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Post by Deleted on Aug 19, 2017 10:04:44 GMT -6
For those of you along the path, do get outdoors on Monday to enjoy the solar eclipse. I know quite a few of you are in Nashville, so you're in the path of totality. I'm taking my trusty tent (and a carload of optics) up to Idaho. I've seen a few partial solar eclipses as well as a couple of annulars. But this will be the first total eclipse for me. I'm stoked.
You'll find plenty of online articles about viewing safely--whether with eclipse glasses, #14 welders glass or with a pinhole projector. Remember that naked eye viewing is safe only for the period of totality (which lasts a little over 2 minutes for this one).
It's OK if a little actual sunlight ruins that studio tan you've been working on. Plan on losing a couple of hours for a rare and special experience.
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Post by ragan on Aug 19, 2017 11:08:19 GMT -6
I so wish I could make the trip to experience it. I'm in Seattle, so wouldn't have to go far at all. My wife and I have a little girl due Sept 8th and are firmly in the Could Be Whenever phase of the pregnancy so being out in the middle of nowhere in a tent is not in the cards right now.
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Post by EmRR on Aug 19, 2017 11:42:17 GMT -6
93% zone here, staying put.
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Post by NoFilterChuck on Aug 19, 2017 16:47:25 GMT -6
annoyingly, i'm in the area of the country where we won't see any change whatsoever from the normal day-to-day sunshine. Y'all that live within viewing distance are lucky!!!!
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Post by jsteiger on Aug 19, 2017 19:54:55 GMT -6
Yeah we are looking forward to it. We've got our ISO glasses ready to go. 100% for us for 2.5 minutes. Hoping for a clear day!
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Post by bluegrassdan on Aug 22, 2017 8:15:43 GMT -6
I shot this pic in Baxter, TN. Experiencing totality was something I'll never forget.  |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 22, 2017 20:16:58 GMT -6
I shot this pic in Baxter, TN. Experiencing totality was something I'll never forget. Very nice. Looks like it was just coming out of totality. It was over way too soon. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 22, 2017 20:18:13 GMT -6
And here's a shot I got in Rigby Idaho.
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Post by johneppstein on Aug 22, 2017 22:48:30 GMT -6
Well, here we got 78% which was enough for a certain amount of dimming and cooling, but not much. However, when I was a kid I was in South Bristol Maine in either 1963 or 1959 (I think) when there was in fact total eclipses in the USA, contrary to all the hype on TV that claimed this recent eclipse was the only one in the US in the last 99 or 100 years. Assuming, of course, that the states of Maine and Alaska was part of the US at that time. Maybe they thought the hype wouldn't be as effective if they said "The only total eclipse visible in the USA in 99 years except for the ones in Maine and Alaska in '59 and '63." Whatever. The one I saw back then was quite impressive. Dark sky, stars, birds going quiet, the whole 9 yards. I'm glad that this one was visible by more people, it's something everybody should get to see in their lifetime. I wish the recent one had been more visible here, but I guess I mustn't be greedy. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 23, 2017 5:04:21 GMT -6
I stayed up all night and didn't see a thing ....
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Post by M57 on Aug 23, 2017 7:15:45 GMT -6
However, when I was a kid I was in South Bristol Maine in either 1963 or 1959 (I think) when there was in fact total eclipses in the USA, contrary to all the hype on TV that claimed this recent eclipse was the only one in the US in the last 99 or 100 years. Looks like 63 to me. No doubt, it was convienent to disqualify any that didn't cross through the US exclusively.  |
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Post by NoFilterChuck on Aug 24, 2017 6:08:54 GMT -6
Well, here we got 78% which was enough for a certain amount of dimming and cooling, but not much. However, when I was a kid I was in South Bristol Maine in either 1963 or 1959 (I think) when there was in fact total eclipses in the USA, contrary to all the hype on TV that claimed this recent eclipse was the only one in the US in the last 99 or 100 years. Assuming, of course, that the states of Maine and Alaska was part of the US at that time. Maybe they thought the hype wouldn't be as effective if they said "The only total eclipse visible in the USA in 99 years except for the ones in Maine and Alaska in '59 and '63." Whatever. The one I saw back then was quite impressive. Dark sky, stars, birds going quiet, the whole 9 yards. I'm glad that this one was visible by more people, it's something everybody should get to see in their lifetime. I wish the recent one had been more visible here, but I guess I mustn't be greedy. should we get off your lawn?  |
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Post by EmRR on Aug 24, 2017 9:45:18 GMT -6
Ours was very near total, but not quite. Surprising to see how light it still was at peak. If you'd been distracted, you could have easily missed the whole thing. We had a bullseye from an annular eclipse in '84 which did go nearly dark.
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Post by johneppstein on Aug 24, 2017 12:14:26 GMT -6
Well, here we got 78% which was enough for a certain amount of dimming and cooling, but not much. However, when I was a kid I was in South Bristol Maine in either 1963 or 1959 (I think) when there was in fact total eclipses in the USA, contrary to all the hype on TV that claimed this recent eclipse was the only one in the US in the last 99 or 100 years. Assuming, of course, that the states of Maine and Alaska was part of the US at that time. Maybe they thought the hype wouldn't be as effective if they said "The only total eclipse visible in the USA in 99 years except for the ones in Maine and Alaska in '59 and '63." Whatever. The one I saw back then was quite impressive. Dark sky, stars, birds going quiet, the whole 9 yards. I'm glad that this one was visible by more people, it's something everybody should get to see in their lifetime. I wish the recent one had been more visible here, but I guess I mustn't be greedy. should we get off your lawn? Nah, grass is beat, anyway. |
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Post by ericn on Aug 24, 2017 16:15:22 GMT -6
Ours was pretty close to total very cool!
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Post by Bob Olhsson on Aug 25, 2017 8:45:06 GMT -6
Ellen and I watched totality from our front yard. It was an amazing minute or two until we were forced to look away. I thought it was ironic that thousands of people paid a lot of money to see far less in a stadium. We totally lucked out.
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Post by M57 on Aug 25, 2017 8:57:43 GMT -6
I thought it was ironic that thousands of people paid a lot of money to see far less in a stadium. We totally lucked out. Waiting till '24. Should be about 90% in the Boston area.. My brother has a place up in NH that's about an hour away from totality - The price is right. |
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Post by stratboy on Aug 28, 2017 11:46:47 GMT -6
However, when I was a kid I was in South Bristol Maine in either 1963 or 1959 (I think) when there was in fact total eclipses in the USA, contrary to all the hype on TV that claimed this recent eclipse was the only one in the US in the last 99 or 100 years. Looks like 63 to me. No doubt, it was convienent to disqualify any that didn't cross through the US exclusively. I saw the one in '63, camped out with a bunch of summer camps at an open pit asbestos mine in Quebec. It was amazing! So was asbestos mining. 😳 |
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