Eclipse mania

[DanG]

Well I think the government should schedule these solar eclipse events at night to avoid all of these hazards. It wouldn't impact everyone's work and school days either. :new_year:

[WV Sawmiller]

 :D :D

    Reminds me of the old joke about the ____ astronauts who were going on a mission to the sun. Someone asked if it wouldn't be too hot and they said that was why they were going at night.

[Raider Bill]

My place in tenn is ground zero. Of course I'm in Florida. :

[Woodcutter_Mo]

 I'm a ways South of the Totality line so I doubt it will get crowded here. I think we'll be at about .97 according to the map.

[Brucer]

Well I think the government should schedule these solar eclipse events at night to avoid all of these hazards.

Exactly. The Russians scheduled this one for night time, the Chinese schedule it for night time, all of Europe and all of Africa did as well. How come the US and Canada can't do the same?

:D :D

[Savannahdan]

One of my daughters has 10 pair of the NSA approved viewing glasses and I made 2 pinhole cereal box viewers this morning and tested them with the sun.  Ain't so good when you have to look at that tiny view with reading glasses but it works.  We'll head over to our church around 2:14p and get a viewing spot.  The rain forecast isn't great but you never know.  We have around a 98% total eclipse factor for Savannah.

[rjwoelk]

Ok so all you folks need to get your critters eyes protected.


 

[BradMarks]

Just about to begin first phase. 99.36 totality is what they say. About one hour away. 1979 my last one - had to take a break planting trees - too dark to see if the roots were straight!

[btulloh]

Those mule glasses are nice.  8)  Maybe we better find out why you have them around.  :D

Binoculars will project a really good eclipse image.  Big end toward sun.  Cover one lens, make a shroud to go around the open lens to cast bigger shadow.  Works better with a mount, but ok hand-held or without a shroud.  Better than looking at pin-hole projection with reading glasses.

I rigged up a spotting scope set at 20x since it fits the tripod.  A little too sensitive to angles, but ok.

[grouch]

NASA tv coverage has begun.

Galaxy 13, 127.0W 3920MHz V 28065Ks
SID:101 has talking plus switches among live images (Carbondale, IL, Salem, OR and Madras, OR)
SID:103 is live image

[Banjo picker]

Just checked.  Its started.  Banjoists

[sawguy21]

I guess we are too far north, I really can't see any change in the amount of light except for smoke. This phenomenon must have had the superstitious ancients scared silly, the few that had an idea of what was going on would have made some serious coin. ;D

[Banjo picker]

There doesnt seem to be any difference in the sunlight here yet and its now half covered.  I am in Boaz Ky.  It should be dark here in around a half hour.  Banjo

[grouch]

Appears to be about 1/3 covered, here, and the light just looks wrong. North of Bowling Green, KY.

[bigred1951]

Morehead ky the light outside looks funny but still daylight

[Banjo picker]

Sun is coming back now.  We were fortunate that clouds didn't cause problems.   That was pretty neat.  Got dark for a minute or so...could see some planets.  Banjo

[grouch]

Never got dark here, but was noticeably dimmer. I went out to my barn to work on the tractor and couldn't see to do anything (no lights in the barn). I could see fine a couple of hours ago. Walked back and the sun didn't burn. Shadows of leaves were crescent shape.

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[yukon cornelius]

We survived the eclipse  ;D

[btulloh]

Interesting.  86% here.  Dim but certainly not dark.  Birds knocked off.  Only the Peterbilts could be heard in the distance.  Not bad.  Hope all you 100%ers survived. 



  


 

[grouch]

We survived the eclipse  ;D

Do you have proof?

[Savannahdan]

We're getting rain and have lots of cloud coverage.  Oldest daughter went to Charleston, SC and got some nice pictures she took.  Disappointed in that I wanted to try the pinhole viewers and taking pictures using a cd disk.  I was also going to take a picture through a viewing glass lense.  Although I have to admit to picking up 2 dozen of Krispy Kreme eclipse special donuts.  Shared those with some of the folks at the viewing site and they were very pleased.  Watched folks on top of the hospital near us rush to leave it due to rain getting heavier.  Saw a picture of one of my brothers laying on the ground with his viewing glasses on.  He is in Southeast Missouri.  He had back surgery a few years ago and can't raise his head like we can.  So he opted to lay down. 

[Kbeitz]

My best shot.... It's not to good. Most of my shots was a big blur. The camera
could not focus on the sun.



 

I liked this shot.



 

Most of them looked like this...



 

[rjwoelk]

Those mule glasses are nice.  8)  Maybe we better find out why you have them around.

Itsa new version of blinders for training skiddish logging mules. :D

[tree-farmer]

Well we got to see it, kind of iffy for a while with passing clouds.  Was not dark long enough for chickens to roost. I'm gonna see if there is a maket for "eclipse eggs" :D
The katydid's started chirping while it was at the darkest. Was a fun thing to share with wife, at our age you take your thrills where you can find them.
Still scratching my head and chuckling over the mule blinders ???

[Don P]

we went up to the Big House where I'm working and they had laid out a spread. We feasted and watched it get twighlighty and looked up with a pair of glasses, a set of doubled up welding lenses and a pinhole box. It cooled off considerably which was nice, the cows came out from the shade and started grazing the pasture like it was evening, the peepers and insects made evening noise. Pretty neat, we should have one every hot summer afternoon.