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Craig Arko

By Craig Arko
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it was peak eclipse time here. About 70% coverage. Pretty neat! 

It's peak here in a minute or two. I went up to our outdoor terrace and peaked for less than a second through clouds, tinted, tempered glass and my high-end sunglasses. That was enough.

Squirrel GOAT

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I guess I could have asked to borrow someone's glasses for a minute, but felt sheepish doing that since I didn't even bother getting my own. And I'll be heading to the game in about an hour.

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It's cloud covered here, now ... mostly cloudy, but cloudy. Hey ... but it's getting lighter out! How about that! :)

GCTF FCL Twins

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Overcast and raining in my neighbourhood. Was supposed to be 70% coverage, instead we got nothing. Thanks Trump.

Squirrel GOAT

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Lol ... anyone see the Chris Christie eclipse meme? In his beach chair passing in front of the sun.

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Even more interesting if it was in the game thread.

 

 

:/

Lol. You know you have the 'powers' to move it. But then it wouldn't be as much fun for us here.
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Am I the only one that was in the path of totality? Clouds covered the corona so that was a bummer, but everything else was awesome. Had goosebumps the whole time. I never thought about eclipses much, but I might be addicted now.... Not good. Don't see one if you can help it.

glunn St Paul Saints

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Am I the only one that was in the path of totality? Clouds covered the corona so that was a bummer, but everything else was awesome. Had goosebumps the whole time. I never thought about eclipses much, but I might be addicted now.... Not good. Don't see one if you can help it.

I was in the path of totality, without a cloud in the sky. It gradually got dark, there was a noticeable drop in temperature and the local sheep were clearly disturbed.

 

Watching the moon consume the sun was riveting, and when the sun was totally blocked and we took off our glasses, the moon was framed with a light that was other worldly. I have never seen any light like that. People spontaneously cheered. After it was over I felt a sense of awe, plus primal relief that the sun was coming back.

 

I planned the trip before realizing that it would be in the path of totality, and ended up with a soul touching experience. I spent 5 hours driving today and an hour of waiting for less than two minutes that I will never forget. 

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So, didn't have time to catch up with all the back-and-forth here, but what time is the eclipse supposed to be?

snepp Ft Myers Mighty Mussels

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So, didn't have time to catch up with all the back-and-forth here, but what time is the eclipse supposed to be?

 

Immediately following the very interesting baseball game played in a torrential rain.

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It turns out that because Boston is located so far east, and due to Daylight Savings Time, the eclipse occurred at night and I missed it entirely.

Badsmerf Cedar Rapids Kernels

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It turns out that because Boston is located so far east, and due to Daylight Savings Time, the eclipse occurred at night and I missed it entirely.

#altfacts
Doomtints FCL Twins

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I saw the full eclipse at a park that has a working farm just south of St. Louis.  

 

The mammals were oblivious to it, but the birds (geese, turkeys, chickens) were visibly distraught afterwards and were huddled around one another and seeking shelter.  As the eclipse was straight overhead, I doubt the mammals saw it.

 

The full eclipse does not look like what you see in pictures.  It's very small.  Think of the classic Mandelbrot image, but round.  Or think of a small eyeball.  

 

This would have freaked out early humans to no end, with everything going dark and the sun being replaced by an eye that appeared to be looking at them.  I doubt there was much drum beating as people suggest (it only lasts 2 minutes after all, which is just long enough to panic), but certainly in the days afterward there would have been a lot of rituals going on to make up for whatever they thought they did to piss off their god(s).

Sarah College Ball

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I saw the partial eclipse as it peeked through the clouds in Minneapolis once so that was fun. It seemed like a precarious thing to plan a vacation around - what if you spent hundreds of dollars to travel somewhere months in advance and then it was cloudy that day? Even when I went to the College World Series I bought a ticket in advance to one game just to be sure to see some baseball and Omaha is close enough that I just drove down there. But my friend that lives in Nashville said it was awesome so would have been cool to be somewhere in the path of totality.  

glunn St Paul Saints

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I saw the partial eclipse as it peeked through the clouds in Minneapolis once so that was fun. It seemed like a precarious thing to plan a vacation around - what if you spent hundreds of dollars to travel somewhere months in advance and then it was cloudy that day? Even when I went to the College World Series I bought a ticket in advance to one game just to be sure to see some baseball and Omaha is close enough that I just drove down there. But my friend that lives in Nashville said it was awesome so would have been cool to be somewhere in the path of totality.  

It was worth the effort, but you are correct that clouds would have taken away the best part, which was when the sun was fully obscured and the moon was framed in its aura. 

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