It wasn't just luck, the eclipse itself has a tendency to clear out clouds:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamiecartereurope/2024/04/08/clouds-may-vanish-during-april-8s-total-solar-eclipse-say-scientists/?sh=5b9771f82ada

Was similar here in Austin - sky has been hazy/cloudy most of the day including the partial eclipse - and then conveniently cleared up for a few minutes exactly around the time of the totality

Beautiful. I bet this will be in contention for the best picture award for this community at the end of this year.

This reminded me of Heroes.

Got this one in Austin. Took it with my phone so it's not that great, but still a super cool moment.

Flew from Utah to Dallas. It was so worth it. I was almost shaking at one point. Colors were so weird around us, birds stopped chirping for a bit. People were cheering.

Our Airbnb and rental cancelled last minute, so we ended up having to scramble at the last minute. And the whole cloud situation...but everything worked out in the end.

My first partial solar eclipse was when my dad took me to elementary school to get enrolled for kindergarten in '94. The front desk person handed us a sheet of solar filter (?) and went out to look at the sun. One of my earliest core memories.

I missed the one in 2017 because I was being lazy and it was only 2 hours away. But I didn't plan and my wife was working.

HEROES

I was so elated. We were viewing from Dallas (Perot) and the day started very overcast, and there were even some clouds in front of the sun 5 minutes before totality, but we had a clear view of the main event (and Jupiter and Venus during the day)

Thank you for a sweet Pic of today's eclipse. I'd like to share it with my other friends not along the path of totality. I will credit you.

As long as there were no strange singing plants this eclipse I think we're all good right?

It was gorgeous in Fredericksburg, poking through tunnels of clouds throughout the eclipse.

A what?

Saw it in Lake Placid, New York and it was incredible. Clouds were just wispy and it broke right through. The bands of shadow really confused my eyes but it was so cool. Great picture!

What camera did you use to take the picture?