(Almost) Total Solar Eclipse - April 8, 2024 - 95% Totality - Altoona, Pennsylvania, USA
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Published 2024-04-08
For me, this was something I'd been looking forward to for years. After the solar eclipse in 2017, which was 78% here, I was excited for this one and to watch it with family. The 2024 eclipse was one thing I was looking forward to after my mom died that was the one thing I was excited for. The weather is almost a play for play repeat of the 2017 eclipse. Clouds and sun, but after the overcast skies predicted, I was happy to see breaks in the clouds. I had planned to film it continually and make it a time lapse that way, but with the clouds passing over, that meant I had to keep moving the camera around. It unfortunately also meant with it being zoomed in so much that the camera was jostling much more than I'd intended. Hence, the "shaky cam" at times.
IMPORTANT: Whenever you watch a solar eclipse, DO NOT LOOK AT THE SUN WITHOUT ECLIPSE GLASSES, no matter how tempted you may be. It's still the sun and can damage your eyes. Only during absolute totality, when the sun completely is covered by the moon, can you remove your glasses to observe the strangeness and wonder of the solar eclipse. But be sure to put them back on before Bailey's Beads give your eyeballs a nasty surprise!
I had initially debated on making the trip to Erie, but given that it was cloudy there, I'm glad I stayed behind to see this. 95% was still really cool for me. I was blown away by how dark it got and how weird the sky looked. The bit at the end showing how everything looks doesn't do justice to how much darker it was than a normal sunny day (don't forget a camera adjusts light levels). I also had a smart idea to use an extra pair of eclipse glasses on my camera. While technically, it is a partial eclipse, it's much deeper than a standard partial solar eclipse, being extremely close to totality, 95.3% here.
Music used in this video
"Second Coming - no percussion" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"The Descent" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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I was inspired to use this music by a World War Two video, the first two songs used I felt would be absolutely perfect if I can film it, which I did!
If you look closely (or slow down the footage, again apologies for the jostling due to the intermittent cloud cover and having to reposition the camera due to the zooming in), you can see the corona of the sun on the corners of the crescent due to it being almost totality. But it's just a very small spot. As cool as the lunar eclipse videos were, this was ten times cooler. Hopefully you too think my solar eclipse video was fun. As always, I appreciate your viewership! If my YouTube channel is still around in 2045, I promise to travel to the path of totality to give you something even better!
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All Comments (21)
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Of all the eclipse videos, I think yours is the best. I also saw 95% here in Massachusetts and this perfectly captures the feel of seeing a total eclipse (or in our case, an almost total eclipse). This is so incredible, I actually started getting emotional during the first part because of the music, it's so calm yet somber, then the second song is intense. I love the ending of it as well.
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Thumbs up! Have a great weekend! ππ
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Wow. Such an amazing music . I really enjoy it. Great job. Thanks for sharing this wonderful musical experience and your marvelous talent. It is always fascinating to visit your channel and listen to your music. Greetings from Argentina π€©π€©π€©π€©π€©π€©π€©π€©π€©π€©π€©π€©π€©π€©π―π―π―π―π―π―π―π―π―π―π―π―π―π―π―π―π―ππππππππππππππππππ
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Wow! Fantastic capture! Looks amazing! Great shots! Beautiful, my friend! What an awesome sight! Thank you so muchβ€β€β€β€
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Fantastic Eclipse presentation, AYPπ50 Surely looks wonderful! Appreciate the visit, thanks, Friendπ₯° See you and and have a good Wednesday ~
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Wonderful sharing. Like 95 β€β€β€
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Excellent, dear Friend. Have a peaceful time!
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A wonderful, impressive video and touching music from this great event!!!! Thank you for the great atmosphere.!πΉπβπΉπΆπ
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It's even more wonderful to see with the magnificent music! Thank you for sharingπ
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Beautiful solar eclipse and music! Thanks for sharing.
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GREAT MUSIC.******************17
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Beautifulπ Fantastic images and musicππΆππ It was a normal sun in JapanπΎπΈ Thank you my friendππ€
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Total solar eclipse So good to see. Thanks for sharing π
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So magnificent for you to have captured it so well !! What a sight to behold of course with solar eclipse glasses! Thank you for sharing Altoona!!
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Nice music and good Eclipse presentation, thanks for sharing,, Alain
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Wow.. you videotaped.. Amazing, dear Altoona! ππππ Really awesome sky show of Total Eclipse you captured! All the best
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Beautiful music my friend. Amazing video. Thank you for sharingπ₯°πΆ11π
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Lovely Solar Eclipse video, wonderful presentation π thumbs up, thank you Have a nice day π·
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Fantastic video! Thanks for uploading! Greetings from Germany! π
