wacky1980 Posted July 27, 2017 Posted July 27, 2017 soooo maybe i've been waiting for the solar eclipse for several years now. until about a week ago, i had my itinerary all figured out too. then wife decided she wants to come and bring the kids along. well, so much for driving down to shawnee nat'l forest, dumping the truck, and hoofing it out to some remote clearing to set up camp. and of course, it's way too late to book a hotel or a campsite within the path of totality at this point. ok, new plan! since we're technically only about 3 hours' drive away from the centerline of the eclipse, i found a nature preserve outside columbia mo, talked to the site manager, and received his blessing to find a clearing out on the preserve to watch the show. we can't camp out the night before, but since we can drive right up to within a few yards of where we'll set up the cameras and etc, we should be able to get out of the house around 7am and have plenty of time to be set up before the show starts at about 11:46am. got all my solar viewing equipment out of storage (maybe i bought the stuff a few years ago in anticipation) and fired up the old camera. still need to go test it out to make sure i can get the shots i want out of it. hopefully i get some good pics to bring home. i was looking at solar filters for photography yesterday, and anything decent is $100+ so fuck that. i'll build one out of some solar film and a uv filter or something. will probably also put together one of those pinhole shadow boxes to keep a quick eye on things, and also for the wife/kids to check out so they don't have to stare up all day. anyone else making plans to watch the end of the world happen live? making human sacrifices / conjuring up the old spirits / getting really fucked up?
DragonSinger Posted July 27, 2017 Posted July 27, 2017 I must have missed hearing about it due to watching news about more discrimination to our soldiers for being trans thanks to the guy you voted into office. Is this the hot topic in Bubble World where you get to ignore the problems that you cause?
wacky1980 Posted July 27, 2017 Author Posted July 27, 2017 Solar eclipses aren't anything special. well then i guess you're uninvited.
wacky1980 Posted July 27, 2017 Author Posted July 27, 2017 I must have missed hearing about it due to watching news about more discrimination to our soldiers for being trans thanks to the guy you voted into office. Is this the hot topic in Bubble World where you get to ignore the problems that you cause? it must suck being so consumed with what other people post about.
fuggnificent Posted July 27, 2017 Posted July 27, 2017 Its on my birthday. Im leaving work early and coming back with my daughter to watch from the top of the parking garage.
wacky1980 Posted July 27, 2017 Author Posted July 27, 2017 i'm taking a whole day. the eclipse will be about 90% where i live, but i've never seen one at 100% so i'll do what i have to in order to get there. then there's the 4/8/24 total eclipse that's also gonna be passing over just south of here. the kids will be old enough to appreciate that one, so mark those calendars now for another personal day.
DragonSinger Posted July 27, 2017 Posted July 27, 2017 Thousands in our military are unsure about their job status in the near future thanks to me voting for a sexual predator, but you're totally supposed to ignore that I brought on these consequences and listen to me talk about an eclipse. Nah.
wacky1980 Posted July 27, 2017 Author Posted July 27, 2017 Nah. well the good news is, at least you've apparently still got the freedom to post like an ass.
NaBarney Posted July 27, 2017 Posted July 27, 2017 Yep got the day off months ago, going down to my friend's farm in the middle of nowhere w some folks, right exactly in the sweet spot. One guy has a telescope w a component that let's you safely view it, so he says. Should be cool, I'll probably never get to see one again (without moving somewhere far away)
naraku360 Posted July 27, 2017 Posted July 27, 2017 Don't forget to look directly at it. No point in going if you don't get the best view.
Sawdamizer Posted July 27, 2017 Posted July 27, 2017 Don't forget to look directly at it. No point in going if you don't get the best view. With a magnifying glass about 8 inches from your eye, if you get it just right you will feel a slight burning sensation.... that means its working.
fuggnificent Posted July 27, 2017 Posted July 27, 2017 Yep got the day off months ago, going down to my friend's farm in the middle of nowhere w some folks, right exactly in the sweet spot. One guy has a telescope w a component that let's you safely view it, so he says. Should be cool, I'll probably never get to see one again (without moving somewhere far away) Aww you into the eclipse. Thats cool.
fuggnificent Posted July 27, 2017 Posted July 27, 2017 Don't forget to look directly at it. No point in going if you don't get the best view. The library is giving out a pair of special glasses. Of course my daughter lost hers.
fuggnificent Posted July 27, 2017 Posted July 27, 2017 Does everyone have the time of the eclipse as 4:21pm Est?
