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CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 32,277 ✭✭✭✭✭
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  • kimber45ACPkimber45ACP Posts: 2,399 ✭✭✭
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  • LakesammmanLakesammman Posts: 17,402 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Raining with ceiling of 750' here - no eclipse in sight. image
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  • goodmoney4badmoneygoodmoney4badmoney Posts: 1,245 ✭✭✭✭✭
    My understanding is that sunglasses are NOT safe, you need welding goggles rated 14 at the very least.
  • braddickbraddick Posts: 24,151 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>IS wearing sunglasses safe? >>



    It wasn't for Tom Cruise in "Risky Business".

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  • lkeigwinlkeigwin Posts: 16,892 ✭✭✭✭✭
    No! Sunglasses are not okay. You need a #14 welder's mask which filters out 99.99% of light. Do the pin hole trick.

    Here in NorCal it's eerie.
    Lance.
  • CoinspongeCoinsponge Posts: 3,927 ✭✭✭


    << <i>IS wearing sunglasses safe? >>



    As long as you don't look at the sun.
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  • blu62vetteblu62vette Posts: 11,925 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>No! Sunglasses are not okay. You need a #14 welder's mask which filters out 99.99% of light. Do the pin hole trick.

    Here in NorCal it's eerie.
    Lance. >>



    I agree looks like a different planet outside.

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  • OldEastsideOldEastside Posts: 4,602 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Thanks Captin, been looking for my helmut all day to no avail.
    Here on the Ventura/Los Angeles county line its pretty dim and
    eerie

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  • CoinspongeCoinsponge Posts: 3,927 ✭✭✭
    I see a black spot on the sun in the pic. Is that a planet? Venus? Mars?
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  • magikbillymagikbilly Posts: 6,780
    I would say pinhole trick ONLY! NO sunglasses, please!!
    But, careful observers will note the there will be thousands of images of the eclipse on the ground...the light through trees for example, anything light going through anything will get focussed. I don't recall what this effect is called, but it is dazzling. I saw focussed examples inside and out. On my window sills through houseplants - well they innumerable. I recall it was about as neat as the stars out, the purple sky which does not look real and the birds going nuts. Enjoy!!! image

    Best wishes,
    Eric
  • magikbillymagikbilly Posts: 6,780


    << <i>I see a black spot on the sun in the pic. Is that a planet? Venus? Mars? >>



    I believe that is a sunspot. The only plants it could be would have to be the ones between us and the sun. Mars is "behind" us. Mercury is making a transit soon or just made one. Pretty scarce event.

    Eric

    The question about sunglasses makes me say - You can go quickly and permanently blind this way - especially during totality/near totality! Please observe as intended, or grading a coin might be the least of your problems.
  • CoinspongeCoinsponge Posts: 3,927 ✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>I see a black spot on the sun in the pic. Is that a planet? Venus? Mars? >>



    I believe that is a sunspot.

    Eric >>




    ah, yes. How could I forget.
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  • OldEastsideOldEastside Posts: 4,602 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>I would say pinhole trick ONLY! NO sunglasses, please!!
    But, careful observers will note the there will be thousands of images of the eclipse on the ground...the light through trees for example, anything light going through anything will get focussed. I don't recall what this effect is called, but it is dazzling. I saw focussed examples inside and out. On my window sills through houseplants - well they innumerable. I recall it was about as neat as the stars out, the purple sky which does not look real and the birds going nuts. Enjoy!!! image

    Best wishes,
    Eric >>



    Dang Magikbilly, it filtering through the oak tree on the wall about 50 feet from the wall and is in perfect focus
    Good Tip, oh and the birds here don't seem to like it either

    Steve
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  • CoinspongeCoinsponge Posts: 3,927 ✭✭✭


    << <i>So exactly when is it unsafe, I am in OR and nothing is different. When is it exactly insafe to look at the sun? >>




    You can never look directly at the sun if you value your eyesight.
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  • magikbillymagikbilly Posts: 6,780


    << <i>

    << <i>I would say pinhole trick ONLY! NO sunglasses, please!!
    But, careful observers will note the there will be thousands of images of the eclipse on the ground...the light through trees for example, anything light going through anything will get focused. I don't recall what this effect is called, but it is dazzling. I saw focussed examples inside and out. On my window sills through houseplants - well they innumerable. I recall it was about as neat as the stars out, the purple sky which does not look real and the birds going nuts. Enjoy!!! image

    Best wishes,
    Eric >>



    Dang Magikbilly, it filtering through the oak tree on the wall about 50 feet from the wall and is in perfect focus
    Good Tip, oh and the birds here don't seem to like it either

    Steve >>



    Hi Steve image

    Yes, looking down during an eclipse! These focused images are among the most special things I have seen in my 42 years and I have seen this and that. I am truly very elated you saw this! image

    Best wishes,
    Eric
  • WTCGWTCG Posts: 8,940 ✭✭✭
    Just saw it and it was a neat experience. At around 6:30 the skies noticeably darkened for a while.
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  • mgoodm3mgoodm3 Posts: 17,497 ✭✭✭
    Drove a few miles south of town and took this pic with my 200 macro, 1.4x TC and a solar filter. The edge of the totality was about 800 feet south of my house.

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  • 19Lyds19Lyds Posts: 26,491 ✭✭✭✭


    << <i>No! Sunglasses are not okay. You need a #14 welder's mask which filters out 99.99% of light. Do the pin hole trick.

    Here in NorCal it's eerie.
    Lance. >>

    Pin hole trick?

    All one really has to do to enjoy the eclipse was to simply look at the shadows cast by this phenomonon.

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  • CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 32,277 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Drove a few miles south of town and took this pic with my 200 macro, 1.4x TC and a solar filter. The edge of the totality was about 800 feet south of my house.

    image >>



    Excellent!
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  • CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 32,277 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>You can look at the syn briefly, we have all done that, especially if playing baseball. So when is it critical not to today? >>



    I remember when we had a partial eclipse pass through Detroit in the 1960's, the newspapers gave the "Don't look at it" advise and explained that if you happen to glance at a full sun, such as in your baseball example, the brightness causes your pupil to immediately contract to protect the eye.

    However, if you look at a much-less-bright partial eclipse, the eye does not contract as far and as fast, and the sunlight coming from the uncovered part of the sun can enter the eye and cause damage to the retina.

    I am not a scientist, nor do I play one on television. This is merely what I remember reading. Those of you who are licensed ophthalmologists may complain.

    TD
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  • EagleEyeEagleEye Posts: 7,677 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Saw it from horseshoe bend on the Colorado River near Page AZ.
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