I'm leaving my desk in about 5 minutes to go for an extended lunchtime MTB ride. No plans to look directly at it, I just want to be out there, enjoy the darkness and listen to the woods come alive.
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I'm leaving my desk in about 5 minutes to go for an extended lunchtime MTB ride. No plans to look directly at it, I just want to be out there, enjoy the darkness and listen to the woods come alive.
Ta da. Only a beginning.
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I'm in western Montana where we had 95% coverage. It did not get very dark outside but it was neat to watch on the bottom of a cereal box.
well, im in Southern Oregon and this was what all the fuss was about:
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this is like the peak of it, the money shot, the most amazing moment of my life! i am not being sarcastic, yes i am.
-- in kennesaw ga..
we had about 85% total..
birds stopped eating from our feeders and our hound dog wanted her dinner early..
no "klaatu baranda nikto" required..
ronnie
I made the Firefly factory into a giant pinhole viewer. About 60% here.
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We hung out in the Sheep Pasture at Central Park with all the other Eclipsters (Sheepsters?) The perennial sun worshipping bikini wearers (male and female) appeared non-plussed and continued to pursue their tans with slowly diminishing returns. My wife's sister in Virginia was giving us reports on her chickens' behavior until we lost contact - I assume because of alien abduction. Near seventy-percentality, a large hairy cloud appeared and covered up the sun, which was appropriate because we were all in Central Park and very often when you sit on a bench to enjoy a fine sandwich some hairy guy shows up and asks for money and then starts lecturing you on the evil ways of The Man - so the cloud was kind of like that only not smelly. So we got about 68% coming and going. But it was fun and kind of too hot and a lot sweaty and then we nearly tripped over two people trying to start a fire by rubbing their bodies together. I think that's what they were doing. NYC baby!
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I took this with my eclipse glasses and an iPhone at about 50% coverage. If I didn't tell you it was an eclipse you wouldn't know it.*
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*If you want to see some nice partial eclipse shots, check out Rick Oleson's shots.
The view Through my welding helmet in Minneapolis. Clouds moved in right afterwards and I missed the peak coverage.
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93% here in our part of NC..............neighborhood block party. Interesting shadows. Our cat slept through it all.
I despair for people that cannot get excited about an event like this.
How likely is that in your lifetime you are likely to ever again see the moon and sun in positions in their respective orbits around the earth that they are lined up so perfectly.
It is a wonder of nature.
The coolest things.... explaining what was happening to a small herd of children and the gorgeous shadows thrown by our mature lilacs.
Neat stuff, it only happens when it happens.
Our oak trees made wonderful pinhole eclipse viewers:
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i spend every day outside and see the many wonders of nature, for some reason this one in real life didn't wow me. i mean sure i appreciate its unique nature, but the actual event did not inspire awe or wonder in me the way a nice walk on a fine steelhead stream in perfect weather with good company would. maybe part of it was the hype, maybe im just a huge grump. the later is certainly trueQuote:
Originally Posted by TMB
in Niles where I live the coverage was 85%. The outside didn't really get any darker and the only effect was seeing a cresent sun through my welding helmet lens. What I didn't realize until I saw it on TV was how much more dramatic the feeling was when one was directly under the path of totality and everything got a lot darker and the temperature changed right when the coverage was 100%. It was like someone switched off the lights for several minutes. Big difference. In 2024 I'm going to make the effort to be in the path where the eclipse is total.
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Here you go T. This couple will make your heart happy. They made me happy. They sat facing the opposite way from everyone with those silly glasses and special glass plates and stared happily and deeply into their homemade cereal box pinhole viewers for a whole hour. Occasionally they typed something into their phones, snapped a photo of whatever was projected inside their box, or chatted with each other in low-key animated fashion with accompanying two handed demonstrations (I assume) of orbits crossing. I am glad they found each other.Quote:
Originally Posted by TMB
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Royal Astronomical Society set up a viewing party at the curling club, this guy was my hero ....
Brought his lawn chair, viewing glasses and cooler with beer and snacks ....
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Are there no fans of Nicholas Copernicus here?
Nice pic. of the couple. My neighbor made cereal box viewers for 8 local kids. It was very disappointing for them until one of the kiddos finally had a "ah ha" moment than the excitement and questions began. This was cool.
I hope it was Corona. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by TMB