Eclipse

[WuzzFuzz]

Caj, Do you accept PayPal?

Put me down for 2 bucks.


WuzzFuzz

 

[boykinlp]

WARNING DO NOT DO IT! You will damage the sensor in the camera.

The ONLY part of the eclipse when your camera would be safe is during TOTALITY.

ANY other time you are aiming your camera at the sun ...
It is just like using a magnifying glass to burn ants.

Thanks. I ordered a pair of eclipse sunglasses today.

 

[bigwheelzip]

My wife wanted to order a bunch of the special glasses to watch it and I said no thanks. I'm not trusting my eyesight to a $1.00 pair of glasses.

If your in the upstate, the 3 offices of the Greenville Hospital System Eye Institute are giving away eclipse glasses. The design of the glasses was approved by NASA and the American Astronautical Society.

Greenville Health System GHS Eye Institute has FREE eclipse filters - Greenville Health System

 

[ImprovedModel56Fan]

It is just like using a magnifying glass to burn ants.

I used to do that when I was eight or nine. Got pretty good at it. Then one day a priest came along and . . .

Never mind.

 

[Dashriprock]

We will be on a private ranch near Riverton, WY. Arriving Friday, not returning until following Tuesday -- the forecast for traffic between Denver and path points in WY and NE are terrifying!

 

[Tom K]

1. I treated my office with special sunglasses==they were about $1.25 each--I think a bulk package of 20 ran about $20.

2.We are in the 90% corridor.

3. I checked on Google Earth one time and saw my GSP in the backyard.

Similar to how a refinished gun has 0% original finish, a 90% partial solar eclipse is a 0% total solar eclipse. You won't be getting 9/10ths of the experience of a total eclipse, you will be getting nothing by comparison.

 

[Tinhack]

I'm not going anywhere. I'll see about 60% where I am. Once you've seen one, you've seen them all. The last one I viewed was in Ohio at about 98%. All we used was two sheets of paper. Put a pin-hole in the top sheet and hold the other below it. Focus by moving the two sheets closer or apart. Works well enough to see an image and it's safe.

I remember the odd color of everything outside. Sort of like the orange tint in all the apocalypse movies.

 

[johngalt]

Maybe I'll just make a road trip to my old gun club in Cincinnati instead. Might be close enough. I'm not terribly interested in sitting in gridlock and putting up with the circus.

 

[CAJUNLAWYER]

Don't know what the big deal is really. Middle of Monday, suddenly the world goes black. Terrified people think the world is coming to an end. Then the sun comes back-everyone breaths a sigh of relief and forgets the frantic promises made to God if only He brings the sun back- People goes to Denny's for dinner and then watch Monday night football like nothing happened and wait for the next divine message. Only next time God might not be kidding.....

 

[ColbyBruce]

As mentioned above, Rabun county Georgia is in the direct path so my wife and I will be sitting at a local winery eating a box lunch and drinking wine with two other couples that are dear friends; and one hundred forty-four total strangers. Getting back home should be a challenge, about six miles.

The area motels, inns, and B&B's have been booked for months. I have had acquaintances call me and ask to rent our home on Black Rock Mountain. A few also asked if they could park motor homes there. I barely have parking for the four vehicles our crew will park there.

 

[bigwheelzip]

Maybe I'll just make a road trip to my old gun club in Cincinnati instead. Might be close enough. I'm not terribly interested in sitting in gridlock and putting up with the circus.

Far be it for me to discourage a road trip, but to see a more complete eclipse, you need to move closer to the path than you already are (SSW). Cincinnati is almost the same distance from it, and will only see the sun one percent more obscured than you will in your backyard.

An 80 mile drive southwest of Evansville on Rt.60 puts you in the best Total Eclipse viewing territory in the whole country. Between the point of Greatest Eclipse and the point of Greatest Duration.

 

[2ffat]

I have some friends coming down from Canada to go with us to South Carolina to see the eclipse. We ordered rooms about a month ago. We had to call from city to city to find a place. Most were already booked or so expensive that we couldn't afford them. Some campgrounds are also already booked. Some smaller towns are expecting huge crowds. They are recommending visitors bring their own food and water. Outhouses will be provided, though.

If the $1.00 glasses are certified, they will work better than $10 welder's goggles. I've used them in the past and I can still see.

I've ordered glasses for myself and my friends and a special "neutral filter" for my DSLR. Most of those filters are back ordered. I ordered one about the same time we booked our rooms and I'm hoping to get it at the end of July.

 

[WuzzFuzz]

I don't know what all the hub-bub is...I'm just going to out onto the front yard, put on my old welding helmet, and watch the whole shebangs, so I can say I saw it...Where I'm at, I'll watch the whole thing for about the whole 2 minutes or so, since I'm right in it's direct path at it's zenith. Then come back inside and take my afternoon nap.


I'll tell you all about it, after it's over, if you want me to.


WuzzFuzz

 

[WuzzFuzz]

Oh, Oh, Oh..good thing I just remembered, to leave a light on...I'm afraid of the dark.

Maybe the outside motion detector lights will come on, and I'll be ok.


WuzzFuzz

 

[bigwheelzip]

We're ready. Total eclipse viewed right from the backyard patio and hubby picked up the free eclipse glasses yesterday from the GHS Eye Institute. He says he's making Piña colada for the show.

Now I just have to get out of NY and get down there.

 

[boykinlp]

We're ready. Total eclipse viewed right from the backyard patio and hubby picked up the free eclipse glasses yesterday from the GHS Eye Institute.

Can anybody pick up glasses there, and if so, where is it located? Thanks.
Larry

 

[bigwheelzip]

Can anybody pick up glasses there, and if so, where is it located? Thanks.
Larry

Yup, free for anybody while they last. Three locations, Greenville, Easley, and Spartanburg. Greenville Health System GHS Eye Institute has FREE eclipse filters - Greenville Health System

 

[vigil617]

Time to resurrect this thread since we're on the cusp of August and only three weeks away from Eclipseville!

Anybody making special plans to see it -- I mean more than just traveling to a spot within the range of totality? My wife and I are going to drive down into South Carolina to see it, and I think we might go early and spend the night. It's only about two hours from here, and I don't want to miss it.

I saw a total eclipse in eastern North Carolina in 1970 when I was 13, and it was spectacular. The very coolest part -- and the part I hope to see again -- were the "shadow waves" that come just before and just after totality. They look like parallel dark lines crossing the ground very fast -- really otherwordly-looking!

Here's the link again to the maps of each region: Total Solar Eclipse 2017 - Maps of the Path

 

[vigil617]

He says he's making Piña colada for the show.

Might I suggest Tequila Sunrises instead?

And chase 'em with -- what else -- Corona beer!

 

[bigwheelzip]

Might I suggest Tequila Sunrises instead?

And chase 'em with -- what else -- Corona beer!

Sharp as a tack today, eh? Cute idea though.