The total eclipse

[Mike Sixel]

Well, we all went out, and my boss had purchased glasses. It was about 80some percent. Not bad when it peaked thru the clouds....

[Vanimal46]

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

[Squirrel]

 

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]

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.

[gunnarthor]

nada 

[Squirrel]

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

[Pardon My Dinger]

Weird day in Los Angeles. It seemed almost like it was like cloudy or something. But it wasn't. Just a fraction of the sun was covered. No clouds. Crisis averted.

[GCTF]

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

[Squirrel]

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

[snepp]

We were totally eclipsed by about 4 inches of rain here today.

 

 

Fun times.

[snepp]

This game suddenly got very, very interesting.

[snepp]

Even more interesting if it was in the game thread.

 

 

:/

[Squirrel]

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.

[snepp]

That would have required far too much effort.

[twinsnorth49]

Rainy day eclipses are a bit anti climactic.

 

Oh well, there's always next time......

[Badsmerf]

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]

 

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. 

[ashbury]

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]

 

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.

[ashbury]

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]

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

[ashbury]

#altfacts

Please, you're being overly dramatic. I prefer to think of these as #falsehoods.

[Doomtints]

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]

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.  

[Craig Arko]

We'll get another chance in 2024.

 

https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEgoogle/SEgoogle2001/SE2024Apr08Tgoogle.html

 

[Squirrel]

 

We'll get another chance in 2024.

 

https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEgoogle/SEgoogle2001/SE2024Apr08Tgoogle.html

Yep ... I have a sister in Vermont ... I think my family will all descent upon her. With a nice big back yard, it will be nice for viewing. And plenty of room for all of us to pitch tents as their house will be too small for all of us.

[glunn]

 

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. 

[glunn]

My wife took this.

 

 

[glunn]

My wife also took this.

[ashbury]

My wife also took this.

Hey! What're you trying to do, burn our retinas?