Post: #1

Some information here:

http://www.latimes.com/science/scienceno...story.html

Looks like Nashville and Greenville, SC will be prime viewing locations.

Post: #2

I was going to post about this, too. I'm glad you did. There hasn't been one in North America for a long time.

Post: #3

There's another one passing through North America in April 2024.

The next 5 visible total solar eclipses outside North America are in:

• South America in 2019 & 2020
• Spain & Iceland in 2026
• North Africa, Saudi Arabia & Yemen in 2027
• Australia in 2028.
  

If you're in East Asia or Best Korea, there's one happening in 2035.

Post: #4

We're already stocked up on whiskey down here. Bring it on

Post: #5

I am planning on making it a day trip, as I am only a few hours away from it.

Post: #6

(07-21-2017 06:29 PM)Bluto Wrote:  I am planning on making it a day trip, as I am only a few hours away from it.

Moon 258ooo mi away

Sun 93.ooo,ooo mi away

Thats some day trip

Post: #7

Calling LOZ

Post: #8

Took the day off work, found the last few pair of glasses in available in my city. I'm ready

Post: #9

(07-21-2017 08:50 AM)YoungBlade Wrote:  We're already stocked up on whiskey down here.

Me too.

Post: #10

(08-20-2017 04:53 PM)Dusty Wrote:  Calling LOZ

Hmm, I wonder why people don't take these climate change forecasts as seriously as they take astronomy. Could it be because the astronomical forecasts have been verified for centuries to a precision of 1 part in 10 to a large power, whereas the climate change "forecasts" are always wrong and have never predicted anything successfully? And could this in turn be because in the one case the forecasts follow from a rigorously tested mathematical theory with very few assumptions and great explanatory power, and in the other case are produced by just-so-story "models" with dozens of arbitrary parameters and "fudge factors" and almost no predictive power whatsoever? Could that be the difference, eh Justin?

What a sweet scam this has been and remains, LOL. Just be grateful we now have a bona fide denier as head of the EPA and have pulled out of the Paris idiocy; of course all the ingrate Republicans should be kneeling at T's feet daily for this reason alone but it will be a cold day in hell before that happens.

Anyway, back to regularly scheduled programming, just had to answer Dusty's call.

Post: #11

No desire to see it. High risk of burning your retina. Maybe you could take a picture of it without looking or just watch an online stream of it.

Post: #12

(08-20-2017 10:22 PM)kbell Wrote:  No desire to see it. High risk of burning your retina. Maybe you could take a picture of it without looking or just watch an online stream of it.

My plan is taking pictures of people wearing glasses looking up and of the eclipses' effect on surroundings.

Post: #13

How about instead of burning your retinas out you just put your phone's camera on selfie mode then watch the eclipse over your shoulder.

Post: #14

I stare directly at the sun with eyes fully open every now and then.
My eyesight is fine.

Don't believe everything they tell you.
Rather, ask yourself, what is it they dont want you to see during an eclipse.

Post: #15

(08-20-2017 10:50 PM)scotian Wrote:  How about instead of burning your retinas out you just put your phone's camera on selfie mode then watch the eclipse over your shoulder.

Post: #16

When I was young, I was in to astronomy. There is a filter you can put on a telescope to look directly at the sun without hurting your eyes. Or if you don't have one, you can project the image of the sun onto a piece of paper.

Here are some more suggestions.

http://www.skyandtelescope.com/astronomy...t-the-sun/

Post: #17

Raining here at the moment in the Midwest. We're in one of those prime positions too.

Is it beta to wear the eclipse glasses when watching it?

Post: #18

That sucks. I'll have 99.8% where I'm at. They were calling for cloudy weather.

Post: #19

Something, perhaps millions of years of evolution, makes me not want to stare at the sun, regardless of eye protection.

But if I stumble across someone outside my building who has a pair of approved shades, I might have a glance.

I'm at around 85%. It would be pretty awesome to be at 100% dark for a few minutes. Share a historically significant human experience with our ancestors.

Post: #20

The real question: Who's running Eclipse Game today ?

Post: #21

^ me

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Post: #23

This eclipse thing is bullshit. I just had to stare at the sun for five straight minutes until it got dark.

Post: #24

I have a feeling if you point you phone's camera at the sun during the eclipse it'll burn the image sensor.

Post: #25

bah, I had a whole projection setup with a rifle scope and it doesn't work. Now I'm stuck looking at it with a box on my head.