Photos from the eclipse here in sunny England, near Reading. The sun seemed brighter and the light seemed more like twilight and the sun. I reckon if I’d been wearing glasses or had a camera with polariser this photo would have looked more eclipsish. Nonetheless it incredible.
I just posted about it. We will not get another like this for a long time here.
I don't know the physics, but it is odd. Maybe something to do with the low light level whilst the sun is still fairly high up. Not something you can capture properly in a photo.
It got really dark but there was still some light and the shadows were weird.
Years ago, I was driving the library bookmobile when the Pacific Northwest had a partial eclipse. After a stop to make a delivery at an assisted living facility, I paused to look and listen. The songbirds were singing evening songs, and the dimness, though slight, was strange.