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Title: Total Eclipse
Post by: kopfjäger on August 16, 2017, 09:31:22 PM
This coming Monday. Here's some info.

https://www.cnet.com/how-to/6-weird-things-that-happen-during-an-eclipse/

https://www.space.com/33797-total-solar-eclipse-2017-guide.html

https://eclipse2017.nasa.gov/eclipse-who-what-where-when-and-how

Title: Re: Total Eclipse
Post by: red baron on August 17, 2017, 06:31:54 AM
get your PPE [thumbsup]
Title: Re: Total Eclipse
Post by: ducpainter on August 17, 2017, 06:43:55 AM
Quote from: red baron on August 17, 2017, 06:31:54 AM
get your PPE [thumbsup]

(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5299/5404789780_7e4448de75_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/9eAXGG)
Title: Re: Total Eclipse
Post by: Blackout on August 17, 2017, 08:54:57 AM
Looking forward to this as I will be in the area of total eclipse.
Title: Re: Total Eclipse
Post by: Randimus Maximus on August 18, 2017, 04:14:52 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcOxhH8N3Bo
Title: Re: Total Eclipse
Post by: kopfjäger on August 18, 2017, 04:18:44 PM
Quote from: Randimus Maximus on August 18, 2017, 04:14:52 PM

https://youtu.be/z55sG3S0wbU
Title: Re: Total Eclipse
Post by: kopfjäger on August 18, 2017, 04:20:36 PM
nsfw

https://youtu.be/OW5btoF96jc
Title: Re: Total Eclipse
Post by: Speeddog on August 18, 2017, 07:22:44 PM
Quote from: kopfjäger on August 18, 2017, 04:20:36 PM
nsfw

https://youtu.be/OW5btoF96jc

Well, that was a surprise.
I expected more grind and less nsfw.
Title: Re: Total Eclipse
Post by: kopfjäger on August 20, 2017, 10:47:16 AM
This is not a drill. The eclipse is tomorrow. I repeat, the total solar eclipse is tomorrow. Last time we were able to view one in the states was 79. 🌚
Title: Re: Total Eclipse
Post by: Bick on August 20, 2017, 05:58:11 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZtfsfoKSB0
Title: Re: Total Eclipse
Post by: Bick on August 20, 2017, 06:01:52 PM
Quote from: kopfjäger on August 20, 2017, 10:47:16 AM
This is not a drill. The eclipse is tomorrow. I repeat, the total solar eclipse is tomorrow. Last time we were able to view one in the states was 79. 🌚

I need to read these more carefully.  I thought you said the last time there was a total eclipse visible in the States you were 79.  There have been a bunch of them since you were that young! ;D
Title: Re: Total Eclipse
Post by: kopfjäger on August 20, 2017, 06:24:04 PM
Quote from: Bick on August 20, 2017, 06:01:52 PM
I need to read these more carefully.  I thought you said the last time there was a total eclipse visible in the States you were 79.  There have been a bunch of them since you were that young! ;D

:D Last one was 1979. I was 24.   8) I'll never see 79.
Title: Re: Total Eclipse
Post by: kopfjäger on August 20, 2017, 08:42:55 PM
"The solar eclipse will spread across the U.S. from Lincoln Beach, Ore., where a partial eclipse will begin at 9:05 a.m. PST on Aug. 21. The total solar eclipse will begin there at 10:16 a.m. The total eclipse will then move from the West Coast to the East Coast, ending near Columbia, S.C. at 2:44 p.m. EST. In all, the eclipse will take just about an hour and a half to traverse the country. In each place where the total solar eclipse can be viewed, it typically lasts no longer than two minutes and 40 seconds."
Title: Re: Total Eclipse
Post by: Jaman on August 21, 2017, 10:24:36 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIRiZsDObrU
Title: Re: Total Eclipse
Post by: Popeye the Sailor on August 21, 2017, 11:43:41 AM
Looks pretty cool.

Glad i can see it from the backyard.
Title: Re: Total Eclipse
Post by: ducpainter on August 21, 2017, 12:33:14 PM
Not particularly 'total' around here.
Title: Re: Total Eclipse
Post by: Speedbag on August 21, 2017, 01:13:42 PM
It clouded up and rained here.  :P
Title: Re: Total Eclipse
Post by: Speeddog on August 21, 2017, 02:33:47 PM
Some cloudiness early on, but it cleared up here.

Sun was noticeably dim and lacking heat.

Title: Re: Total Eclipse
Post by: kopfjäger on August 21, 2017, 04:09:46 PM
Some cool pics here. The one with the Home Depot lit up in the background is pretty cool.

Exclusive Photos of the 2017 Solar Eclipse - National Geographic
https://apple.news/AdG-ftcZhTcSK7-eRCQtDBA
Title: Re: Total Eclipse
Post by: DarkMonster620 on August 21, 2017, 04:53:58 PM
didn't even notice . . .
Title: Re: Total Eclipse
Post by: kopfjäger on August 21, 2017, 04:56:58 PM
Quote from: DarkMonster620 on August 21, 2017, 04:53:58 PM
didn't even notice . . .

