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Old Apr 8, 2024 | 05:02 PM
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A few pics from the eclipse, pretty awesome, I'll never see it again. I'm glad I shared it with my lovely wife.



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Was pretty cool! I left the office to share the experience with my wife as we watched it from our backyard.


2:42pm (4/8/24) in Oak Point, TX (northern suburb of Dallas).
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Was pretty cool! I left the office to share the experience with my wife as we watched it from our backyard.


2:42pm (4/8/24) in Oak Point, TX (northern suburb of Dallas).
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Our daughter lives in Emerald Sound in Oak Point, she sent a similar picture to us this afternoon. Pretty cool.
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yes, very amazing
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Same here, wife and I watched together.


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It was pretty awesome




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It was pretty awesome




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Very cool seeing it again - I remember the last one in 2017. Chances are pretty good that I won’t see the next one.
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I slapped on a 500 mm lens and took a few shots in the totality zone.

I've seen a lot of amazing natural phenomenon but this takes the cake.


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It was pretty amazing thing to see. Great picture BTW
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It was truly a sight to witness here are a few of my pics
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I got some really neat pictures too. It was quite the scene.


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I had a great experience with the total eclipse earlier this afternoon outside my work along with my clients and my wife and my daughter. Memorable moment.
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Relly cool experience, did anyone notice that it got noticeably cooler for a few minutes during the event?
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We all noted how the temperature dropped. We saw the thermometer drop 6 degrees in about 25 minutes and it also felt cooler because of the lack of sunlight. I also thought the wind increased, but that might have been an illusion with the dropping temps.
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There was a lot of traffic coming home from watching the eclipse! Sam
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Enhanced Corona, HDR eclipse shot. 10 exposures of differing lengths. The moon is real, a two second exposure blended in (showing the earth shine). Meade 130mm APO telescope and Nikon D850 camera.

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