Eclipse 2024 v. WHERE THE F*CK DID THE SUN GO??! ??

[Lonk]

Wanted to share a time lapse I took that shows the shadow of the moon moving in.

https://youtu.be/bUrspSgZ4rg?feature=shared

[MirrorMask]

Awesome photo Bart!

My top #1 phenomenon to see is the aurora borealis, can't shuffle off this mortal coil without having seen it first, but a total eclipse would come second I guess.

[jingle.boy]

Wanted to share a time lapse I took that shows the shadow of the moon moving in.

https://youtu.be/bUrspSgZ4rg?feature=shared

Seems fake - the clouds in the sky don't move a single bit, so I'm having trouble believing that one isn't doctored.

Here's one mrs.jingle shared with me from someone locally (to me).

https://twitter.com/ConsumerSOS/status/1777450936681603143

[Lonk]

Seems fake - the clouds in the sky don't move a single bit, so I'm having trouble believing that one isn't doctored.

Ha! I'll take that as a compliment I guess. I used set my phone for a 10X I think like 6-8 minutes before totality and left it there, that's what came out. Those were high clouds and very slow moving.

Here are some quick shots I took:

[MirrorMask]

Great shots!

[WilliamMunny]

Clevelander here–was pretty wild, not gonna lie.

[Orbert]

We're in an area that had 95% coverage, but apparently 95% coverage isn't jack.  It got a little darker outside for a few minutes, right at the peak.  We came back inside and watched the live coverage on TV for a while, then I went back to work.  I guess I was thinking 95% coverage would at least be more noticeable, a bit more interesting.  Oh well.

[EPICVIEW]

Th earthquake trumped the eclipse as far as excitement for me

[Stadler]

Ha! I'll take that as a compliment I guess. I used set my phone for a 10X I think like 6-8 minutes before totality and left it there, that's what came out. Those were high clouds and very slow moving.

Here are some quick shots I took:

The Moon Landing...   The Amityville Horror... now Lonk's eclipse photos........  HAHAHA, I kid.  I don't think that at all.

I think those photos are outstanding, and particularly love the first two for different reasons. 

Where did you end up going?

[Lonk]

Plattsburgh, NY. I considered going east to VT, but figured the additional 3-4 hour drive wasn't worth the slightly better chance of weather. Glad I stayed in Plattsburgh!

[cramx3]

Here are some quick shots I took:

Awesome

[El Barto]

Plattsburgh, NY. I considered going east to VT, but figured the additional 3-4 hour drive wasn't worth the slightly better chance of weather. Glad I stayed in Plattsburgh!

Plattsburgh is a cool town. I enjoyed my stay there. 

[XJDenton]

Lovely shots!

[Grappler]

We're in an area that had 95% coverage, but apparently 95% coverage isn't jack.  It got a little darker outside for a few minutes, right at the peak.  We came back inside and watched the live coverage on TV for a while, then I went back to work.  I guess I was thinking 95% coverage would at least be more noticeable, a bit more interesting.  Oh well.

That was our feeling as well.  Yeah, it got darker, basically like it does around sunset, then it got lighter. 

So many of our neighbors called their kids out of school for the day, which I found to be a little obnoxious.  Yeah, it's cool, you can use glasses to look at the sun for an hour, but in reality, we weren't under total darkness.  So your kid missed an entire day of school for 20 minutes of mostly-darkness during the day.     Didn't seem worth it to me.

[cramx3]

That was our feeling as well.  Yeah, it got darker, basically like it does around sunset, then it got lighter. 

So many of our neighbors called their kids out of school for the day, which I found to be a little obnoxious.  Yeah, it's cool, you can use glasses to look at the sun for an hour, but in reality, we weren't under total darkness.  So your kid missed an entire day of school for 20 minutes of mostly-darkness during the day.     Didn't seem worth it to me.

I was thinking this myself.  I know some schools in NJ had half days so the kids would be home before the eclipse, but like... if you didn't know there was an eclipse, you wouldn't know.  Seemed like life could have continued as normal.

[Stadler]

Plattsburgh, NY. I considered going east to VT, but figured the additional 3-4 hour drive wasn't worth the slightly better chance of weather. Glad I stayed in Plattsburgh!

We - my company - has a plant there.  Never been, but I'd like to go.

[crystalstars17]

Not total here in RI, but around 3:30 it got pretty dark (it looked like near dusk) with this eerie bluish glow.

My brother in upstate NY had totality. He sent a pic of the eclipse "sunset" on the horizon which was pretty cool.

[Lonk]

Lovely shots!

[lonestar]

[gmillerdrake]

Posted this on FB yesterday with the comment "So Blessed to have been able to see this eclipse up close....what an experience. Didn't even need glasses"

 Was walking through the parking lot at a job site and couldn't resist being a huge dork and going for low hanging fruit.

[Lonk]

Watching it happen in Mexico on the NASA live feed. It is pretty cool, but this is also a much better view that you can get with glasses and your naked eyes.

I know the Eclipse is already old news, but I meant to respond to this comment because what ElBarto wrote below:

When you get that 100% totality you look at it without the glasses on and it's a giant flaming hole in the goddamned sky. Like I said, it's really dramatic. Even 99.9 is too bright too see without glasses, unfortunately. That was the annular eclipse last fall. Totality really is something different.

I don't think there is any amount of videos or pictures that can provide the same experience as being under totality. Partial eclipses are cool, but nothing really special. the visual of totality combined with everything else comes with it is a very unique experience. The one thing that videos do show is all the different emotions it can cause on people.

Also, while not necessarily a very prestigious achievement, the guy that taught me some night sky photography stuff was featured on the Astronomy Picture of the Day for his eclipse picture. He's been featured a few times already though, so not a first for him.

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240409.html

[lonestar]

Seems there was a spike on Google in the search for "why do my eyes hurt" yesterday 

[pg1067]

Posted this on FB yesterday with the comment "So Blessed to have been able to see this eclipse up close....what an experience. Didn't even need glasses"

 Was walking through the parking lot at a job site and couldn't resist being a huge dork and going for low hanging fruit.

 

[gmillerdrake]

Seems there was a spike on Google in the search for "why do my eyes hurt" yesterday 

I tell you what....I had the glasses and obviously know better than to look straight at the sun....but, you really have to stay focused on 'not' doing it     With the attention drawn to the eclipse there's a tendency there to just 'look' that I thankfully was able to control but I'm gonna lay off making fun of those folks because it took some will power 

[ReaperKK]

My wife was outside looking at the Eclipse and called me over and my first instinct was just to take a gander with some safety squints but luckily I stopped myself. I can totally understand how it happens.