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Originally Posted by jonny24
We drove out to Long Point and set up along the side of the on the causeway going out into the bay. Lots of visibility across the water, you could see the "dark" approaching.
Had one big cloud overhead for about half of the buildup, but it was actually pretty cool because the clouds did enough filtering that the crescent out of the sun was visible with the naked eye. And it cleared away 10 minutes before totality, so we had perfectly clear skies.
I can't say that we noticed anything particular from the birds around us. But the temperature drop was very noticeable. And I agree with everyone else's observation, it's absolutely crazy how even the tiniest sliver of exposed sun meant it was still basically full daylight! Albeit in a very odd colour, like looking through sunglasses.
I agree it's impossible to capture in pictures! Really, really surreal to experience - I didn't think it would be that cool! I'm glad the wife's family wanted to make the effort to get somewhere with a great view.
Another neat part was, it went dark and we all cheered, and then 10 seconds later we could hear everyone in Port Rowan across the water cheer as it got to them!
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Nice to hear from someone who was on the same peninsula! I was at Long Point Provincial Park and it was just incredibly beautiful and breathtaking. I was SO happy when the clouds started breaking about just before 2pm and when that cloud passed over just before totality. I even got a tan and a bit of burn on my face and arms from the partially eclipsed sun! The temperature drop from totality made everyone put on sweatshirts and coats.
I took quite a few photos and totality and forgot about the settings for my camera as I was in such awe but the pics weren't all that bad considering I don't have an expensive telephoto lens.
It was amazing seeing the shadow approach over Lake Erie and then the orange sky all around. I brought some things suggested in videos which includes items of different colours. Once the sun was covered more than 90% you could see differences in the tones and how some colours were duller/darker and others brighter. My daughter made sure to bring a colander with small round holes and we got some great photos with it showing the shape of the eclipsed sun in the holes in the shadow of it.
As for birds, there were a bunch of what I think were Golden-crowned Kinglets in the tree above us on the dunes/beach. We watched the birds but they didn't make a sound until after totality when it started to get bright and they chirped for maybe a couple of minutes. It seemed as though they were behaving as if it was early morning.
We had made a day-use reservation as early as we could online and am glad we did. They were only allowing vehicles in with reservations. The beach is about 1.5 Km long so there was plenty of space for everyone. But what a beautiful spot for an amazing experience.
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