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=> GENERAL DISCUSSION => Topic started by: sweetcell on August 09, 2017, 01:29:50 pm
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The Eclipse is giving me good cover to make a trip to Ashville (1 hour from the direct path)
so, who else has got plans for August 21?
i might attend this lil' shindig: http://oregoneclipse2017.com/ (website seems to be having issues at the moment...). looks like we'll be getting about 1:40 of darkness (vs. the max of 2:40, near nashville).
this will be my second solar eclipse. first one was in 1999, in hungary, at a similar techno-hippie gathering where we got 2:22 of totality. weird stuff, can't wait to experience it again.
best eclipse map i've found so far: http://xjubier.free.fr/en/site_pages/solar_eclipses/TSE_2017_GoogleMapFull.html
gratuitous anigif, to ensure that seth shuts this sh*t down:
(https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEanimate/SEanimate2001/SE2017Aug21T.GIF)
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Camera Obscura - Honey In The Sun
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Oh, wait, we're not making a playlist, are we?
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. first one was in 1999, in hungary, at a similar techno-hippie gathering where we got 2:22 of totality.
I'm doing it for sure...and people...you have not SEEN an eclipse unless you are in the PATH
even a few miles away is a different experience...let alone 500
I too saw the one in 99, in Turkey near Amasra up a few thousand feet with a full view of the black sea
was amazing seeing it come at you over the water and hearing the animals kinda freak out and go totally silent
Although I ended up unscathed...people would have thought it was a bad omen
as I was in a pretty bad bus accident 6 hours later and then escaped a major earthquake by just a few hours a few days later
I bought an evil eye a few hours before and I'm convinced it save me :)
All told, more than 17,000 people were killed and damages totaled $6.5 billion, making it one of the most devastating earthquakes of the 20th century.
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Oh, wait, we're not making a playlist, are we?
black hole sun?
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So as walky would say...I got Eclipse'ed trying to get some Eclipse glasses
Confirmed there were free glasses at Air & Space..but apparently they are gone by 10:05 every day (they will be giving out 60K on Monday...but I won't be here)
Anyone know where I can pick up some glasses locally?
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https://dc.curbed.com/2017/8/4/16094678/solar-eclipse-glasses-free-dc-Washington
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Thanks GGW, but all the libraries are out and A&S is quite difficult
haven't tried the zoo...but kind of a PIA to deal with
I'd be willing to pay, but no one has them in stock
need to follow up on Warby Parker
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Charleston, SC.
Food, Booze, and the path of totality. Or, you know, rain.
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Charleston, SC.
Food, Booze, and the path of totality. Or, you know, rain.
It is going to be a madhouse in Charleston
We considered it but apparently that's going to be over a million people there
I think the beach is the place to be
I want a few years ago and was able to drink only Charleston (or within a 20 mile radius )made beers
And all were fantastic
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Bahumbug
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Bahumbug
Shoc,king.
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Charleston, SC.
Food, Booze, and the path of totality. Or, you know, rain.
It is going to be a madhouse in Charleston
We considered it but apparently that's going to be over a million people there
I think the beach is the place to be
I want a few years ago and was able to drink only Charleston (or within a 20 mile radius )made beers
And all were fantastic
I am up for the madhouse; Just needs to be at least partly sunny.
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so, when the glasses that you bought, don't work, and you are blind for the rest of your life . . . who do you sue?
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Heard a Dr say they have to have the logo certifying they meet standards...I.also seemed to rec watching on TV
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Also, you shouldn't be able to see anything through them, except the sun (and maybe a bright light).
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Rage Against The Machine - People of The Sun
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Bruce Springsteen - Dancing In The Dark
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Genesis - Keep It Dark
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Bill Withers - Ain't No Sunshine
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ELO - Mr. Blue Sky
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Echo & The Bunnymen - The Killing Moon
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Len - Steal My Sunshine
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(http://i.imgur.com/Q8VMDKu.jpg)
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U2 - Staring at the sun
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Oh, wait, we're not making a playlist, are we?
