Yeah the cool part (unless you were in the path of the totality of course, we were at like 65% here) is all the scalloped shadows when you're walking through trees and the momentary dip in temperature despite no breezes or approaching storm. A few moments on some other Earthlike world.
― erry red flag (f. hazel), Monday, 21 August 2017 21:08 (six years ago) link
scalloped shadows sound delicious
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Monday, 21 August 2017 21:10 (six years ago) link
an uncanny feast for the senses
― erry red flag (f. hazel), Monday, 21 August 2017 21:18 (six years ago) link
All the news clips I've seen about the eclipse now contain crowds screaming and cheering and oh-my-god'ing. It's so odd, when I saw the France one you could hear a pin drop.
― Le Bateau Ivre, Monday, 21 August 2017 21:30 (six years ago) link
i told my coworker I had a weird memory of seeing the crescent shadows before
but the last eclipse visible near where I grew up was in October 1976 - 6 months after I was born O_O
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 21 August 2017 21:50 (six years ago) link
xp sounds like american vs french restaurants
― the late great, Monday, 21 August 2017 22:09 (six years ago) link
saw it this afternoon. i decided to go run some errands and walk to the grocery store down the street around 2pm. the sun was still bright af (in fact it never stopped) but you could look at it with the glasses and sea the cool black with the red eclipse peeling through. i tried taking a photo with my phone but of course it was a useless endeavor.
it got sort of dark, maybe on the level of an overcast or rainy day, but never pitch plack like i had kinda foolishly hoped. i watched through glasses with some neighbors and the front of the building and we saw it cross over and start uncovering again and there was no real sudden change. i must be too far out of the Path of Totality. which is a pretty cool, weird, concept! you have to be at a certain time and a certain place to see this in full. kinda like Twin Peaks.
i was mostly impressed with the sun, its power to shine its light was so great, even in the face of a total eclipse the sky was still so blue, maybe a little darker, but still lit by the sun's rays, still so beautiful. not that the moon wasn't cool in its own right, passing by un-observable to the naked eye like a Tidal Ninja, using the sun's glare as distraction.
i wonder if there are tidal anomalies during eclipses.
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Tuesday, 22 August 2017 01:37 (six years ago) link
the lunar shadow was sick af
Re tidal anomalies
http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/tide.html#stid
― the late great, Tuesday, 22 August 2017 02:03 (six years ago) link
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4385/36333195010_42efe8d767_z.jpg
I didn't set out to take a picture of Mercury, but there it is to the left. Out of many unnatural seeming elements (the light, the big solar corona) seeing nearby clouds disappear into the shadow just before it hit me was the spookiest.
― Elvis Telecom, Tuesday, 22 August 2017 06:34 (six years ago) link
the last eclipse visible near where I grew up was in October 1976i remember that one! i was 5. we were only allowed to watch it on tv for some dumb reason.there was a partial one in the early 90s too? i recall the bizarre shadows. i didn't even know it was due!
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Tuesday, 22 August 2017 07:40 (six years ago) link
istr lots of em but possibly I live in a weird twilight world
― jk rowling obituary thread (darraghmac), Tuesday, 22 August 2017 08:19 (six years ago) link
i was surprised at the number of the wikipedia page for uk eclipses - 7 in the 70s, 3 in the 80s, 4 in the 90s, 4 in the 00s...
― koogs, Tuesday, 22 August 2017 11:19 (six years ago) link
http://assets.nydailynews.com/polopoly_fs/1.3430096.1503346446!/img/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/article_750/eclipsereax22f-1-web.jpg
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 22 August 2017 13:06 (six years ago) link
NASA feed couldn't even stay on the eclipse for the whole totality, kept breaking away to show us some random website. And went back to the presenters just as the sun was reappearing through the mountains. Pah.
yeah, we were flicking between 3 or 4 live feeds, disappointed in all of them tbh
I liked the concept of the ABC feed because it had footage from about 10 different places along the path of totality, but every time the camera mainly focused on the crowd while the presenter babbled on about what an amazing sight it was etc etc - that's nice, too bad we can't see it! And as you say the NASA feed kept breaking away from the totality in Oregon for all sorts of recaps and artists' impressions etc, then after that was mainly some people in chairs talking rather than filming it from any other location even though they had people elsewhere along the path who would occasionally report on the weather and how many people had turned out.
