OT: Eclipse

[upstater1]

100% eclipse here in Buffalo. It lived up to the hype. Blown away by instant darkness (took about 2 seconds, like someone shutting the lights off) and then red fire balls dancing around the moon.

 

[Clonamery]

my crappy iPhone:

 

[ahmed]

I did not watch it except for what I saw outside window from my chair while working.

It did not get as dark as I thought it would and happened way quicker than I expected.

Overall a nothing burger!

 

[JohnJH]

Am I the only one on here who doesn't care about the Eclipse?

 

[upstater1]

This is what a friend of mine caught, which you could see with naked eye:

 

[XLIX]

Around 1:40 (central) in the afternoon in the great American South.

 

[BTTA]

Am I the only one on here who doesn't care about the Eclipse?

There are reports of others, but no hard evidence.

 

[PatsWSB47]

Am I the only one on here who doesn't care about the Eclipse?

All Jets fans understand that it's no big deal. Superbowl appearances for them are the real once in a lifetime occurrence.

 

[Tunescribe]

Great event, watched it all the way through from about 2:45-4:40. It got noticeably cooler with the sun mostly covered. The sky got only slightly darker, though.

A couple cell phone shots:

 

[signbabybrady]

All Jets fans understand that it's no big deal. Superbowl appearances for them are the real once in a lifetime occurrence.

Only once in a lifetime for the older Jets fans

 

[vicspats]

This is what a friend of mine caught, which you could see with naked eye: View attachment 57486

Pretty cool

 

[vicspats]

Great event, watched it all the way through from about 2:45-4:40. It got noticeably cooler with the sun mostly covered. The sky got only slightly darker, though.

A couple cell phone shots:

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I had some welding lenses to look through. But I couldn’t use my phone to get a good pic for some reason

 

[XLIX]

We had 2 great total eclipses in the past 7 years across the United States, not to mention an annular last year in the southwest.

Now the next solar eclipse which goes across the continental 48 will be in 2045. From Northern CA to Florida. Maybe we'll have a quarterback by then. I already told my girlfriend that will be the next time I take her to DisneyWorld.

NOTE: Technically, the next solar eclipse to hit the U.S. is in 2033, but that will be northwestern Alaska. I don't think it is regions that are driveable.
NOTE2: The next solar eclipse to hit the lower 48 is in 2044, but that will only sneak into a couple hundred miles of Montana and North Dakota. Western Canada will be the place to be for that one, specifically much of Alberta.
NOTE3: If you live in New England, but refuse to travel, you'll have to wait unto 2079. All of Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut gets that one, plus southern NH and coastal ME as well as the NEWFies and Greenland.

 

[Tunescribe]

I had some welding lenses to look through. But I couldn’t use my phone to get a good pic for some reason

It was tricky. I had to put the lens of the cardboard viewing spectacles over the cell phone lens to get anything.

 

[Guts]

 

[Tunescribe]

View attachment 57493

Yeah, I heard things didn't turn out well there.

 

[Guts]

Yeah, I heard things didn't turn out well there.

 

[h0c2000]

 

[Steve102]

My thoughts are in the description.

 

[Triumph]

Am I the only one on here who doesn't care about the Eclipse?

No

People actually traveled to Dallas and booked hotels for this 3 minutes of nonsense. I would travel to see the Northern lights or a volcano, but not this crap. Clouds block out the sun every day.