Any Chrons Folk in the Eclipse Path?

In 82 years any luxury aeroyacht will be able to do that -- the real problem will be all those other rich people who want to do the same thing -- including some of you, most likely! We're going to need good traffic control.
 
2DaveWixon said:
In 82 years any luxury aeroyacht will be able to do that -- the real problem will be all those other rich people who want to do the same thing -- including some of you, most likely! We're going to need good traffic control.
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Pretty optimistic view of the future. I like it!
 
I am from Tucson, AZ where the eclipse was about 65%, but I drove with my two teenage kids to Rexburg, ID where we camped in the line of totality. (I'm geeky enough to consider this worth the kids missing a couple of days of school :whistle:). We are the only people we personally knew who traveled to the line of totality, but even in the spot where we were there were people who had come from further distances. I will copy and paste what I posted to facebook:


Our family just returned from Rexburg, Idaho where we saw the solar eclipse from the line of totality. We don't have the camera equipment for some of the more amazing pictures of the sun and moon, but we had a fantastic time experiencing the event.

For the first part the eclipse, it would have been difficult to see any environmental changes had we not known what to expect. It wasn't until the eclipse was nearing totality that we started noticing a temperature drop, and I put on a jacket. The lighting change was subtle until just couple of minutes before totality. At that point it seemed that the world was going grey. Drake said, "It looks like the color resolution is going down". Clarissa said, "This is like a movie where you know you are in an alternate world that is similar to yours but not quite right". There was no twilight or sunset, just a general appearance that the world is turning black and white.

At the moment when totality arrived, the light went off. It wasn't quite like a light switch being flipped off, more of a dimmer effect. It was not completely dark where we were, though we did see a couple of stars. Shadows still existed, small and directly under us because it was still mid day. The sun could no longer be seen at all with solar viewing glasses. With the naked eye, rays were visible behind the moon - the moon had an aura.

I am so glad to have had this rare experience. A solar eclipse is nature's best optical illusion.
 
Extollager said:
One of my daughters will be under the shadow of totality, but I won't. I wondered if any Chrons people will be seeing the eclipse next week at least as a partial one. I'm looking forward to watching it with the solar filter on my telescope.
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It was 80% here on the Delaware Atlantic coast, and with the eclipse glasses the sun looked like a fiery fingernail shaving. Very cool, precise outlines on shadows during the event. ;)
 
I was in the path of totality. It was quite impressive! I also managed to snap a few pictures with my Nikon D3400. Unfortunately, it was quite short and I didn't have time to take more than a few pictures before it was over.
 
kythe said:
I am from Tucson, AZ where the eclipse was about 65%, but I drove with my two teenage kids to Rexburg, ID where we camped in the line of totality. (I'm geeky enough to consider this worth the kids missing a couple of days of school :whistle:). We are the only people we personally knew who traveled to the line of totality, but even in the spot where we were there were people who had come from further distances. I will copy and paste what I posted to facebook:


Our family just returned from Rexburg, Idaho where we saw the solar eclipse from the line of totality. We don't have the camera equipment for some of the more amazing pictures of the sun and moon, but we had a fantastic time experiencing the event.

For the first part the eclipse, it would have been difficult to see any environmental changes had we not known what to expect. It wasn't until the eclipse was nearing totality that we started noticing a temperature drop, and I put on a jacket. The lighting change was subtle until just couple of minutes before totality. At that point it seemed that the world was going grey. Drake said, "It looks like the color resolution is going down". Clarissa said, "This is like a movie where you know you are in an alternate world that is similar to yours but not quite right". There was no twilight or sunset, just a general appearance that the world is turning black and white.

At the moment when totality arrived, the light went off. It wasn't quite like a light switch being flipped off, more of a dimmer effect. It was not completely dark where we were, though we did see a couple of stars. Shadows still existed, small and directly under us because it was still mid day. The sun could no longer be seen at all with solar viewing glasses. With the naked eye, rays were visible behind the moon - the moon had an aura.

I am so glad to have had this rare experience. A solar eclipse is nature's best optical illusion.
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Thanks for the viewpoint, kythe -- much appreciated!
 
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