From Casper WY. It was amazing; I’d never seen a total eclipse before. A partial eclipse doesn’t compare at all.
Here’s about 5 minutes around totality, compressed into 5 seconds (64x real time, exactly):
If you watch the clouds, you can see the eclipse shadow come and go.
Also notable is the city traffic (in the background).
#1 by Bob on 2017 August 27 - 01:55
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I’ve come up with an analogy of a partial eclipse vs. a total eclipse. It’s like a caterpillar and a butterfly. Yeah, they’re the same animal, but if you’ve only seen a caterpillar, you really have no idea what a butterfly will look like. Similarly, even if you’ve seen a 99% partial eclipse, a total eclipse is completely different.