oh well, there were some nice shots in there too. there's probably a good compilation out there on the internet somewhere. hope those of you who saw it in person got a good view
(love the shadow pics! also surprised at so many 90s and 00s UK eclipses listed, I only remember the one in '99 and the one a few years ago. think I may have got up early in time for sunrise in case of seeing the 2011 partial eclipse, only to realise that the eastern part of the horizon was basically not visible from anywhere in walking-in-pyjamas distance of my flat)
― a passing spacecadet, Tuesday, 22 August 2017 13:32 (six years ago) link
Barbara and Poppy Bush drawing another decade of life from the blazing corona
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 22 August 2017 13:41 (six years ago) link
We were just south of Columbia, Missouri. Last April, I saw that the center path in the middle of the totality band went pretty much right through my college roommate's backyard.
Here's how that part of the world looked like during the two minutes:
http://i.imgur.com/Mhk3NJI.jpg
Our host shot off some fireworks, as you do in rural Missouri during a total eclipse:
http://i.imgur.com/M1TYsZB.jpg
And ok, here's my version of the same shot you've already seen 1000 times.
http://i.imgur.com/I6QVlVb.jpg
Didn't see any former presidents though, unless you count their dog, Truman.
― pplains, Tuesday, 22 August 2017 14:11 (six years ago) link
a friend posted a link to that guardian gag story on her facebook and some guy who radiates "high school acquaintance" posted, apparently regarding the existence or viewing safety of eclipses, "Love how this propaganda has infiltrated all my lib friends. Divide and conquer. Proceed government." on further questioning it is clear he also believes the moon landings are faked but is evasive concerning trump support. "I'm more anti establishment. The wool has cloaked many people eyes. I'm just here to warn about the wolves."
― yellow is the color of some raisins (Doctor Casino), Tuesday, 22 August 2017 16:51 (six years ago) link
Ring of Fire tomorrow... I think it'll be 80% coverage in the Bay Area around 9:20am tomorrow
I'll go check it out for a minute
― Andy the Grasshopper, Friday, 13 October 2023 16:42 (eight months ago) link
I'll be in San Antonio for TOTAL ANNULARITY
― the absence of bikes (f. hazel), Friday, 13 October 2023 16:44 (eight months ago) link
Next year?
― Andy the Grasshopper, Friday, 13 October 2023 16:55 (eight months ago) link
I'm just gonna get in the car and head for Austin in April. https://eclipse2024.org/
― Elvis Telecom, Sunday, 18 February 2024 05:40 (four months ago) link
Might take you awhile to get back!
In my state, the traffic afterward may be so congested, they're planning on placing port-o-potties a mile apart from each other on some major highways.
https://i.imgur.com/OTOJRUE.png
― pplains, Sunday, 18 February 2024 17:11 (four months ago) link
2 useful links if anyone wants to go check it out:
Interactive eclipse map with timings from timeanddate.com - https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/map/2024-april-8@TheEclipseCompany map with cloud coverage and community events - https://theeclipse.company/map/2024-total-eclipse?lat=38.0331&lng=-84.2664&z=4.0
(found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luTU6VFWeYY )
― StanM, Sunday, 31 March 2024 11:33 (two months ago) link
*bump*
― Make Me Smile (Come Around and See Me) (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 2 April 2024 17:25 (two months ago) link
Seems like a lot people heading to the Path of Totality, stressing the various localities therein.
― Make Me Smile (Come Around and See Me) (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 2 April 2024 17:27 (two months ago) link
partner's family lives outside of austin directly in path of totality, were so tempted to go but airplane tickets were astronomically priced. now i'm seeing it'll likely be rainy there. was kicking myself for not saying money be damned and going for it anyway as this is a life dream but that forecast is making me feel a little at peace. i realize hoping for rain is remarkably selfish but it's more in thought than in deed of course
― global tetrahedron, Tuesday, 2 April 2024 17:33 (two months ago) link
I am admittedly a bit excited about this. I should get around a minute of total eclipse where I live. I'm thinking of going to a small park nearby to have a more open view of the sky.
