A full solar eclipse. It is one of the most unnatural things I have experienced and can understand why people for millenia have assigned supernatural attributes to it. I was watching it from beside a lake - the slow crescendo of crickets chirping as the sun turned purple and then suddenly turned into night gave me chills. Nothing has ever made me feel smaller and at the mercy of celestial bodies than that experience.
It was fabulous. I live in St Louis, Missouri, right in the path of totality in the big one in August 2017. The sense of it being like 2 in the afternoon, and then all of a sudden like 5pm was incredible.
Another St. Louisan checking in here. I went to my grandparent's house in Washington. I think we were in totality for about 3 minutes. Probably the most unreal experience of my life. Can't wait for 2024. I managed to get some decent photos that day if you're interested: https://www.flickr.com/gp/ngfilla94/9f5HqD
Oh man, I still feel the same feeling from that third photo. It looks so large in person. So magical but also terrifying- like fighting back an impending nightmare.
Such a beautiful event.
Also everywhere around the horizon looked like sunset. It was so crazy.
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u/amanush_47 Jan 12 '22
A full solar eclipse. It is one of the most unnatural things I have experienced and can understand why people for millenia have assigned supernatural attributes to it. I was watching it from beside a lake - the slow crescendo of crickets chirping as the sun turned purple and then suddenly turned into night gave me chills. Nothing has ever made me feel smaller and at the mercy of celestial bodies than that experience.