| Author | Message | ||
     Zac4mac |
Got my 8x10 piece of solar viewing film from Germany yesterday, Me, the wife and a friend are headed about 150 miles north. Taking the Buick Ranier and an ice chest full of food and drink. Still have to fill the gas tank. If the freeway gets clogged up, I'll just hit the grass.. it's Wyoming. Enjoy the sights!!! Z | ||
| Ourdee |
I will be like the pilot that eats the yucky dinner so that one of them doesn't get sick. I will look away during the eclipse just in case everyone is blinded by it. Honestly, I am interested in seeing the effects around me of it. | ||
| Jaimec |
Just want to remind everyone of the plot of "Day of the Triffids." Carry on... | ||
| Ratbuell |
An actual warning I saw today, makes perfect sense. KEEP PETS INDOORS. If they look up at the eclipse, they'll sustain eye damage just like us humans. | ||
| 86129squids |
??? Animals will reflexively look away from the sun, they're not even aware what it is, they just appreciate the warmth it brings. Maybe some monkeys would? | ||
| Nm5150 |
just get a #12 welding lense. | ||
| Ratbuell |
That's the thing though, it'll be getting dark enough and it may not compute with the pet that "that's the sun, don't look at it". | ||
| Zac4mac |
I got circles of the solar film cut and mounted on my old Navy 7x50 binocs. Used some foam tape and mason jar lid rings, works great. First look thru them I saw a couple of sunspots! We are going to leave in the wee hours Monday, make it more like a REAL road trip. | ||
| 86129squids |
Zac, great idea! How are you sure you've used the right shade/amount/grade of solar film? There's a shop nearby that does solar tint for windows- cars, residential, etc.- thought about checking in with them, but by Monday it'll probably be too late. Oh well, got my "glasses", we're good to go.  | ||
| Aesquire |
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| Aesquire |
https://xkcd.com/1878/ | ||
| Glitch |
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| Hootowl |
Isaac Asimov's Nightfall, if you want an apocalyptic eclipse. | ||
| Glitch |
One of my favorites | ||
| Ducbsa |
https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2017/7/25/1 6019892/solar-eclipse-2017-interactive-map | ||
| Sifo |
just get a #12 welding lense. You might want to rethink that. This says you need a #14... https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/201 7/08/17/eclipse-glasses-alternatives-most-welders- lenses-not-suitable-viewing-safely/578679001/ | ||
| Aesquire |
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2017/08/apocec lipse_now_.html If I was attending that school and hadn't already blown off the cretins for a once in a lifetime astronomy event, I'd pull the fire alarm before the eclipse. Empty that building out. Repeatedly if necessary. If any of the students or staff went blind looking at the Sun I'd count that as evolution in action. Getting on the PA and threatening to not bring back the Sun unless my demands are met would be icing on that cake. | ||
| Britchri10 |
We're due a partial eclipse here in N. Florida. In order to mitigate the situation WRT viewing/not viewing in the school where I work we are releasing the student body home prior to the beginning of the event. This seems like an adequate solution and a common sense idea to me. YMMV Chris C | ||
| Glitch |
MAN ALIVE! The traffic is a nightmare! Anyone headed south, is going to have smooth sailing. Going north? You should already be here, all the state parks are at full capacity. People up here are selling seats in cow pastures for $25 each! The news said animals may act strangely. The humans are way ahead!  | ||
| 86129squids |
I've got one spare pair of glasses left, as one or another person who'd asked me found out their SO/mom/dad whomever had already gotten theirs... I might go stand on the side of TN321 with a $50 sign in one hand, glasses in the other... News story on TV last night featured a family down in Sweetwater staying AirBnB style with a retired cop- they had planned to just stay in their car, in a Cracker Barrel parking space for $25... !!! My GF's daughter and her fiancée made it to their destination, so far so good. Not a cloud in the sky so far. And, I'm hearing a LOT less highway noise at this time. | ||
| Hughlysses |
We finally got a couple of pairs of glasses this morning at a local BBQ joint that received a shipment on Saturday. Here's to procrastination! | ||
| Jaimec |
Let me save y'all some trouble. Here is a photo of a totaled Eclipse:  | ||
| Glitch |
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| Hughlysses |
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| Etennuly |
Crickets got started here. We were in the 90+% area. Went to dim. Strange seeing shadows from sun being overhead as it dimmed. No traffic on our busy area roadway in front of my place for a half hour or so. Temperature dropped about ten degrees locally for a short time. Well now we know what it will look like when the sun burns out! | ||
| Buellish |
I just got back from TWOS,we got around a minute and a half of viewing.It got real dark and there was one star visible over the lodge,TWOS was around 4 miles from 100% totality.We had a good little crowd and Bill opened for lunch until 1. | ||
| Hootowl |
"Well now we know what it will look like when the sun burns out!" You won't be able to see it from Earth. The first three planets will be consumed as the sun expands over a period of about a billion years on its inexorable journey to red giant status. This should start in about four billion years. Also, since the moon is receding, each eclipse will result in less and less of the sun being covered. Enjoy it while you can! | ||
| Mnscrounger |
Hoot if the moon receeds too far, will it get loose? If it does, do our days get shorter cause we don't have that big blob of mass out there? (sort of like a skater in a spin pulling in their arms) Save The Moon, we only get one! | ||
| Aesquire |
Started mowing the yard Maze as the eclipse started. I'm taking it down one concentric circle at a time & making 3 passes each. I carried a card with a pin hole in my pocket so I could watch the progress of the eclipse, about 70% here. Works fine. Also cruised the tractor under the trees to pause and watch the multiple sun images in the dappled sunlight. I wouldn't worry about the Moon. Yes, the days are changing length, and the tides gradually going down, but we'll have more eclipses, it's just the Fire Ring will get brighter as time goes by.... We are lucky to be around when this rare phenomena can happen. The odds are literally Astronomical. | ||
| Hootowl |
The stability of the Earth's axial spin as the moon recedes is what should worry future generations. It flips about every 20,000 years now. (Think spinning top, wobbling slightly.) That axis will get more and more erratic the farther the moon recedes. You want to talk about climate change? There's your climate change. (Message edited by hootowl on August 21, 2017) |