― silverfish, Tuesday, 2 April 2024 17:38 (two months ago) link
Friends have an extra hotel room, so we're headed to Cleveland this weekend.
― jaymc, Tuesday, 2 April 2024 17:39 (two months ago) link
wondering if i should take the day off. the path of totality is probably an 8 hour or so drive from where i am, but wondering if traffic on that day is just going to be insane.
― 龜, Tuesday, 2 April 2024 17:43 (two months ago) link
I live in the path of totality but I'm going to Scotland on Friday oops
― the absence of bikes (f. hazel), Tuesday, 2 April 2024 17:58 (two months ago) link
but wondering if traffic on that day is just going to be insane.
Yes.
― pplains, Tuesday, 2 April 2024 18:11 (two months ago) link
I could drive 40 minutes to the center of totality on a normal day, but I'm going to sit tight right here with only about 90-120 seconds of darkness.
These things are really cool to witness, but that 40-minute drive is likely going to be six hours on the way back.
― pplains, Tuesday, 2 April 2024 18:17 (two months ago) link
the path of totality will be almost perfectly centered above my house, its looking like itll be pretty cloudy that day but tbh i'm less interested in seeing the eclipse itself than i am in just seeing day turn to night and back again. local officials are saying they expect up to a million people but idk, i'll believe it when i see it
― waste of compute (One Eye Open), Tuesday, 2 April 2024 18:28 (two months ago) link
My daughter is really interested in this and booked a hotel room months ago near Little Rock for the night after it happens. She's going with my wife, wife's cousin and cousin's daughter. I have zero interest so I'll stay at home and hear about the meltdowns in real time as they try to get around. I'll make sure they take a cooler full of food with them, because meals are going to be an adventure.
― Ippei's on a bummer now (WmC), Tuesday, 2 April 2024 18:36 (two months ago) link
It's going to be like this across a dozen states.
https://i.imgur.com/oTb3kMb.png
― pplains, Tuesday, 2 April 2024 18:37 (two months ago) link
This map kills me:
https://i.imgur.com/lkrBUgF.png
A total solar eclipse happening at sunset. Oooh, it got so dark!
― pplains, Tuesday, 2 April 2024 18:44 (two months ago) link
Australia is where the sun lands at the end of each day, didn't you know that
― the absence of bikes (f. hazel), Tuesday, 2 April 2024 19:05 (two months ago) link
I knew that
― Make Me Smile (Come Around and See Me) (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 2 April 2024 19:10 (two months ago) link
Picturing a poster for this eclipse like in that one thread I cannot recall the name of
― Make Me Smile (Come Around and See Me) (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 2 April 2024 22:07 (two months ago) link
Lennon, Elvis, Hendrix etc, jamming with the eclipse
― soup of magpies (geoffreyess), Tuesday, 2 April 2024 22:21 (two months ago) link
Hahaha!
― Make Me Smile (Come Around and See Me) (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 2 April 2024 22:24 (two months ago) link
I meant the busy film one of course
post movie posters done in a busy/claustrophobic caricature style from the 70s and 80s
― Make Me Smile (Come Around and See Me) (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 2 April 2024 22:28 (two months ago) link
This thing is shaping up to be Woodstock '99 on steroids
― Make Me Smile (Come Around and See Me) (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 2 April 2024 22:29 (two months ago) link
There was a scientist nerding out about it on NPR who was so excited. It was kind of cute and kind of crazy. He described it as one of the most life-changing events anyone could experience, and the closest we can come to space travel on Earth, or something like that. I suppose maybe, if it makes you pursue a career in astrophysics.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 2 April 2024 22:40 (two months ago) link
I totally forgot that the eclipse in 2017 was total so…
― Make Me Smile (Come Around and See Me) (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 2 April 2024 22:43 (two months ago) link
I have an ex in Little Rock and she reports that people are panic buying survival supplies like it's Y2K
― Andy the Grasshopper, Tuesday, 2 April 2024 22:54 (two months ago) link
Ha they definitely think Jesus is coming
― Slorg is not on the Slerf Team, you idiot, you moron (Boring, Maryland), Tuesday, 2 April 2024 23:34 (two months ago) link
This state is expecting up to a million visitors.
We only have three million residents already.
― pplains, Wednesday, 3 April 2024 00:56 (two months ago) link