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| Post# 953847 8/21/2017 at 12:27 (2,440 days old) by Maytag85 (Sean A806) | ||
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Post# 953848 , Reply# 1 8/21/2017 at 12:43 (2,440 days old) by Frigilux  (The Minnesota Prairie) |
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| Post# 953852 , Reply# 2 8/21/2017 at 12:55 (2,440 days old) by LordKenmore (The Laundry Room) | ||
 All I really saw was the light coming in the window darken noticably... I'm surrounded by trees.
I had concerns about looking at the eclipse directly. Particularly since there have been so many stories about totally inadequate eclipse glasses. Better not to take a risk--an eclipse is a short lived wonder, but seeing pretty pictures of vintage washers can be a daily joy! | ||
| Post# 953854 , Reply# 3 8/21/2017 at 13:12 (2,440 days old) by cfz2882 (Belle Fourche,SD) | ||
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got a good look :) used welding helmets and a Coronado solar telescope to view it-was ~94% in my area-I thought the 1979 eclipse was much more impressive in my area.In 1979 was at school,watched this one from my unfinished observatory site :) | ||
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Post# 953860 , Reply# 4 8/21/2017 at 13:44 (2,440 days old) by rp2813 (Sannazay) |
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Only 75% Here It just seemed like a hazy morning with only 75% coverage in our area. We had something similar in 1968 or '69, and probably 1979 as well.
I was in Washington for totality in 1979, not far from the Columbia River near a Stonehenge replica. That was memorable. Now that we're well into the information age, it was impossible to consider driving north this time. Already on Thursday last week there was a 15 mile back-up heading into Madras, OR. This will, by far, be the most documented solar eclipse in history.
No glasses are required to view totality, but even at 99% coverage, glasses are necessary. This morning I used a colander over the patio pavers when it reached 75%. The camera refused to focus, so the attached picture is the best of the bunch.
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Post# 953862 , Reply# 5 8/21/2017 at 13:52 (2,440 days old) by panthera (Rocky Mountains) |
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We had 97.x% total coverage here | ||
| Post# 953865 , Reply# 6 8/21/2017 at 13:59 (2,440 days old) by LordKenmore (The Laundry Room) | ||
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I'm remember the 1979 eclipse...although I only remember that it happened. I don't remember any real details of the eclipse itself. I think I was in school, and we may have seen something on TV--probably the only time the TV was used as a TV. (Rest of the time, the TV set was used entirely for video tapes.) | ||
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Post# 953867 , Reply# 7 8/21/2017 at 14:13 (2,440 days old) by Revvinkevin (Tinseltown - Shakey Town - La-La Land) |
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 A friend sent this to me from Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Very cool!
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| Post# 953869 , Reply# 8 8/21/2017 at 14:21 (2,440 days old) by LordKenmore (The Laundry Room) | ||
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Post# 953872 , Reply# 9 8/21/2017 at 14:41 (2,440 days old) by Tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD) |
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Yes, but we were only 80% so the best thing was to look at the sun through the special glasses and watch the moon obscure it. It did get noticeably darker in the house as we approached 2:42, our time for peak glory, such as it was. | ||
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Post# 953882 , Reply# 10 8/21/2017 at 15:48 (2,440 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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Post# 953888 , Reply# 11 8/21/2017 at 16:21 (2,440 days old) by CircleW (NE Cincinnati OH area) |
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About 90% of the sun blocked here at 2:29 PM. I noticed a definite decrease in the brightness by 2 or so. At the peak it looked like it was much later in the evening, like 7:30 or 8. | ||
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Post# 953895 , Reply# 12 8/21/2017 at 16:56 (2,440 days old) by RevvinKevin (Tinseltown - Shakey Town - La-La Land) |
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In Los Angeles near LAX... 70% coverage. (not my photo)
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Post# 953896 , Reply# 13 8/21/2017 at 16:57 (2,440 days old) by RevvinKevin (Tinseltown - Shakey Town - La-La Land) |
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AWESOME photo!
Posted by Alaska Airlines... notice the curved shadow below.
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Post# 953900 , Reply# 14 8/21/2017 at 17:52 (2,440 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.) |
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Post# 953901 , Reply# 15 8/21/2017 at 18:08 (2,440 days old) by wayupnorth (On a lake between Bangor and Bar Harbor, Maine) |
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| Post# 953905 , Reply# 16 8/21/2017 at 19:23 (2,439 days old) by twintubdexter (Palm Springs) | ||
Many many many... ...many years ago when I was in elementary school there was a partial eclipse. As kids we were all excited so our group got together after school to watch the big event. I remember hearing something about not staring at the sun. It was recommended that you look through photograph negatives (everyone has those around today) to protect your eyes. But we were tough. rugged kids, no sissy eye coverings for us. Many of my friends did permanent damage to their eyes. I recall one best-friend, Lyle, who ended up having to wear thick-lens glasses all the way through high school. He looked like Mr. Peabody and Sherman. Lyle was sort of a a "brainiac" and was always interested in anything scientific so the look fit right in.
