Solar Eclipse 2017

[suddenseer]

If you are lucky enough to see it, enjoy!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hr0rDW5j1KU

[N8YX]

It's just overcast enough here that the prominences will be obscured. :confused:

[K7SGJ]

I actually got to see it and I only used my sunglasses.

Oh shit. Wait......................I CAN'T SEE ANYMORE.............I'M BLIND!!!!!!!!

[suddenseer]

Typical Ohiya overcast for terrestrial/celestial free shows! The last time Eddie saw an eclipse, he ran naked down the street banging pots, and pans together. I followed behind fully clothed, banging coconuts together(they paid me $10).

[N8YX]

Got my welder's shade out for a couple of quick glances. No more than 50% occlusion here at peak.

You could just make out the lower lunar limb.

[VE7DCW]

Got my welder's shade out for a couple of quick glances. No more than 50% occlusion here at peak.

You could just make out the lower lunar limb.

Did the same here Fred......we had about 86% occlusion here with light conditions making it look like an early summer evening ........my Kitchen got as dark as you would get on a dull overcast day! deepened shadows outside never seen it like that before but total partiality here was at 10:20 am PT and 15 minutes later everything was back to normal! It was a cool event,despite us just getting a partial eclipse! :yes:

[suddenseer]

Fred, you boys in Akron are always prepared for anything the sun throws at us! DNFTH!15457

[N8YX]

Fred, you boys in Akron are always prepared for anything the sun throws at us! DNFTH!15457

I worked for one of those guys many years ago.

[NA4BH]

It was a 94% dud. I've had farts that darkened the sky more.

[N8YX]

It was a 94% dud. I've had farts that darkened the sky more.

Bode and all the others being equal, the amount of energy reaching Earth wasn't diminished by all that much. The animals, however, picked up on the changing light flux. I noticed a slight uptick in insect noises which are usually nocturnal.

Given the Moon's outward progression of ~1.2 inches per year from Earth, spool the clock back about 10 or so million years and imagine what a total solar eclipse must have been like from a terrestrial standpoint.

[W3WN]

Got my welder's shade out for a couple of quick glances. No more than 50% occlusion here at peak.

You could just make out the lower lunar limb.
Local news claimed 80% in Pittsburgh at the peak.

I was at W3WH's in the morning, helping him make some contacts in the Solar Eclipse QSO Party. I watched some of the NASA feed in the afternoon. After that half hour of so of thunderstorm this morning, I didn't really expect to see much around here.

Little Miss Field Day was worried that LucyFurr would look at the eclipse and go blind. Not a problem; she slept on the couch all afternoon. It's what that pup does best... well, that and shed...

[n2ize]

I don't know what the percentage was around here butt it didn't get much darker than a mildly hazy day. I tried to take a picture of the sun but I was getting too much glare and I didn't have a proper lens filter handy. The upcoming 2024 eclipse should be much more dramatic here as it is supposed to pass through New York. Assuming I am still living in New York in 2024 it should be a good show here,

[KG4CGC]

I don't know what the percentage was around here butt it didn't get much darker than a mildly hazy day. I tried to take a picture of the sun but I was getting too much glare and I didn't have a proper lens filter handy. The upcoming 2024 eclipse should be much more dramatic here as it is supposed to pass through New York. Assuming I am still living in New York in 2024 it should be a good show here,

Were you in NY 7 years ago?

[K2GSP]

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I drove up to Spring City Tennessee for the eclipse. I shot about 250 pictures. These two made it into the assignment section of Outdoor Photographer. When the next one comes in 2024. I highly recommend going to see it in totality. It was an incredible experience.

[ad4mg]

Incredible photos! We were outside the totality zone, but I did put a welding shield together with #9 and #5 lenses stacked to have a look. At first, everyone in the office (about 30 people) were kinda "ho, hum", but they all came out when they heard they could view it clearly and safely through the shield!

[K2GSP]

Incredible photos! We were outside the totality zone, but I did put a welding shield together with #9 and #5 lenses stacked to have a look. At first, everyone in the office (about 30 people) were kinda "ho, hum", but they all came out when they heard they could view it clearly and safely through the shield!

Ingenious, I never would have thought of that. I'm glad everyone got to see it. I'm a huge fan of NASA, space, space travel and astronomy.

[n2ize]

Were you in NY 7 years ago?I miss the old days.