Posted this a day later but whatever. Yesterday was exciting, it marked one of the most interesting cosmic event of the century, where the moon starts slowy blocking the view of the sun until the day becomes a bit darker. A total Eclipse you might say, well except not really its only 100% of totality in a certain part of Portugal (and other places in Europe), for example where I was the closest we got was 99%. You might think it´s not much but the difference is clear as night and day, it´s during it peak where you can see diamond ring forming around the Sun´s silohuete and it gets so dark you can even see the stars and planets in broad day. That only happens if the sun is completly eclipsed. I can´t say I blame people for flocking to those areas where you can see the effect its very interesting. That being said even if the rest of us weren´t able to go those places, it was still an interesting view, I got to see it as it´s progress live. It started out small like someone took a small bite of a cookie until it gradually got bigger. And then it got really dim at it´s peak, with the climate feeling a bit colder. I even took a photo quickly to document the effect. Going by what I´ve experience and some the other footage I´ve seen coming out of this, it´s no wonder ancient people felt superstitious. If the day suddendly went dark and I had no context of what is happening, I would´ve freaked out too. It´s like something out of Dark Souls. The Norse thought it was a Wolf named Sköll (a son of Fenrir) devouring the Sun, for the ancient Egyptians they believed it was the Serpent of Chaos Apep attacking the God Ra, for the Chinese a Celestial Dragon was the culprit. But the Mesopotamians went really wild with it, it has been documented that an eclipse was a omen predicting danger for the ruler of an area. So to solve this issue they would name a substitute King, he had to dress like one, conduct royal rituals, taking the worst of the disaster, while real one would go into hiding. A Cosmic fall guy if you may. However, eclipses weren´t always seen as something to be feared, specially among different native american tribes who also had an extensive knowledge of astronomy, I think my favorite one where it was seen as the sun and the moon together in a loving embrace. Although my second favorite was the giant Frog (from theCherokees ), so people would make a lot of noise just to chase it away. Must´ve been one hell of a party. Personally my own myth is that it´s a giant cookie monster. That´s right a big celestial Muppet came in and devoured that thing. Jokes aside it was fun seeing it, I heard it was even more spectualar to seen it during the sunset in some areas. I´m glad I got witness it. By the way the next eclipse will be seen in 2 of August next year but it will be a partial one, so keep your eyes peeled for that one. Special Blaugust Mentions oil barons hate this one cute lizard - Lucky Instar Legion - MMO Casual Thieving and Cheesing In Tamriel - Casual Aggro Blue mammals: Once in a Blue Moon - Lucky Instar Neocities is Improving – And I Noticed! - Aywren´s Nook Grumbling about Planned Obsolescence - K-Squared Ramblings If you See a DragonFfly - Notes By JC Probably all-lady lizards: whiptails (and their lack of cultural impact) - Lucky Instar We Handed Bullies a Better Weapon - Toby Geeks Out