Solar Eclipse (August 21, 2017) count down!

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  • susanp57
    susanp57 Posts: 409 Member
    Just watched it. Very cool.
  • yayamom3
    yayamom3 Posts: 939 Member
    I just watched it in Odessa, MO with a bunch of middle school kids. It was the absolute highlight of my teaching career! What an amazing experience! Now, I've got to log the calories in my moon pie!
  • captainfantastic94
    captainfantastic94 Posts: 1,745 Member
    TeacupsAndToning wrote: »
    vnb_208 wrote: »
    TeacupsAndToning wrote: »
    vnb_208 wrote: »
    Stood outside looked up at the sky forgetting to put my glasses on till someone shouted at me to put them on :#

    Let us know if you wake up tomorrow with blurred vision.

    Will do I'm already panicking! Feel like a total idiot ! :D

    If you do I'll start a gofundme to get you a new eyeball

    Just the one though
  • Caporegiem
    Caporegiem Posts: 4,297 Member
    Everyone feel free to send me your eclipse glasses now that it's over. It's part of my retirement plan for 2024.
  • RastaLousGirl
    RastaLousGirl Posts: 2,119 Member
    We are in the 60 something percentage, but I was outside and there was a small dip in the natural light.. Almost like the light dimmed down for a second, and it feels great outside! I wish I could have experienced the total eclipse.
  • yayamom3
    yayamom3 Posts: 939 Member
    Caporegiem wrote: »
    Everyone feel free to send me your eclipse glasses now that it's over. It's part of my retirement plan for 2024.

    My sister and I (both teachers nearing retirement), just made that plan too! Be sure to tell us where you're going so we won't have a turf war down there!
  • Chase_The_Pain
    Chase_The_Pain Posts: 255 Member
    Caporegiem wrote: »
    Everyone feel free to send me your eclipse glasses now that it's over. It's part of my retirement plan for 2024.

    Some people at my work told me that they have an expiration date on them. Haha like it's a prescription
  • rheddmobile
    rheddmobile Posts: 6,840 Member
    Yay the clouds went away! In Memphis we got 94% and what I found surprising was that even with only six percent of the sun it was still quite bright. The quality of the light became strange, like being indoors, but it was still far brighter than indoor lighting at max. Despite having official rated eclipse glasses I still feel nervous about my vision!

    My husband made a pinhole camera out of two sheets of paper and played science guy with the local kids showing them how folks used to do it when he was a kid. Even the mailman stopped to look at the sky.

    The other interesting thing was watching the birds. The little birdies didn't know what to make of it, but the flock of grackles and the two crows flew home to roost as if it was sunset, and the crickets started chirping.
  • Caporegiem
    Caporegiem Posts: 4,297 Member
    yayamom3 wrote: »
    Caporegiem wrote: »
    Everyone feel free to send me your eclipse glasses now that it's over. It's part of my retirement plan for 2024.

    My sister and I (both teachers nearing retirement), just made that plan too! Be sure to tell us where you're going so we won't have a turf war down there!

    I'm putting all my chips on Wappapello, Missouri. Got a good feeling about it.
  • KosmosKitten
    KosmosKitten Posts: 10,476 Member
    Chase_The_Pain wrote: »
    Caporegiem wrote: »
    Everyone feel free to send me your eclipse glasses now that it's over. It's part of my retirement plan for 2024.

    Some people at my work told me that they have an expiration date on them. Haha like it's a prescription

    Mine says to dispose of them after three years. :)
  • RunHardBeStrong
    RunHardBeStrong Posts: 33,069 Member
    Caporegiem wrote: »
    Everyone feel free to send me your eclipse glasses now that it's over. It's part of my retirement plan for 2024.

    Hey! I feel we should be splitting the profits. I already made plans to go to Mexico in 2024, I already found someone to stay with in South Padre.
  • Caporegiem
    Caporegiem Posts: 4,297 Member
    Chase_The_Pain wrote: »
    Caporegiem wrote: »
    Everyone feel free to send me your eclipse glasses now that it's over. It's part of my retirement plan for 2024.

    Some people at my work told me that they have an expiration date on them. Haha like it's a prescription


    CanesGalactica wrote: »
    Chase_The_Pain wrote: »
    Caporegiem wrote: »
    Everyone feel free to send me your eclipse glasses now that it's over. It's part of my retirement plan for 2024.

