'Behold, the eclipse': Metro Vancouverites roast cloudy solar eclipse ...

Did you see the solar eclipse in Metro Vancouver today? If you did, you were definitely looking at some type of screen. 

Locals were dismayed to see heavy rainfall on Monday morning (April 8), removing any hope of witnessing the rare event in the region. But several options were available to view the display for people who couldn't catch it in their part of the continent, including the NASA solar eclipse live stream.

Many people took to social media to poke fun at all of the hype that went into ways to view the eclipse in Vancouver given the cloudy conditions. The Metro Vancouver weather forecast calls for more rain through Monday and continuing into Tuesday.

V.I.A.'s Brendan Kergin went eclipse hunting in the city, but his results showed heavy cloud coverage and only some indication of where the sun might be.  

@vancouverisawesome We went out to see the solar eclipse in Vancouver… #vancouver #vancouverisawesome #eclipse #solareclipse #solareclipse2024 #vancouverbc ♬ Total Eclipse of the Heart - Bonnie Tyler

"Behold, the eclipse," joked one local who shared an image of a completely cloudy sky.

A dental office on Vancouver Island took the excitement about the rare event to share some tips on keeping your teeth clean after meals. 

Locals didn't require protective eye-wear to view the solar eclipse in Vancouver

Local institutions that hosted eclipse parties, including the University of British Columbia (UBC), Simon Fraser University (SFU), and the H.R. MacMillan Space Centre, advised locals not to look directly at the event without proper eclipse-viewing eye-wear, noting that looking directly at it could cause immediate injury.

Ashley Lynch shared a GIF on X of a person with bleeding eyes who quipped how she "looked at the eclipse."

Some people expressed sadness, noting that the weekend was mostly sunny and would have provided near-ideal eclipse-viewing conditions. 

Other locals shared views of the grey sky and joked about how it made viewing "hard."

Stanley Q. Woodvine joked, "Eclipse watchers in Vancouver are reminded: Do Not [look] directly into the clouds!"

In response, one user laughed that they would "definitely cut two eye holes into my umbrella before looking up."

Mark Cuzzetto shared of himself wearing sunglasses and standing in the rain. He remarked, "When you try to look at the eclipse from Vancouver, Canada."

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