Off Topic: Who's watching the eclipse?

[z50com]

Fox 11 news from Big Bear Observatory.

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@emerald40 wrote:

Actally our news in RI is saying it will not maximize until 2:47 pm.

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And even that maximum will be only about 60% coverage, not dark out.

[readabouthorses]

I think here in central North Carolina we are supposed to get around 92 or 93%. I'm watching it on TV but I am interested to see if all the birds that usually come to my yard in the evening to eat show up in the middle of the afternoon instead.

You do know there are tiny "beings" up there on other planets looking down on us and laughing at all this stuff going on over this. We are sort of like the cats chasing the laser pointer. They are pointing and laughing and saying "now how long before we can make them dance again!!". LOL

[femmefan1946]

DH made a pinhole camera.

Watched from Victoria BC (Vancouver Island).

I remember watching an eclipse when I was small with my dad, who had smoked a piece of glass for us to use.

Not sure which one that was though.

[mr_lincoln]

@emerald40

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@emerald40 wrote:

Actally our news in RI is saying it will not maximize until 2:47 pm.

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Yes, the actual peak here is about an hour away ... just getting everything set ...

[emerald40]

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@dtexley3 wrote:

near totallity come and gone here... wife said, "Is that it?"

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Watching it on TV from when it just happened in Jakson Hole, Wyoming.

Have to say how beautiful that area is.

But did watch it as it blocked the sun for 2 minutes and then came back.

But I agree with your wife that I would not pay hundreds or thousands of dollars to go to a state that has totality.

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@readabouthorses wrote:

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 .... We are sort of like the cats chasing the laser pointer. ..

I KNEW there was something that all of this commotion reminded me of!

[retrose1]

Watching the NASA Channel, they are going to show the view from the space station as the shadow moves across America.

We are going to get 90% totality.  You can use your kitchen collander as a pinhole, NASA channel is very low tech when it comes to filling time.

[emerald40]

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@emerald40 wrote:

Actally our news in RI is saying it will not maximize until 2:47 pm.

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And even that maximum will be only about 60% coverage, not dark out.

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Not sure if dogs know not to look up.  But with my two goof balls, who knows.

So even at 60% I am going to bring them indoors before it happens here.

[retrose1]

Collander view with about 20 minutes to go.

Instead of all dot, they are crescent dots.

[pikabo-icu]

We watched here.. WA State, in the front yard. 

Used my husbands welding mask LOL  It looked rather green but was pretty cool.

The temp dropped dramatically! I had to get a jacket. 

All my birds, squirrels and even the bees were freaking out..

Was all over rather quickly.. 

Did the world end?? No? LOL 

[emerald40]

Bust in Rhode Island.

If something did happen it was so subtle that if you did not know, you would not know something happened.

[galfamtwo]

come and gone here in Missouri  ... It never got dark but looked like it would if a big storm was comming without the clouds. Not dark enough for the animals to tell. We had about 90% here which was really cool to watch . I would suggest all you people on the east coast go out and see it

[lex-talon]

I ordered a pair of Eclipse glasses on ebay, but they will be arriving this afternoon. So they are useless now. Watched the eclipse on Youtube instead.

[ersatz_sobriquet]

80% here. AT 2:53 it's lightened up quite a bit already. Never got dark, just a hazy summer day, like there were thick clouds or a storm coming, about that dark. 

I used my fingers. You can cross your fingers and see it between them, similar to Rose with the colander. I didn't even need any tools besides my own hands! 

[mr_lincoln]

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@partial*eclipse wrote:

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@emerald40 wrote:

Actally our news in RI is saying it will not maximize until 2:47 pm.

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And even that maximum will be only about 60% coverage, not dark out.

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Your ID says it all for our area ... "partial eclipse" ... things darkened up a bit but that was all ... just too far north of the path.