by Christian G. » Tue Apr 09, 2024 1:13 pm
I came, I saw, and the eclipse conquered! That was my first ever total eclipse, and all I can say for now is however much you prepare and read to be ready, you're unprepared! Every aspect of the experience is something your brain has never processed before! And you only have a minute or so to take it all in, - the colour of the strange and sudden twilight is unlike any other twilight or dusk, seeing the corona with your own eyes, seeing an intense pink reddish arc below it (I really did not expect to see a touch of pink so well - and the Sun I am used to never shows any pink!) - and, oh wow, the return of the very first sunray after totality creates no ordinary diamond ring but one that shoots a laser beam straight into your eyes! Well worth taking the risk! (carefully)
And moments later, it’s all gone. GONE! Like waking up from a surreal and magical dream you wished went on and on.
I came, I saw, and the eclipse conquered! That was my first ever total eclipse, and all I can say for now is however much you prepare and read to be ready, you're unprepared! Every aspect of the experience is something your brain has never processed before! And you only have a minute or so to take it all in, - the colour of the strange and sudden twilight is unlike any other twilight or dusk, seeing the corona with your own eyes, seeing an intense pink reddish arc below it (I really did not expect to see a touch of pink so well - and the Sun I am used to never shows any pink!) - and, oh wow, the return of the very first sunray after totality creates no ordinary diamond ring but one that shoots a laser beam straight into your eyes! Well worth taking the risk! (carefully)
And moments later, it’s all gone. GONE! Like waking up from a surreal and magical dream you wished went on and on.