Eclipse '17, US edition
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@cartman82 said in Eclipse '17, US edition:
Play videogames. "Oh, it's starting?" I hear animals kind of freaking out for a bit, then they relax.
My cat hasn't even woken up.
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@blakeyrat said in Eclipse '17, US edition:
10% of the sun is still a lot of sun. Like, it looks like 8 PM, not like "midnight".
I'm reminded of the partial eclipse I saw in… I think it was 1998. Even with most of the Sun covered, the light level was no worse than 'a bit dim'.
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@yamikuronue said in Eclipse '17, US edition:
which you can look at with your bare eyes
What about looking at it with your bear eyes? :D
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It got darker. Now it's less dark again.
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I'm in the 90% zone. We just passed the maximum point. It's kind of surprising how much sun you can lose and still have it be, as they say, "bright as day."
It's been a while since the last one I saw, but I recall things getting really dark outside. Today... not so much.
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It was anti-climactic for us. A gigantic cloud moved across for the duration of peak occlusion.
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It was pretty cool even though I'm not in a totality area. I like the "community" aspect of it more, in everyone coming out of their office buildings/siloes and congregating to share glasses, picture taking techniques (someone got a cool picture using their front facing camera and putting the glasses over the lens), etc.
I wish I had thought ahead of time of getting a solar filter and bringing my DSLR. That would have taken some pretty cool photos.
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The lighting reminds me of when there's a big brush fire going and there's lots of smoke in the air.
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@atazhaia said in Eclipse '17, US edition:
The site design feels very 15 years ago. Like I stepped into a time capsule to the early 00s!
Hey now let's not be rash... I see rounded corners in that center box. Clearly post-2005 design right there.
Edit: Shit, that was 4 pages ago...
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@boner Reminds me of a work wtf from this week. We had some carpenters doing work in a room, and one had brought a laser measurement tool. He was also working in the room with said laser turned on without wearing protective glasses. At the end of the day, his eyes were all red and he was complaining about them hurting. He did not return to do any more work. Hopefully the damage isn't too bad, but yeah, lasers + eyes = bad.
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We had proper gear.
We had perfect weather.
We have limited bandwidth so here's a sample.
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@atazhaia said in Eclipse '17, US edition:
@boner Reminds me of a work wtf from this week. We had some carpenters doing work in a room, and one had brought a laser measurement tool. He was also working in the room with said laser turned on without wearing protective glasses. At the end of the day, his eyes were all red and he was complaining about them hurting. He did not return to do any more work. Hopefully the damage isn't too bad, but yeah, lasers + eyes = bad.
So, my robot arm arrived a while back. One of the tools in the package is a laser engraver.
Among the things included in the box was a pair of green goggles. The invoice sheet listed them as "laser safety goggles." So I assume the laser engraver uses a green laser beam. (Haven't used that one yet...)
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@masonwheeler said in Eclipse '17, US edition:
Among the things included in the box was a pair of green goggles. The invoice sheet listed them as "laser safety goggles." So I assume the laser engraver uses a green laser beam.
Green goggles will allow green light wavelengths to pass through. That's the opposite of what you'd want if you're trying to protect your eyes from a green laser.
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@anotherusername Argh, I actually knew that. I fail at optics today.
So I wonder what color the laser is, then...
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@masonwheeler red, probably.
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Back on the subject of the eclipse...
(edit: photo title is "2017 Total Solar Eclipse - ISS Transit"; click to see it on Flickr)
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@anotherusername Now that is a sweet photo! :D
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@anotherusername OK, what's that supposed to be? A satellite that just happened to be in the right place at the right time, or...?
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@masonwheeler said in Eclipse '17, US edition:
@anotherusername OK, what's that supposed to be? A satellite that just happened to be in the right place at the right time, or...?
If I'm not mistaken, it's the Hubble Telescope.
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@raceprouk said in Eclipse '17, US edition:
it's the Hubble Telescope
It's the International Space Station.
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@chaostheeternal said in Eclipse '17, US edition:
@raceprouk said in Eclipse '17, US edition:
it's the Hubble Telescope
It's the International Space Station.
That was my first thought, but then I thought, "I'm not sure it's the right shape."
Shoulda stuck with it, I guess.
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@masonwheeler @RaceProUK well, I expected the onebox to be more helpful, but apparently it just embedded the picture...
