A seen through a pair of paper and plastic eclipse glasses, the sun finally showed a small bite out of its top.

Eleven minutes later, the bite was a significant chomp. The moon had finally revealed a fat Cheshire Cat smile.

Thirteen minutes later the sun had taken enough of a bite to form a perfect smile in the sky.

Pin-hole projections through the leaves of a tree caused a sidewalk to be covered with smiles.

Only with a good portion of the sun occluded, did the day finally seem dimmer.

Six minutes later the light had a twilight quality, but with sharp shadows.

The darkness under the trees took on a spooky quality.

The sidewalk pin-hole show displayed just the thinnest of smiles.

The sun as seen through eclipse glasses also displayed just the thinnest of a smile.

Just before totality, the quality of the dim light took on an otherworldly look.

Night fell under the circular shadow of totality. But beyond that shadow the rest of the world remained in light. So, despite night time overhead, the horizon remained lit.

Before totality, the sun could only be viewed with eclipse glasses. During totality, the corona could be viewed with the naked eye. The black spot in the center is the moon.

Another way to view totality is as a hole through the sun, a brief access to other dimensions.

A person on a kayak during totality. Alone during those magic minutes, on the waters of Willamette Slough.

The first hint of a sun, the barest glimpse along the edge of the moon and one could no longer view it without eclipse glasses. Even a sliver of the sun was daylight bright and harmful to the unprotected eye.

Appropriately, after the awe inspiring totality, the pin-hole show displayed frowns.