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damn werewolf shedded all over the showroom & just took a crap in the corner. why can i never find my gun with silver bullets
when i need it.
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UPDATE:
The Missus stood outside frying her eyeballs for the definitive shot of it:
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I knew that I married her for more than her cooking skills!
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the clouds did clear enough to see. It wasn't twilight but the light did change and it was strange. Also temp dropped and it felt weird
Happy TRAils/NSD
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We lost about five degrees here as well.
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A non event here in the Valley of the Sun. A 63% eclipse still leaves more than enough sunlight that it isn't noticeable.
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I watched it. Pretty cool. Made the sun look like devil horns and we sacrificed a snowflake intern
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We went to Quincy to watch the eclipse and take some clothes to my wife's brother. The clouds broke enough that we had clear skies til about 20 minutes before the maximum at about 97 1/2%. Was able to see the sun through the clouds pretty well until about four minutes before the max and then the clouds totally blocked the sun after the maximum.
The quality of light is hard to explain but I was expecting it to be much darker than it was, especially given the percentage of coverage and the amount of cloud cover. The lights did come on on one of the bridges over the Mississippi river and most vehicles had their lights on. All in all, it was unusual enough that it should be memorable for at least a few years!
On the road again...........and forever young!
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I've seen 4 of them. The eclipse today was nothing new.... been there, done that.... moving on.....
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Wire sculpture
Finished soldering a wire sculpture I'm working on while glimpsing the eclipse every 10 minutes or so. It did "dim" here and temp did drop at least 5 degrees. Got quieter too.
Kaos
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Streamed it via NASA. It was only 93% here, not as dark as I had hoped for. The drop in temperature was different, though. Still got in a Spyder ride though.
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I was off work today, just my normal days off.
My mother gave me a pair of glasses and it was pretty cool. It didn't get as dark as I thought, but glad I got to see it.
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ECLIPSE
Well I was out riding with my " non-auto fixed dark level Welders mask " ( not a helmet ) .... and evry once in a while I'd stop and check the progress .... I enjoyed it ..... Mike
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LOOK CLOSE
LOOK CLOSELY AT THE RIGHT-CENTER OF THIS PICTURE.... (after Bob rotates it)....
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i'm thinking it is Venus... if anyone knows for sure, please let us all know.... you may need to expand it....
OK, Bob, can you rotate this thing 90 deg. for me...? PLEASE... why does it do that...??????
Dan P
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We had mostly sun here in southeast Michigan, and I was outside all day. Nothing happened. Not even a hint of darkness. Whenever I thought the daylight was getting a tad dimmer, it was simply a thin veil of clouds passing by.
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We rode to the top of Pikes Peak to find hundreds of people there. It was really cold and windy and there was no way I was hanging out to ride back down with all of them. Snapped a couple of pictures and got out. Didn't get dark there either.
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We turned all our lights on. We are afraid of the dark!
Jack
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Eclipse
I slept thru the whole thing and watched it on the news. Works for me!!!
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Harrington, Australia
2021 RT Limited
Setup for Tall & Big.... 200cm/6'7", 140kg/300lbs, 37"inleg.
HeliBars Handlebars
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Ikon (Aussie) shocks all round.
Russell Daylong seat 2” taller than stock (in Sunbrella for Aussie heat & water resistance)
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Kenda Kanine rear.
2021 RT Limited , Brake pedal rubber removed for ease of accessing pedal with size 15 boots. Red
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Originally Posted by SPYD3R
LOOK CLOSELY AT THE RIGHT-CENTER OF THIS PICTURE.... (after Bob rotates it)....
20170821_143940.jpg
i'm thinking it is Venus... if anyone knows for sure, please let us all know.... you may need to expand it....
OK, Bob, can you rotate this thing 90 deg. for me...? PLEASE... why does it do that...??????
Dan P
SPYD3R
Yes, it was Venus
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It was beatiful!
I was in the path of totality. As others have mentioned the drop in temperature was significant and unexpected. Helped us to realize just how much daytime warmth we get from the sun. As for darkness, it did not get totally dark. I'm guessing it had to be about 95% of totality before we noticed a significant drop in the ambient light. The light from the corona kept the area lit about like a full moon night. Here is a NASA pic of what I saw. To use an over used hackneyed word, it was awesome! This picture shows the area around the sun as black, but we saw it as dark blue. For the one minute of totality we looked at it with no eye protection. But just as soon as a sliver of the sun was visible we had to put the solar glasses back on!
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This NASA pic shows what it looked like a few minutes after totality using solar glasses.
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2014 Copper RTS
Tri-Axis bars, CB, BajaRon sway bar & shock adjusters, SpyderPop's Bumpskid, NBV peg brackets, LED headlights and modulator, Wolo trumpet air horns, trailer hitch, custom trailer harness, high mount turn signals, Custom Dynamics brake light, LED turn signal lights on mirrors, LED strip light for a dash light, garage door opener, LED lights in frunk, trunk, and saddlebags, RAM mounts and cradles for tablet (for GPS) and phone (for music), and Smooth Spyder belt tensioner.
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For us here in Thailand the internet was the only way we could see it.
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I forgot about it. When does it happen again? Gonna grab some popcorn and wait.
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Well
Hers is an interesting picture of the eclipse!IMG_0472.jpg The crescents are images of the sun as it shines through the trees.
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Originally Posted by Road-Kill
I forgot about it. When does it happen again? Gonna grab some popcorn and wait.
I think the next one to hit the USA is 2024
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