▲ 647 ▼ A Diamond-perfect Moment (lemmy.world) submitted 2 years ago by doubletwist@lemmy.world to c/pics@lemmy.world 24 comments fedilink hide all child comments We got lucky and the clouds parted just in time in my corner of Texas.
[–] Simon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) A what? permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Ragnarok314159@sopuli.xyz 7 points 2 years ago (2 children) Some interesting things happen during the 98%-99.9% eclipse moments that really make it a “you have to be there” type situation. The cascading shadows in the ground are hauntingly beautiful, and that let bit of light right before and right after totality some people perceive as a diamond shape. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] criticon@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 years ago Me and my wife dressed in red and green since we read those colors look very weird close to totality but we got so amazed with the eclipse that we even forgot to look at each other The shadow bands liked really cool tho permalink fedilink source parent [–] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 3 points 2 years ago Also just having the evening hue all across the horizon apparently permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Ragnarok314159@sopuli.xyz 7 points 2 years ago (2 children) Some interesting things happen during the 98%-99.9% eclipse moments that really make it a “you have to be there” type situation. The cascading shadows in the ground are hauntingly beautiful, and that let bit of light right before and right after totality some people perceive as a diamond shape. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] criticon@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 years ago Me and my wife dressed in red and green since we read those colors look very weird close to totality but we got so amazed with the eclipse that we even forgot to look at each other The shadow bands liked really cool tho permalink fedilink source parent [–] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 3 points 2 years ago Also just having the evening hue all across the horizon apparently permalink fedilink source parent
[–] criticon@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 years ago Me and my wife dressed in red and green since we read those colors look very weird close to totality but we got so amazed with the eclipse that we even forgot to look at each other The shadow bands liked really cool tho permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 3 points 2 years ago Also just having the evening hue all across the horizon apparently permalink fedilink source parent
