Ice Queen Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 Very cool! We only got about 81% totality but still worth it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fez Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 It turned out alright here. It was pretty cloudy, but fortunately at peak the cloud that was blocking it was pretty thin; so there was a good view anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ser Scot A Ellison Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 We just got past totality. It was absolutely amazing. There was dawnlight in a 360 deg. circle around us. We could hear crickets and other insects acting as though it was evening. The corona was a brilliant circle surrounding the occuled disc of the sun. I am so pleased that the clouds held off. What an unbelievable experience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Pepper Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 Simply glorious. I hope it's something my kids remember for years to come. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ser Scot A Ellison Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 20 minutes ago, Dr. Pepper said: Simply glorious. I hope it's something my kids remember for years to come. It was truly breathtaking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KiDisaster Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 Too overcast here to see anything. Thanks again, Florida. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maarsen Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 1 hour ago, Ser Scot A Ellison said: It was truly breathtaking. Glad you enjoyed it. I have one close to home in 2024. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry of the Lawn Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 1 hour ago, maarsen said: Glad you enjoyed it. I have one close to home in 2024. Yeah that one is much closer to my home as well, and I'm looking forward to it very much! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocksniffer Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 well it wasn't my first but was my first totality on land...it was just as awesome as my first, but lots more fun...cause man, i was surrounded by friends and Karate Princess at Pizza Man, where slices, beers, and shots were lifted in salute...and hearing the crickets while watching kids face was pretty fucking cool...the weather on my side of town was great @Ser Scot A Ellisonclouds held off til after totality and were only a momentary bother afterward...only shower came for 2 minutes at very end... My Princess was dancing and shouting...she said she subscribed to the dragon eats sun meaning so she howled and chased the dragon away... secretly i was hoping for aliens...but alas just heartburn from the anchovies and pitcher of budlight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ser Scot A Ellison Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 13 minutes ago, rocksniffer said: well it wasn't my first but was my first totality on land...it was just as awesome as my first, but lots more fun...cause man, i was surrounded by friends and Karate Princess at Pizza Man, where slices, beers, and shots were lifted in salute...and hearing the crickets while watching kids face was pretty fucking cool...the weather on my side of town was great @Ser Scot A Ellisonclouds held off til after totality and were only a momentary bother afterward...only shower came for 2 minutes at very end... My Princess was dancing and shouting...she said she subscribed to the dragon eats sun meaning so she howled and chased the dragon away... secretly i was hoping for aliens...but alas just heartburn from the anchovies and pitcher of budlight It was an experience well worth dancing for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drawkcabi Posted August 22, 2017 Share Posted August 22, 2017 Welp, I got screwed by the seller I bought glasses from on Amazon. They never came, and by the time I realized they probably wouldn't the glasses were out of stock everywhere. Looking at the feedback that seller received in the last week, a bunch of people got screwed. Not only did many people not get their glasses, many of the ones that did got their order rerouted from China. That seller cancelled his Amazon seller account some time last week too. Back in July, I took my time and researched before I ordered those glasses. Learning what approved glasses I should get and looking in the descriptions for the right certification and maker and paying attention to feedback for any complaints. I guess it was a Ponzi-ish scheme, sort of. All the early order feedback were positive saying they got exactly what was described, then in the last week all the negative complaints came in. I got my money back from Amazon, of course, but I missed the chance to really look at the sun. So, on completely stupid things...I did sneak a couple quick (less than a second) glances at the sun during the peak of the eclipse here. I guess I'm as stupid as the President, oh dear. My eyes seem fine, and in those quick glances I did see the moon moving in front of the sun, the sun looking like a crescent. That was cool. Back in 1984 we had an annular solar eclipse and D.C. and the surrounding areas were going to have ~95% totality. I was in 3rd grade and we made our pinhole cameras and we were going to go out and look at it...and it was overcast with thick cloud cover and drizzle all day. Just got darker but couldn't see the eclipse at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A True Kaniggit Posted August 22, 2017 Share Posted August 22, 2017 28 minutes ago, drawkcabi said: So, on completely stupid things...I did sneak a couple quick (less than a second) glances at the sun during the peak of the eclipse here. I guess I'm as stupid as the President, oh dear. Yeah, I got bored with using the Fruit Loops box and did something similarly stupid. I didn't try to look directly at the sun, but I did get a look at the eclipse by glancing at its reflection in a pool. Edit: And in the quest for important information that hasn't been revealed yet, I'd like to know what cereal box KiDisaster used to make his device. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ice Queen Posted August 22, 2017 Share Posted August 22, 2017 17 hours ago, maarsen said: Glad you enjoyed it. I have one close to home in 2024. Me, too. Road trip! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gertrude Posted August 22, 2017 Share Posted August 22, 2017 We made a small road trip to see totality. It was pretty amazing, although we had a partly cloudy situation. We only saw the sun about half of the available time during the totality, but I feel lucky we got to see what we did. The clouds got worse after the event and we realized it rained in areas around us. Totally worth the trip though, even taking into the consideration the traffic that sucked ass afterward. We avoided any organized events or bigger towns and we still got hit with horrendous traffic jams. Once we got moving on the intersatate road work slowed us to a crawl for another hour to our great frustration. Took us over twice the time it should have to get back home. Like I said, still worth it. I'm in Iowa and we drove down to Missouri. The gas stations we stopped at over the border were filled with Iowa, Illinois and Wisconsin plates - we completely outnumbered the native Missouri cars. Even in the more rural areas, we'd see ball fields set up for large viewing events, catering, etc. We ended up at an elementary school (not in session yet) next to their playground and surrounded by other travelers with chairs and blankets and coolers and a convenience store two blocks away for all our emergency needs. All in all a nice spot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manhole Eunuchsbane Posted August 22, 2017 Share Posted August 22, 2017 10 hours ago, A True Kaniggit said: Yeah, I got bored with using the Fruit Loops box and did something similarly stupid. I didn't try to look directly at the sun, but I did get a look at the eclipse by glancing at its reflection in a pool. Edit: And in the quest for important information that hasn't been revealed yet, I'd like to know what cereal box KiDisaster used to make his device. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocksniffer Posted August 23, 2017 Share Posted August 23, 2017 On 8/21/2017 at 7:23 PM, Ser Scot A Ellison said: It was an experience well worth dancing for. i agree Scot, i agree... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
all swedes are racist Posted August 23, 2017 Share Posted August 23, 2017 didnt get a chance to see the occultation, but while looking at the sun i got hit by someone driving a mitsubishi eclipse... americas event my ass Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manhole Eunuchsbane Posted August 23, 2017 Share Posted August 23, 2017 19 minutes ago, r'hllor's red lobster said: didnt get a chance to see the occultation, but while looking at the sun i got hit by someone driving a mitsubishi eclipse... americas event my ass The sun has had a well known Japanese bias for at least 1400 years or so. It is known. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Pepper Posted August 23, 2017 Share Posted August 23, 2017 I just want to know if the OP got sacrificed by one of those marauding bands of gothic satanist teens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckwheat Posted August 24, 2017 Share Posted August 24, 2017 It only means that R'hllor in his great divine power once more proved his dominance over the Great Other, it is known. Praise the Lord of Light! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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