2017 SOLAR ECLIPSE Catch All Thread (1 Viewer)

[BPTDirector]

96% coverage out my front door. Close enough for me.... both sons in the path of totality at their respective colleges. Both colleges issued free glasses to all students - very cool. One in Carbondale, IL, the other in Cape Girardeau, MO.

 

[gopherblue]

96% coverage out my front door. Close enough for me.... both sons in the path of totality at their respective colleges. Both colleges issued free glasses to all students - very cool. One in Carbondale, IL, the other in Cape Girardeau, MO.

How far a drive to totality? The difference is night and day.

 

[BPTDirector]

How far a drive to totality? The difference is night and day.

3.5 hours to totality. Not really that interested to make the drive.

 

[Payback]

Since my class is small, we are going to go outside and view it later this afternoon if the weather cooperates.

 

[WedgeRock]

If you're not in the direct path, NASA is hosting some live feeds...

https://www.nasa.gov/eclipselive/#NASA+TV+-+Eclipse+Views+(Raw+Feed)

Venus, Mars and Jupiter all supposed to be visible during the totality.

EDIT: A FWIW, Detroit will be pretty close to the path of totality in 2024 (should pass right over Cleveland).

 

[trever]

Parked at a random field somewhere in NW TN. Show starts in a couple of minutes

 

[rowlin]

We are straight chillin' at a park in Podunk, Oregon, with a gaggle of strangers, and the sun is looking a bit like a banana.

Good times.

 

[Potsie1]

Looking about 50% covered atm.

 

[WedgeRock]

Hasn't even started here. :

 

[Potsie1]

80% and getting dark

 

[WedgeRock]

 

[FDLmold]

2:24 will be peak eclipse time where I am. About 90% totality. Will have my students outside with solar film strips for viewing.

2024 eclipse will go from Indianapolis to Toledo ish, along those lines, so will be a little more total in my town, assuming I am still here.

Took my solar film out a few minutes ago. Was about 10% covered, so it had started.

 

[Jeff]

It's starting in MO.

 

[trever]

9/10 Americans would rather eat a dirty sock than watch Pittsburgh win another cup.

 

[nitzilla]

I got this with my iPhone
92% here

 

[moose]

Got this with my cereal box viewer

 

[Quicksilver-75]

Takes me back more than a decade when I tried my first experiment with designing. The Eclipse.

 

[Ronoh]

When I read it in some random article I assumed the shadow effect was horseshit. Apparently not.

 

[abby99]

About 95% of totality here. Heavy cloud cover through the event, couldn't see a thing except for the strange lighting. Now, an hour later, the sun is shining. Sigh!

 

[Poker Zombie]

It's going to be a bit before I download pics with a house-load of people, but...

Welding Mask>>>Eclipse Glasses>>>>binoculars (held high off the ground to project the sun on the ground)>>>a large bore colander>cereal box

Totality 100,000x greater than 98% eclipse. Will be driving 4-5 hours in 2024 to watch it again in 100% eclipse.

 

[nitzilla]

When I read it in some random article I assumed the shadow effect was horseshit. Apparently not.

Yep, you could also do it with your hands:

 

[pokerplayingpisces]

When I read it in some random article I assumed the shadow effect was horseshit. Apparently not.

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Yeah, I was able to get a few shots like that, too! Very cool effect!

 

[Jeff]

My iPhone had a lot of trouble focusing. I taped a lens from a pair of glasses onto it.

 

[pedrofisk]

We watched it here at about 70% eclipse. My six year old loved it.

 

[monkeydog]

http://gizmodo.com/oh-my-god-1798161369#_ga=2.125367363.817444984.1503325569-441757985.1498592446

 

[WedgeRock]

Fuck you, clouds.

That is all.

 

[pltrgyst]

Eclipse of 80% was a big bust here in Florida. never got perceptibly darker -- full sunlight, still sharp shadows on the ground. All agreed that it was a few degrees cooler at the midpoint, but that's it. If you hadn't known in advance about an eclipse, you'd have had no reason whatsoever to suspect anything was going on, or to look at the sun.

Still, food was eaten, wine, beer, and soft drinks were drunk, and pickleball was played -- a good afternoon.

 

[T_Chan]

We got pretty close to 100% here, but not quite there. Couldn't take the time to make the 6 hour drive south to get the full eclipse.

I threw on my 6 pairs of sunglasses and took a quick 1 second peek, glorious.

 

[WedgeRock]

I tried clipping and uploading the gif here, but the filesize is too damn big...

Anyway, worth a look: https://twitter.com/BarSouthNCelly/status/899705050318200832

 

[Jeff]

Very cool, not life changing.

Got dark, it was hot as a whores crotch here, and cooled down to a whores armpit.