another photographer captured the entire moment in phases. i want to pay attention to two noemts just before and just after totality. totality is when the moon covers the entire disk of the sun and it creates this effect we call the diamond ring effect. you see that ring on the outside of the sun? and only a few beams of light just on the outer edges? it looks like a diamond ring if you ask me. cool stuff to see. you know what? what's not so great is what's happened on the east coast of the united states. even though the calendar says spring it looks and feels like winter in the big apple. take a look at the video coming out of new york city recently. people are doing the quick brisk walk from work to subway and from the subway to work. this is all thanks to a clipper system that moved through the region brought some fresh snow to central park and lower manhattan. fortunately the system is on its way out.