Any Chrons Folk in the Eclipse Path?

[Cathbad]

More like, tired of seeing all the dumb people staring at the damned thing without the right glasses and then telling me to stare at it without glasses.

The President did just that - took off the glasses and looked. What an example.

 

[Danny McG]

I am up in Northern England but I found a much easier way to share your experience today.
I simply waited a few hours and it got dark where I live as well.

 

[Alexa]

I was very happy to discover today at work that I was not the only one interested in the eclipse. We were quite a bunch, taking our break for the same reason and we shared 2 paires of lenses.

We had a 58 % partial in Montreal. The sun had a very nice orange color and the moon looked beautiful. The photo below was taken by somebody else, but this is exactly how I saw the eclipse today.

Some didn't listen for the warnings and watched it without protection. Among them, one of my collegues, complained her eyes hurt after exposure.

This is my first time watching it live and I'm hooked forever. For the next one in 2024, we will have a full eclipse, so I will have the time to shop for those lenses.

 

[Cathbad]

I was busy during the eclipse. Napping.

That's okay. I saw a full eclipse many years ago, as a youth.

 

[2DaveWixon]

I've seen/tried to see six eclipses during my life -- alas, none were total!
Of those six, three were preempted by cloud cover. Including today, alas again!
Gotta figure out how to live to the next one...break the tie!

(Somehow, this is reminding me of Sam Clemens and Halley's Comet -- do you know that story?)

 

[Extollager]

Some didn't listen for the warnings and watched it without protection. Among them, one of my collegues, complained her eyes hurt after exposure.

Really sorry to hear that. I hope it's just temporary discomfort.

 

[Alexa]

Really sorry to hear that. I hope it's just temporary discomfort.

She looked ok after a few hours.

 

[Alex The G and T]

We'd pretty much written the whole thing off, due to cloud cover. The fog thinned just enough to catch a glimpse at just the peak time.

Wierd. It was too dark to make a pinhole "camera" work, couldnpt get the binochs lined up for a projection on a white paper.... and too paranoid to take more than a few glances, directly.

But we saw something, about 80 percent crescent. Briefly.

It grew dark, very dark. And a chill wind blew... for the rest of the wretched day. Bejeeze! I'm getting rather weary of this nuclear winter thing here in Fogbelt Humboldt. It's a terrible place to be an astronomer.

Local fogbelters seeking a viewpoint:

Nice job, Extollager, being all prepared. (Unlike me who never thought we'd really get a glimpse)

Some wag on my Facebook noted that the best way to take photos of the eclipse is from the internet, a few hours later.

 

[Alex The G and T]

Only in Humboldt: Wait for it.... 1:25 >>

https://media.lostcoastoutpost.com/...os/2017/aug/21/peter-and-eclipse/eclipse.webm

Edit: Oh, and here's the full article from the local News Blog:
(PHOTOS/VIDEO) Humboldt Stares at the Sun

 

[2DaveWixon]

I have learned that the next total eclipse in which totality area will include the Twin Cities will occur in April of 2099...

Guess I'd better get started on buying up people's eclipse-safe glasses -- they should be going for a song, and I'll have a good stock by the time 2099 comes.

 

[Matteo]

I have learned that the next total eclipse in which totality area will include the Twin Cities will occur in April of 2099...

Guess I'd better get started on buying up people's eclipse-safe glasses -- they should be going for a song, and I'll have a good stock by the time 2099 comes.

You could head south in 2023 or 2024 for an annular eclipse...So, you’re not seeing the eclipse today ...

I might head south myself (to northern Spain) in 2026 for a total. And the following year there's another one in southern Spain - that one will be more than 6mins long!! (if you're in Egypt).

Of course, if I could just figure out how this "Toymme Bhelte" that this old guy gave the other day (seconds before he collapsed and died) then I wouldn't have to wait. But there's no instructions and the wording is strange...

 

[Matteo]

Damn...edit not working properly...

Dave, don't bother waiting for 2099. It rained. Couldn't see a thing :-(

I'm not too bothered. My lottery numbers are coming up this weekend.

