Solar Eclipse Seen From Roosevelt Island Today - Quite A Sight

Roosevelt Island residents were eagerly anticipating today's solar eclipse this afternoon

and were

excited

by what

they saw.

Viewing the Solar Eclipse through the safety glasses was fantastic.

The pictures and video don't show how spectacular the solar eclipse looked but they're pretty good.

Take a look.

#solareclipse #sunlight#dontlookup#ohmyfuckingeyes @ Roosevelt Island https://t.co/jgdKnT2AsI

— Patrick De Zinna (@de_zinna) August 21, 2017

#solareclipse #sunlight #dontlookup #ohmyfuckingeyes

A post shared by Patrick Skullcrusher De Zinna (@tatking411) on Aug 21, 2017 at 11:33am PDT

We saw the #Eclipse #nyceclipse #Roosevelt-Island #ManhattanPark Yah🙌😀💗💗💗💗 pic.twitter.com/VXwUHQGBry

— Lynne Shinozaki (@LASHINOZAKI) August 21, 2017

#eclipse #greatamericaneclipse #ny #abc7ny @abc7ny #rooseveltisland @ Roosevelt Island https://t.co/teeW1RIMyC

— Gunna W Z (@GunnaWilson) August 21, 2017

#eclipse #greatamericaneclipse #ny #abc7ny @abc7ny #rooseveltisland

A post shared by Gunna Wilson Zimmerman (@eventstagramgunna) on Aug 21, 2017 at 2:36pm PDT

#thegreatamericaneclipse from my home in Roosevelt Island, New York City. pic.twitter.com/cFoIGMDEjU

— Isis Barquero (@tilosh) August 21, 2017

Weird little Moon showing up on my lens! #eclipse #eclipse2017 @ Roosevelt Island https://t.co/5Cq1nHFvyl

— Passiflora Home (@PassifloraHome) August 21, 2017

Weird little Moon showing up on my lens! #eclipse #eclipse2017

A post shared by Passiflora Home (@passiflorahome) on Aug 21, 2017 at 11:56am PDT

Another shot! Love the rainbow clouds. #eclipse2017 #eclipse @ Roosevelt Island https://t.co/hMItCYKepd

— Passiflora Home (@PassifloraHome) August 21, 2017

Another shot! Love the rainbow clouds. #eclipse2017 #eclipse

A post shared by Passiflora Home (@passiflorahome) on Aug 21, 2017 at 12:03pm PDT

And from the International Space Station too.

.@AstroKomrade describes #Eclipse2017 experience from space and shares video of moon's shadow over Earth. pic.twitter.com/rlnYTOVrwC

— Intl. Space Station (@Space_Station) August 21, 2017

UPDATE 8:20 PM - Frank Farance shares these slideshow photos



and reports:

There was a gathering at Good Shepherd Plaza and there were several kinds of viewing "technologies". Here they are in order:

- Viewing the eclipse through the clouds via DSLR (Nikon D80, f/22, 1/4000 sec) [photo 5173] and group [photo 6203]
- The simple but effective pinhole, as demonstrated by Christina Delfico [photo 5143, 5147]
- Cereal boxes [photos 6200, 5162]
- Amazon boxes, as demonstrated by Owen Johnston [photo 5181, 5182]
- Photographic film as a filter, 1/16000 sec, Nikon AW1 [remaining photos]

A lot of people hanging out, not the usual mix/groups, so it was really nice to hang out with different people.

UPDATE 10:15 PM - The view of the solar eclipse from the Roosevelt Island Cornell Tech campus.

Science with scientists 🌖 #Eclipse @cornell_tech pic.twitter.com/mPOh1hhytZ

— Diane Levitt (@diane_levitt) August 21, 2017