Hurricane and total solar eclipse in one shot

I'm not sure if things happen for a reason.. but what i do believe is the person I am today is a better one for having experienced thing and done things that many haven't.. and probably couldn't even imagine from the comfort of their normal life perceptions.  The thing my parents inadvertantly did is remove the yoke of expectations from me.  From then on.. it was my life.. and I was living it the way I wanted and yeah.. it cost me a marriage later on when I did drop out of college a semester short of two degrees to do what I wanted to do.. not what was expected of me.. by her.. or my parents.  They are all gone now..  out of my life.. and you know what. Doing what I have been doing as a blue collar working class grunt who (as my ex once infamous told me as she tossed a pan at me once.. going to work with my name embroidered on my shirt) and all it cost me to do it.. the best decision I ever made.  I am one of the best in my field.. make killer money and am highly valued by my company and I enjoy the challenge of a job where one bad day is not a paper cut.. but getting incinerated or having limbs blown off. That kind of work keeps one not only on point and engaged every single day of work.. but keeps one young and sprite to say nothing and being a week short of 50 and I still have the body of a greek God of my 20's and regularly work 20 year olds into the ground.  

Life's been challenging but it has been nothing but interesting. 

You're right... I haven't realised that.

Just in case, that reminded me of this great quality video a friend sent to me recently. Jeeze… very good indeed… it answers many questions about Earth's formation. The Moon's in the first 5 mins.

Great animations! it made me remember a very different kind of animation that was shown to us at school back then (without disparaging) ...but seems I needed an update.

Really cool.. was a hotter than hell day in the middle of summer here...and man alive did you feel the temperature drop along with becoming like dusk out... and we pretty much killed the 6 pack and sat on the porch wordlessly and took it all in.  Definitely a real spectacle of nature at its finest. 

This awesome shot by the NOAA/NASA GOES West satellite from July 2nd 2019 shows hurricane Barbara passing North of a total solar eclipse. Since both are clearly recognizable I don't have to point out where they are.