That's what the eclipse is in Boca Raton. Just as it was starting to really happen, it shyly hid behind a thick cloud, and has yet to emerge.

[Thursday morning update]

It wasn't a total bust. We got some breaks in the clouds during totality. Our biggest problem was staying up late enough. We gave it up about 11:30, while it was still fully in the umbra. It was a beautiful for a while, though.

Bummer. It's putting on quite a show here in Orlando. Even the wife and kid are impressed, and that ain't easy.

Quite a show... Crystal clear skies here in the Pacific Northwet. (Happily the TV is next to the east facing sliding glass door that leads to the patio from when I could observe the eclipse. Didn't want to miss history!)

Quite a show... Crystal clear skies here in the Pacific Northwet. (Happily the TV is next to the east facing sliding glass door that leads to the patio from when I could observe the eclipse. Didn't want to miss history!)

Here in Dallas it started to rain right around 5:30 p.m. and thought there was no hope. At about 8:47 p.m. I got looked outside and, BOOM! There she was, Mother Moon, just starting to dip into the Earth's umbra. I turned around grabbed my dob and threw a 32mm Plossl in and just started to sit down and watch it when the clouds came by and got in the way. I thought all was lost, but, when I stood on my tippy toes and peaked over the top of my house I could see a break in the clouds in the distance coming my way. The clouds broke out and I swear not 2 minute later the Moon entered opposition. I was ready too, I threw in my 9mm Plossl just in the nick of time to catch the last rays of direct sunlight dance across Grimaldi crater. Then, for the next several minutes I could see the intensity of lighting change up and down dramatically on the western fringe of the orb. But alas, the clouds moved back in again and never broke up so I gave up after another 30 minutes of waiting. I really wanted to see the entire transit but still I got to see the most exciting part and it was Awesome!!

I went outside around 9:30 and saw a little more than half the disk covered. By totality, the clouds (DC area) had moved in, blocking everything.

Guess I'll just have to settle for winning the Series. :)

I saw the eclipse this summer. The moon changed colors during totality then. It was pretty cool--wish the weather had cooperated.

Unfortunately, it wasn't so great here either. There was a lot of haze, so I could see the moon being eclipsed, but not much during totality. But, I've seen a number of these, so it didn't hurt too bad.

Unfortunately, it wasn't so great here either. There was a lot of haze, so I could see the moon being eclipsed, but not much during totality. But, I've seen a number of these, so it didn't hurt too bad.

Odd, I don't even know how I double posted that time. Those always annoy me.

The Eclipse Party here in Dallas was great, if a little damp. It was the lead story on the local CBS news, and yours truly, representing NSS and ISU, got a little blurb in about going back to the Moon for industry and commerce. It turned out to be a great outreach opportunity, now if we can just get some of those folks to join up...

quote from Ken Murphy: "The Eclipse Party here in Dallas was great, if a little damp. It was the lead story on the local CBS news, and yours truly, representing NSS and ISU,"

Hey, I saw that on the news that night. Good Job, Ken.