1pooh4u Posted July 27, 2017 Posted July 27, 2017 I must have missed hearing about it due to watching news about more discrimination to our soldiers for being trans thanks to the guy you voted into office. Is this the hot topic in Bubble World where you get to ignore the problems that you cause? Is your next book gonna have characters similar to wacky and caitlyn that you get to kill over and over and over and over again, (in a sexy way of course.) I would definitely look for that fuckin book GROUNDHOG DAY: THE FINAL JUDGEMENT
wacky1980 Posted July 27, 2017 Author Posted July 27, 2017 Does everyone have the time of the eclipse as 4:21pm Est? no. it will move from west to east, and will take about 2 hours to cross the continent.
wacky1980 Posted July 27, 2017 Author Posted July 27, 2017 The library is giving out a pair of special glasses. Of course my daughter lost hers. you can buy more online for a buck or two each.
wacky1980 Posted July 27, 2017 Author Posted July 27, 2017 here's a fun interactive map of the eclipse. click on your location and it will tell you what percentage of the sun will be obscured, plus the times of the start and end of the eclipse for you. https://eclipse2017.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/interactive_map/index.html
DragonSinger Posted July 27, 2017 Posted July 27, 2017 Is your next book gonna have characters similar to wacky and caitlyn that you get to kill over and over and over and over again, (in a sexy way of course.) I would definitely look for that fuckin book GROUNDHOG DAY: THE FINAL JUDGEMENT Readers aren't fond of characters that stupid getting a lot of page time, so I tend to make people like them low level background characters with one or two lines or a quick unmemorable death.
DragonSinger Posted July 27, 2017 Posted July 27, 2017 Solar eclipses aren't anything special. I'll go out of my way to see a lunar one because the color difference is more impressive, but solar eclipses always bored me.
fuggnificent Posted July 27, 2017 Posted July 27, 2017 here's a fun interactive map of the eclipse. click on your location and it will tell you what percentage of the sun will be obscured, plus the times of the start and end of the eclipse for you. ' https://eclipse2017.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/interactive_map/index.html Awesome. Thanks!
wacky1980 Posted July 27, 2017 Author Posted July 27, 2017 I'll go out of my way to see a lunar one because the color difference is more impressive, but solar eclipses always bored me. in an attempt to keep you on topic... i took some pictures of the last total lunar eclipse on 9/27/15, the "blood moon" eclipse that was probably one of the most impressive i can recall. i don't think it was nearly as impressive as next month's solar eclipse is gonna be, but to each his own. or her own, i suppose. -_'
wacky1980 Posted August 15, 2017 Author Posted August 15, 2017 got the camera setup finished over the weekend and tested out some settings on the full sun. i think i can still get a better product, but so far things are looking good.
Top Gun Posted August 15, 2017 Posted August 15, 2017 If I wasn't over a 10-hour drive from totality I'd totally be doing that. As it is I might see if any stores around here are selling the glasses, or just hit up Amazon. There's always a good ol' pinhole viewer as a fallback. The 2024 totality path is more like 6 hours away, which is far more do-able. I just wish one of the damn things would swing by the megalopolis.
viperxmns Posted August 15, 2017 Posted August 15, 2017 Inwanna see the eclipse It's also the rare time Eclipsewolves come out
wacky1980 Posted August 15, 2017 Author Posted August 15, 2017 i'm about 3 hours from the point where the totality paths of the 8/21/17 and the 4/8/24 eclipses intersect (makanda / cedar lake il) and i had plans to go down to that area for both of them. i can't take the young kids on a backwoods hike this time around though. in 7 years, maybe...
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