Barry Natchitoches
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CHAT Are you going to try to see the total eclipse tomorrow?
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Kewpie
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This is actually true! Because of our position to the sun and how the moon orbits us (there’s a whole scientific equation about size, arc, minutes), we are the only known planet that experiences this type of full eclipse in the solar system. I’m not too sure about universe, it’s an awfully big place.
Profit of Doom
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Say what?
Anybody growing hair where it don’t belong?
Meadowlark
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I was outside totality, it was completely overcast and I never saw any part of the eclipse. It just got dark for a short time and sucked.
Kewpie
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Because looking directly at the sun can basically burn holes in your eyeballs that won’t heal. There are various stories from ophthamologists with scans that show people with perfect crescents burned into the backs of their eyeballs from looking at a partial eclipse decades earlier.
Tex88
Veteran Member
You were supposed to use your eclipse glasses…
Meadowlark
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I think that one of the factors is how long do your directly stare. I doubt a quick glimpse is going to do much harm.
Pretty sure that some of the Jovian and Saturnian moons are big enough and close enough to their planets, and the sun being smaller that far out, that there are full eclipses on those planets. Heck, Pluto's moon Charon isn't much smaller than Pluto, and the sun at that distance is little more than an unusually bright star.
The sun gives off incredibly strong UV light. That’s what gets you when welding too. Best not take the chance.
Imagine 2 million years ago how dark it would have got and how long it lasted, back when a day was just over 23.5 hours long.
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I was busy. Was at my school and being the old guy who is just into astronomy, I was the second busiest person there. The professor was in charge, but he was stuck doing the presentation. I was the one helping the other astronomy students and fielding questions. I fielded a lot of questions from regular students, faculty, I was interviewed numerous times. Today was a total blast!
The Traveler
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Drove to Athens Texas from deep East Texas to see it. For me it was worth every minute driving (2.5 hours) to see the halo or corona or whatever its called around the sun. It was mostly cloudy when it started but by right before the total eclipse started, the clouds cleared completely and was able to experience totality from start to finish without it being interrupted. It got dark, cool and some nearby roosters were crowing lol.
From where I live, the clouds also parted and we saw the totality - birds went silent, it got dark as night for a couple of minutes. We were volunteering at the Emergency Operations Center to monitor traffic and people flows along FM 1431 outside of town. Afterwards, I watched a continuous stream (hundreds at least) of cars come streaming through town from the west, most likely from the Festival at Burnet where 60,000 paid attendees were told to leave today due to predicted heavy weather later. Looked to me like most waited until the totality phase of the eclipse ended. Here's local images:
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The clouds parted just a few minutes so I was able to see it in full, then just as light was starting to shine through at the end, clouds covered it up. Missed most of it.
Peachy
Contributing Member
I just got a call from friends creeping along North from Ohio into Michigan on I-75. They have been in a major traffic jam all afternoon. They said the truckers are pulling over--must be timed out. Other vehicles seem to be getting more antsy.
They were just passing thru and not really out for the eclipse tourism. I warned them several days ago that today was not the day to travel.
They were just passing thru and not really out for the eclipse tourism. I warned them several days ago that today was not the day to travel.
Tex88
Veteran Member
Noooo people don’t need to be told not to stare directly into the sun…
www.dailymail.co.uk
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John Deere Girl
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It was surreal! I feel blessed we were able to experience it!
greysage
On The Level
Had an awesome afternoon. About a 10 minute walk from home. It was eerie at times. Video recorded where I was set up and hanging out, 28 minutes worth. Caught the totality in the middle of the video. It was literally dark as night! Temperature dropped from warm in the sun to cool. Didn't really look at the sun/eclipse too much, watched everything around me. Saw three stars at the darkest.
ETA: We got the crap chemtrailed out of us in the hour leading up to the eclipse.
ETA: We got the crap chemtrailed out of us in the hour leading up to the eclipse.
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Same here - they were Chem trailing like I have never seen before - had to be on purpose - but why?
robclement
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It started with the chickens clucking like crazy and running to the coop ,the dog did not care or notice.It got dim I guess you would say here in central il.
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just saw other post an yes they where chemtrailing like crazy.
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just saw other post an yes they where chemtrailing like crazy.
Bps1691
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My meeting ended early so I got to watch it with my wife. We weren’t in the totality eclipse by it was something like 98%.
The last one I saw this dark and remember was when I was in grade school. We made pinhole viewers out of white cardboard.
As old as I am now unless I travel the next one here would be well over 20 years.
The last one I saw this dark and remember was when I was in grade school. We made pinhole viewers out of white cardboard.
As old as I am now unless I travel the next one here would be well over 20 years.
Profit of Doom
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That would be an interesting bit of number crunching. Be sure to consider at what depth in the clouds you will be observing.
Just a bright spot in the nighttime.
Make sure you got breathing air.
