Actually, I’m in Miami for the past few days. I’ve really missed this town. It’s been great visiting my college roommate and her husband. I forget how much I adore her until I see her again and then I remember what an amazing human being she is. Times like this, I wish I still lived in the area so I could hang out with her more often. The fact that I’m currently sitting looking at the waves rolling onto a gorgeous golden beach doesn’t hurt either (I’m in the shade, fully SPF’ed up by the way).
Today was the eclipse, visible in most of the United States – either full totality or partial. I was having a late lunch at a restaurant here in Miami Beach when someone walked by my table and mentioned that a guy from the science museum was outside with his eclipse glasses. I couldn’t pass up the opportunity so I made a beeline outside. The very friendly guy was passing around his set of eclipse glasses to a small group gathered on the sidewalk. When it was my turn, I put on the glasses and looked skyward.
I have to say that it was really amazing to see the partial eclipse. The moon was blocking the right upper side of the sun and it was completely surreal to see that. Without the glasses and looking around, you would never really notice that the eclipse was happening. It was as if there was a cloud partially blocking the sun – no surreal darkness or anything like that. I don’t even think the temperatures dropped. But you could totally see something happening up there with the glasses on. A little while later, the guy came through the restaurant for the last chance to see it. I went back out and this time, the moon was completely blocking the upper half of the sun. It looked like a Cheshire Cat grin.
It was really cool to see it, even if it wasn’t the total eclipse that some of the other parts of the country got to see. Science is awesome…