    Some people at my work told me that they have an expiration date on them. Haha like it's a prescription

    Mine says to dispose of them after three years. :)


    Exactly what eclipse glasses manufacturers want you to think/do.
  • Chase_The_Pain
    Chase_The_Pain Posts: 255 Member
    rheddmobile wrote: »
    Yay the clouds went away! In Memphis we got 94% and what I found surprising was that even with only six percent of the sun it was still quite bright. The quality of the light became strange, like being indoors, but it was still far brighter than indoor lighting at max. Despite having official rated eclipse glasses I still feel nervous about my vision!

    My husband made a pinhole camera out of two sheets of paper and played science guy with the local kids showing them how folks used to do it when he was a kid. Even the mailman stopped to look at the sky.

    The other interesting thing was watching the birds. The little birdies didn't know what to make of it, but the flock of grackles and the two crows flew home to roost as if it was sunset, and the crickets started chirping.

    I'm in Memphis too! The cloud coverage was a bummer, but I got some good shots in with my iPhone.
  • Caporegiem
    Caporegiem Posts: 4,297 Member
    Cee go ahead and start the next count down thread for April 8, 2024.
  • captainfantastic94
    captainfantastic94 Posts: 1,745 Member
    Caporegiem wrote: »
    Cee go ahead and start the next count down thread for April 8, 2024.

    Seconded
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  • RunHardBeStrong
    RunHardBeStrong Posts: 33,069 Member
    _har_T_Swallow wrote: »
    i feel like the real takeaway from this whole rigmarole is, which of us will wake up tomorrow with super powers, and what will those powers be?

    i'm hoping for Sylar's intuitive adaptation personally.

    I'm hoping I wake up pooping money, tons of it!
  • orangegato
    orangegato Posts: 6,572 Member
    It was cooler than I thought it would be. About 10 of us took turns sharing a pair of glasses someone ordered from Canada.
  • Caporegiem
    Caporegiem Posts: 4,297 Member
    RunHardBeStrong wrote: »
    _har_T_Swallow wrote: »
    i feel like the real takeaway from this whole rigmarole is, which of us will wake up tomorrow with super powers, and what will those powers be?

    i'm hoping for Sylar's intuitive adaptation personally.

    I'm hoping I wake up pooping money, tons of it!

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  • SomebodyWakeUpHIcks
    SomebodyWakeUpHIcks Posts: 3,836 Member
    Well that was a big bag of nothing!!!
  • Caporegiem
    Caporegiem Posts: 4,297 Member
    SomebodyWakeUpHIcks wrote: »
    Well that was a big bag of nothing!!!

    Eh look at it like this, we all got a small break from work.

    Oh wait....
  • SomebodyWakeUpHIcks
    SomebodyWakeUpHIcks Posts: 3,836 Member
    edited August 2017
    @Caporegiem wrote: »
    SomebodyWakeUpHIcks wrote: »
    Well that was a big bag of nothing!!!

    Eh look at it like this, we all got a small break from work.

    Oh wait....

    You, sir, are mean. I hope the sun melts your retinas. And then melts your head like the German officer in Raiders of the Lost Ark.
  • captainfantastic94
    captainfantastic94 Posts: 1,745 Member
    _har_T_Swallow wrote: »
    i feel like the real takeaway from this whole rigmarole is, which of us will wake up tomorrow with super powers, and what will those powers be?

    i'm hoping for Sylar's intuitive adaptation personally.

    Id love to be able to read minds
  • Caporegiem
    Caporegiem Posts: 4,297 Member
    SomebodyWakeUpHIcks wrote: »
    @Caporegiem wrote: »
    SomebodyWakeUpHIcks wrote: »
    Well that was a big bag of nothing!!!

    Eh look at it like this, we all got a small break from work.

    Oh wait....

    You, sir, are mean. I hope the sun melts your retinas. And then melts your head like the German officer in Raiders of the Lost Ark.

    I'm sorry about your rash.
  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
    edited August 2017
    When you see the corona. It is amazing. Also saw Venus in the early afternoon.
  • _pi3_
    _pi3_ Posts: 2,311 Member
    That was lame
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  • RunHardBeStrong
    RunHardBeStrong Posts: 33,069 Member
    cee134 wrote: »
    When you see the corona. It is amazing. Also saw Venus in the early afternoon.

    I saw Uranus.

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