1900...that's about the right date
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Post# 953914 , Reply# 17 8/21/2017 at 20:05 (2,439 days old) by joeekaitis (Rialto, California, USA) |
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This is as dark as it got in Sunny SoCal.
Pardon the small size. This is cropped from the full iPad camera image. The sun itself looked normal but this internal reflection revealed how much was covered.
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Post# 953917 , Reply# 18 8/21/2017 at 20:26 (2,439 days old) by GusHerb (Chicago/NWI) |
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We reached about 90% here. Went to an eclipse party at the beach where they had a telescope with the reflection setup. I had eclipse glasses. It was pretty cool, next time I wanna go and see it in totality. | ||
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Post# 953935 , Reply# 19 8/21/2017 at 22:48 (2,439 days old) by askolover (South of Nash Vegas, TN) |
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| Post# 953941 , Reply# 20 8/21/2017 at 23:52 (2,439 days old) by cornutt (Huntsville, AL USA) | ||
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Yeah, I drove to Pikeville, in eastern Tennessee, which was near the center of the totality path. Very strange experience. Got dark really fast just before totality. Streetlights came on and crickets were chirping. Birds were very confused afterwards. | ||
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Post# 953947 , Reply# 21 8/22/2017 at 00:42 (2,439 days old) by Supersuds (Knoxville, Tenn.) |
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I'm just a few miles northeast of the "totality" path, but we did have 99.9% coverage. It was quite easy to pick out Venus and Jupiter in the dark skies -- not that I'd normally know, but there was a diagram in the paper that showed where they'd be!
Like the Kentucky Derby, it was a lot of buildup for something that was over in two minutes. I would not want to build a vacation around an eclipse, but it was neat to see. | ||
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Post# 953948 , Reply# 22 8/22/2017 at 00:45 (2,439 days old) by tolivac (greenville nc) |
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No didn't watch it-was sleeping--Did wake up to go pee-noticed that it was darker then usual outside.I work mid shift so sleep during the day.At least I don't have any eye damage worries! | ||
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Post# 953953 , Reply# 23 8/22/2017 at 01:22 (2,439 days old) by askolover (South of Nash Vegas, TN) |
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| Post# 953956 , Reply# 24 8/22/2017 at 01:36 (2,439 days old) by mark_wpduet (Lexington KY) | ||
95%
Here in Lexington. It was so cool (literally)
At about noon it was so freaking hot I was outside in a chair and the sun was beating down. About 115 pm I went back outside and noticed that the sun didn't feel nearly as intense on my skin and it just kept getting cooler and more comfortable as each minute passed...Everything kept getting dimmer and dimmer but never totally dark. But in the middle of a very hot afternoon at 230 pm when it was at its max, it was so comfortable feeling. Inside my house, the light was so dim shining through the windows that you felt like a major thunderstorm was around the corner. | ||
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Post# 953958 , Reply# 25 8/22/2017 at 04:49 (2,439 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.) |
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| Post# 954463 , Reply# 28 8/25/2017 at 12:17 (2,436 days old) by golittlesport (California) | ||
it was a cloudy morning in So Cal
and we only had about 70% coverage, but it was very cool the way the shadows were falling low in our yard - the light was noticeably different. I stepped outside and aimed my phone at the sun without actually looking at it and lucked out, capturing this photo.
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| Post# 954512 , Reply# 29 8/25/2017 at 20:24 (2,435 days old) by leefree (Los Angeles) | ||
Chasing totality
I was just outside of Salem, Oregon in path of totality. Almost stayed in Hillsboro with family but figured I had come 800 miles from LA, may as well make the effort. SO GLAD I did. It was truly amazing to look at the sun, during totality, without glasses. Hillsboro had 99% but could not take off eclipse glasses. It did darken significantly for them though (streetlights came on). Being in totality was surreal. A bright still summer day got cold, windy and dark and we could see stars! I'm hooked and can't wait for the next one!
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| Post# 954939 , Reply# 30 8/27/2017 at 23:16 (2,433 days old) by amyofescobar (oregon) | ||
Man, we almost didn't go see it because we were scared of traffic, but it turned out to be totally fine. We live 1.5 hr away from totality. It really was great. Pictures dont really convey how silver shiny the whole thing is. It's not diffused, its piercingly white.
Here's a wee bit of (crappy) footage, we were 30 min north of Madras OR www.periscope.tv/AmyofEsc... Got to see the mountains light up pink! | ||
| Post# 954940 , Reply# 31 8/27/2017 at 23:17 (2,433 days old) by amyofescobar (oregon) | ||
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