2017 Eclipse
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"Na na na na na na-Batclipse!"
Did you try turning around?
pics we got. Spoilered for size
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I got superpowers, but they mostly occur offscreen due to the writer's strike.[DOUBLEPOST=1503346248,1503346034][/DOUBLEPOST]Wait---sorry---I mean "abilities".
I screamed at the TV this weekend. The host said that you don't feel the sun damaging your eyes because you have no nerve endings in you eyes.
WHAT!!!!!
No pain receptors sure, but no nerves?
WHAT!!!!!
No pain receptors sure, but no nerves?
My uncle got some really good pictures. Chief among them, this shot:
He has given me permission to repost as long as credit is given. So, picture by Dr. John W. Brice, MD, Esq., and all around great guy.
He has given me permission to repost as long as credit is given. So, picture by Dr. John W. Brice, MD, Esq., and all around great guy.
That's no moon.
Every now and then.
That's phenomenal! He did an amazing job. I'm now totally embarrassed to post mine lol.[DOUBLEPOST=1503352357,1503352169][/DOUBLEPOST]I didn't think that I was going to get a chance to get any pictures, but a friend of ours was here today with a viewing shade thingy and let me borrow it to try and get a picture. I took this with my infrared camera through a welding mask-type thingy. Super amateur for sure, but I tried. I had a super hard time focusing.My uncle got some really good pictures. Chief among them, this shot:
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He has given me permission to repost as long as credit is given. So, picture by Dr. John W. Brice, MD, Esq., and all around great guy.
Yeah, none of my pictures came out at all. My uncle is a photography buff and so has a lot of high-end camera equipment.
My dad made blockers for the event, it was awesome!
In 2024, I had better be healthy because we will be in the path of that bad boy.
Great pictures everyone!
NASA's shot of the ISS silhouette during the eclipse is pretty cool, too.
NASA's shot of the ISS silhouette during the eclipse is pretty cool, too.
Nice photo bomb NASA.[DOUBLEPOST=1503374339,1503374121][/DOUBLEPOST]Next time I'm taking a colander to the eclipse instead of making a pin hole viewer.
Made the 4 hour drive down to Cookeville, TN to be in totality. I have been eyeing this day for 15 years, but only realized about 6 months ago that the family farm where I spent many summers & holidays in my teen & college years was within the path of totality (Smithville). Unfortunately the family sold the farm a few years ago, but we still had somewhat of a family reunion gathering in Cookeville with family coming in from Seattle, Iowa, Central Illinois & us coming down from Lexington.
I am so glad I did. There is a HUGE difference between a partial eclipse & totality. I can also see why everybody was stressing so much the need for glasses until totality. The diamond ring effect was absolutely piercingly bright. Being my first eclipse of any kind, I found it interesting what you could actually see with the glasses on... the sun & nothing else. So much so that when totality first occurred, it took me 5 seconds or so to realize I needed to take the glasses off.
Anyways - the video here is from the park where I was & isn't mine. It's exactly the reason I didn't take many pictures or videos. I'd rather just experience the moment & I knew someone else out there would do the heavy lifting
I am so glad I did. There is a HUGE difference between a partial eclipse & totality. I can also see why everybody was stressing so much the need for glasses until totality. The diamond ring effect was absolutely piercingly bright. Being my first eclipse of any kind, I found it interesting what you could actually see with the glasses on... the sun & nothing else. So much so that when totality first occurred, it took me 5 seconds or so to realize I needed to take the glasses off.
Anyways - the video here is from the park where I was & isn't mine. It's exactly the reason I didn't take many pictures or videos. I'd rather just experience the moment & I knew someone else out there would do the heavy lifting
I thought the 2nd image there, of the EARTH during the eclipse was pretty damned weird. Neat and incredible, but weird and even a bit scary. A big dark patch on the Earth.
We had to change our planned location due to rain. It was still cloudy, but we could see the eclipse through the cloud cover. That actually turned out for the better, because we weren't standing under full sun and getting roasted.
Due to having to drive an extra 40 miles, we had to hurry with the setup and forgot to clean the lenses on the telescope, so the photographs all have particles on them (we'll just call those "sunspots"
). And we didn't have time to set up the camera properly, so also kinda blurry. But that's okay. Experiencing totality was amazing.
Due to having to drive an extra 40 miles, we had to hurry with the setup and forgot to clean the lenses on the telescope, so the photographs all have particles on them (we'll just call those "sunspots"
). And we didn't have time to set up the camera properly, so also kinda blurry. But that's okay. Experiencing totality was amazing.
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Have you tried going swimming near where the US Navy machine-gunned those barrels of toxic waste off the coast of New Jersey? (Also if you go supervillain please tell me your disposable henchman uniforms are less skimpy than @Emrys's. I feel so exposed.)
Attempted to sleep through it. My wife was watching a friend's 2 girls. Oldest is, like mine, ADHD. Neither were medicated.
Also, Savannah was overcast and rainy, so the point was moot.
Maybe I'll visit Texas for that one.
Also, Savannah was overcast and rainy, so the point was moot.
Maybe I'll visit Texas for that one.
