I think my house will be in totality in 2024, but not for long. I'll be on the southern edge of totality, but it's in April in Ohio, so chances of an unobscured view is slim.
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92% in Denver Metro at its peak, cloudless day, but it only looked a little dimmer outside, like it does when you have a good pair of polarizing sunglasses on.
I used a pinhole viewer, only a tiny crescent of sun, and still all that daylight. The sun is amazing.
I used a pinhole viewer, only a tiny crescent of sun, and still all that daylight. The sun is amazing.
I made a cereal box thing, and it didn't work, either. Maybe because it was just raisin bran. Luckily, my friends had some extra eclipse glasses.
Yes, I could clearly count down the last few seconds of sunlight with the glasses on.The glasses were really cool
They were right about 100% totality being a big deal. As soon as that last speck of sunlight was covered up, it was as dark as twilight, and you could look at the black hole with your naked eye. Spectacular.
Damn...I blew it.
1970 my mom would not let us go outside!
2024!
1970 my mom would not let us go outside!
2024!
Here in Atlanta it got a little cooler
And dark enough to fool parking lot lights
Still amazing
Thanks to my wife getting our glasses early on !
And dark enough to fool parking lot lights
Still amazing
Thanks to my wife getting our glasses early on !
We we just North of Kansas City at my wife's family farm. We had thunderstorms until noon. The we started getting little views of the partial. When it came time for totality, the sky was 85% cloudy. But that one patch of blue was in the right place at the right time. We ended getting to see about 2 minutes of totality. I think the fact that it was looking unlikely for the past few days made seeing it even more sweet.
Half an hour later, the thunderstorms rolled back in. Lightning strikes just 100 feet away.
Half an hour later, the thunderstorms rolled back in. Lightning strikes just 100 feet away.
Yup.
From NASA, the first line.
Safety | Total Solar Eclipse 2017
Looking directly at the sun is unsafe except during the brief total phase of a solar eclipse (“totality”), when the moon entirely blocks the sun’s bright face, which will happen only within the narrow path of totality.
If you are within the path of totality (https://go.nasa.gov/2pC0lhe(link is external)), remove your solar filter only when the moon completely covers the sun’s bright face and it suddenly gets quite dark. Experience totality, then, as soon as the bright sun begins to reappear, replace your solar viewer to look at the remaining partial phases.
I rubbed Hawaiian Tropic into my eyes first. Although, it was only SPF 4 because I like a good tan.
just incredible how the alignments are so perfect that totality is the event that it is. Right up until the very moment of totality it appears that the sun will just disappear. Then totality comes and suddenly you see the corona around the blackness of the moon. Just was stunning.... And I have totally hogged this thread and apologize. Would like to hear @hbarcat report soon.
You called?
WOW !!!!!
Easily the most spectacular thing I've seen in my life. Words can't describe the awesome beauty.
I can honestly say that I've been profoundly changed by this experience.
Will post more later.
A mere 65% here, but lovely sunspots today (we slapped the solar filter on the 8" reflector.) Also fun with colanders. The perfectly clear forecast turned into some annoyng clouds, but they mostly got out of the way, and so long as the scope was on the sun it was fine (with the clouds scudding across) but it's rather hard to point the scope when it's not throwing a shadow.
BTW, just after totality - a few seconds after totality - 3 large propeller driven airplanes flew past at about 1000 feet or so heading in the direction of the shadow. I figured that they were chasing the shadow but I haven't a clue.
Any ideas?
Any ideas?
