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We had a good view, here. The sky was great until about two minutes from the peak, at which time a large dark cloud moved in front of the sun. We had about 75 to 80 per cent* of totality at 2:44PM. The ambient light went from mid-afternoon to late evening. The birds weren't affected much -- since there weren't many birds out in the mid-afternoon heat, anyway -- but the crickets and cicadas were active for about 15 to 20 minutes.

I made a box viewer with a pinhole and you could see the crescent sun getting slimmer. I showed it to my son but he didn't seem very impressed. After weeks of warnings on TV about not looking at the sun or going blind, I suspect he was expecting something more dramatic.

Everything was back to normal by the time I arrived at the county park for my Monday walk. Temps were in the high 80's (F) and it was very humid.



EDIT: On TV tonight they described the eclipse as reaching 85% of totality.