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I watched it, mostly through the skylights in my kitchen.
That was probably done to keep the kids from looking at the sun during the partial phases of the eclipse and possibly doing permanent damage to their vision. It’s safe to look during totality, but in the partial phases before and after you have to take the same kind of precautions you would take to look at the uneclipsed sun. Problem is, there’s actually something interesting to see when you look at a partially eclipsed sun, so people, especially kids, are more likely to look at the sun then than they are normally.
Of course, since it’s perfectly safe to look at an uneclipsed full moon, these kind of precautions are unnecessary during a lunar eclipse.
You’re a lot more likely to have a lunar eclipse happen where you live than a solar eclipse, although about the same number of lunar and solar eclipses happen every year. Lunar eclipses are visible everywhere in the world where the moon is visible during the eclipse, so one lunar eclipse can be visible to half the planet (this one was visible throughout most of the Americas and in part of western Europe). With solar eclipses, on the other hand, the moon’s shadow only hits a narrow track (here’s a picture of eclipse tracks for solar eclipses that happened between 1981 and 2000). (Was the one that happened when you were in grade school the one that was visible from Washington and Oregon on February 26, 1979, on this map?) Only people in one of those tracks saw a total solar eclipse (or an annular solar eclipse, where there’s still a ring of sun visible around the moon). People within a few hundred miles of the tracks saw a partial eclipse, but that’s still nowhere near as many people as can see any one lunar eclipse.
Lunar eclipses are less noticeable than solar eclipses, though, now that we don’t rely on the moon for nighttime illumination. A lot of the people who could have seen last night’s lunar eclipse probably didn’t know about it and didn’t look at the moon, so didn’t notice anything. Solar eclipses are harder to miss, because it suddenly gets dark in the daytime.
It was pretty cloudy here, but I was able to see part of the eclipse. The moon had a nice reddish tinge.
Two cars full of people went by while I was standing in my driveway. No one returned my wave.
I saw it. I’ve seen quite a few lunar eclipses and partial solar eclipses, but I’ve never seen a total eclipse of the sun. 
Too overcast. I saw it peeking through the cloud cover, but never got a very good look.
Still, a couple years ago, I was in the perfect location and had perfect weather to see a truly amazing one, so I’m good. 
We had a nice view here in Omaha, althoug the weather was bitterly cold. Fortunately, I could see the moon quite well through my front window, and so I didn’t have to brave the bitter weather. I thought the moon looked more smoky grey than reddish. That’s the wonderful thing about eclipses - every one is different!
(Thank you, clouds, for not rolling in until after totality was over!)
I watched some of it here on the Eastside, because us night owl folks had gotten turfed out of our building by a fire alarm. In the mean time, I turned around and watched some of the eclipse until the hubbub died down and I could go home now that the peace’d been shattered. That was pretty neat.
I remembered it at about 11 p.m. and went out in the front yard and watched it for about a minute. It was just a red crescent so I went to bed. Saw solar eclipses in Old Orchard Beach, Me., in 1963 and in Savannah, Ga., in 1970, and a couple of others more recently. I recorded a lunar one with a videocam in 1991 in North Carolina but it was too small.
We had nice viewing for the eclipse. I was worried: at moonrise it was shrouded in clouds, but just before the eclipse, it rose into a clear sky. Here’s a couple photos.
At first I watched it out our back door, the moon glowing blood red over the Intracoastal Waterway. Later, I took the dogs (Barn Dog and Scout) out for a potty break and they ran around madly following some scent. I kept thinking of *An American Werewolf in London * - Beware of the moon, stick to the road, etc, etc…
The moon has been beautiful all week. Very bright.
Tell me about it! I was trying to get my coworkers to take a look, and they were all like, “Big whoop-de-doo” and went back to their gossiping and lunch eating. Of course, most of them are much younger than me and more interested in cars and clothes and being “cool”.
Of course. I was just being silly with the whole dragon thing 
That’s probably the one. I was living in Vancouver, WA at the time (right across the state line from Portland, OR), and that shadow path slices directly across that area. In Feb. '79 I would have been in 7th grade/junior high, but my sister would have been in 5th grade. Since I have no recollection of even seeing it get dark, I have to guess that the junior high administration was just as liberal with the black paper as the grade school was.
Gorsnak and Flutterby, thanks for the awesome pics! I neglected to take my camera to work with me, and the camera in my cell phone just wasn’t going to cut it. Plus, being stuck at work I had to deal with a bunch of bright parking lot lights
we had a nice little snowstorm here last night and I had to work late, so I forgot about it. Forgot, until they mentioned it on the radio on my 2 hr ride home that night. After hearing that I was peering out the windows as I drove home, hoping the clouds would break.
Wouldn’t you know it that they finally did when I got home. I was thrilled.
I was so excited that I rousted the whole family from bed to go look at it, at around 10PM .
They seemed enthused.
Yes, I did see the eclipse, and it was awesome! And then there were the virgin sacrifices…
No Virgins in Tampax,Florida.
Took me three and a half years of living in good ol’ 813 to be ridded of my hated and despised virginity. And this is after spending two years living in one of USF’s most notorious dorms. I honestly have no idea how I managed it.
My friend Steve and I were in Quebec City doing karaoke at the gay bar and watched the eclipse through the large glassed roof over one of the bars.
I briefly considered singing “Total Eclipse of the Heart,” but good sense prevailed.
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That was the scariest post ever.
Watched it from my apartment window. Told my room-mates who said “cool. I’ll check it out.” and then proceeded to go back to video games. I was pretty pissed. It’s like some people just can’t appreciate natural beauty.
I checked at 10 minute intervals (13 degrees in Northern KY, but completely clear). Very cool - especially when I also saw a meteor!