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Everyone who isn't impressed with a a partial eclipse needs to go see a total eclipse. The difference between a 99% partial and a total is the difference between saying hello to @accalia and being kidnapped by @Perverted_Vixen. I just saw the total eclipse from Tennessee and it was spectacular. Some other things I saw (besides the weirdness of seeing what's in @Weng's picture in the afternoon sky):
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The rest of the sky goes dark and the stars and planets become visible.
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The horizon looks like sunset in every direction.
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The temperature drops by 10 degrees.
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Bats.
Two minutes of apocalypse, basically.
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@mzh said in Eclipse '17, US edition:
kidnapped by @Perverted_Vixen.
mmmmm...... that was a FUN weekend.... *nods*
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I'm going to save everyone the effort of removing the blur:
Hospitals around the country were inundated with people arriving at their emergency departments to see if they had sustained eye damage as a result of watching the eclipse.
Doctors across the country also reported a huge volume of calls requesting information about the possible long term effects of having stared at the eclipse. One doctor told the Guardian: “If you can’t read this piece, then ... ”
(Turn around.) Every now and then I get a little bit lonely. And you’re never coming ’round. (Turn around.) Every now and then I get a little bit tired of listening to the sound of my tears. (Turn around.) Every now and then I get a little bit nervous that the best of all the years have gone by. (Turn around.) Every now and then I get a little bit terrified. And then I see the look in your eyes.
(Turn around, bright eyes!) Every now and then I fall apart. (Turn around, bright eyes!) Every now and then I fall apart. (Turn around.) Every now and then I get a little bit restless. And I dream of something wild. (Turn around.)
Every now and then I get a little bit helpless. And I’m lying like a child in your arms (Turn around). Every now and then I get a little bit angry and I know I’ve got to get out and cry (Turn around). Every now and then I get a little bit terrified
But then I see the look in your eyes.(Turn around, bright eyes!) Every now and then I fall apart.
(Turn around, bright eyes!) Every now and then I fall apart.
And I need you now tonight. And I need you more than ever. And if you only hold me tight. We’ll be holding on forever. And we’ll only be making it right. Cause we’ll never be wrong together.
…yeah.
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Some interesting observations, including a time lapse video:
Back in Huntsville, which experienced 97% of totality, I was taking air temperatures every 10 sec in our backyard. I took ambient air temperature, as well as the air temperature in a Styrofoam cooler, painted black inside, with Saran Wrap covering it. The ambient air temperature drop during the maximum portion of eclipse was about 10 deg. F, while temperature drop in the cooler was over 100 deg. F.
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@raceprouk said in Eclipse '17, US edition:
@blakeyrat said in Eclipse '17, US edition:
10% of the sun is still a lot of sun. Like, it looks like 8 PM, not like "midnight".
I'm reminded of the partial eclipse I saw in… I think it was 1998. Even with most of the Sun covered, the light level was no worse than 'a bit dim'.
Probably 1999, the total eclipse that went over Western Europe (northern France, Germany...). I had the same experience, I was unlucky in that I couldn't get to the totality area but I still was in the 90% + band. Like a lot of people, I expected to be able to see some change in ambiant luminosity, but since it's a gradual change you don't really see much. Basically, it was about the same as when a small cloud passes in front of the sun, nothing more.
The sun really is a very bright light!
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@accalia said in Eclipse '17, US edition:
@blakeyrat said in Eclipse '17, US edition:
And NASA actually has a budget!
i assume they're using the budget for science things instead f livestreams.
.... right?
right?!
It's a government agency. Do they even have a budget anymore? After all, they're promoting science!
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@mzh said in Eclipse '17, US edition:
Everyone who isn't impressed with a a partial eclipse needs to go see a total eclipse. The difference between a 99% partial and a total is the difference between saying hello to @accalia and being kidnapped by @Perverted_Vixen. I just saw the total eclipse from Tennessee and it was spectacular. Some other things I saw (besides the weirdness of seeing what's in @Weng's picture in the afternoon sky):
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The rest of the sky goes dark and the stars and planets become visible.
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The horizon looks like sunset in every direction.
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The temperature drops by 10 degrees.
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Bats.
Two minutes of apocalypse, basically.
Basically, it's readily apparent why ancient civilizations thought their gods were pissed off.
