Solar Eclipse - 21 Aug 2017 ○○○●○○○updated with a pretty cool website ●○●
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Originally posted by slyguy: Well it came - 99% and went.
I checked it out with some special glasses and it was, well it was what I expected.
Back to work. Hope y'all enjoyed the show.
I'm with you, it won't peak here until 2:33 PM, but this is what I'm expecting
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August 21, 2017, 12:35 PM
dmac82
Stationed myself right out side of Charleston SC. Me and the misses were on the shore, but because of threats of clouds we drove inland an hour or so. Now we are at a rest stop with the masses!
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August 21, 2017, 12:41 PM
Balzé Halzé
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Originally posted by P220 Smudge: I won't dress it up or down, that was amazing, and worth the drive to see it in totality. Just.... wow. No wonder this used to scare the shit out of the ancients.
I bet the total was awesome. Maybe I'll catch the next one in 2024.
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August 21, 2017, 12:43 PM
AUTiger89
Saw it tweeted earlier that the number 1 song on iTunes is Total Eclipse of the Heart.
Phone's ringing, Dude.
August 21, 2017, 12:49 PM
AUTiger89
We are about 40%. Looks like Pac-Man.
Just saw an enormous plane fly over GSP airport. My office is about a mile from the runway as the crow flies.
Phone's ringing, Dude.
August 21, 2017, 12:52 PM
Erick85
Looking like a banana right now. Sitting in our field with a picnic basket and a frosty beverage.
August 21, 2017, 12:56 PM
gw3971
August 21, 2017, 12:58 PM
FN in MT
Came and went here in north central MT. 91% totality or there abouts....Big whoop.
August 21, 2017, 12:59 PM
ShouldBFishin
Cloudy and raining here today . Supposed to be about 80% coverage here in a few minutes.
Getting the best view on TV
August 21, 2017, 01:03 PM
bald1
Nice conditions but 96% locally wasn't near as dark as I expected. Kinda like putting heavy duty sunglasses on. Rather thought it would get darker (and cooler) outside than it did. Still....
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August 21, 2017, 01:04 PM
deepocean
It was interesting to watch. The honey bees and the birds went away and then came back on the other side. It did get quiet. You could see the intensity change, but it never got dark. Not bad for 92%, and we didn't have to drive 500 miles.
August 21, 2017, 01:07 PM
Gustofer
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Originally posted by FN in MT: Came and went here in north central MT. 91% totality or there abouts....Big whoop.
Pretty much. Whoopdedoo.
I will say that the total one we had back in '79 was a bit cooler, but even it was still a whoopdedoo.
Can we all get back to talking about Russia now?
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August 21, 2017, 01:09 PM
PorterN
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Can we all get back to talking about Russia now?
Russia machine's broke
it's all about white supremacists, Nazis, and statues now.
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August 21, 2017, 01:13 PM
Balzé Halzé
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Originally posted by deepocean: It was interesting to watch. The honey bees and the birds went away and then came back on the other side. It did get quiet. You could see the intensity change, but it never got dark. Not bad for 92%, and we didn't have to drive 500 miles.
Yeah, it was funny how all the wasps went away. And then my wife got promptly stung as the sun started coming back to full.
Great, now she's all pissed off. Here, have another mimosa. Christ. She's acting like a rattlesnake just bit her.
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August 21, 2017, 01:15 PM
46and2
Extraordinary.
A lovely reminder of how insignificant so much of life's bullshit truly is. Like gnats on the asses of elephants, single grains of sand in the vast desert. Tiny, unimportant, temporary.
August 21, 2017, 01:15 PM
ggile
It is easy to see how primitive people were scared shitless when an eclipse occurred. Even right now, in my situation, we had 91% coverage and knowing it was going to happen. It clouded over early so I couldn't watch the eclipse, but as it progressed and got darker and darker, and it started to thunder, with bursts of lightening in the clouds, it is certainly enough to put the fear of God in you.
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August 21, 2017, 01:15 PM
P250UA5
A bit less bright here in Houston, and a bit 'cooler' outside.
The Enemy's gate is down.
August 21, 2017, 01:15 PM
Jimbo54
It's Trumps fault that it wasn't as spectacular as the hype built around it.
Quote from CNN.
Jim
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August 21, 2017, 01:19 PM
Skins2881
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Originally posted by PorterN:
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Can we all get back to talking about Russia now?
Russia machine's broke
it's all about white supremacists, Nazis, and statues now.
. Supposed to be about 80% coverage here in a few minutes. 
