The wife bought a family pack of eclipse viewing glasses. I took a couple pairs with me on my six hour tour to western mass yesterday. Blue sky and 65 degrees. Woo Hoo.
Found a group of crazy looking people along the Deerfield river on the Mohawk trail. so stopped in and joined the "watch' for the peak period. Pretty cool. They were all using the pin hole boxes and were happy when I pulled out the shades. Was 1/2 hour behind schedule for my return so had to leave right at the peak. No surprise endings, world kept turning.
Based on what I could see without glasses or a box I wonder if early humans knew anything much had happened.