Peter,what are you doing posting here, when you should clearly be publishing great stuff for everyone to enjoy... I got goosebumps and shivers just reading it. I too am waiting for the eclipse, (about 4.00am UK time), but have no intention of getting as cold as your description made me feel.... Here it should be blood red, like a drop of blood on a sea of black velvet, with silver stars like a diamond trim, but as the sun sets in a wrack of peach and flame, the grey mist of the clouds obscures the airplane on its ascent, so the moon will probably be wearing a veil tonight.

LTS