Upcoming solar eclipse

[Brian Austin]

 

[Can-Con]

Are you on the path Brian?

This will be my third total. I'm old enough to remember the one in the Carly Simon song ,, but just barely.

Edited February 26, 2024 by Can-Con

[dragstk]

Ill be going to Letchworth State park (South of Rochester NY) to see the eclipse and having a family reunion at the same time. Cant wait!!

[slusher]

I  have seen  solar full. and a full lunar when I was a kid  …

[espo]

I'll watch it on TV. They are interesting to see, but way out of the way from here. 

[Mike C]

I got to see the 2017 eclipse.

[ChrisBcritter]

I'm not in the path, but southern IL is - maybe we'll get to see WGN-TV's Tom Skilling get all choked up again? 

Edited February 27, 2024 by ChrisBcritter

[Brian Austin]

I'm in the Boston area, so I'm not conveniently located near the path.  It'll be going through northern New England though.  My brother went all the way to Illinois to see the last one.  I do recall seeing crescents while I was at art school in Boston in the '90s.

[redscampi]

I'm right in the path in central Texas.  They're expecting local populations to double. A friend of mine from the northwest invited himself and his extended family to stay with us and camp in our yard...without even a pretty please. Cousin Eddy...

[peteski]

How about a lunar eclipse? No special glasses needed.  We had one in Jan. 2019.  It was a full eclipse, but it looks boring. It looks more interesting just before or past the full eclipse.  The brownish/orange glow looks really odd.

Edited February 28, 2024 by peteski

[Dave Ambrose]

My wife and I saw the eclipses in 1979 and 2017. Also the annular eclipse in 2012. We're traveling to see our friends in Texas. They're in the path of totality, but we'll try to get closer to the centerline for another 2 minutes of eclipse. 

[Texas_3D_Customs]

I am traveling to my backyard ?

[Brian Austin]

Be sure to take note of how the eclipse effects your surroundings.  ?

Edited March 7, 2024 by Brian Austin

[ranma]

We were in the path of total eclipse. Was a short 4 minutes but really neat to watch outside, and not on a TV set.                                                          Van Wert Ohio 

[TonyK]

I tried watching the moon landing like that in 1969 but it didn't work for me so ended up watching on tv. ?

I'll be here all week.

[NYLIBUD]

Idk,here on LI NY,,kinda sucked,clouds rolled in at the last second.But I was my really in the line of ,whatever you call it,sorry.It was nothing really at all.Oh well.I seriously don’t think i’ll be around for the next one in about 20 years.?‍♂️

[Ace-Garageguy]

On 2/27/2024 at 2:15 AM, redscampi said:

I'm right in the path in central Texas.  They're expecting local populations to double...

...nine months afterwards.

[Horrorshow]

Sister in law sent this from Montreal.

[redscampi]

From almost the exact middle of Texas. I heard that San Antonio area had heavy cloud cover and couldn't see much.

[Brian Austin]

Partial eclipse here in Massachusetts.  This is the only shot that came out OK using the pinhole box I made.

We had a light cloud cloud cover as well, but not enough to get in the way of the eclipse.  My glasses worked fine.  ?   All in all it was worth the hype.

[Brian Austin]

XKCD webcomic, by Randall Munroe

[Toast]

It was definitely worth the travel!

Drove to Indianapolis for the eclipse and thankfully the sky was clear. Spent the day at the speedway. Tons of fun activities put on by Purdue and IMS. Our youngest loved the hands on projects and we got to geek out around some racecars. Both kids agreed it was worth sitting in the truck for two days driving there and back.

 

[Brian Austin]

Follow up video of the one I posted at the start of this thread.