Wow what an interesting past few days its been. I got to see the eclipse! Unfortunately I didn’t get to experience its full grandeur. My spot in Nebraska had persistent cloud issues and the very moment of totality a swath of low level clouds moved over the sun. Yes nearly the exact moment. Unbelievable. I saw the hole in the sky for just a few seconds. There was never a chance I’d see the sun’s corona in its full glory.
I have very mixed emotions as I write this tonight.
Happy experienced the approach of totality, the sun and moon slowly converging. The sudden darkness that fell as totality started and the surreal twilight like horizon all around me. The perceived shortness of the event (what! two and a half minutes can’t have just passed!).
Yet I’m also a bit sad I didn’t get to experience the complete spectacle, the sight of an eclipsed sun in a clear dark sky. I didn’t get to see the corona in its full glory nor any planets appear.
It will take me awhile to get over this. Seven years until the next American eclipse.
