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A co-worker had a special lens on her camera and took these.... fortunate to live in the totality zone, we had a spectacular view.

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Almost totality....

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The "money shot"

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Pretty boring to watch without some sort of lens, but I watched it non-the-less.
 

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These are pics I got using binoculars backwards shining into shade! Yes, I am a redneck!!
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The sunglasses will be of absolutely no use. I don't know for sure about the welding goggles but I would say officially you need the proper ISO-certified solar glasses to reduce your risk of vision damage.
Was able to combine a #8 and #10..was perfect and comfortable to the eyes. Really regret not traveling 40 minutes south to totality path. .oh well its coming close by here in 2024..
 

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Was fortunate to have clear skies in Southern Illinois, drove a total of 18 hours to see this. Coming home was insane, every northern route through the state was a virtual parking lot.
6 hours to drive south to the site, 12 hours to drive home.

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this is what i was able to capture with my telescope. The best i could do was hold my phone up to the eyepiece...
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Drove down from Pittsburgh area and watched from White House, TN. After the eclipse decided to drive and stay in Florence, KY which is about 1/2 way home. From where we were it's normally a 3-1/2 hour drive. After the eclipse though, it took 10 hours. It was a long (in hours, not distance) sucky drive. The whole journey there and back wasn't exactly fun but for totality it was worth it. Our location at a community park and everything the local chamber of commerce did for the event was great. Can't say enough about White House, TN and their hospitality. I will be ready for 2024. I will do some things different for sure, but I'll be there.
 

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Drove down from Pittsburgh area and watched from White House, TN. After the eclipse decided to drive and stay in Florence, KY which is about 1/2 way home. From where we were it's normally a 3-1/2 hour drive. After the eclipse though, it took 10 hours. It was a long (in hours, not distance) sucky drive. The whole journey there and back wasn't exactly fun but for totality it was worth it. Our location at a community park and everything the local chamber of commerce did for the event was great. Can't say enough about White House, TN and their hospitality. I will be ready for 2024. I will do some things different for sure, but I'll be there.
Did you take the interstate back into ky? ..theres 3-4 alternate routes to get out of Tenn and thru ky..31w..31e..etc.
 

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Did you take the interstate back into ky? ..theres 3-4 alternate routes to get out of Tenn and thru ky..31w..31e..etc.
Yeah, went up I-65. Google seemed to think it was the best route so I went with it. Wouldn't really be surprised if the other routes were just as clogged. All I know is it sucked. If I were to do it again I'd take more time off of work and stick around for a couple days before driving home.
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