Solar Eclipse 2017 (1 Viewer)

[jon_mx]

I was at 99.5% and nobody told me this        What I saw very cool, but I was expecting it to get much darker than it actually got.

I was surprised at the difference.  You have to get the 100 percent.  Next time I am in the path of totality. 

 

[gianmarco]

The Weather Channel has great coverage. They have a gal at Madras, OR and during totality had silence except a bit of quiet, kinda space type music in the background. Once totality ended, they came back to the Weather Channel gal who was there and she was literally breathless and in tears at the awesomeness of it.

In tears

 

[gianmarco]

Missed that. 

Here you go

 

[FreeBaGeL]

Ugh freaking typical.  I finally pick up a pair of solar glasses and I go out to use them and the moon was blocking my view.

 

[Galileo]

In tears

They had fireworks during totality???  

 

[In The Zone]

Well I must say, What a helluva day. Made it to the ballpark a couple of hours before 1st pitch and had plenty of time to walk around and check out the stadium. Very nice BTW. Turns out today set a record for attendance for the Fireflies. Who needs Tebow? Also, there were people in attendance today from 35 different states. The family beside us was from NJ. To top all of that off the Fireflies won 6-5 on a walkoff HR in the 9th. Here's some pics, some are pretty good. 

Spirit Communications Park

The Mrs. and Me

Game Time

Yours Truly

Scoreboard

It's a Bird

It's a Plane

Our Seats

Mjolnirs

It has begun

Getting There

Almost

Breathtaking

Diamonds Anyone?

Totality

The Beginning of the End

Nice

Amazing

Bye-Bye

 

[Judge Smails]

Clouds in Minneapolis.  Non event here.

 

[gianmarco]

I missed the whole thing. I have no regrets.

High five!

 

[shuke]

Can't believe people were paying top dollar for these.

 

[Phil Elliott]

Ya, very close to me as well. And it'll be longer too - 3 minutes 47seconds of totality. 

? in the path of totality 2024 

 

[Phil Elliott]

Can't believe people were paying top dollar for these.

A few years ago we just used exposed b&w 35 mm negatives.

 

[In The Zone]

International Space Station Photobombs the Eclipse

 

[Sand]

Just got back from Clemson.  Big crowd.  Pretty cool celebration  - and the clouds disappeared right at the right time.  Big cheer went up when totality hit.  Huge difference between 99.5% and all of it.  Really did get dark.  So clear you could see a solar flare at 5 o'clock.  Definitely something the kids (and the big kid) will always remember.

Totality

Tree eclipses

 

[OrtonToOlsen]

Guy's Ex sent him a text about their dog

https://i.redd.it/7l874w3fz0hz.jpg

 

[Aerial Assault]

International Space Station Photobombs the Eclipse

If some FBGs were on the ISS they'd post that they didn't get the big deal and/or were waiting for the moment of totality.      

 

[dickey moe]

Guy's Ex sent him a text about their dog

https://i.redd.it/7l874w3fz0hz.jpg

Dogs are dumb.

 

[ChiefD]

International Space Station Photobombs the Eclipse

That's awesome. When we go camping or go on vacation, I make the kids stay up so we can see the space station going across the sky. It's pretty cool.

 

[Niles Standish]

Really cool.  Saw 2 total people in the 2 days leading up to the eclipse.  Even more remote than I hoped.  Totallity was really eerie.

 

[Vanilla Guerrilla]

Guy's Ex sent him a text about their dog

https://i.redd.it/7l874w3fz0hz.jpg

Have to get it a seeing eye person.

 

[Jayrod]

Guy's Ex sent him a text about their dog

https://i.redd.it/7l874w3fz0hz.jpg

My mother-in-law didn't leave our dog outside during the day because she thought he might get scared.

 

[TheFanatic]

For those underwhelmed that weren't in the path of totality, it is what it is.  This thing was always about totality.  There is a 1000x difference between 99% and 100% on this thing.  All the cool stuff happens at 100%.

For those underwhelmed that saw totality, well, I'm sorry you can't enjoy cool stuff.

This one was easy for me, just a few hundred miles away.  For 2024 I'm going to book as early as I can and make a trip out of it.

Same here. Going to get a hotel room in either Cape Girardeau or Carbondale. Both have more than 4 minutes of totality. All of my kids will be old enough to appreciate it with my youngest being 8 by then. She and the 4 year old had no idea it happened yesterday

 

[Mookie]

Played 36 holes of golf with my son and found a nice vantage point on 16th hole for totality of about 1.5 minutes.  One of the cooler things I've experienced - Surprised by how cold it got.

 

[Sand]

Just got back from Clemson.  Big crowd.  Pretty cool celebration  - and the clouds disappeared right at the right time.  Big cheer went up when totality hit.  Huge difference between 99.5% and all of it.  Really did get dark.  So clear you could see a solar flare at 5 o'clock.  Definitely something the kids (and the big kid) will always remember.

Was corrected on this - these were Baily's Beads where light sneaks around/through craters/valleys in the moon's surface.  Which is pretty darn cool all in itself.

 

[Sand]

Really cool.  Saw 2 total people in the 2 days leading up to the eclipse.  Even more remote than I hoped.  Totallity was really eerie.

Where were you?

 

[Niles Standish]

Where were you?

Backpacking in the Grand Tetons.

 

[The Gator]

Let us know what the eclipse is like while high.

Was awesome

Had a bunch of bloody Mary with us too( @Kafka ), got out there nice and early to drink and get mellowed out.

Highly recommended

 

[rascal]

Took the family 350 miles to see it totality.  Great experience.  Looking forward to 2024.  Looking at the trees, seeing stars, etc was awesome.

 

[gianmarco]

Woman with eye damage from eclipse

 

[Otis]

Idiot surprised at consequences of her idiocy. Film at 11. 

 

[Otis]

“Payne looked up at the sun with her naked eye for a few seconds, but it was too bright.”

 

 

[shadyridr]

Of course she is from Staten island