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This gives me chills. For real. I’m so glad you went and got a clear view. I remember how afraid I was to remove my glasses during totality in 2017, even though I was told this is the only time you can stare with your uncovered eyes. What a moment! And you got to see those arcs of plasma, too!

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Thank YOU for convincing me to go!

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I'm so glad that you made the trip. Great piece.

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Thanks, MKS. It was a reminder too to make the effort to do the things, to see the placed you're curious about. No regrets.

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Glad you went and wrote about it!

Thanks. I watched from the corner of 81st St. and East End Ave.

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Great post!

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So... I didn't ask Jane. I asked my wife if she would drive 5 hours from DC to Ohio to see the "total" eclipse. Ron... and Jane are right. What an experience. It ended up being 10 hours of driving for 10 minutes of an amazing experience. Do it if you can. Just don't trip on the gas pump hose and fracture your elbow! Nice job Ron!!

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Hey David! Thanks, man. What a sight! I had a pretty rough ride home -- apocalyptic traffic -- but Jane had warned me about that too so it wasn't entirely a surprise.

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I admire your fortitude to take the long drive at the last minute! Wish I did the same! Very nice piece!

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THANK YOU! One of ,my life lessons is that it's almost always easier to not do something than to do it. Inertia. But usually it's better to act.

I'm glad I made the last minute decision to go.

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Apr 10·edited Apr 10

What Eli said . . . and one very minor critique: I was somewhat alarmed to read: “Peering into the sky, now without the protective lens, I stared in awe . . . .” REALLY hoping you meant “*not* without the protective lens.”

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It was okay to watch the eclipse without protective lens when it was in the 2-plus minutes of totality. I quadruple checked that. And timed it.

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Ahhh! I should have known that.

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Beautiful Ron, thanks for sharing the experience, I felt I was there!

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Thanks E! Where did you watch if you watched?

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Just outside our Jazz Power Initiative office on Broadway and 213th, it was an event with lots of folks with glasses staring up at Mother Nature. A bonding with neighbors for sure, but nothing like what you described upstate. Sounds like it was well worth the trip!

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