The Solar Eclipse

[Bob Kontak]

Originally Posted by wdfifteen

I didn't know he even knew her! Boy is she in trouble.

He most certainly did not say spouse.

[Pazuzu]

First, I'm glad to see that so many of you got to experience totality, instead of thinking that "I've seen an eclipse before, this is no big deal". Just feel sorry for those poor fools that had every opportunity to see it, but decided that sitting around watching TV was a better option. Those that have seen it now...please come see us in Texas in 7 years and enjoy it again Those that blew it off...Texas doesn't need you.


Just got back from our trip, 1800+ miles around Colorado, Wyoming, South Dakota and Nebraska. Watched totality in Bar Nunn Wyoming, next to a nice bar/grill who gave us access to their bathrooms and surrounded by probably 50 or so strangers experiencing nature with us. Pictures will come later, they're spread across several cameras and I haven't had a chance to take a breath yet (something about a hurricane absolutely screwing up our flight plans today...).

We got to see totality, then wandered to I think 6, maybe 7 national parks and/or historical monuments. Busy trip.

Foxpaws, did you go to Carhenge for it? If not, I'm going to slap you. We visited yesterday at the end of our journey, and they said they had quite a fun little crowd there.

[Steve Carlton]

Originally Posted by Bob Kontak

+1. I was talked out of going 90 minutes south of Charlotte. I saw the 98.3% version.

DeGrass Tyson says sub-totality vs totality is like kissing your lover vs having sex with your lover.

This vid shows a time lapse and also the scene on the ground near where the camera was positioned. Best overall vid I have seen. Pretty short and very sweet. Go in about 1:30 if pressed for time.

That's a good link and represents the experience we had in Oregon as well. The only bit that was off was his camera angle, as the moon transited across the sun from around 2pm to 8pm on a clock face.

[widebody911]

Think Eclipse Traffic Sucks? Check Out The Plane Lineup At Madras Airport In Oregon! - The Drive

[dentist90]

I was 'lucky' enough to live in Winterpeg in 1979. It was in Feb too. The school let us all out with our pinhole cameras and black plastic glasses to watch. Not as dark as I thought it would be, but eerie when it reached totality. The moon just had to move a smidge from totality and it got dramatically brighter. Apparently doesn't take a lot of the sun's power to light things up.
Up here in BC this year didn't notice a thing this year, but was smoky from all our fires anyway.


1979, Manitoba Legislature

[dad911]

Originally Posted by Bob Kontak

+1. I was talked out of going 90 minutes south of Charlotte. I saw the 98.3% version.

DeGrass Tyson says sub-totality vs totality is like kissing your lover vs having sex with your lover.

This vid shows a time lapse and also the scene on the ground near where the camera was positioned. Best overall vid I have seen. Pretty short and very sweet. Go in about 1:30 if pressed for time.

Thanks for posting Bob.

[flatbutt]

Weird, up here the moon came in from around the 4 oclock position...not from the top... edit: Oh wait that was inverted thru a scope right?

[dad911]

Too soon?

[Nordwest]

I went down to Salem to see my first total eclipse. Everything that has been said is true. It was a fantastic experience. I plan on going to Texas for the next one in 2024.

Dave

[SpyderMike]

I flew from So Cal to Salem to view it...glad I did.

[Steve Carlton]

So vain!

[SpyderMike]

How so, because I grew up in Salem and have family/friends there?

[KFC911]

Originally Posted by SpyderMike

How so, because I grew up in Salem and have family/friends there?

I bet you think this "post" is about you,
Don't you,
Don't you?

He's keeding....Carly Simon's classic song reference from way back when

[drcoastline]

Originally Posted by NotaBRG

I'll leave this here for your viewing pleasure. In case you were wondering what was really going on...

The problem with this theory is the light source he uses to cast a "larger" shadow is smaller than the object. The sun is larger than the moon so the shadow would be smaller. Some people.

[A930Rocket]

Health professionals report cases where people put sunscreen on their eyeballs to watch eclipse.

Health professionals report cases where people put sunscreen on their eyeballs to watch eclipse | Fox News

A health professional in California reported cases where eclipse-viewers sought medical treatment because they put sunscreen on their eyeballs to view last week’s solar eclipse.

KRCTV.com reported that these individuals applied the sunscreen because they did not have the NASA-approved eyewear.

“One of my colleagues at moonlight here stated yesterday that they had patients presenting at their clinic that put sunscreen on their eyeball, and presented that they were having pain and they were referred to an ophthalmologist,” Trish Patterson, a nurse at Prestige Urgent Care in Redding, Calif., said.

The Sun also reported that doctors in Virginia have reported patients complaining of applying sunscreen to their eyes.

The nurse said that it only takes seconds of staring at directly at the sun to cause lasting damage to the retina.

[flatbutt]

Originally Posted by A930Rocket

Health professionals report cases where people put sunscreen on their eyeballs to watch eclipse.

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how the heck do you put sunscreen on your eyeballs? Not why...I know that answer, but how?

[Steve Carlton]

Like eye drops!

[stevej37]

The aerosol spray cans work...just hard to keep from blinking.

[masraum]

you've got to firmly massage it in with your fingers and some sand.