Author Topic: Solar Eclipse .... where will you be? (Read 3960 times)

Highball · « **on:** 19 August 2017, 13:28:45 »

Going to Columbia SC to view the total eclipse and be in the path of totality. Its gonna rock!!!!

guardiandashi · « **Reply #1 on:** 19 August 2017, 13:35:25 »

to be honest I normally wake up around the time its going to happen.

since its in Oregon, (the path I mean) I am NOT going to chase the path of the event, I figure I will have enough issues just trying to get to work on Monday. and I normally don't start work until ~2-3 pm when the event will be between ~10:15ish and 10:30 am here

monbvol · « **Reply #2 on:** 19 August 2017, 14:35:19 »

Home.

But where I live is supposed to have like a 97% or so eclipse.

Lazarus Jaguar · « **Reply #3 on:** 19 August 2017, 14:48:15 »

I couldnt travel, so home

Cant wstch eitger, since everyplace that had them rsn out of viewing glasses fast

Ruger · « **Reply #4 on:** 19 August 2017, 14:59:51 »

At work, but outside with the rest of the plant...

Ruger

ColBosch · « **Reply #5 on:** 19 August 2017, 15:11:23 »

Nowhere in particular. I'll watch it online, since the effect where I am will be minimal.

Tymers Realm · « **Reply #6 on:** 19 August 2017, 15:32:33 »

At home.
But I'm a couple hours north of where it'll be best to see it in IL. Most likely I'll follow Science Channel's coverage of it all...

pheonixstorm · « **Reply #7 on:** 19 August 2017, 16:05:35 »

My kids will be watching from school and I will hopefully NOT be asleep and can stare at it for some amount of time. Come at me blindness! Just kidding.. will head to town see if any glasses are left.

NeonKnight · « **Reply #8 on:** 19 August 2017, 16:42:06 »

Will be at home in Vancouver, BC, will have an 85% total eclipse. Vancouver will have a TOTAL eclipse in 2771, so, unless some major medical advances in the next few years, don't think I'll see it :(

nckestrel · « **Reply #9 on:** 19 August 2017, 19:52:39 »

Western Tennessee. Halfway back from visiting relatives in western Kentucky.

Bedwyr · « **Reply #10 on:** 19 August 2017, 20:19:22 »

Omaha NE, going to St Joseph early Monday but making escape plans in case weather doesn't hold up.

Ghost0402 · « **Reply #11 on:** 19 August 2017, 20:38:11 »

At work, working.

pheonixstorm · « **Reply #12 on:** 20 August 2017, 00:49:42 »

Quote from: nckestrel on 19 August 2017, 19:52:39

Western Tennessee. Halfway back from visiting relatives in western Kentucky.

Hmm.. must like going west eh... reminds me of a certain tree from that long winded franchise [blank]

Feenix74 · « **Reply #13 on:** 20 August 2017, 01:47:33 »

Asleep in bed as it will 2am in the morning here in Aus. Enjoy O0

Sharpnel · « **Reply #14 on:** 20 August 2017, 02:17:54 »

More than like I will have fallen asleep when it reaches 90% opacity in my area. We vampires have to sleep when we can.

I am Belch II · « **Reply #15 on:** 20 August 2017, 05:54:16 »

I will be as home. Just back from Gencon, will see maybe 60% where I'm at. Don't need to drive 8 to 10 hours one way for 3 minutes after a big expensive vacation.

Didn't get my special "3D glasses" but do have a welding mask.

pheonixstorm · « **Reply #16 on:** 20 August 2017, 06:20:24 »

What about a fake lightsaber and a walmart?

MoneyLovinOgre4Hire · « **Reply #17 on:** 20 August 2017, 10:38:20 »

I'm going to be home in Oregon, where it's expected to be about a 90% in my area. Not planning on being outside for it.

nckestrel · « **Reply #18 on:** 20 August 2017, 15:20:37 »

Quote from: pheonixstorm on 20 August 2017, 00:49:42

Hmm.. must like going west eh... reminds me of a certain tree from that long winded franchise [blank]

Actually I typed too quickly. Eastern Tennesse, not western. :)
Hanging out enjoying the mountains.

elf25s · « **Reply #19 on:** 20 August 2017, 15:37:53 »

suffering...in new jersey >:D

JadeHellbringer · « **Reply #20 on:** 20 August 2017, 15:43:02 »

