Total Solar Eclipse - August 21, 2017

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#278
I had to make an emergency trip to Nashville. Made a quick stop in Lebanon and looked through glasses while I got back in truck. It was almost covered. Drove through it completely around mt Juliet. It was really cool to drive through and watch my thermostat drop about 7 degrees or so and watch all the lights come on everywhere.
 
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This was an amazing event! Watching it get dark in the middle of the day, feeling the temperature drop 10 degrees, hearing the cicadas get confused and start chirping. Very cool day!
 
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I was in Nashville and for a moment it looked like a big cloud was going to cover it up. The cloud broke just before totality.

All I can say is, if you weren't in the path of totality then I can't recommend enough trying to make a trip to the one in 2024. It is incredible.
 
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If you missed the "Great American Eclipse" on the Science channel last night it replays at 8pm tonight. A very good watch.

Former astronaut Mike Massimino reveals the incredible images and science of the first total solar eclipse in the continental United States in 99 years. With reports from locations across the country, see what happened when darkness fell across America.
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Some cool facts like the earth is spinning at 1000mph. The moon is traveling around earth at over 2000mph and the earth is orbiting the sun at 68,000mph. Mentioned the moon is moving away from earth an inch and a half every year and that total eclipse's would be gone eventually but will take 600 million years.

Also, I mentioned the weather balloon project Nasa had colleges do to film it earlier. Nasa also trained 70+ high school classes from West to East in the totality path with special telescopes to record the eclipse. Nasa said once they receive all the recordings they can turn the 2 minute total eclipse in to a 90 minute information overload.

Anyways thought some might want to watch the replay.
 
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volfanbill said:
Cool shot, but it's fake. It's an illustration, meaning some pretty savvy 46 or a 25M played with graphics.

It is the 100th birthday celebration of the 82nd though, and that's more awesome than the eclipse.
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Thanks for the clarification. I was somewhat suspicious
 
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Snagged this quick pic yesterday. Thought I saw something there in the middle.

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It was pretty surreal. All of a sudden it's like night out, with all the street lights coming on and the bug chirping, then a few minutes later they all stopped.

The wavy lines on the sidewalk and how defined the shadows got were both cool too.
 
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So just read through the thread from yesterday on. Anyone that doen' t think traveling to an area of totality is worth may just be out of their mind. I stayed in Nashville and every penny spent and every minute in the car was worth those 2 min of totality.

My 4 year old getting car sick on the way home and puking all over himself and his car seat? Totally worth it.

And you know why? That 4 year old woke up this morning and got some small figures out, a flashlight, and a circular Lego piece then proceeded to reenact the whole thing. It's something he will remember forever.
 
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We had 1 minute of totality at my house.

I took the afternoon off and invited friends who lived just outside the Zone of Totality (<-- awesome name for a big Bruckheimer/CGI movie that we'll need to complete in time for the 2024 total eclipse - the eclipse destroys everything in it's path, or something like that, I need a script-writer) to come watch it with us.

We had snacks, cereal box viewers, eclipse glasses, and 6 adults with 11 kids ages 1-14.

It was awesome. Everyone thought it was incredible. We are already talking about making the trip to the 2024 one. My 13-year-old will be 20. Man.
 
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burntorangeVOLffle said:
So just read through the thread from yesterday on. Anyone that doen' t think traveling to an area of totality is worth may just be out of their mind. I stayed in Nashville and every penny spent and every minute in the car was worth those 2 min of totality.

My 4 year old getting car sick on the way home and puking all over himself and his car seat? Totally worth it.

And you know why? That 4 year old woke up this morning and got some small figures out, a flashlight, and a circular Lego piece then proceeded to reenact the whole thing. It's something he will remember forever.
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Sounds like a bright kid
 
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salutethehill said:
We had 1 minute of totality at my house.

I took the afternoon off and invited friends who lived just outside the Zone of Totality (<-- awesome name for a big Bruckheimer/CGI movie that we'll need to complete in time for the 2024 total eclipse - the eclipse destroys everything in it's path, or something like that, I need a script-writer) to come watch it with us.

We had snacks, cereal box viewers, eclipse glasses, and 6 adults with 11 kids ages 1-14.

It was awesome. Everyone thought it was incredible. We are already talking about making the trip to the 2024 one. My 13-year-old will be 20. Man.
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Before it was even completely over members of my family were talking about traveling to Texas to watch the one in 2024.
 
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#294
My wife and I watched it. Very surreal, quiet, calm and eerie. Taken through my telescope with my iPhone 7+
 

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Can't wait until April 2024! We will be in the path of totality and already planning, hopefully have a remote auto positioning telescope and dslr connected to my laptop for live feed and time lapse and photos. I have some footage through my GoPro and telescope I haven't had time to upload to my laptop yet, after I get this mortgage stuff taken care of and get some rest I'll do it.

I saw that American Paper optics has sheets of the film you can put over a camera lense, I'll do more research on that.
My mother in law went to Nashville and got some good shots.
I saw the partial back in 94 when I was in the 4th grade, we did the cereal box project and traced shadows on the ground in chalk.
Listening to Clyde Lewis (I know it's a weird radio show) earlier tonight at work it seems some people experienced weird stuff like loss of chronic pain, increases in pain, vertigo, lightheadedness, dizziness, headaches, and many other symptoms. Any Vols have issues like that? I just felt a calming sensation and basically just in awe that we are the only planet in our solar system to experience it.
 
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BEATBAMA12 said:
Can't wait until April 2024! We will be in the path of totality and already planning, hopefully have a remote auto positioning telescope and dslr connected to my laptop for live feed and time lapse and photos. I have some footage through my GoPro and telescope I haven't had time to upload to my laptop yet, after I get this mortgage stuff taken care of and get some rest I'll do it.

I saw that American Paper optics has sheets of the film you can put over a camera lense, I'll do more research on that.
My mother in law went to Nashville and got some good shots.
I saw the partial back in 94 when I was in the 4th grade, we did the cereal box project and traced shadows on the ground in chalk.
Listening to Clyde Lewis (I know it's a weird radio show) earlier tonight at work it seems some people experienced weird stuff like loss of chronic pain, increases in pain, vertigo, lightheadedness, dizziness, headaches, and many other symptoms. Any Vols have issues like that? I just felt a calming sensation and basically just in awe that we are the only planet in our solar system to experience it.
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I experienced complete euphoria and wonderment. Does that count?
 
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BEATBAMA12 said:
Can't wait until April 2024! We will be in the path of totality and already planning, hopefully have a remote auto positioning telescope and dslr connected to my laptop for live feed and time lapse and photos. I have some footage through my GoPro and telescope I haven't had time to upload to my laptop yet, after I get this mortgage stuff taken care of and get some rest I'll do it.

I saw that American Paper optics has sheets of the film you can put over a camera lense, I'll do more research on that.
My mother in law went to Nashville and got some good shots.
I saw the partial back in 94 when I was in the 4th grade, we did the cereal box project and traced shadows on the ground in chalk.
Listening to Clyde Lewis (I know it's a weird radio show) earlier tonight at work it seems some people experienced weird stuff like loss of chronic pain, increases in pain, vertigo, lightheadedness, dizziness, headaches, and many other symptoms. Any Vols have issues like that? I just felt a calming sensation and basically just in awe that we are the only planet in our solar system to experience it.
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That explains why the Martians and Venusians display so much hostility. Their aggression will not stand, Man.
 
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