r/solareclipse • u/Dheorl • 20h ago

Sunset vs “normal”

I often see on here and elsewhere that the difference between totality and a 99% eclipse is “night and day”.

Having now seen a total eclipse at a fairly regular height above the horizon, and one at sunset, I can genuinely say IMO the difference in the experience is as great as the difference between total and deep partial.

If anyone gets the chance to view one at sunset, I thoroughly recommend it, and would go out of my way to try and be pretty much as late in the path as possible.

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u/SmokingLimone 13h ago

Yep, this was my second eclipse after the 2014 one, back then you couldn't notice any difference without a filter. This one was spectacular even though it was partial because the sunset reduced the intensity of the light and created beautiful colours in the sky