched from the edge of town on a small hill with an unobstructed view towards the SW. We were treated with a wonderful view of the approaching shadow on the horizon.   

 

We flew from Los Angeles to Dallas on Thursday. After sweating the weather forecast in Dallas for two days, we decided to fly to St. Louis on Saturday. We drove from St. Louis to Vincennes on Monday morning. Light traffic the entire way. There was some traffic on the return trip, but nothing compared to Madras 2017.  

 

Glad to hear Dallas still had good views!

[groverro]

In 2017, I was a few miles north of Kansas City. Spotty, heavy clouds started rolling in just before the eclipse. We did

get a few clear views of totality, but just a few minutes after totality ended, a monsoon hit us, drenching us before we

could pack our gear properly.....everything just got thrown in the car in a soaking wet pile. Record flooding in the Kansas

City area! 

I actually got stuck in that storm. My flight was also cancelled so I was basically stuck at the airport until the next day. 

[bendertj]

Kentucky

Despite good behavior lately I didn't think Kentucky was ultimately invited to totality. Was there a sliver in the western part of the Commonwealth?

Edited by bendertj, 10 April 2024 - 01:56 PM.

[stomias]

Cape Girardeau MO.......Outstanding!!!

[sah0620]

Had a great watch party at Leo French City Park in Fairfield, IL.  A few very light high clouds that didn't affect viewing at all.  Watched by a fountain in big goose pond, the geese were squaking like crazy up until about 15 minutes before totality, they quieted down and went to the edge of the pond and sat there quietly until the end of the eclipse, haha.  Someone was shooting off fireworks in the distance for maybe 30 seconds (no light, just sound) which made for a great affect to the celebration. 

 

Had no issues with traffic afterwards, watched the rest of the eclipse (most ran out as soon as totality was over), got some Dairy Queen, then headed out of town straight north, got just north of St Louis and then took I-70 from Effingham back down to the St Louis area where we were staying since that didn't come from another area of totality, breezed right on through back to the west suburbs.  

[bonjorno]

Russellville, Arkansas.  There were a few high clouds which didn't detract from the event.

I stayed at a hotel in Sallisaw, OK which is right off a major divided highway (Hwy 40). Figured it wouldn't get too congested after the eclipse, but it did in a few places anyway. Not that bad tho.

[Sebastian_Sajaroff]

I was near Hamilton, ON and it was NOT cloudy. We had clouds up until about 14:40 (30%) and then it was totally clear / mixed high cloud until totality passed, and then 100% clear.

Here is a link to a time-lapse video from a few kilometres away from where I was. It perfectly illustrates the conditions near Hamilton. We had relatives in Niagara Falls (70 km away) and I don't think they saw much of anything.

Thanks for the correction

[Nankins]

Vincennes, Indiana.  Great success other than a cloud obscuring 12P Pons-Brooks!

[buckyball]

Nobelsville, just north of Indianapolis, IN.

West Virginia to Louisville, KY to gather Daughter's family and descend on nephew's home. Perfect temperature, humidity, light cirrus clouds. Neighbors brought 3 more children. Two push-to Newtonians for visual, 102 ES triplet with DSLR; best view was 10x42 during totality. The pink color of the multiple prominences are etched in my brain...Astronomy is so much fun.  John

[Rich_W]

Another report from Erie PA. We were right on the bayfront on Erie and it went right down to the wire. After a cloudy morning with occasional showers we felt the last sprinkle of rain about 30 min before the eclipse began. Just at 2 the sun broke through, to cheers all around and I finally felt confident I could set up my scope. We viewed the partial through thin clouds but the view was good and the occasional clouds drifting across the field had an interesting "smoke and flame" effect.  Totality was awesome though through slight haze...a few minutes after it ended, clouds thickened somewhat and the view was in and out after that. In summary though, to see this with my wife and son after so many months of planning and hoping ...100% success. 

[John M.]

Derby, VT. We had high cirrus during totality, but the spectacle was a complete success!  Prominences were easily naked-visible, with beautiful corona.

 

The return trip to the Boston area was painful. 10 hours to go about 200 miles. Finally got back at 2am.  Totally worth it!  

[SteveH71]

Edinboro, PA. Similar to the Erie report above. Clouds until 2pm with the sun finally breaking through. Thick clouds in and out until around 3 pm with only some high hazy clouds remaining through Totality. 100% success. Totality was beautiful.

[StanH]

Broken Bow, Oklahoma.  Mid or high clouds streamed through from the south during all of totality, but never came close to completely blocking out the sun.  It was awesome!  One of the prominences really stood out as a bright, red spot near the southern limb.  I had seen it with the 60mm Coronado SolarMax II H-alpha prior to totality, but never would have suspected it would be visible unaided during totality.  During totality, I did not look through the telescope as I didn't want to take my eyes off of the event and lose precious time reaquiring the image in the telescope.  We did have off and on again thick clouds during the first partial phase and it was not looking promising even just a few minutes prior to totality.  I did not take pictures during totality, but did have a camera take video during.  Other than at the start when the autofocus couldn't get it right for nearly a minute, the rest of the time it turned out really well.