Wrong country.
Title: Re: Total Eclipse
Post by: DarkMonster620 on August 21, 2017, 05:01:42 PM
Quote from: kopfjäger on August 21, 2017, 04:56:58 PM
Wrong country.
we were supposed to see a x% of sun coverage . . .
Title: Re: Total Eclipse
Post by: kopfjäger on August 21, 2017, 05:04:22 PM
Quote from: DarkMonster620 on August 21, 2017, 05:01:42 PM
we were supposed to see a x% of sun coverage . . .

Entirely too far from the path to even see anything, much less notice any change in sunlight.
Title: Re: Total Eclipse
Post by: Oldfisti on August 21, 2017, 07:41:37 PM
I got a great look at it today about 5min before peak. 


Think it was about 60% or so by us (upstate NY).  Welding goggles worked quite well.


2024 it will track across the Adirondacks with 100% totality.
Title: Re: Total Eclipse
Post by: koko64 on August 22, 2017, 12:55:44 AM
Kopf.
I sent you an email about the eclipse. Lets just say they come out of the woodwork! [laugh]
Title: Re: Total Eclipse
Post by: Popeye the Sailor on August 22, 2017, 06:29:46 AM
"Take our test: how to tell if the solar eclipse damaged your eyes"

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/aug/21/solar-eclipse-eye-damage
Title: Re: Total Eclipse
Post by: kopfjäger on August 22, 2017, 07:36:27 AM
Quote from: koko64 on August 22, 2017, 12:55:44 AM
Kopf.
I sent you an email about the eclipse. Lets just say they come out of the woodwork! [laugh]

I heard that on the radio. I wonder if he got laid?  :D
Title: Re: Total Eclipse
Post by: koko64 on August 22, 2017, 10:58:55 AM
Sounded mad as a cut snake ;D
Title: Total Eclipse
Post by: GK on August 22, 2017, 01:37:48 PM
Well if he was successful, he'll be up for alimony, the drongo. ðŸ˜,
Title: Re: Total Eclipse
Post by: Ddan on August 22, 2017, 02:02:34 PM
 8)
Quote from: Satellite smithy on August 22, 2017, 06:29:46 AM
"Take our test: how to tell if the solar eclipse damaged your eyes"

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/aug/21/solar-eclipse-eye-damage
Title: Re: Total Eclipse
Post by: Johnny OrganDonor on August 23, 2017, 12:51:27 PM
Here's one of my shots.

(http://i.imgur.com/M9sMui2.jpg)
Title: Re: Total Eclipse
Post by: kopfjäger on August 23, 2017, 02:16:26 PM
That's pretty bad ass. What camera etc., were you using?
Title: Re: Total Eclipse
Post by: Johnny OrganDonor on August 23, 2017, 03:50:37 PM
Thanks, I was right on the line of max totality on Bureau of Reclamation land on the Wind River Reservation west of Shoshoni, Wyoming.  Not another soul on the horizon and no crazy traffic getting there from Montana.  I was just shooting with my old Nikon D800 and a 200-500mm Nikon zoom.  Not really knowing what I was doing, I just bracketed nine frames per shot.  I had my older D700 with some super-wide angle lenses as a back-up.  lHere's my set-up and location.

(http://i.imgur.com/8jtZJyJ.jpg)
Title: Re: Total Eclipse
Post by: koko64 on August 23, 2017, 03:56:53 PM
And Corona [drool]
Title: Re: Total Eclipse
Post by: kopfjäger on August 23, 2017, 04:00:06 PM
Hell to the yeaah!
Title: Re: Total Eclipse
Post by: Howie on August 23, 2017, 04:59:02 PM
Quote from: Johnny OrganDonor on August 23, 2017, 03:50:37 PM
Thanks, I was right on the line of max totality on Bureau of Reclamation land on the Wind River Reservation west of Shoshoni, Wyoming.  Not another soul on the horizon and no crazy traffic getting there from Montana.  I was just shooting with my old Nikon D800 and a 200-500mm Nikon zoom.  Not really knowing what I was doing, I just bracketed nine frames per shot.  I had my older D700 with some super-wide angle lenses as a back-up.  lHere's my set-up and location.



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Title: Re: Total Eclipse
Post by: Randimus Maximus on August 23, 2017, 06:28:35 PM
Quote from: Johnny OrganDonor on August 23, 2017, 12:51:27 PM
Here's one of my shots.

(http://i.imgur.com/M9sMui2.jpg)

Quote from: Johnny OrganDonor on August 23, 2017, 03:50:37 PM
Thanks, I was right on the line of max totality on Bureau of Reclamation land on the Wind River Reservation west of Shoshoni, Wyoming.  Not another soul on the horizon and no crazy traffic getting there from Montana.  I was just shooting with my old Nikon D800 and a 200-500mm Nikon zoom.  Not really knowing what I was doing, I just bracketed nine frames per shot.  I had my older D700 with some super-wide angle lenses as a back-up.  lHere's my set-up and location.


Awesome shot.  And that is a pretty awesome spot of the state.  I used to travel through there on a frequent basis years ago.  I never minded the drive through Wind River Canyon.
Title: Total Eclipse
Post by: GK on August 26, 2017, 01:26:41 PM
Ripper shot.

What time of day was it? Ok I reread the OP, some time between 10am and 3pm.

Cool!