Hi Tommaso, the peak is this afternoon, out over the Pacific, so tonight should be just as good if not better. I told my husband and children how neat it was, and they want to see it, too, so I will let the kids stay up late, maybe take a mental health day tomorrow.
I envy you, I have never seen a total solar eclipse! There was one visible in US out west in early '70's, all my friends went but I liked my job and did not want to quit (no vacation saved up). A couple of weeks later, I quit anyway. Oh, well. That experience made me realize that eclipses, meteor showers, and the like, are essential and not to be missed.
I did watch the partial(nearly complete)one visible west of New Orleans in early '80's, wearing welder's goggles. I remember it got real cold and all the birds and animals got real quiet. I took off the goggles to see the shadows in the grass (can't remember why, one of the phenomena, maybe little shadow eclipses?) My husband was looking at the sun and exclaimed when it made the annular ring - I looked up forgetting I did not have my goggles on, and looked straight at the ring just before the moon moved and uncovered the sun. It was very pretty, then VERY bright. I did have sore eyes for a while.
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