L.A.B.
Goodness before greatness.
Is it moving towards the Left, or the Right?
L.A.B.
Goodness before greatness.
Celestine… Figures. That, and The Purple Charger.
Macgyver
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My welding helmet was right where I left it.
Hanging on the shielding gas tank on the back of the welder.
Just got home. It was incredible! Clear skies and we saw the whole thing. Drove about 4 hours to a friends in Millinocket. There were people everywhere
And a lot of traffic. Anywhere people could park off the road had cars. Traffic was pretty bad in the way home. Had a lot of fun with friends and the kids.
And a lot of traffic. Anywhere people could park off the road had cars. Traffic was pretty bad in the way home. Had a lot of fun with friends and the kids.
toxic avenger
Senior Member
We visited Erie, PA, 100% coverage zone. The area was expecting a quarter to a half million visitors, but from what we saw on social media the turnout was probably a max of 300k for the area. The day started out cloudy, which most likely discouraged visitors. The sky cleared up around 1pm and was a beautiful day by the time the eclipse began. We visited a park along Lake Erie, probably 75k people there. Another park we visited earlier in the morning already had about 1k visitors 5 hours before the event.
We arrived early and people were trickling in steadily over the course of the day, but it seemed 95% of the visitors left within 20 minutes of the full eclipse passing.
Traffic was heavy, but moved very quickly. Heavy police presence everywhere, traffic lights were manually controlled by police officers to keep everything moving. There were job commodes everywhere. Kudos to the locals, everything went smoothly. Didn’t see any signs of trouble.
The interstate out of Erie did turn into a slow crawl though. We took back roads out of town to see friends, so it was smooth riding for us. The experience was definitely worth while!
We arrived early and people were trickling in steadily over the course of the day, but it seemed 95% of the visitors left within 20 minutes of the full eclipse passing.
Traffic was heavy, but moved very quickly. Heavy police presence everywhere, traffic lights were manually controlled by police officers to keep everything moving. There were job commodes everywhere. Kudos to the locals, everything went smoothly. Didn’t see any signs of trouble.
The interstate out of Erie did turn into a slow crawl though. We took back roads out of town to see friends, so it was smooth riding for us. The experience was definitely worth while!
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TerriHaute
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It was 100% totality where we live. We had family come up from Kentucky on Sunday (reported light traffic) to spend the night and enjoy the eclipse with us. It was so much fun. Sunny all day, in the 70's, and perfect view. We watched "Little Shop of Horrors" on Sunday evening. If you have never seen it, the key character, which is a plant that eats people, originally appears during a total eclipse. About a half hour before totality, we spread out a blanket on the lawn, put on our eclipse glasses, played "Total Eclipse of the Heart," (LOL) and watched for the big event. I was so much more impressed than I expected to be. The solar patio lights turned on, we could see some of the stars and planets, and we thoroughly enjoyed the experience. Family is back home in Kentucky as they had school and work tomorrow, and they said traffic was only congested the last 30 miles or so approaching the bridge across the Ohio River.
Mine was everything I had hoped it would be. I had DH, both my boys, one DIL and both grands. The other DIL had to work. Also, there was two of oldest son's band mates from back in the day and we had a sweet visit with them too. We had a few wispy clouds that did not get in the way and kind of added to the whole effect. All the paper glasses worked well and I am one happy woman! As we were coming out of totality, DH and I were both surprised how quickly we had light. Just the tiniest sliver of sun reappearing gave off a ton of light. Also, as it was coming back into view, there was a minute where it gave the illusion of a big flash of light.
We were able to see two stars during totality and the roosters crowed. Granddaughter was fishing in the creek as it started and they were biting like crazy. As soon as it was over, I started cooking...spaghetti, homemade rolls, green beans and slaw. Another bonus, oldest DS and the one band mate who stayed, drug out DH's banjo, an old guitar missing a string and the old stand up bass and we had an impromptu blue grass jam. DH managed to find a string for the guitar and we all marveled over how good the instruments sounded even though they hadn't been played in at least three years.
This was one of those days you don't get many of in a lifetime...so thankful.
We were able to see two stars during totality and the roosters crowed. Granddaughter was fishing in the creek as it started and they were biting like crazy. As soon as it was over, I started cooking...spaghetti, homemade rolls, green beans and slaw. Another bonus, oldest DS and the one band mate who stayed, drug out DH's banjo, an old guitar missing a string and the old stand up bass and we had an impromptu blue grass jam. DH managed to find a string for the guitar and we all marveled over how good the instruments sounded even though they hadn't been played in at least three years.
This was one of those days you don't get many of in a lifetime...so thankful.
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RB Martin
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Wow ! The name Celestine derives from the same Latin root word from which we get the word Celestial! The name Celestine is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning "heavenly". So something in the celestial heavens is driving her to commit mayhem!