Lexicus
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Watching the eclipse?
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We had great weather here. I "took a field trip" with my classes, though most of them didn't show up (as it was not required), to our one campus that was in the path of totality. We only had about a minute and a half, but it was a short drive with no parking or bathroom issues, and I took my family which required leaving a bit later in the morning. I set up some science tables, with pinholes and pinhole mirrors, a light sensor, a temperature sensor, a spectrometer and some activities for bored kids (none showed up). The people who wandered by (which included my boss, thankfully) found them interesting, and I'll make my students look at the graphs later. I also took a time-lapse of a pinhole image in my regular classroom, and that turned out pretty well, despite being unable to get a good test run due to storms yesterday.
BenitoChavez
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I was in Illinois for work during the last one in the US back in 2017 and it was ruined by weather. This time I took time off and traveled to Maine where there was perfect weather and I saw totality. Truly awe-inspiring. It's easy to see how people thought it was some mystical, supernatural thing before science came along and explained it. I took pictures but my phone is old and has a crappy camera.
These two are pre-totality. I think they're kinda cool but not really representative of what it looks like.
These two are totality. The first it taken with my phone. Really disappointing. The second is one my brother took with his telescope with a filter on it. Much closer to the real thing
These two are pre-totality. I think they're kinda cool but not really representative of what it looks like.
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These two are totality. The first it taken with my phone. Really disappointing. The second is one my brother took with his telescope with a filter on it. Much closer to the real thing
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oops ...sorry, just got to this. this is basically the same bit I saw yesterday on ABC:
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I think it looks even cooler in video as you can see it move.
warpus
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I live very close to the path of the totality. If I had driven 30 minutes south I would have been in 100% totality. But, I didn't.. People were overloading the buses here heading south. I didn't want to have to deal with that. Plus I figure I'll leave an eclipse totality as an experience for future warpus. Can't hog all these unique experiences for myself.
It got dark-ish though, for a minute or two. Sort of got creepy. Nothing weird happened. I survived the eclipse and moved on with my life
It got dark-ish though, for a minute or two. Sort of got creepy. Nothing weird happened. I survived the eclipse and moved on with my life
Only has to wait 20 years or so..
BenitoChavez
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If you're willing to plunk down the money for international travel, there's an eclipse every few years or so. The next one is in 2026 and goes through Greenland, Iceland, and Spain.
https://time.com/4897581/total-solar-eclipse-years-next/
Gori the Grey
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They're so fun that they really ought to schedule them more often.
Comrade Ceasefire
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Joij21
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some memory issues with cfc bare with me...
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There that should be good nuff. Hope you can see the attachments!
Comrade Ceasefire
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I'll set 'em up; you knock 'em down.
Thorgalaeg
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There will be another total eclipse in Spain the next year.
Totality will pass just above my home:
LucyDuke
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Glad we didn't go to the desert. Home was gonna be 90% eclipse or some crap. Stayed for a few days with said family, where totality was going to be short, so drove (at 8am, I wasn't risking traffic) north under beautiful blue skies. We got a perfect show from the roadside a couple miles south of the maximum.
It was as awesome as it was last time. Even cooler to look at, with the prominences and comparative clarity. It's hard to communicate how eerie and exciting totality and peri-totality are. Given the brevity, if I'm breathing in 21 years then I'm going south for another little bite of that cosmic mind-bang. Maybe west in 20, 'cause mountains.
10/10 totality is worth whatever travel you're able
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