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Eclipse 2017: NSF56k
That_Guy
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It seems there's no Eclipse thread. I should fix that. Today is the day of the first total solar eclipse of the 21st century. Likely the first most of us have ever seen. In just a few hours starting in Oragon and making it's way across the US, the moon will blot out the sun. If you live along the path of totality, this is a once-in-a-lifetime experience.
The Path
Safety Info
DO NOT LOOK DIRECTLY AT THE SUN FOR ANY REASON. You will go blind and never be able to read the forums again. Everyone's probably already sold out of glasses at this point. If you DO find glasses make sure they are rated for directl solar viewing. NASA has some great safety info to read over. https://eclipse2017.nasa.gov/safety If you can't find glasses consider making a pinhole camera. Also don't take direct photos of the sun without a filter on your camera. The sheet brightness can damage the image sensor.
Other Resources
https://eyes.jpl.nasa.gov/eyes-on-eclipse-web-app.html - This is an interactive eclipse map
The Path
Safety Info
DO NOT LOOK DIRECTLY AT THE SUN FOR ANY REASON. You will go blind and never be able to read the forums again. Everyone's probably already sold out of glasses at this point. If you DO find glasses make sure they are rated for directl solar viewing. NASA has some great safety info to read over. https://eclipse2017.nasa.gov/safety If you can't find glasses consider making a pinhole camera. Also don't take direct photos of the sun without a filter on your camera. The sheet brightness can damage the image sensor.
Other Resources
https://eyes.jpl.nasa.gov/eyes-on-eclipse-web-app.html - This is an interactive eclipse map
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There are so many fucking people in my town it's unreal.
not going to lie, I squinted at the sun*
I didn't see the eclipse but I'm also not blind, so that's good
*as did everyone in the school and probably the country =P
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Me? As a writer/painter, I'm more interested in what the eclipse does to the quality and hue of light and the effects is has on the atmosphere. Witnessing that firsthand is what I want.
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We also have a complete cloud covering. We can't even see the sun, never mind the eclipse.
Him: Looking at the sun doesn't make you blind.
Me: What?! How do you figure?
Him: There were eclipses before there was all this fancy modern equipment to look at the sun safely, people back then must have looked at the eclipse, and there are no reported instances of massive amount of people all going blind at the same time. Ipso facto, the sun doesn't cause blindness.
Me: Or maybe people just had the sense not to look at the sun?
Him: But who could resist looking at an eclipse?
Me: People whose eyes physically recoil at the pain of staring at the sun!
Him: Maybe people back then were more talented.
Me: *headdesk*
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I'm 34 and have 20/20 vision.
I do not see this as evidence that it won't make you blind, because that's not how we make such fucking determinations, god damn it.
Interesting piece of trivia: eclipses have allowed us to determine the earliest exact date in history - on 28th May 585 BC a battle between the Medes and Lydians in present-day Turkey was interrupted by a total eclipse.
It's raining right now.
However, weather is suppose to clear up juuust long enough for the actual eclipse, just before clouding up and raining again. So here's hoping.
The closest place with total coverage is some tiny ass town 6 hours away. From what I've heard all the hotels there have been booked for a long, long time. I bet that place is a shit show today.
That bit in the OP about damaging your cell phone isn't necessarily true.
Apple said it won't damage your iPhone.
Now, I don't know about other types of phones. but I'm guessing a large number of modern smart phones will be fine if the iPhone is fine.
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I also want to see the tree shadow thing, that looks awesome.
But I couldn't find any glasses and I hate huge crowds of people so fuck it.
just steal a pair about 10 seconds in
literally no one will see it coming!
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Arch,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_goGR39m2k
Is it even going on right now?
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Arch,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_goGR39m2k
I built a pinhole camera in about 5 minutes and now I am sitting outside watching through it.
I also got my oldest son and niece (6yrs) to have a look (bout 35% now). Might as well science them early.
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Had overcast all day, and it's not going away. 85% eclipse, too.
The Chilean snowboarding season is in full blast in July.
I have a plan.
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how do you think the clouds feel, they're in Jersey!