Leonid Meteor Shower

[PRBuzz]

Maybe this will help, too. If you ever get the chance to see a total solar eclipse do whatever it takes to see it!
I was able to view and capture in pictures the '80 eclipse that occurred in the Pacific NW. Forecast was for cloudy skies but potentially, partial clearing as the wind waves occurred over the Cascade Mts in WA. We got in a car at 3:30AM and started driving through the desolate area of central WA. 20 minutes before totality we saw a break, gave it our best and got to a clearing, setup with just a few minutes to spare. Total was scheduled for 2.5 min but we where lucky to see for about 45 seconds. Even got images of Bailey's Bead on the backside of the eclipse.

Nothing like the experience of Totality.

[FishermanTim]

Two particularly weird things that I noticed during our last partial solar eclipse was that the shadows cast by the trees' leaves were all crescent shaped . The other was that because of the lower light conditions, the birds at the Boston Common reverted BACK to their early morning activity. That meant pigeons headed back to their roosts, morning song birds started up all over, and a red-tailed hawk swooped low over the people looking for another morning meal.

Sometimes the most interesting things are things you weren't looking for in the first place.

I also keep an eye out for rings around the sun and moon (ice crystals in the upper atmosphere), sun dogs an moon dogs. The last two you have to know what to look for.