Well that was cool! I mean actually cool too; you could feel the temperature dip moments before the main event. Happily, not long before our 1 minute & 50 second window of totality, the cloudy skies cleared just enough. The shifting cloud patterns, I imagine, made everyone’s photos more unique. We’d all have the exact same photo had it been a clear blue sky.

Wondering what to do with your eclipse glasses now? Here are some recycling & reuse options. Apparently astronomical organizations like Astronomers Without Borders collect them for reuse in underserved regions.

Locally, you can take them to any branch of Hamilton Public Library.
You can also drop them off on McMaster University campus.
Additionally, this piece on CBC website has some info.

Most of these collection options have time limits. End of April 2024. So, if you’re reading my blog in the 23rd century, don’t bother…!

Like a gazillion other folks I’m looking forward to the upcoming solar eclipse. First in Hamilton since 1925. We won’t be in the path of another full solar eclipse locally until October 26, 2144!

Plenty of community outreach thanks in large measure to McMaster University and its Department of Physics & Astronomy. They are distributing proper viewing glasses throughout the region. While you can take them off for the 1 minute 50 seconds of totality we will experience locally you’ll need to wear them before & after that brief period of total darkness.

Here are a few links that should cover most everything eclipse for you:

McMaster University public eclipse lectures here.

(Last week I attended one of these public lectures offered by McMaster. The talk was about 45 minutes with Q & A afterwards.)

McMaster Planetarium eclipse info here.

Hamilton Public Library eclipse info here.

Canada Space Agency eclipse info here.