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Eclipse 2017

gsdx said:
Have you ever seen a Blood Moon? It occurs during a lunar eclipse and it's also an amazing event to see.

They occur as a result of the sun's light passing through the Earth's atmosphere. The red part of the spectrum is the only wavelength that doesn't get bounced around and sent out into space. Instead, it passes through the atmosphere and reflects back to Earth. We actually see the red part of a rainbow.
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Yes, I've seen the blood moon of a total lunar eclipse on several occasions and it is indeed impressive. But having now seen both total solar and lunar eclipses, the lunar eclipse is simply nothing in comparison. If there is any way for you to see in person the next total solar eclipse in 2024 by all means do so. Trust me, you will not be disappointed (unless the weather is bad). I understand it goes right over Niagara Falls so you should be pretty close.
 
gsdx said:
Have you ever seen a Blood Moon? It occurs during a lunar eclipse and it's also an amazing event to see.

They occur as a result of the sun's light passing through the Earth's atmosphere. The red part of the spectrum is the only wavelength that doesn't get bounced around and sent out into space. Instead, it passes through the atmosphere and reflects back to Earth. We actually see the red part of a rainbow.
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I have seen one and it was very beautiful.
 
I've been a naysayer about the excitement, but ended up enjoying the eclipse more than I thought I would.

Portland was quiet, very light traffic and a number of businesses were closed.

People gathered outside on sidewalks. Of course, Bonnie Tyler blasting. Things pretty much came to a halt as we all looked up. I think the strange social environment was just as interesting as the natural phenomenon.

At 99.4%, that last little sliver still remained incredibly bright. At totality, do you see any corona through the dimestore glasses?
 
theworldwithout said:
I had no problems getting through Oregon, traffic was quite good. Ended up going with original plan and went to Woodburn, parking in the parking lot of the outlet mall. Got there around 5 or so. Could of got there sooner but friend wanted to stop and rest a bit at a rest area. When getting to the outlets thought no one was going to show up. It wasn't until about 8 when other people really started showing up and was quite full about 20 minutes before totality.
Somewhere between 30-40 mins before totality is when you start to notice that it's becoming dimmer out. The eclipse itself was brighter than I thought it would be, but it was still a wonder to see, and I was quite happy I went down to watch it. When totality started all the pigeons that had gathered around seemed to go batshit crazy. Noticed a lot of people brought their dogs, but it didn't seem to bother them in the least.
The moment it was over was when everyone started to leave in droves. Took about 5 minutes to go through the parking lot and decided to go down a dirt country road that connected to I5 since everyone else was going out the main exit and it was taking a while for cars to move. That was a bit of a mistake, it took nearly 30 minutes to get to I5 as cars semed to appear out of nowhere. Once on the highway though it was pretty much smooth sailing until Lewis county since there's that bottleneck of going from 3 lanes to 2. Getting home took me maybe 3 1/2 hours. Would of been faster but I ended up stopping in the small town I grew up in for a bit since I have yet to find deli food better than what they serve in the local store there.
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Yeah. Things were not near as bad as the news said it would be. What a joke.


zoltanspawn said:
I've been a naysayer about the excitement, but ended up enjoying the eclipse more than I thought I would.

Portland was quiet, very light traffic and a number of businesses were closed.

People gathered outside on sidewalks. Of course, Bonnie Tyler blasting. Things pretty much came to a halt as we all looked up. I think the strange social environment was just as interesting as the natural phenomenon.

At 99.4%, that last little sliver still remained incredibly bright. At totality, do you see any corona through the dimestore glasses?
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Nope. That's why it is totality.
 
zoltanspawn said:
I've been a naysayer about the excitement, but ended up enjoying the eclipse more than I thought I would.

Portland was quiet, very light traffic and a number of businesses were closed.

People gathered outside on sidewalks. Of course, Bonnie Tyler blasting. Things pretty much came to a halt as we all looked up. I think the strange social environment was just as interesting as the natural phenomenon.

At 99.4%, that last little sliver still remained incredibly bright. At totality, do you see any corona through the dimestore glasses?
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^ At the point of totality, where 100% of the sun covered, you remove the glasses and view with your eyes. This is only time on Earth that the corona is even visible. The brightness is about that of the full moon and is safe. It was the most incredible thing I've ever seen. I wish you could have seen totality.. 99.4% is just not the same.
 
TickTockMan;10796093Nope. That's why it is totality.[/QUOTE said:
The sun's corona is typically only visible during a total solar eclipse. My question is whether the dimestore glasses allow you to see the corona, or if more sophisticated viewing devices are required. Wikipedia says the naked eye can see the corona during totality; are the dimestore glasses too dark? Anyone?

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zoltanspawn said:
The sun's corona is typically only visible during a total solar eclipse. My question is whether the dimestore glasses allow you to see the corona, or if more sophisticated viewing devices are required. Wikipedia says the naked eye can see the corona during totality; are the dimestore glasses too dark? Anyone?

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Yeah. At that point you don't even use glasses.
 
Yippy!

The USA has survived The Great Eclipse of 2017. Hugs and kisses guys!
 
Here it was only an 88% coverage so no big deal.

My Nephew in Nashville posted this to us. He took this himself.

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gsdx said:
No. The corona is very bright and, as mentioned, is the only time you can see the eclipse with the naked eye.
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Okay, so you can see the corona through the dimestore glasses...if you're using them.
 
For a treat, here is the Flat Earth Society's explanation of eclipses. It's amazing how much misinformation they put out here. They make up science. (And I never knew that they believe that the Earth doesn't move.)

 
Two great pictures from NASA's twitter feed....

Looks like another sunspot there on centre right? Nope. It's the International Space Station! I'm amazed it flew past at the exact same time and in the exact same path.

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Video of the same event also caught:


Also, NASA's orbiting Solar Dynamics Observatory was taking part in watching the event:

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It was 92% where I'm at, I did go out for it...I know nothing like what total eclipse would be, but still pretty cool :)

I heard something about another one in 2024, then 2045 and it'd be total where I'm at...Ofcourse by then I'll be long gone by then, but maybe my ghost will get to see it :lol:


gsdx said:
Have you ever seen a Blood Moon?
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Yep I have.. Seems it happened not all that long ago? a few years?
Did look pretty cool :)
 
72-Jay said:
It was 92% where I'm at, I did go out for it...I know nothing like what total eclipse would be, but still pretty cool :)
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Really, all you have to do is to Google 'solar eclipse' images. What you see there is what you would see in real life, even with dollar store glasses.
 
^ No...the photos do not come close to doing it justice. What you see in real life is awesome beyond belief. It would be like watching a 70mm i-Max 3D film on your phone.
 
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