Hello everyone and welcome to Talk Nurdy. Today is Monday, April 22nd,

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So we are one week post-Eclips I had an incredible time I was very lucky I went with

with the folks from the Skeptics Guide to the Universe and we did a bunch of shows like live stage shows in Dallas, Texas,

and then we observed the Eclipse from our hotel in the suburbs of Dallas and DeSoto.

The weather report was really not good and even that morning there was so much

cloud cover, there was a storm rolling in, so we were quite worried, but luckily the clouds

parted, I'd say about 15 minutes, maybe, before totality,

and then they stayed, the sky stayed beautiful and clear and blue, black throughout totality, and then after nice and blue black throughout totality and then after nice and blue for almost the whole

second half of the eclipse.

So we were really, really lucky that I got to have that experience for the second time and that the folks I was there

with many of whom it was their first time to ever observe an eclipse I kind of got to

see it through their eyes so very lucky very grateful for the opportunity. And I'd love to hear from any of

you who also saw the eclipse and maybe it was your first time. I'd love to hear what it was like for you.

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