Another video from the solar eclipse back on 12 August -- I think this one was taken by the ship's photography team -- it shows a group of passengers around the rear pool on the back deck of the ship, and shows the scene going from nearly eclipsed to full eclipse -- in real time. It looks like it must be sped up based on how quickly the "light" goes out.
What is surprising to me each time I see an eclipse is how little of the sun can be exposed and it still provides a lot of light. Moving through the eclipse from first contact (when the moon first touches the sun) to totality, the light wanes some, like in the evening. But when the moon finally covers the whole face of the sun, it goes dark, snap!
Even if it is cloudy (as it was for us in Kerrville in 2024), it still gets dark. Animals react and people do too (as you can hear the "oooooohhhh"s on the video). As Captain Timmers had told us, "At least it will get dark."
Speaking of Captain Timmers, there was an article about his finding the open spot in the clouds on Holland America's website: https://www.hollandamerica.com/blog/whats-new/ship-crew/captains-view-solar-eclipse/
It is interesting how the navigation team had to consider the speed and direction of cloud movement at different altitudes in finding the open spot in the clouds.
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