Where, when and how to watch the solar eclipse in Toronto
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I wonder how many dumb asses will still look at eclipse without proper protection and get permanent eye damage, there's always some
Yup. A bit of a "nothingburger".
I saw a total eclipse many years ago, and mid-afternoon it went from bright sunlight to absolute midnight dark for a couple of minutes, with no street lights on of course. That was freaky and very impressive. This wasn't even as dark as a thunderstorm type cloudy day.
SkyRider, I thank you for starting this thread and I'm grateful for the info you and all the other helpful contributors provided. Kinda warm and fuzzy to think that, over millions of years, every time this has happened, millions of people all along the path have stopped what they were about, and for one small slice of time just watched this one huge event.
Me too.
Me too.
I second that. Despite my disappointment in the lack of darkness, it was cool to see all the people come out of my office building at 2:30 to check it out, with a sense of camaradery you don't get in the building's elevators no matter how often you see them there.
I was kinda surprised at how many people tried to look directly at the sun with only regular sunglasses, or even took quick direct glances with their naked eyes, despite all the warnings over the past weeks about potential permanent eye damage.
Was watching a coverage of Trump and his family looking at the eclipse in Washington, a few times Trump looked up forgetting to put back on his glasses. It's almost a natural reflex looking up at the sun.
Baring rail or snow, the April 8, 2024 should be spectacular in both the GHS and Montreal.Future eclipses. I'll be driving down to Niagara Falls for the next one in 2024:
I'm however not going to be around for the one on May 1, 2079
Does anyone know/remember the last "total" one we had in Toronto? Can't find the answer, was it early nineties?
Maybe if they're 100 years old? (January 24, 1925?) A lot of total lunar eclipses, where the Earth's shadow goes across the moon, but I don't see another total solar eclipse since then.
http://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/in/canada/toronto
http://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/in/canada/toronto?iso=19250124
There was an "annular" solar eclipse in 1994.
http://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/in/canada/toronto?iso=19940510
Feb. 26 1979, I don't even remember it, I would have been in highschool
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_eclipse_of_February_26,_1979
That was partial in Toronto, like today's.
http://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/in/canada/toronto?iso=19790226
I shouldve known better than to listen to fuji. I tried this and sun in video looks just like a regular sun, no solar eclipse noticable
thanks - it was the 1994 that I was thinking of, I remember it actually got darker outside whereas today if I didn't know about the eclipse the change in sunlight would not have been noticeable