Over the span of a couple hours it gets inexplicably cool outside, weird shit starts happening to shadows, it gets dark, animals start acting weird. But if you look at the sun with the naked eye, nothing has changed.
This is obviously bad juju, so run the hell back to village and set up the appropriate virgin sacrifice. Suddenly, all fucking hell breaks loose. It gets cold. The horizon looks like it's on fire. Sunset in all directions. Night falls. The sun is fucking GONE and in it's place is an angry donut of WTF.
Shit, better cut the throat on that virgin.
Couple seconds later, dawn breaks. The sun is visible as ever to the naked eye. Normality gradually returns.
The difference between a partial and total eclipse is the same as the difference between your parents telling you about sex in clinical detail and actually having it.
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@remi said in Eclipse '17, US edition:
@raceprouk said in Eclipse '17, US edition:
@blakeyrat said in Eclipse '17, US edition:
10% of the sun is still a lot of sun. Like, it looks like 8 PM, not like "midnight".
I'm reminded of the partial eclipse I saw in… I think it was 1998. Even with most of the Sun covered, the light level was no worse than 'a bit dim'.
Probably 1999, the total eclipse that went over Western Europe (northern France, Germany...). I had the same experience, I was unlucky in that I couldn't get to the totality area but I still was in the 90% + band. Like a lot of people, I expected to be able to see some change in ambiant luminosity, but since it's a gradual change you don't really see much. Basically, it was about the same as when a small cloud passes in front of the sun, nothing more.
The sun really is a very bright light!
We had perceptible changes in luminosity from about 30% onwards. But we were actively looking for them. Once we're off the hangover from driving home, we should have a series of landscape panoramas illustrating it.
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@weng Yes but that's the thing: if you look closely, or use some reference, or compare pictures or anything other than just being there, you can see some change. So because of that (plus the impressiveness of the actual full eclipse!), everyone expects to be able to notice something dramatic.
Whereas in reality, in terms of drama, there is a very sharp curve: up to about 99% (WAG) occlusion, you see a slight dimming, but nothing more, so it's really "meh". And then at 100%, bam, full awesomeness!
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@remi said in Eclipse '17, US edition:
The sun really is a very bright light!
And your eyes are logarithmic, and can adapt to a very wide range.
Indoors lighting can easily be a thousand times less powerful than the sun, but it feels about 2 or 3 times less at most, and after your eyes have adapted you can see just the same.
That's why cameras often fail to capture things you can see just fine. Their sensors are terrible by comparison.
(I did a school report on light sources and I still remember most of it!)
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I live in the path of totality. My wife has a new job at a vineyard in town, and we went to it to see the eclipse from the top of a hill overlooking Salem. It was pretty awe inspiring, though I didn't try to see the diamond ring or Bailey's beads to protect my eyes. The corona was full on violet and UV.
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The most unreal thing I've ever seen. Only slightly spoiled by a nearby group that insisted on blasting a playlist of "Total Eclipse of the Heart," "Black Hole Sun," "Ring of Fire," and other annoyingly appropriate music.
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@mzh said in Eclipse '17, US edition:
Only slightly spoiled by a nearby group that insisted on blasting a playlist of "Total Eclipse of the Heart," "Black Hole Sun," "Ring of Fire," and other annoyingly appropriate music.
Now, if anyone had played this, I would have been impressed.
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@pjh
Filed under: Too much exposure to progressivism is known to the State of California to cause stupidity.
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@boomzilla said in Eclipse '17, US edition:
#Fake
NewsPhoto. but then again, not entirely unexpected...Unfortunately, as some have suspected, the image of the eclipse that was posted is indeed modified further than simple contrast and saturation changes. It is two exposures edited into a single image.
It started out as a Facebook post of a piece of simple art I created and quickly grew to something that it was not due to the way I described and promoted the image. I have mislead a lot of people and I apologize for that. I was seeking recognition for my photography, but not in this way.
I would like to state that I have not made any monetary gain from this image, have closed down the print shop and have declined all media interviews related to this piece. I have wasted the time of many people and I apologize for that. I realize that the only reason this piece of work was significant was the story behind it which is not true.
I apologize to all who were involved in tracking down the pilots. They were flying overhead at that point in time, but not exactly as is shown in the image.