52 sats \ 4 replies \ @siggy47 8 Apr \ on: Stacker Saloon
Our family didn't prepare for the eclipse, but a woman at the grocery store just gave my wife two pairs of eclipse glasses earlier today.
I really avoided the hype and wasn't that interested, but I'm hooked now. I'm surprised at how impressive it is, though we're only in a partial eclipse zone.
I love how the economics of the glasses encouraged this. It never made sense to ship one, so everyone pretty much had to buy a ten-pack (or bigger). Even after my wife, my daughter, her roommate, and myself, that was six I gave out to co-workers.
And yeah, I wasn't really hooked (also in a partial zone) until I saw that first chunk being covered up, and as it got down to a sliver, I was more and more impressed.
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I was in the path where it got dark. I was a doubter, but it really did get dark. Pretty darn impressive.
Most impressive, though, was watching my kids. They were truly wide-eyed. That kind of genuine expression where you are grinning because it's cool but your also a little startled.