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OK SO WHO IS WATCHING ECLIPSE OR WHO HAS A LIFE?
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ARtraveler
R.I.P. Dwayne
Looks like it was a great event for those that were in the "total" zone. Pretty much a non-event for those not included. I did not notice any darkness here. :yes:
Peteoz
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Did you pull yourself over and give yourself a ticket each time you started riding again in your non legal helmet, Mike?
Pete
Ex-Rocket
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IdahoMtnSpyder
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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! :clap: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!
This NASA pic shows what it looked like a few minutes after totality using solar glasses.
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! :clap: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!
This NASA pic shows what it looked like a few minutes after totality using solar glasses.
Pirate looks at --
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Hers is an interesting picture of the eclipse!
The crescents are images of the sun as it shines through the trees. :yes:
Hers is an interesting picture of the eclipse!
The crescents are images of the sun as it shines through the trees. :yes:
Ex-Rocket
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I think the next one to hit the USA is 2024
jojo
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Eclipse in totality
I drove down to Nashville to catch the total solar eclipse, and I'm so glad that I did !
I stood in an area between the Grand Ole Opry and a shopping mall with a few thousand other people. It was sunny & hot, 94° when the eclipse started. As the eclipse started, everyone got out their glasses and started putting them on. Funny to see these throngs of people all with their glasses on, staring up at the sky. It reminded me of those photos from t...he 50's of everyone sitting in a 3D movie theatre.
About 30 seconds before the total eclipse, the sky started getting dark, kind of dusk-like. It wasn't until the eclipse was in its totality, that there was real darkness. It was like someone just flicked off the light switch ! Very cool to see, and there was a huge gasp and then applause from the crowd. The automatic lights came on in the parking lots and in the stores, the temperature dropped about 10 degrees, and all the birds stopped chirping.
The darkness lasted for just about a minute and a half, and then with just the slightest sliver of sun showing, there was total brightness again.
Very, very neat to experience.
Can't wait for the next one in 2024 !
I drove down to Nashville to catch the total solar eclipse, and I'm so glad that I did !
I stood in an area between the Grand Ole Opry and a shopping mall with a few thousand other people. It was sunny & hot, 94° when the eclipse started. As the eclipse started, everyone got out their glasses and started putting them on. Funny to see these throngs of people all with their glasses on, staring up at the sky. It reminded me of those photos from t...he 50's of everyone sitting in a 3D movie theatre.
About 30 seconds before the total eclipse, the sky started getting dark, kind of dusk-like. It wasn't until the eclipse was in its totality, that there was real darkness. It was like someone just flicked off the light switch ! Very cool to see, and there was a huge gasp and then applause from the crowd. The automatic lights came on in the parking lots and in the stores, the temperature dropped about 10 degrees, and all the birds stopped chirping.
The darkness lasted for just about a minute and a half, and then with just the slightest sliver of sun showing, there was total brightness again.
Very, very neat to experience.
Can't wait for the next one in 2024 !
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