Happy Solar Eclipse!
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Cindy2428
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Maybe I'm too old, or IDK. I just don't get it the excitement. The expressions they've come up with .... "Totality???" Wasn't it called a total eclipse in the day?
Now total saponification - that get my motor running!!
Now total saponification - that get my motor running!!
SunRiseArts
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I just came in from watching! I thought it was pretty cool!
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Clouds passed over right during our peak viewing time. The pinhole "cameras" worked perfectly, though.
One of my coworkers brought the special glasses to work so I had a good look around 2pm. Up here in Canada, we only had a partial eclipse but it was still pretty cool to see!
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Totality simply refers to how much of the sun or moon gets covered during an eclipse. This was a total eclipse, which means that totality reached 100% if you were directly under it. To either side, totality drops from 100% until you finally get far enough north or south that you don't see anything at all.
We had partial cloud cover here, with the thickest clouds of course being right where the sun was in the sky. :???:
BrewerGeorge
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Last night I was watching dragons roast an undead army, and now I'm supposed to care about THIS? 
Wow, you guys are jaded! Go lick some batteries or soap batter to perk up :twisted:
I didn't get the total eclipse here, but boy it was eerie when there was just a sliver of sun. Clear skies but it was dark like just before the severe rainstorms we've been getting, and the air was totally still and birds were acting like nothing was going on. Seeing the sliver of sun through glasses was pretty awesome, but it was the strange atmosphere that really got me.
I didn't get the total eclipse here, but boy it was eerie when there was just a sliver of sun. Clear skies but it was dark like just before the severe rainstorms we've been getting, and the air was totally still and birds were acting like nothing was going on. Seeing the sliver of sun through glasses was pretty awesome, but it was the strange atmosphere that really got me.
BrewerGeorge
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I was just joking. I was outside, too.
It rained here. We were only going to have a partial eclipse, but still...
Cellador
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I took my 5 year old daughter out to see it. She said that I was lying, that it didn't look any darker than normal (we had ~90% here). We even looked through the glasses....she said it was boring. :headbanging:
I thought it was pretty cool.
I thought it was pretty cool.
NsMar42111
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I was playing with a pinhole thing and it wasn't until about the 50% mark it got to the "cool" factor for me. When I thought the best was over (we only got to 80%), I walked outside and oooooooo the shadows up front were all cresents! That was cool!
Now, would I drive 12 hours to see it? Nah LOL.
Decided I liked the sun at the 70% point, my skin didn't try to escape when I walked outside into the sunlight. 80% looked like a desk lamp light instead of sunlight so too much. :bunny:
Now, would I drive 12 hours to see it? Nah LOL.
Decided I liked the sun at the 70% point, my skin didn't try to escape when I walked outside into the sunlight. 80% looked like a desk lamp light instead of sunlight so too much. :bunny:
Connie, the lady who works with me, thought I was crazy, puttering back and forth through the shop and outdoors with the hope of seeing the eclipse. We had too much cloud cover to really see anything -- the clouds diffused the light way too much -- even though my part of Iowa got to 90% + totality. The sunlight turned that odd gray/blue color that happens in an eclipse, but that was the most exciting thing we were treated to.
When I was in grad school in the early 90s, there was a partial eclipse on a nicely sunny day. The dapples of light coming through the leaves of the street trees all had moon-sized bites taken out of them. That was cool.
When I was in grad school in the early 90s, there was a partial eclipse on a nicely sunny day. The dapples of light coming through the leaves of the street trees all had moon-sized bites taken out of them. That was cool.
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The children decided we needed a cake for Eclipse Day.
Arthur Dent
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We had over 2 minutes of totality. The corona was spectacular beyond description!
Rusti
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I was across the river at the other regional university. We didn't get quite so long as the Dale, but our skies were totally clear and totality was both eerie and BEAUTIFUL.
SunRiseArts
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artemis, I made a cake too! I made my family a coca cola cake! Top with pecans.....
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I've had Coca Cola pulled pork, but never had Coca Cola cake before!
The kids had very specific ideas about an Eclipse Cake. It HAD TO be round and dark chocolate, and it HAD TO have a crescent of sun peaking out.
Arthur Dent
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Glad you had a good spot! Fortunately we didn't go to Carbondale, they had clouds and therefore only saw 10 seconds or so of totality. We were a few miles south of Harrisburg, had no troubling clouds during totality. "Eerie and beautiful" is a good description!
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