...at work in northern Virginia, likely in the meeting that one of our executives called RIGHT before the eclipse is about to start specifically because that's how she does things. (Same woman called a similar 'I want to feel important' meeting to talk about nothing but the sound of her own voice at 4:00 right before leaving for the July 4 weekend)

...starting to think I might have one of those 24-hour flu bugs I hear so much about. ;D

MoneyLovinOgre4Hire · « **Reply #21 on:** 20 August 2017, 16:57:58 »

Or a little food poisoning? ;)

Daryk · « **Reply #22 on:** 20 August 2017, 16:58:19 »

Quote from: JadeHellbringer on 20 August 2017, 15:43:02

...at work in northern Virginia, likely in the meeting that one of our executives called RIGHT before the eclipse is about to start specifically because that's how she does things. (Same woman called a similar 'I want to feel important' meeting to talk about nothing but the sound of her own voice at 4:00 right before leaving for the July 4 weekend)

...starting to think I might have one of those 24-hour flu bugs I hear so much about. ;D

Ah, you work too close to the five-sided PowerPoint collider...

GRUD · « **Reply #23 on:** 20 August 2017, 16:59:36 »

Depending on the timing, I'll either be in my Hotel room at Cincinnati, or at the IWM Factory 2 miles from my hotel. O0

Bedwyr · « **Reply #24 on:** 20 August 2017, 19:06:16 »

Ok, so on weather reports I will likely be making tracks around 3 am towards Nebraska Wyoming border. This will be fun.

ColBosch · « **Reply #25 on:** 20 August 2017, 19:21:42 »

It looks like thunderstorms tomorrow in Chicagoland anyway.

MoneyLovinOgre4Hire · « **Reply #26 on:** 21 August 2017, 11:43:14 »

Well, the eclipse has started here but it's hazy and overcast so those people who actually were trying to see it are not getting a terribly good show.

NeonKnight · « **Reply #27 on:** 21 August 2017, 11:49:02 »

Clear blue skies here in Vancouver. Not gonna get a 100% eclipse, but darn near close:

monbvol · « **Reply #28 on:** 21 August 2017, 12:35:03 »

Still getting sunlight back here.

Probably could have taken a road trip a bit south and gotten a more total eclipse but what we got here was pretty darn close.

Was kind of weird watching the sun peaking out behind the moon but how cold and dark it got is what was really unsettling.

MoneyLovinOgre4Hire · « **Reply #29 on:** 21 August 2017, 12:48:26 »

Well, the major part is over here and honestly, I've seen it get darker just due to heavy clouds.

NeonKnight · « **Reply #30 on:** 21 August 2017, 13:10:16 »

pretty much all over here in Vancouver now.

Was cool, and a fun thing to watch.

Weirdo · « **Reply #31 on:** 21 August 2017, 13:26:21 »

Was able to improvise a pinhole viewer. :)

guardiandashi · « **Reply #32 on:** 21 August 2017, 13:34:59 »

didn't have the glasses, got a better show on tv honestly, I am just north of Portland OR so I was in the 95-99% area it got fairly dim almost twilight levels, and my dog honestly didn't care at all.

ClarkeMarek · « **Reply #33 on:** 21 August 2017, 13:39:37 »

Didn't get to view it through a pinhole viewer, but did see it get dark outside. And got a bit of activity on 10 meters, thought it might have been coincidental.(Sounded like CONUS activity right around the time of the Ten Ten net.)

Charlie 6 · « **Reply #34 on:** 21 August 2017, 13:44:22 »

The wife got glasses a month ago. I left work early and pulled my boys out of daycare to watch from our living room...only to have a thunderstorm roll through during the high point in Woodbridge, VA.

At least the kids got to see the start of it.

