It's not superstition, your eyes dilate more during an eclipse than they would normally during the day, so a lot more radiation gets into your eyes because the sunlight is still at full intensity except during total occlusion. If you watched the event for more than about 10 seconds straight you've almost definitely caused permanent damage.

Of course the sun finally comes out from behind the clouds 10 minutes after the eclipse is over - because it wouldn't be perfect otherwise -_-

You joke, she actually did a show and played it during the eclipse.

Just saw the whole 100% totality at Sparta, Tennessee. I was not expecting much from all the pictures I've seen but it was actually beyond anything I've ever seen. Pictures don't do it justice. You have to be there and see it yourself to see how cool it really is. Its like the difference between watching fireworks on TV and going there yourself. TV doesn't capture the real life experience. This was definitely worth the trip.

lol :D I didn't know that

I agree, husband surprised me by skipping off from work with 'proper' viewers and we had a lovely time, beer and all that. the best bit for me was the weird light change that made the landscape seem just a tad alien, plus the huge dark shadow beams jutting out from the cloud covered sun at times was really eerie

Can you believe some idiot actually looked up at it without any protection?!

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Fake news. It's a shot of him looking at the mountain of people during his inauguration.

Benkii is absolutely right. I've seen three partial eclipses but this was my first total. Managed to be in the southern edge of the path of totality and got 40 seconds of total eclipse and... holy shit, there is absolutely nothing like it. If you're not impressed by a partial (even 99%) I can understand that. But if you're not impressed by a total eclipse, then either you can't be impressed by anything or you have no sense of wonder in your soul.

They let anyone into the US, these days, don't they? =P

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Ended up in Fairview KY for the show. Kind of crowded and many neighbors took advantage of the crowd charging $20 for parking on their fields/cropland,but had a great view in a grassy field and it was just awesome. Even the glow before the total eclipse was unusual as the light diminished and the crickets started chirping louder... A silver ring in the heavens along with several stars and planets. Thankfully, we had great weather even if it was very hot. Will be waiting 14 years for the next!

'How to tell if you damaged your eyes during the eclipse.'

It doesn't seem to work as intended in Firefox though (it does in Explorer).

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'Eclipse Searches':
https://xkcd.com/1876/

'Eclipse Science':
https://xkcd.com/1877/

'Earth Orbital Diagram':
https://xkcd.com/1878/

'Eclipse Birds':
https://xkcd.com/1879/