Made it happen!
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Ring of Fire.
Come on, guys, that should have been first!
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Don't Look Back into the Sun - The Libertines
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Invisible Sun - Police
Also for those who bought non ISO glasses
Blinded by the light - steve miller
Cheap sunglasses - ZZ top
Also...got me some nasa produced specs and looking forward to not burning out my retina
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Oskar...in the path
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Looking at the Sun - Matthew Sweet
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Heard this on tv
New moon on monday
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Billy Thorpe CHILDREN OF THE SUN.
(what a great-- simple, but great -- rock riff that song has)
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that was pretty awesome.
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had a great time in charleston. the totality was eerie. the food and drink were absurdly great.
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Eclipse'ed
Big cloud obscured for us in Brevard South Carolina at the Oscar Blues Brewery
They did have Jai Alai IPA on tap!
The Pisgah thunder (https://www.facebook.com/Pisgah-Thunder-528588500650448/)was almost worth the trip though
The extra 4 hours of traffic on Tuesday was a nice cherry on top
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(https://scontent-iad3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.6435-9/168443651_2879820052305664_7123186771336726451_n.png?_nc_cat=1&ccb=1-3&_nc_sid=730e14&_nc_ohc=g9A2SSXy9PYAX-cUPrF&_nc_ht=scontent-iad3-1.xx&oh=64419bcdde9924c9c2a82b0046c9c068&oe=60950515)
fuckin covid! like two years ago was making plans for being in the path
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fuckin covid! like two years ago was making plans for being in the path
uh, are you not assuming that things will be back to normal and we'll be travelling again by 2024? how did covid eff this up for you?
we already have plans for '24: friends in ohio have invited us to crash their place and see the eclipse from their backyard :) i'd like to go further south and get a longer totality, but the peak is in central mexico (4:28!) and i don't see myself hanging about there... maybe we can upgrade to texas.
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/50/SE2024Apr08T.gif)
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I think he’s really baked and doesn’t realize it’s currently the year 2021....
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well this information did come to me on the day Virginia legalized weed...so there is that
longer totality is always the goal...dead center of the path is critical
If you can find a high point and see it as it comes it would be recommended
Just realized my parent's place is right in the center between Buffalo and Erie (Duration of totality: 3 minutes, 47 seconds)
Austin (4mins 27 seconds)
https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/map/2024-april-8
I think being dead center is more important than length
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Egypt 2027...6:29 mins!
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Folks who saw the last one talk about it like it was the rapture or something.
I'm looking at you, Burlington, VT...........
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What're your plans for the eclipse? April 8th is coming up soon!
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Heading New York and plan to catch it on the banks of lake Erie
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I'll be at Kent State, near Cleveland
https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/interactive/2024/map-totality-solar-eclipse-locations/
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Heading New York and plan to catch it on the banks of lake Erie
Wait, Erie PA proper? We may be overlapping.
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Heading New York and plan to catch it on the banks of lake Erie
Wait, Erie PA proper? We may be overlapping.
Probably Dunkirk
But presqe isle was a potential spot
Just think it will be packed
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See what the solar eclipse will look like in your city (https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/interactive/2024/solar-eclipse-view-cities/?itid=hp-top-table-main_p001_f003)
Very good interactive page at WaPo. DC's gonna get 87%, enough to notice it getting dark without looking.
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That's really cool. I didn't realize we'd get so much coverage here.
See what the solar eclipse will look like in your city (https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/interactive/2024/solar-eclipse-view-cities/?itid=hp-top-table-main_p001_f003)
Very good interactive page at WaPo. DC's gonna get 87%, enough to notice it getting dark without looking.
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That's really cool. I didn't realize we'd get so much coverage here.
