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I understand it's Off-Topic, but who/where is seeing the ECLIPSE??

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  • dbtunrdbtunr Posts: 614 ✭✭✭

    @tommy44 said:
    A view of my deck in GA through the leaves of the hickory just off the deck.

    A reflection through our colander,

    I like those. Very artistic.

  • TennesseeDaveTennesseeDave Posts: 4,809 ✭✭✭✭✭

    We had 100 % coverage here in Crossville, Tn. It was pretty spectacular to see.

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  • keetskeets Posts: 25,351 ✭✭✭✭✭

    now that is cool along with what shall henceforth be known as the Colander Effect!!! I expect MadMarty and R&I Coins to try that out on coins. :)

  • bolivarshagnastybolivarshagnasty Posts: 7,352 ✭✭✭✭✭

    100% here in Cleveland, TN. Very beautiful. Pictures, not so much. Had several welding lenses as others have mentioned.

  • messydeskmessydesk Posts: 20,274 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @tommy44 said:

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    A reflection through our colander,

    Best picture I've seen yet! I was thinking I wished I had a colander with me at work today. Glad someone else was thinking the same thing. I grabbed this screenshot of the eclipse aftermath:

    You can see the traffic around Chicago for comparison.

  • derrybderryb Posts: 37,609 ✭✭✭✭✭

    nap was more important.

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  • jdimmickjdimmick Posts: 9,769 ✭✭✭✭✭

    We had 95% where I'm at in NC, it got dim a bit, but nothing close to totality. Temp dropped about 7 degrees, used a buddys glasses to view at peak at 95. I wished I had drove down about 1:45 min to totality, especially since it was slow today. Friend when down and sent me back pics from a parking lot of a cook out restaurant in SC, was quite neat they said and looked it from the pic's. The constant news about the traffic scared me off, but come to find outit wasn't bad at all they said on I95

  • WillieBoyd2WillieBoyd2 Posts: 5,266 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited May 22, 2024 7:42PM

    We had overcast skies here in San Francisco but they lightened enough around 12 minutes after the 10:15am eclipse center.

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    Solar Eclipse August 21 2017 10:27am PST

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  • DIMEMANDIMEMAN Posts: 22,403 ✭✭✭✭✭

    About as exciting as watching paint dry.

  • mannie graymannie gray Posts: 7,259 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Here was totality for over 2 minutes.
    I thought it was quite interesting and an unusual experience.
    I remember the one in 1979 and also the one in 1970, although that one wasn't full.
    Really cool, although the media did milk the hell out of it.

  • TommyTypeTommyType Posts: 4,586 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited August 21, 2017 4:19PM

    About 60% in SoCal....(or 70%, depending on how you do the calculation). My jerry-rigged viewing...one barrel of a standard pair of binoculars:

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  • DIMEMANDIMEMAN Posts: 22,403 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @bolivarshagnasty said:

    @DIMEMAN said:
    About as exciting as watching paint dry.

    Three times in this thread you've shared your disdain for the eclipse today. Shouldn't you be spending that effort on your debt problem?

    Not really. ;)

  • RockyMtnProspectorRockyMtnProspector Posts: 754 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Up to 93% here near Denver.


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  • BryceMBryceM Posts: 11,851 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Drove 2 hours to be in totality for a bit over 2 minutes. Absolutely well worth it. For those who think 95% is cool, I'd say the slight darkness & temperature drop at that point were only were mildly interesting. Totality was unbelievably cool. Stars came out. Streetlights came on. Birds went to their nests. It was dark! There was a 360 degree "sunset" around the entire horizon. We got to see the ground "snake shadows" just before and just after totality. A partial eclipse, which I've seen before, is just mildly noteworthy in comparison.

  • JustacommemanJustacommeman Posts: 22,852 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I didn't realize that the temp would drop 8 to 10 degrees. At least that's what it felt like.

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  • callawayc7callawayc7 Posts: 303 ✭✭✭

    If you missed this eclipse, there's another one in 7 years (2024). And that one is supposed to be even better than 2017 with totality being over 4 mins along it's path (vs 2 mins yesterday).

  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Only 67.5% here... saw a better one in 1970....Hope to be around for the 2024 one....Cheers, RickO

  • bolivarshagnastybolivarshagnasty Posts: 7,352 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @ricko said:
    Only 67.5% here... saw a better one in 1970....Hope to be around for the 2024 one....Cheers, RickO

    Where were you in '70? I was in Norfolk as an 11 year old.

  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I was in NYS as a 28 year old about to leave for a new job in Barbados. Cheers, RickO

  • TennesseeDaveTennesseeDave Posts: 4,809 ✭✭✭✭✭

    nice video jw. That's how I saw it as well

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  • 2ndCharter2ndCharter Posts: 1,699 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Having retired to the central part of South Carolina ten years ago, we ended up in the perfect spot for this eclipse. I've seen several partial eclipses over the years but they don't come close to a total eclipse. For me, the most fascinating part was seeing several stars become visible during the 2 and a half minutes of totality. I have to say I've never seen stars out in the middle of the afternoon before.

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  • TwoSides2aCoinTwoSides2aCoin Posts: 44,551 ✭✭✭✭✭

    partial eclipse of a nickel

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