Solar eclipse

[gman47564]

Here in southern indiana were experiencing something pretty cool.. a total solar eclipse.. supposed to last a little over 4 minutes.. the moon started getting in front of the sun about a hour ago.. it's still probably 20 minutes away from totality.. the state of Indiana has pretty much shut down for this.. lol.. their expecting people from all over the world to flock here to witness this.. lol.. if I remember correctly this will be the third time seeing a total solar eclipse..not really a big deal to me but pretty cool none the less.. we got glasses and a good dark welding helmet for me to look at it..

[gman47564]

And totality

[gman47564]

3:00 in the afternoon.. dark outside..

[LeadHammer]

Pretty cool. We only had a partial up here of course, but the clouds moved in before the event happened anyway.

[autoxforfun]

Out on the West Coast we had about 40% coverage.   I did put my welding helmet on and took a look.  Could definitely see the moon covering the lower portion of the sun.

Pretty crazy how state's have declared emergency status because of this 4 minute event. 

[DHuffman]

Nice pictures Grant, I missed it here but it wasn't anywhere near total. Partly cloudy as well.