I collected all my videos and photos of the last total eclipse in this compilation:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zRnxAf3IyE
This eclipse was great and I was quite impressed to see Sirius for the first time with the naked eye. Regulus was barely visible without lens aid.
The transparency helped to enhance the detail of the outer corona but from memory, the sky was darker during the eclipse in Egypt in 2006. The sky was as transparent as in the USA but back in 2006 the Moon shadow diameter was much larger as it was almost 4 minutes long.