Originally Posted by
hailstorm
I ended up in the bathroom of the Mandarin Oriental. Turned out to be a great call, as I was all alone, and the New Age Instrumental music that was playing in there really enhanced the feel of this as some sort of pagan happening. I highly recommend it for your future eclipse watching needs.
As for the visibility, it was mostly cloudy, but every now and then you would get a good view of it, including several seconds of the complete "ring of fire" It was even noticable for the brief second that I looked at it directly without my glasses. Magnificent!
Magnificent and hilarious simultaneously. Combining the luxury of the MO Tokyo, fantastic new age music and .... a toilet and eclipse all at once. It sounds magical in only a way that few could appreciate.
Thanks for the "recommendation". Will try to plan to be in said bathroom during the event eclipse in, what, a decade or two? ;-) haha.. I'm laughing out loud over here...
BTW, interestingly, we're just getting ready to begin viewing the eclipse now here in America. Begins in about 8 minutes and scheduled to climax at about 6:30pm Pacific time with 83% coverage.