NeonKnight · « **Reply #35 on:** 21 August 2017, 13:44:45 »

For those who were not able to see the Total Eclipse, I bring you a totaled Eclipse:

JadeHellbringer · « **Reply #36 on:** 21 August 2017, 13:52:58 »

I got pulled into my meeting, but did have to go get a cup of coffee (heh) so I stepped outside. Not much going on- I guess we got 80% coverage here, but it was still brighter out than it would be if the scattered storms in the area had been in the way of a regular afternoon sun.

pheonixstorm · « **Reply #37 on:** 21 August 2017, 13:56:40 »

I wouldn't say it got dark here but the lighting outside was weird, not like a heavy cloud cover dark either. More end of the world dark #P

ColBosch · « **Reply #38 on:** 21 August 2017, 14:28:08 »

Quote from: NeonKnight on 21 August 2017, 13:44:45

For those who were not able to see the Total Eclipse, I bring you a totaled Eclipse:

I totally stole that and posted it on Facebook. O0

Ruger · « **Reply #39 on:** 21 August 2017, 17:53:15 »

I was in the zone for about 97% totality...main thing I heard was: "Wow, I thought it would be darker than this."

It's amazing how much light you get from just a 3% sliver of the sun still shining...it was dark enough that an automatic street light and automatic lights on cars came on, but, as others have said, I've still seen it darker with heavy cloud cover...

And nowhere near as dark as the solar eclipse I remember from back in the 80's when our school watched on our football field...I think that one was a total eclipse...

Ruger

Mech42ace · « **Reply #40 on:** 21 August 2017, 19:07:27 »

I was in the 90ish % area. It didn't get too dark, but the sky did get visibly darker. I also noticed that it got significantly cooler.

Bedwyr · « **Reply #41 on:** 21 August 2017, 20:11:53 »

Totality was, how can I put this? It was primeval. It was something that put me in a sympathetic frame of mind with the dinosaurs looking at that big orange ball growing awfully big in the sky. The jolting change in light also reminded me astronomically that we are merely perched on a really big spaceship with only the barest of vapor between us and oblivion.

And also it was disturbingly like looking at The Ring in the sky. I had no idea solar prominences got thrown that far out. To the right and left of totality they went almost the same angular distance in the sky as the sun's disk itself.

ANS Kamas P81 · « **Reply #42 on:** 21 August 2017, 20:40:57 »

Two links, one is awesome and one is hilarious.

Ladies and gentlemen, I give you the single greatest photobomb in the history of mankind. The meme is done, it is over, NASA won. Watch the whole video. Bonus points for yelling WITNESS ME.
https://twitter.com/Space_Station/status/899689501316059136

And of course, an important safety tip showing just what can happen!
https://twitter.com/xerosome/status/899679563822768128

Reldn · « **Reply #43 on:** 21 August 2017, 21:45:52 »

At home. We were in a 97-98% zone. It was going to start at 11:45, the Wife and I got everything ready...Clouds rolled in at 11:43 and it started storming. >:( Granted, we do need the rain, but, it could have at least held off until after the eclipse was over.

We did get to witness it in a way at least. Even though it was raining and cloudy it kept getting darker and darker, the security lights came on and the temperature dropped for a bit.

ANS Kamas P81 · « **Reply #44 on:** 22 August 2017, 06:30:48 »

http://i.imgur.com/IZVrdVZ.gifv

A view from GOES-16 showing the entire shadow as it rocketed across the USA. That's the umbra and penumbra you see, hence why it looks so massive. The area of totality, the true umbra, comes to a spot about 70 miles wide right in the middle of that.

pheonixstorm · « **Reply #45 on:** 22 August 2017, 06:39:11 »

Cool pic

mdauben · « **Reply #46 on:** 22 August 2017, 16:32:03 »

Watched it from northern AL. We had 97% coverage here but now I'm sorry I didn't drive up to TN to see the total eclipse. It got noticeably dark here, but not as dark as I would have expected. Honestly photos I've seen posted today on the internet are better than what I saw with my $15 eclipse glasses. ::)

Highball · « **Reply #47 on:** 23 August 2017, 12:14:53 »

Made it to Columbia SC and it was just surreal being in the path of totality. Darkness was noticible at about 80%, like being under a big cloud. When totality happened it instantly became considerably darker, automatic lights all popped on and the crickets, in fact all the nightlife, began making noise. The sky looked like something out of a science fiction movie. Sky was still blue, but the eclipse on that blue sky was just amazing. One amazing thing I noticed was a cloud passed in front of the eclipse about 5 minutes before it was to be in totality. When totality hit that cloud literally dissipated in front of our eyes and other clouds visibly became smaller. Freaky!!!! The location I was at was in totality for 2:32, but we did not notice a major temperature drop. As far as celestial events I have witnessed it is by far the most spectacular, amazing and surreal event I have ever witnessed.