 

[DZara]

It wasn't all that impressive in the Dallas area - the summer sun is so strong here, and it was only a 3/4 coverage of the sun. If the news hadn't told us it was happening, I don't know that I would have noticed.

I will say though...the effect on the shadows under the trees was a little trippy. All the leaf shadows turned to crescent moon shadows. It got a little cooler, and that was nice.

The 2024 eclipse might be coming right through my town though, so I've got something more dramatic to look forward to next time.

 

[DZara]

(Somehow, this is reminding me of Sam Clemens and Halley's Comet -- do you know that story?)

I love that story. I was born the day of an eclipse myself, so I can do the same thing someday - ride in and out of this life on the same natural phenomenon...only I have more exit routes than Samuel Clements did - LOL! Think I'll pick out an eclipse happening around my 100th birthday.

 

[Victoria Silverwolf]

My experience:

Had a chance to see the total solar eclipse yesterday. The zone of totality was about twenty miles north of our home, so we got on the road and found a spot to view it. Maybe twenty other people at the same spot. The pre-totality view (through special glasses, of course) was fascinating enough, but the totality (which lasted less than a minute where we were) was extraordinary. I could whip off the special glasses and look directly at the solid black disc surrounded by the pale white wings of the corona, the surrounding sky dark enough to reveal a planet shining like a star. Just before totality the clouds on the horizon turned red as if it were sunset and it looked as if night were falling. A once in a lifetime spectacle.

 

[psikeyhackr]

Cloudy, Boo Hoo!

 

[Matteo]

It's not easy to describe the experience. I was with two other friends in a little village just outside Reims called Vouziers. There were not that many people around but enough that the three of us could hear what they were saying (which was more or less the same that we were saying). It went something like this:

Wow...look at it...wierd...look, it's half covered...still bright...wow...(blah, blah, blah)...almost done now...yeah, still bright though...almost...wow, now it's...........................................................

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Despite the fact that everyone knew what was going to happen, and the science behind it, at totality there was suddenly utter silence for just over two minutes. Then there was a collective gasp as the diamond ring happened, daylight returned, and people started talking again.

Difficult to describe. I felt really humbled. Struck dumb. A very special experience.

 

[2DaveWixon]

It's not easy to describe the experience. I was with two other friends in a little village just outside Reims called Vouziers. There were not that many people around but enough that the three of us could hear what they were saying (which was more or less the same that we were saying). It went something like this:

Wow...look at it...wierd...look, it's half covered...still bright...wow...(blah, blah, blah)...almost done now...yeah, still bright though...almost...wow, now it's...........................................................

.................................................

.............................................

..............................................

Despite the fact that everyone knew what was going to happen, and the science behind it, at totality there was suddenly utter silence for just over two minutes. Then there was a collective gasp as the diamond ring happened, daylight returned, and people started talking again.

Difficult to describe. I felt really humbled. Struck dumb. A very special experience.

(envy...envy!)

 

[2DaveWixon]

I love that story. I was born the day of an eclipse myself, so I can do the same thing someday - ride in and out of this life on the same natural phenomenon...only I have more exit routes than Samuel Clements did - LOL! Think I'll pick out an eclipse happening around my 100th birthday.

I had not thought of this, but your comment pointed my mind to this: I was born on a special day, too -- in two ways: (1) it's the birthday of a very famous fictional character, and (2) on my day of birth papers were signed that ended a big war.
-- I don't see any way to do a repetition of that first one, but it would not hurt my feelings if I die on the day they end the Last War... (and that ought to ensure that I have a really long life!)

 

[2DaveWixon]

Damn...edit not working properly...

Dave, don't bother waiting for 2099. It rained. Couldn't see a thing :-(

I'm not too bothered. My lottery numbers are coming up this weekend.

Doesn't bother me! I intend to sell enough sunglasses (no truth in advertising there, sorry!) to be able to rent of big, comfy plane with a sun roof, and ride it down the entire line of totality! (The sunglasses sales will pay for it!)