See what the solar eclipse will look like in your city (https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/interactive/2024/solar-eclipse-view-cities/?itid=hp-top-table-main_p001_f003)
Very good interactive page at WaPo. DC's gonna get 87%, enough to notice it getting dark without looking.
meaningless and not worth your time unless it's 100%
feel free to look through a pinhole or get special glasses
if you are not in the path of totality, it might as well be just another day
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Thanks a lot, Neil deGrasse Tyson
meaningless and not worth your time unless it's 100%
feel free to look through a pinhole or get special glasses
if you are not in the path of totality, it might as well be just another day
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Thanks a lot, Neil deGrasse Tyson
meaningless and not worth your time unless it's 100%
feel free to look through a pinhole or get special glasses
if you are not in the path of totality, it might as well be just another day
It's Neil SmokesDaGrasse Tyson to you buddy
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Anybody got any brilliant ideas for escaping the clouds? Looking like Cleveland and Erie are a bust.
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Anybody got any brilliant ideas for escaping the clouds? Looking like Cleveland and Erie are a bust.
yikes, I shun your negative energy.
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https://www.instagram.com/p/C5PY9ySJ_Uk/?igsh=Mnp1cmMwNW1kZXFi
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in 2017 trump looked at the eclipse without special glasses.
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He's soooo cool, man
in 2017 trump looked at the eclipse without special glasses.
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(https://i.ibb.co/Rcn8jtX/IMG-1805.jpg) (https://ibb.co/VTy6wbF)
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This is a great idea
https://www.instagram.com/reel/C5Gcu4srBui/?igsh=ZW16aHNrbm92ZmU4
Will totally work great and will work in DC where it isn’t close to the path
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This is a great idea
https://www.instagram.com/reel/C5Gcu4srBui/?igsh=ZW16aHNrbm92ZmU4
Will totally work great and will work in DC where it isn’t close to the path
similar effect: walking through a leafy forest. i was in hungary in 1999 for an eclipse and after the main event (2:22 of darkness), we were walking back to our tents and the path went through a wooded area. every little spot where the sun managed to get through the leaves was a crescent on the ground... t'was trippy.
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This is a great idea
https://www.instagram.com/reel/C5Gcu4srBui/?igsh=ZW16aHNrbm92ZmU4
Will totally work great and will work in DC where it isn’t close to the path
similar effect: walking through a leafy forest.
exactly! that works great too.
I'm pretty sure Koz has a disco ball gathering dust in his closet
I actually had one at one time, but not sure where it ended up
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this bitch belongs in this thread (https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Jho8oBteVzA)
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https://montgonion.com/home/mcpseclipse
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Everybody wants some action
https://twitter.com/latestinspace/status/1776205811766673847?t=DmOlsevXynReoulPMQ1wFQ&s=19
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Who is in the path?
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Who is in the path?
The Path is: (https://www.discogs.com/artist/6453050-The-Path-7) Matt, Kris, Ryan, Jimi & Jon.
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Who is in the path?
I'm about 2 hours away. Gonna make the drive shortly.
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Was bright blue skies yesterday
Today the cloud cover
Also, I didn’t think that all the trees would not have any leaves
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When is the eclipse happening again?
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It hasn’t happened yet, right?
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it's gonna be so cool i can't wait
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Been waiting a long time for this!!
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jaded solar system veterans
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jaded solar system veterans
The fake band name thread is over there.
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Sounds like a GBV song title
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Sounds like a GBV song title
New thread?
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I live in the country. Some people in my area, honestly thought the eclipse was going to be the Rapture.
I'm still here.
Great, just great.
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I live in the country. Some people in my area, honestly thought the eclipse was going to be the Rapture.
I'm still here.
Great, just great.
But are they still there? If not, seems like a win/win.
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I stopped by Kent State on my way to the eclipse. The memorial is so moving 😞
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yes i know the walkie and great headline thread are elsewhere, but....
Mexican news channel accidentally airs man’s testicles instead of solar eclipse
The media outlet used footage submitted by viewers in their coverage
via the NME
https://www.nme.com/news/tv/mexican-news-channel-accidentally-airs-mans-testicles-instead-solar-eclipse-3616032
well crap... guess I should have read the story first, apparently this is from 2017...
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