Peanuts by Charles Schulz for July 20, 1963

There really was a solar eclipse on this date. Minneapolis, where the strip is set, saw about an 80% total eclipse. That is, unless it was raining.

So been there, done that. But just as the moon was about to fully cover the sun, the clouds opened up for a few moments, so that I was able to see the so-called diamond ring and then the corona. A year or two ago there was supposed to be a partial eclypse of the sun (70%ish) and I was looking forward to seeing it, but the clouds were so thick that day that I couldn’t see it.

Hope that doesn’t happen next Monday (August 21, 2017). I plan on going to the Griffith Observatory then to catch a partial here in Los Angeles.

This peanuts story was the first thing I though of when I learned of the eclipse in Oregon, 2017.

It’s a little rainy.

Rainy for July…

Ugh… something like this nearly happened out here in Atlanta during the solar eclipse of 2017. Right as it was starting, clouds started passing through.

In 2017 I came to the U.S. for the total eclipse which I saw in Douglas, Wyoming during a two week road-trip. Quite a happening with hundreds of people and luckily completely clear skies. And I too had to think about this strip which is one of my favourite.

for people who don’t know this was published the same day a eclipse actually happened

https://youtu.be/ryLClakg9Fs

The eclipse has been delayed due to rain.

What luck!

Bummer.

You can hardly deny that the sun is duly hidden.

Hope 4-8-2024 is crystal clear in the path of the solar eclipse!!

The forecast in Texas on April 8 is calling for clouds and rain. Rats!

Why isn’t Lucy’s hair affected by the rain like Linus’s?

1963 eclipse – compare that to 2024’s!