Would have liked to see totality (guess it remains on the bucket list, maybe 2024 or somewhere else sooner), but we got about sixty percent coverage here. There was a thick marine layer when we awoke, but the clouds broke up in time for us to watch the whole thing. As I saw the moon slice along the left side of the sun, it was easy to imagine it projecting the full shadow a thousand miles north. I took a picture of a natural pinhole camera with hundreds of crescents in our driveway.

Just past peak in Manhattan Beach. pic.twitter.com/OHCvj9DFh6

— Rand Simberg (@Rand_Simberg) August 21, 2017

A few of my eclipse jokes on Twitter:

If I were Trump, I'd have gone out on the Truman balcony and announced to my Red State supporters that I'll be bringing the sun back soon.

— Rand Simberg (@Rand_Simberg) August 21, 2017

Making eclipses grate again! https://t.co/APqwah83oQ

— Rand Simberg (@Rand_Simberg) August 21, 2017

There is nothing an eclipse can do that will cause it to lose its base supporters. https://t.co/qjv3hj0jEp

— Rand Simberg (@Rand_Simberg) August 21, 2017

OK, eclipse is almost over in Los Angeles. Safe to look at the sun without glasses again.

— Rand Simberg (@Rand_Simberg) August 21, 2017

Eclipse is over; it's OK to let your kids and pets stare at the sun again. #NotReally #DontDoThis

— Rand Simberg (@Rand_Simberg) August 21, 2017

OK, show's over out west. Safe to release all the coons, squirrels and other varmints you people brought into your homes for their safety.

— Rand Simberg (@Rand_Simberg) August 21, 2017