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autonomy
Pretty much what we saw in the Northeast (are you in the Northeast?). Apparently, totality is absolutely worth traveling for, but coverage below that looks pretty much the same. Amazing, isn't it - sit out on a clear day, and feel the heat of a nuclear reaction taking place 92 million miles away.
I just heard today from the Paula Poundstone Institute that light takes 100,000 years to escape the core of the sun itself (and then of course as we all know, at the speed of light covers the 92mil in 8min)