General Question Solar eclipse - what to expect

[SuprunP]

I've tried to create a scenario with DG during a total solar eclipse.

Just in case you're curious:
It begins at 12:04:46.

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What actually should I normally expect to see?

As for the time being I do not experience a complete 'blackout', as it were, while sitting on the ground. In fact I do not seem to experience anything. Nor do I see the shadow cast by the moon on the Earth's surface, while looking at it from above. Is it Okay?

Thanks.

 

[agentgonzo]

Yes, Orbiter doesn't cast shadows that well. You won't get a shadow of the moon going across the Earth. All that you'll see is a black silhouette of the moon going across the sun if you look up from the surface.

 

[MetalheadOC]

Yes, Orbiter doesn't cast shadows that well. You won't get a shadow of the moon going across the Earth. All that you'll see is a black silhouette of the moon going across the sun if you look up from the surface.

I assume the same would hold true for trying to observe a lunar eclipse from the Moon? (I'll be sleeping through the actual one in a couple hours, but it got me thinkin...)