In the Path of Totality (08 APR 2024, Hive Day, 20th of Germinations, Year 232)

[crafty_packrat]

greenygal and I went to Cleveland, Ohio, to see the total eclipse; Cleveland was chosen because we both have relatives in the area. We flew out on Friday the 5th and got back today, Tuesday the 9th.



The totality was amazing. The sky turned silvery and twilit, and the sun was a black disk lined in silver and corona. It got noticeably cooler, and the entire horizon looked like the moment just before dawn when the light is not quite above the horizon. The change from totality to partial was like someone had set off a flashbulb across the entire sky.

We went to the Total Eclipse Fest on the grounds of the Great Lakes Science Center; NASA was there, doing a lot of talking about Artemis among other things. They were also handing out postcards with retro art; I collected the entire set and will see if I can get them framed together.

I took this panoramic photo because we had been at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History the day before and one of the staff gave a talk on what to expect during the totality. She specifically mentioned the entire horizon would look like a sunset, and we were in a location to take a good panorama.

Other things we did:

• Severance Music Center -- a concert consisting of Gabriella Smith's Breathing Forests, Debussy's Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun, John Adams' City Noir.


• The Cleveland Museum of Art -- including the vandalized cast of Rodin's The Thinker


• West Side Market