- Joined
- Jul 23, 2012
- Messages
- 1,903
- Reaction score
- 884
(folds eclipse glasses, puts them into that one drawer in the kitchen that just collects stuff)
With the ever-increasing fees of maintaining our vibrant community (servers, software, domains, email), we need help.
We need more Supporting Members today.
Please invest back into this community to help spread our love and knowledge of multi-channel sound.
This is your chance to make a difference. Become a Supporting Member today:
Upgrade NowAnd here's about my best shot from @Tractionengines front yard. Maybe more to come from a video, there were some prominent prominences at the 10-11:00 position just after totality started:We had a wonderful experience.
@Blast it Tom! and his crew came over, and my family had a great view. A few high wispy clouds, but sun was clearly viewable. Very worth watching. Here is a photo of the group with about 20% covered. Then in totality.
View attachment 639567
View attachment 639568
Nice! I missed getting a full-scene shot with the sun blackened, my autoexposure over-exposed. 3 1/2 minutes doesn't give one much time to fiddle with settings! I can't find the comet yet, but I'll keep trying!I don't know if anyone noticed, but you can see Mercury, Saturn, and I believe the comet in this photo.
Venus in the sky with diamonds?Ellie was let out of school at 12:00 for the eclipse.
Really crappy weather in RR, TX but we got lucky in the back yard during totality !
Saw the diamond ring and Venus in the sky
-- kjh
That was great! I haven't figured out where I was going to stash my stuff, and I showed my wife your post, and of course she says, "Well, why would you keep them?"(folds eclipse glasses, puts them into that one drawer in the kitchen that just collects stuff)
Who knows when an eclipse might break out?
I bought a lot of glasses so as to have plenty to give to friends and family, and I was thinking of looking for something like this to do with the leftovers. Do you have any links or names I could follow up with?If anyone has glasses they don't want to keep, there are companies that take donations and send them to schools all over the world when there's going to be an eclipse there.
BREAKING: Rogue eclipses in PartsUnknown Saskatchewan and Milan in Italy! Moon being held responsible; US demands punishment. Film at eleven."That was great! I haven't figured out where I was going to stash my stuff, and I showed my wife your post, and of course she says, "Well, why would you keep them?"
WHY WOULD YOU NOT KEEP THEM?!?!?! Who knows when an eclipse might break out?
Here's the article I read:I bought a lot of glasses so as to have plenty to give to friends and family, and I was thinking of looking for something like this to do with the leftovers. Do you have any links or names I could follow up with?
Thanks!Here's the article I read:
Don’t trash those eclipse glasses. Do this instead.
I think that link should bypass the paywall, but in case not, the mentioned organizations are:
Astronomers Without Borders
Eclipse Glasses USA
The thing I love most about this picture is that I do see 2 'kids' looking, but the 3rd kid wearing the birdhouse shaped eclipse shoebox covering half his/her body is what I saw at first glance. I love it when random people I'll likely never meet make me laugh and my misinterpretation for the first second or two, did indeed make me laugh. Thank you sir.Our trip to one of the 1000 Lakes in the St Lawrence River was fantastic. The clouds tried their best to ruin the event, but they were thin enough at totality for us to still get a show. The feeling is like nothing else.
View attachment 639876
The coolest thing to me was the "360-degree sunset." Here's a picture of my kids looking due north during totality.
View attachment 639877
I don't know if anyone noticed, but you can see Mercury, Saturn, and I believe the comet in this photo.
I bought a lot of glasses so as to have plenty to give to friends and family, and I was thinking of looking for something like this to do with the leftovers. Do you have any links or names I could follow up with?
For this eclipse I bought some glasses, a glass solar filter for my camera, and a small piece of solar film to improvise a filter in case the glass filter didn't work. I did a couple of practice sessions before the eclipse to try out the gear and was surprised that I could see sunspots in the photos. I'm going to keep all of my stuff and may occasionally shoot photos of the sun just to see what might be there.Explain to her that while eclipse schedules are pretty well understood, that's not the only reason to want to look at the sun.
We still have our eclipse glasses from last year's annular eclipse. They came in handy a month ago when there was a sunspot big enough to see with the naked eye. That was pretty neat to be able to see!
I have an autistic son. The brother closest to him is only 16 months older; they actually developed a sort of "twin language" between them as they grew up. When the autistic son saw that 360° sunset, he exclaimed to his older brother, "It's like sunrise and sunset at the same time!" In our view it was the quote of the day!The coolest thing to me was the "360-degree sunset." Here's a picture of my kids looking due north during totality.
During totality, did the bubbles go up instead of down?A little late, but you have to admire the Irish Ministry of Health approved eclipse observing glass.
During totality, did the bubbles go up instead of down?
We USAians appreciate the courtesy! Easier than what they have to do down under at the American Embassy:I posted the picture inverted for our Northern neighbours.
Enter your email address to join: