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So, Did You See the Eclipse, Or Did You Not Care?
I tried to get eclipse specs from Amazon on Friday, just after I told you guys to start scrambling. Most of them were sold out and the available ones were sold in five packs for like $60 or $70. I figured I could get them somewhere else.
Turns out, no I could not. When I started looking on Saturday (yes, I am an organized proactive personality type), everyone was sold out. However, I did go outside to try the triple-sunglasses risk-your-eyesight play, and wandered upon neighbors who had got the specs. They were willing to share, because really, just a two second glimpse every minute was plenty. By the way, don't bother trying the triple-sunglasses play. Not only is it dangerous, but you can't see the eclipse -- for some reason, you just keep seeing the same solar disc you always see, even though, if you look at the eclipse through eclipse lenses, you do in fact see a crescent occluded sun. It was interesting. The ambient light did not get as dark or eerie as I expected. I thought the light got eerie and jangly during an eclipse. The light I saw just looked like the light on a cloudy day. Cows did not rampage and start doing murders. Alas. I wouldn't say it was oversold because I didn't really expect much from it. In that way, it was much like The Defenders. Lots of anticipation, then some boring talking in between stuff that's slightly less boring, and then Big Finale where you go "Meh, this is pretty much a more shadowy version of Episode 3." Here's something a little more exciting:Gravity causes objects with mass to gravitate toward one another & on Earth it gives weight to physical objects, however, goats DO NOT care. pic.twitter.com/Ss0S7oRuMy
— Dick King-Smith HQ (@DickKingSmith) August 21, 2017
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: lowfibass at August 21, 2017 05:39 PM (BrqlK)
But yeah.
Posted by: lowfibass at August 21, 2017 05:39 PM (BrqlK)
Totality was very neat. The entire process, except part of the drive home, was great.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 21, 2017 05:40 PM (hyuyC)
And then didn't get to use them. Rain, thunder, etc. Dammit.
It did get darkish, and the birds got quiet.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at August 21, 2017 05:41 PM (PY9jH)
Posted by: JAS at August 21, 2017 05:41 PM (UnDQI)
The light had a weird look to it. The color was wrong, and the sun angle was more like September than August.
Posted by: Skandia Recluse at August 21, 2017 05:42 PM (m9X4Y)
risk-your-eyesight play, and wandered upon neighbors who had got the
specs.<<<
Oh, yeah... jackpot... now I'm seeing dollar signs.
Posted by: ace's eye doctor at August 21, 2017 05:42 PM (OURe4)
Posted by: Knights Who Say Meh at August 21, 2017 05:42 PM (msPH3)
Darned life, work and responsibilities.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at August 21, 2017 05:43 PM (PY9jH)
Posted by: WOPR (Colonial Marines can't use harsh language) at August 21, 2017 05:43 PM (J70i0)
Posted by: Aunt Luna at August 21, 2017 05:43 PM (Zd2ZF)
Posted by: JAS at August 21, 2017 05:43 PM (UnDQI)
It's like the further away from the Federal government the better. We had comfortable chairs, wine, popcorn, and great temporary compadres. And a lot less crowded.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 21, 2017 05:43 PM (hyuyC)
Space is a cool and beautiful place and it helped forget some of our everyday stresses even for a few minutes.
Posted by: DitkaCA at August 21, 2017 05:44 PM (kVjCi)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at August 21, 2017 05:44 PM (PY9jH)
Posted by: AshevilleRobert at August 21, 2017 05:44 PM (w+Jhj)
It could just as easily have been Pete Brown, writing to a Jack Bruce setting.
Posted by: Stringer Davis at August 21, 2017 05:45 PM (H5rtT)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at August 21, 2017 05:45 PM (PY9jH)
Posted by: Aunt Luna at August 21, 2017 05:45 PM (Zd2ZF)
Posted by: AshevilleRobert at August 21, 2017 05:44 PM (w+Jhj)<<<
That's what leads to thunder clap.
Posted by: an indifferent penguin at August 21, 2017 05:45 PM (OURe4)
Posted by: AshevilleRobert at August 21, 2017 05:45 PM (w+Jhj)
I tried to care ... but I just didn't. I had a very late night last night and I slept through most of the eclipse. It's hard to get all excited about something you can't really look at. I can look at images of all sorts of eclipses any time I want, if I want.
Oh well, I'll catch the next one, or not.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at August 21, 2017 05:45 PM (rZ+mb)
Posted by: Widespread Pepe at August 21, 2017 05:45 PM (XFue2)
Posted by: Yellowstone Super Volcano at August 21, 2017 05:45 PM (4xPfI)
Posted by: Shepherd Lover at August 21, 2017 05:46 PM (6vH+N)
Posted by: Widespread Pepe at August 21, 2017 05:46 PM (XFue2)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at August 21, 2017 05:47 PM (PY9jH)
The eclipse was a wowser. It was dark enough to see stars and the temp dropped at least 15 degrees. The corona during totality was gorgeous.
Posted by: stace--domestic security threat at August 21, 2017 05:47 PM (QG/kl)
Posted by: Aunt Luna at August 21, 2017 05:48 PM (Zd2ZF)
Posted by: Very Undude at August 21, 2017 05:48 PM (2X7pN)
As I mentioned on some earlier threads, I flew out of Denver over the weekend and there were just scads of eclipse tourists pouring in and heading for the mountains to watch it. So much money to travel for a few minutes of eclipse.
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at August 21, 2017 05:48 PM (ul9CR)
Posted by: Insomniac at August 21, 2017 05:49 PM (0mRoj)
Coast-to-coast full coverage eclipses are damn rare, but unless you're going all Warren Beatty on its ass, who cares? I've had three totals or near-totals without leaving home or work (and making a ghey-assed Woodstocky mystical fool of myself at a Cel!eBration!).
Posted by: Stringer Davis at August 21, 2017 05:49 PM (H5rtT)
Posted by: CSMBigBird at August 21, 2017 05:49 PM (xInes)
Posted by: CaliGirl at August 21, 2017 05:49 PM (Ri/rl)
Posted by: Bruce at August 21, 2017 05:49 PM (8ikIW)
Posted by: AshevilleRobert at August 21, 2017 05:49 PM (w+Jhj)
Posted by: Euro at August 21, 2017 05:49 PM (TkZde)
Trump stared at the eclipse without glasses because he is Trump.
Posted by: Widespread Pepe at August 21, 2017 05:46 PM (XFue2)
The sun is now blind....
Posted by: Tami at August 21, 2017 05:49 PM (Enq6K)
Posted by: grayswindir at August 21, 2017 05:49 PM (xGZ+b)
Posted by: Insomniac at August 21, 2017 05:49 PM (0mRoj)
What was amazing, though, was how little of the solar disk is necessary to keep everything lit. Until just before it went out, it would have been hard to be sure anything was happening, if I hadn't already known.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at August 21, 2017 05:50 PM (XJQnk)
Posted by: stace--domestic security threat at August 21, 2017 05:50 PM (QG/kl)
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at August 21, 2017 05:48 PM (ul9CR)
What a waste. For $50 I'll stand in front of the sun for them for 10 minutes.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at August 21, 2017 05:50 PM (rZ+mb)
It was kind of cool watching the moon create the crescent and having it get darkish like the sun was setting but w/o getting the full blackout it was not exciting but I hadn't expected it to be.
I watched from a shopping center parking lot as I was not going to make it to work in time. That was kind of cool, I gave my extra pair of shades I had with me away to the 'kids' working at the pizza place and they enjoyed seeing the crescent since they had not expected it; and best of all the lot and then grocery store were nearly empty.
Posted by: PaleRider is simply irredeemable at August 21, 2017 05:50 PM (eASYU)
Search "blinded by eclipse."
Two people. One 53, one 70. Pretty sure those are worldwide results.
Then try searching "penis stuck in bottle."
Posted by: shibumi at August 21, 2017 05:50 PM (aT+Bx)
I saw it with my sunglasses on. We had wispy cloud cover today so it helped take some of the glare off.
Big woop.
Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at August 21, 2017 05:50 PM (Y2G1A)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 21, 2017 05:50 PM (mbhDw)
Posted by: Russtovich at August 21, 2017 05:50 PM (myvMB)
Posted by: Colin at August 21, 2017 05:51 PM (lSeoO)
Posted by: Widespread Pepe at August 21, 2017 05:46 PM (XFue2)
The sun is now blind....
Posted by: Tami at August 21, 2017 05:49 PM (Enq6K)<<<
And then he gave PDT two scoops... of raisins.
Posted by: an indifferent penguin at August 21, 2017 05:51 PM (OURe4)
Posted by: ShainS at August 21, 2017 05:51 PM (jUWgC)
Posted by: Very Undude at August 21, 2017 05:51 PM (2X7pN)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 21, 2017 05:51 PM (hyuyC)
Posted by: Mary Clogginstien from Brattleboro, VT at August 21, 2017 05:51 PM (WmgTn)
Posted by: It's me donna at August 21, 2017 05:51 PM (O2RFr)
Taken in west Nebraska by my son.
He said it was very quiet and most awesome.
As it should be.
Posted by: Gumby at August 21, 2017 05:51 PM (er7IG)
I'm in Boston, so it was only like 60%. Didn't even get darker at all.
But I stared for a long time. Now my eyes hurt and I'm getting a migraine.
Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at August 21, 2017 05:51 PM (Y2G1A)
Posted by: eclipse idiot at August 21, 2017 05:51 PM (HgMAr)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 21, 2017 05:51 PM (5y11N)
Posted by: Colorado Alex In Exile at August 21, 2017 05:52 PM (Tnhbr)
Posted by: Widespread Pepe at August 21, 2017 05:52 PM (XFue2)
Posted by: buzzion at August 21, 2017 05:52 PM (z/Ubi)
-Missing Persons
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at August 21, 2017 05:52 PM (3OIiX)
Posted by: yankeefifth at August 21, 2017 05:52 PM (0wem/)
I was in the totality path, so it was a bit different (and more fun I suspect.)
Posted by: tsrlbke PhD(c), rogue bioethicist at August 21, 2017 05:52 PM (dzmBR)
The eerie light is from the corona, and is only seen during the totality. And, again, bare boobs bathed in coronal light is the shizz, man.
Where is Ace, anyway. NY?
Oh, just heard on the radio, there were 25 wrecks on I-85 post eclipse. Idiots.
Posted by: publius, the Persistent Poperin Pear at August 21, 2017 05:52 PM (8O3HH)
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at August 21, 2017 05:52 PM (ul9CR)
I hate the Sun.
Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at August 21, 2017 05:52 PM (Y2G1A)
Posted by: Skip at August 21, 2017 05:52 PM (pPKG5)
Did a pinpoint projection. Meh.
At 94%, I agree, the goat is more exciting.
I have to admit the light was rather goofy.
Posted by: john doesky at August 21, 2017 05:52 PM (7GvGz)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 21, 2017 05:51 PM (5y11N)
Not Jerry Umbra. Jerry PENumbra! And emanation.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 21, 2017 05:52 PM (mbhDw)
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at August 21, 2017 05:52 PM (lDX4i)
Raping and impregnating his 10-year-old daughter.
Embrace the diversity!
Posted by: Bicentennialguy at August 21, 2017 05:53 PM (nILVB)
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at August 21, 2017 05:53 PM (ul9CR)
That was cool, too. Solar eclipse hysteria has gotten way out of hand. If merely glancing at the sun caused blindness we'd never have evolved eyes. But the pigeon dance rigmarole that people have convinced themselves they need to go through is nuts.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at August 21, 2017 05:53 PM (XJQnk)
It was supposed to be 75% totality here in Dallas, so it got dim and dropped a couple of degrees, but just like passing clouds. Nothing dramatic. It did get quiet, though.
Posted by: sunny-dee at August 21, 2017 05:53 PM (QAOZh)
Posted by: steevy at August 21, 2017 05:53 PM (rmVvL)
Posted by: Jeff Henry Gibson Sessions at August 21, 2017 05:53 PM (mcI77)
I was lucky. Spent a buck for the glasses three weeks ago. Went to the driveway and sat in the adirondack chair. Bourbon on ice.
A very very nice experience.
Posted by: JAS at August 21, 2017 05:53 PM (UnDQI)
My family were just talking about how it was kind of meh during the eclipse here. It never got darker that I could tell (we were supposed to be at 82%). We did have one pair of eclipse glasses that my niece brought and we all shared them and it was indeed neat to see it happen. And the baby eclipses on the ground where the sun shone through the leaves on the trees were cool.
But I thought it would get at least a little dark, and it really didn't. Oh well.
Posted by: bluebell at August 21, 2017 05:53 PM (UoSKV)
Posted by: wth at August 21, 2017 05:53 PM (HgMAr)
Posted by: Widespread Pepe at August 21, 2017 05:46 PM (XFue2)
The sun is now blind....
I was waiting for snark from the media and they did have a little... "He took his glasses off!!"
Posted by: It's me donna at August 21, 2017 05:54 PM (O2RFr)
Walking in a parking lot at 1pm I noticed sun was behind a cloud so I risked a peek in my sunglasses.
Saw the partial eclipse clearly. As soon as the sun hit a thinner part of the cloud I had to look away.
Yes, I still run with scissors too.
Posted by: TexasDan at August 21, 2017 05:54 PM (yL25O)
Posted by: National Association Of Eclipse Viewing Glasses Manufacturers at August 21, 2017 05:54 PM (O5Q3r)
Posted by: dantesed at August 21, 2017 05:54 PM (88xKn)
Moondance
Posted by: Skip at August 21, 2017 05:55 PM (pPKG5)
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Six weeks from now I hope to be aborting them!
Posted by: Cecile Richards at August 21, 2017 05:55 PM (nILVB)
Posted by: JackStraw at August 21, 2017 05:55 PM (/tuJf)
At peak, there did seem to be a sort of hush.
Hard to describe, but there.
However...any visible changes were neglable
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 21, 2017 05:56 PM (J+eG2)
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at August 21, 2017 05:56 PM (ul9CR)
Posted by: Widespread Pepe at August 21, 2017 05:45 PM (XFue2)
Achmed.
Hakim.
Posted by: Bill Benson at August 21, 2017 05:56 PM (sf2BM)
So I went out with some exposed mammogram film and took a look. It was what it was. Yay.
https://xkcd.com/1877/
"it's a thing going in front of another thing".
Posted by: Alcoholic Asshole Shut In at August 21, 2017 05:56 PM (CPk08)
Posted by: yankeefifth at August 21, 2017 05:56 PM (0wem/)
Posted by: Strobe, the wise old Owl at August 21, 2017 05:56 PM (gbWkA)
Posted by: National Association Of Eclipse Viewing Glasses Manufacturers at August 21, 2017 05:54 PM (O5Q3r)
Wouldn't it be funny if they were all made in the same Chinese factory that makes cat food and drywall?
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 21, 2017 05:56 PM (mbhDw)
Just heard on the damn local news: some idiots had a baby girl born today. They named her "Eclipse Elizabeth".
Idiots.
Posted by: publius, the Persistent Poperin Pear at August 21, 2017 05:56 PM (8O3HH)
Of course not. That's udder nonsense.
We are professionals, and out standing in our field.
Posted by: The Cows at August 21, 2017 05:56 PM (ctuyM)
Posted by: Skip at August 21, 2017 05:56 PM (pPKG5)
Bleh.
I used to read Power Man and Iron Fist as a kid. This is not that comic.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at August 21, 2017 05:56 PM (3OIiX)
and how the heck do those goats clamber about on the sides of cliffs? unbelievable!
Posted by: musical jolly chimp at August 21, 2017 05:57 PM (AxFdW)
Posted by: arbitrary turn back at August 21, 2017 05:57 PM (8RQER)
Posted by: Beartooth at August 21, 2017 05:57 PM (/8EBC)
Posted by: Fritz at August 21, 2017 05:57 PM (eLttb)
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at August 21, 2017 05:57 PM (ul9CR)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 21, 2017 05:57 PM (IqV8l)
Posted by: illiniwek at August 21, 2017 05:57 PM (veVl1)
Bleh.
I used to read Power Man and Iron Fist as a kid. This is not that comic.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at August 21, 2017 05:56 PM (3OIiX)
Yeah, he's a right wanker in this series. It's too bad.
Posted by: Insomniac at August 21, 2017 05:57 PM (0mRoj)
Posted by: Aunt Luna at August 21, 2017 05:57 PM (Zd2ZF)
-
Everybody's a comedian until Bessie gets the Tommy gun.
Posted by: I'm Anonosaurus Wrecks and I approved this message at August 21, 2017 05:57 PM (Nwg0u)
Trump stared at the eclipse without glasses because he is Trump.
The eclipse had to put on special glasses so it could stare back at Trump
Posted by: Deplorable Male Logic at August 21, 2017 05:57 PM (lKyWE)
Posted by: goon at August 21, 2017 05:58 PM (EaQ6/)
Penumbra vs Corona?
Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at August 21, 2017 05:58 PM (Y2G1A)
Because I thought 95% of something was a significant amountage of any one particular thing, and I can tell you that 95% of an eclipse amounts to exactly nothing.
I would not have known anything was different had I not been hearing so much about it.
It may have got a little cooler and since I was looking so hard I suppose I could say that there was a slight difference in the light, but had I somehow missed the announcement, I certainly wouldn't have even noticed anything.
I didn't actually look at the sun, though.
Also, I did do the entwined fingers thing and it did work, except having never done that before, I have no idea if it just doesn't look that way anyway and someone was sniping me!
I didn't see it in dappled shade, but I may not have looked at the right kind.
We're in totality in 2024, and I will probably get mildly excited again, but so help me God, if it doesn't actually get dark, imma be pissed.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at August 21, 2017 05:58 PM (3ipea)
Posted by: yankeefifth at August 21, 2017 05:58 PM (0wem/)
And that goat video? No fall? I expected more. Like falling into an already hot grill.
Posted by: Dang at August 21, 2017 05:58 PM (8b+oT)
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at August 21, 2017 05:58 PM (ul9CR)
Posted by: musical jolly chimp at August 21, 2017 05:58 PM (AxFdW)
Posted by: TheAtlantic at August 21, 2017 05:58 PM (ZfKzG)
Posted by: yankeefifth at August 21, 2017 05:56 PM (0wem/)
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To listen to you guys talk around here, that's all you really need anyway.
Posted by: bluebell at August 21, 2017 05:58 PM (UoSKV)
My family ignored my warning to get the viewers early. I ordered mine weeks ago from an astronomy society and got them in time. I ordered two.
My husband brought his to work, and it sounds like dozens of people, or more from his building passed them around, so he was a "hero." (He thanked me.)
Even my neighbors didn't get them, so I lent mine to one of my neighbors and their daughter for a look.
I laid out in the sun, and watched the entire time, taking pictures with one of my little pocket cameras through the filter of the viewer and the pictures came out great. I tried different settings and some were just gorgeous (Canon PowerShot). So fun.
I had fun. Focusing on the fact that it was the moon there was what got me. Not just looking at the shape of the sun, which some people seem to be focusing on.
It went fast. I started watching just before they started to pass each other, and it was amazing to me how fast it went. Very cool.
Some people weren't interested, and that is fine. I have always followed astronomy and cosmology, so this was a fun thing for me to do today. To each their own.
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at August 21, 2017 05:58 PM (fceHP)
Posted by: Widespread Pepe at August 21, 2017 05:52 PM (XFue2)
Into episode 6 where things should be hopping. No, we're talking some more and rehashing arguments from the first five episodes.
Posted by: WOPR (Colonial Marines can't use harsh language) at August 21, 2017 05:58 PM (J70i0)
Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at August 21, 2017 05:58 PM (Y2G1A)<<<
Sam Addams. **hic**
Posted by: an indifferent penguin at August 21, 2017 05:59 PM (OURe4)
Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at August 21, 2017 05:59 PM (Y2G1A)
Posted by: yankeefifth at August 21, 2017 05:59 PM (0wem/)
Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at August 21, 2017 05:59 PM (Y2G1A)
Posted by: Skip at August 21, 2017 05:59 PM (pPKG5)
the nasa folks said you could use a Welding Helmet if you had one. Makes sense.
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at August 21, 2017 06:00 PM (fceHP)
Bleh.
I used to read Power Man and Iron Fist as a kid. This is not that comic.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at August 21, 2017 05:56 PM (3OIiX)
Yeah, he's a right wanker in this series. It's too bad.
Posted by: Insomniac at August 21, 2017 05:57 PM (0mRoj)
How did the manage to mess up a guy raised by ninja* monks? Seriously, that was my boyhood dream?!
*Yes, I know they aren't real ninjas.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at August 21, 2017 06:00 PM (3OIiX)
Posted by: yankeefifth at August 21, 2017 05:59 PM (0wem/)
Trying to avoid his rapey male gaze.
Posted by: Insomniac at August 21, 2017 06:00 PM (0mRoj)
And yeah Iron Fist was failure, the one big misstep so far from Marvel on Netflix. I mean I don't give a crap about Jennifer Jones or know her, but the show was pretty well done. But Iron Fist was a crap fest. Lame martial arts, stupid storyline, guy didn't act like someone learning self discipline for decades, looks like a douchebag, and was the extremely boring and overused "billionaire kid comes back from training in the east to run his family business" story.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 21, 2017 06:00 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at August 21, 2017 06:00 PM (ul9CR)
Idiots.
Posted by: publius, the Persistent Poperin Pear at August 21, 2017 05:56 PM (8O3HH)
Too bad Moon Unit's been taken.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at August 21, 2017 06:00 PM (PY9jH)
Posted by: WOPR (Colonial Marines can't use harsh language) at August 21, 2017 06:00 PM (J70i0)
Was playing Total Eclipse of the Heart for hubby this morning before he left, then put on Spotify Eclipse playlist. It was long, and fun. Songs I totally forgot about, or had never heard.
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at August 21, 2017 06:00 PM (fceHP)
Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at August 21, 2017 06:00 PM (Y2G1A)
Posted by: Skip at August 21, 2017 06:01 PM (pPKG5)
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at August 21, 2017 06:01 PM (5VlCp)
Shit Status:
[ _ ] Given
[ _ ] Not Given
[ X ] Please pass the sweet and sour shrimp
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 21, 2017 05:50 PM
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You will be made to give a shit, comrade!
Posted by: Antifa against Eclipse Change Deniers at August 21, 2017 06:01 PM (LTiOI)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at August 21, 2017 06:01 PM (fceHP)
In late 2023 San Antonio is in for a treat though. We will get an 'annual eclipse' where 90% of the sun is covered. Then, a few months later in April 2024 we will get a total eclipse with 100% totality. In both cases my house is in the zone of most coverage possible.
Posted by: JC at August 21, 2017 06:01 PM (3GSgE)
Posted by: mugiwara at August 21, 2017 06:01 PM (YvZ7x)
Posted by: james the deplorable disciple of kek at August 21, 2017 06:01 PM (jxw6R)
Of course not. That's udder nonsense.
We are professionals, and out standing in our field.
Posted by: The Cows at August 21, 2017 05:56 PM (ctuyM)
Moo.
Posted by: Candy Crowley at August 21, 2017 06:02 PM (HgMAr)
Some day we'll see a Solar Flare.
And then we'll be extinct..in, what, a day?
Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at August 21, 2017 06:00 PM (Y2G1A)
I once purged all the expired beer from my fridge. It was a mass Coronal ejection.
Posted by: Insomniac at August 21, 2017 06:02 PM (0mRoj)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 21, 2017 06:02 PM (IqV8l)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at August 21, 2017 06:02 PM (3ipea)
Posted by: I'm Anonosaurus Wrecks and I approved this message at August 21, 2017 06:02 PM (Nwg0u)
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Disappointment Elizabeth has a better ring to it. And is more accurate.
Posted by: Dang at August 21, 2017 06:02 PM (8b+oT)
triple-sunglasses play. Not only is it dangerous, but you can't see the
eclipse -- for some reason, you just keep seeing the same solar disc you
always see, even though, if you look at the eclipse through eclipse
lenses, you do in fact see a crescent occluded sun.
the nasa folks said you could use a Welding Helmet if you had one. Makes sense.
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at August 21, 2017 06:00 PM (fceHP)
(fceHP)<<<
Does Ikea make welding helmets?
**shudders at the thought of the Ewok trying to weld up some shelves**
Posted by: an indifferent penguin at August 21, 2017 06:02 PM (OURe4)
Posted by: bluebell at August 21, 2017 06:02 PM (UoSKV)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at August 21, 2017 06:03 PM (3OIiX)
Posted by: NavyMom at August 21, 2017 06:03 PM (uKeRS)
oh crap. I have only watched Episode 1.
(I'm assuming you are talking about the Netflix Marvel Series)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at August 21, 2017 06:03 PM (fceHP)
btw, would anyone be surprised if aliens chose right now to appear in our sky?
I wouldn't. Not because I believe in aliens, because I don't, but because it would be like the cherry on top of these stupid times we live in.
Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at August 21, 2017 06:03 PM (Y2G1A)
I once purged all the expired beer from my fridge. It was a mass Coronal ejection.
Posted by: Insomniac at August 21, 2017 06:02 PM (0mRoj)
Good riddens of that beer
If you wouldn't drink water in Mexico, why would you drink their beer?
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at August 21, 2017 06:03 PM (jxbfJ)
Had an old beatup dodge with a straight six when I was a kid I use to call the silver comet
Posted by: Deplorable Male Logic at August 21, 2017 06:03 PM (lKyWE)
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at August 21, 2017 06:03 PM (ul9CR)
99.9% of totality was still too bright to see any shape to the eclipse except for a small bit at the tiniest. Had good glasses and watched the occultation. Very neat
Coolest part was that at "totality" where we were, the light was actually flickery. It was from the topography of the moon, or some such, but looked really weird, like the world had turned into a David Lynch movie for a few seconds.
Posted by: imp at August 21, 2017 06:03 PM (XIXZz)
"It's a Small Eclipse After All" is not easy to sing.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at August 21, 2017 06:03 PM (bIwZ6)
Trump stared at the eclipse without glasses because he is Trump.
The eclipse had to put on special glasses so it could stare back at Trump"
That corona you saw? The sun's attempt to give the eclipse the Trump hairdo.
Posted by: Tuna at August 21, 2017 06:04 PM (jm1YL)
Lets destroy the sun to save mother earth from global warming! That should keep the globalist green nuts busy for a billion years or more.
Posted by: William Eaton at August 21, 2017 06:04 PM (MuTTO)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 21, 2017 06:04 PM (IqV8l)
Posted by: Strobe at August 21, 2017 06:04 PM (gbWkA)
We did the view through the selfie camera with sun at your back at peak totality and it was interesting because the camera didn't show the disc but did show how bright the sun was around it.
It was cool. I got some nice pictures on the ground of the shadows showing the Moon over the Sun.
It didn't get nearly as dark as I thought though and I was in the 95% totality area.
Posted by: alexthechick - happy happy manatees at August 21, 2017 06:04 PM (dEQP3)
Posted by: andycanuck at August 21, 2017 06:04 PM (mJ8mX)
Posted by: Leftist Pubic Intellectual at August 21, 2017 06:04 PM (rZ+mb)
Posted by: weew at August 21, 2017 06:05 PM (6EH85)
Posted by: wth at August 21, 2017 06:05 PM (HgMAr)
Posted by: bluebell at August 21, 2017 05:58 PM
The Bostonians, permanent or temporary anyway. I've heard it has something to do with the chromatic reflections from their hosiery.
Posted by: The Cows at August 21, 2017 06:05 PM (ctuyM)
Posted by: brak at August 21, 2017 06:05 PM (5iU/N)
Posted by: I'm Anonosaurus Wrecks and I approved this message at August 21, 2017 06:05 PM (Nwg0u)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 21, 2017 06:04 PM (IqV8l)
That's...not a lot. Feh. Go big or go home. Preferably go home...
But, good luck to them. I have family that was in AF/PAK last year.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at August 21, 2017 06:05 PM (3OIiX)
I noticed the temp drop during totality. The weather guys were going on about how much it dropped, but I can't remember what they said.
The corona was beautiful. It wasn't as dark as a full Moon by a good bit, but I saw Venus, and one other, can't identify it.
Didn't see Uranus. Sol's corona was much prettier than Hope's at full Solo.
Posted by: publius, the Persistent Poperin Pear at August 21, 2017 06:05 PM (8O3HH)
Posted by: Ripley at August 21, 2017 06:05 PM (MxEKc)
Posted by: Tuna at August 21, 2017 06:05 PM (jm1YL)
Posted by: Joe Biden at August 21, 2017 06:05 PM (bc2Lc)
Goat. Cute.
I got in trouble as a little girl when my brothers and friends coaxed me into climbing a coconut tree for coconuts. On someone else's property. They came out and screamed at me, while my brothers and friends ran away leaving me way up the tree...
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at August 21, 2017 06:05 PM (fceHP)
I DID NOT SEE ANY F*CKING ECLIPSE! I live on LI, NY. It was a clear day, few clouds. Whenever someone on the east coast commented here "Ooooh! I see part of the sun covered!", I saw no change in illumination, but I always got up to glance out the window at the sun for a fraction of a second. It always looked like a full disc. As far as I can see, this was exactly like a day with no eclipse. This eclipse SHIT was absolute FRAUD and I'm glad I did not buy any glasses.
Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at August 21, 2017 06:05 PM (/qEW2)
Posted by: t-dubya-d at August 21, 2017 06:05 PM (RZWC0)
Posted by: Bill Clinton at August 21, 2017 06:06 PM (Roy2Z)
https://youtu.be/Wdx5nGphnAI
Posted by: Skip at August 21, 2017 06:06 PM (pPKG5)
I thought the coolest thing was when 'bluebell' mentioned 'leaf eclipse'. The sun shines through leaves and leaves a definite shadow, revealing the extent of the suns blockage. So I had hundreds of tiny 'outhouse door' type eclipses on my deck.
Other than that, a bore.
Posted by: Slippery Slope Salesman at August 21, 2017 06:06 PM (EgwCt)
1. Everyone would have had to register on a HHS website to get the appropraite glasses, listing your e mail adress, d.o.b. and paying a fee to get the glasses. Except for urban areas, where free Hillary glasses would of been made available.
2. Big national speech on the eclipse with hectoring aboit climate change.
3. National parks in the totality zone closed so the big donors to the Clinton Foundation could have unfetteted access.
4. DOJ lawsuits against manufacturers of non governmental approved glasses and
5. 50 pages of Department of Education tegulations dictsting hoe to handle the eclipse, including talking points on climate change.
Posted by: Mallamutt at August 21, 2017 06:06 PM (/HC6x)
Posted by: james the deplorable disciple of kek at August 21, 2017 06:01 PM (jxw6R)
That's amazing. Do they just come by really frequently in your part of the world?
Posted by: Alcoholic Asshole Shut In at August 21, 2017 06:06 PM (CPk08)
Posted by: Leftist Pubic Intellectual
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Eventually global warming will cause the sun to pass between the moon and the earth. A panda told me.
Posted by: Dang at August 21, 2017 06:06 PM (8b+oT)
Well, the new eclipses better be woke enough to not bypass black people from now on like this rayciss one today did.
http://preview.tinyurl.com/ycbtftjs
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at August 21, 2017 06:06 PM (ul9CR)
Posted by: kallisto at August 21, 2017 06:06 PM (7l5V0)
Posted by: Joe Biden at August 21, 2017 06:05 PM (bc2Lc)
*Google image search*
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at August 21, 2017 06:06 PM (3OIiX)
Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at August 21, 2017 06:06 PM (Y2G1A)
I think its humidity dependent, didn't feel any different here in Salem Oregon. I remembered it getting a lot darker last time but that was a long time ago, so I probably misremembered.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 21, 2017 06:07 PM (39g3+)
If you wouldn't drink water in Mexico, why would you drink their beer?
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at August 21, 2017 06:03 PM (jxbfJ)
............
That's why they call Tecate the "headache in a can".
Posted by: wth at August 21, 2017 06:07 PM (HgMAr)
Posted by: I'm Anonosaurus Wrecks and I approved this message at August 21, 2017 06:07 PM (Nwg0u)
watched many eclipses with my naked eye with no adverse affects.<<<
We have so much forest fire smoke you can look at the damn thing most normal days at high noon.
Posted by: Fritz at August 21, 2017 06:07 PM (eLttb)
Posted by: Dang at August 21, 2017 06:08 PM (8b+oT)
Posted by: V the K at August 21, 2017 06:08 PM (jn7FC)
Just as I suspected: this ramp up in A-stan appears to be a trade for mccain's vote on obamacare.
Well, we'll see. But it appears to be.
Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at August 21, 2017 06:08 PM (Y2G1A)
You misspelled that last word, Jane. Would you like to repost it?
Posted by: andycanuck at August 21, 2017 06:08 PM (mJ8mX)
I played War's Slipping into Darkness and ELP's Black Moon just to be different.
Damn, I miss Keith and Greg. They probably had a much better view than I did.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at August 21, 2017 06:09 PM (bIwZ6)
It was really cool.
Posted by: alexthechick - happy happy manatees at August 21, 2017 06:09 PM (dEQP3)
The corona and it's eerie light will be washed out the second regular sunlight (from the surface) comes through. I remember the flash, which obscured it immediately.
Posted by: publius, the Persistent Poperin Pear at August 21, 2017 06:09 PM (8O3HH)
Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at August 21, 2017 06:09 PM (Y2G1A)
Posted by: Fritz at August 21, 2017 06:07 PM (eLttb)
Sure, but I bet the smoke doesn't attract eclipses like he does!
Posted by: Alcoholic Asshole Shut In at August 21, 2017 06:09 PM (CPk08)
Yep... seen it. Couldn't find "approved" glasses to save my life around
here, or a #14 welding lense. But, managed to stack a couple of lesser
lenses (yes, they're additive, but not exactly 2+2=4) in a old welding
goggle, and got a good look. About 93% peak obscurity here in the south
Puget Sound region.
Posted by: Shepherd Lover at August 21, 2017 05:46 PM (6vH+N)
Similar here- though L.A. only getting upper 60% obscured. Wasn't going to travel or make a big deal, but why not check it out- it's interesting at the least. Pulled out my gas welding goggles (#5) and welding hood (#11 I think) and wore them together- seemed perfect. I think it would be cool to check out a total if it wasn't too much trouble.
The crazy thing here was that LAUSD had a district wide policy of putting all kids in lockdown during the eclipse unless they had a release from their parents and approved eyewear. Nuts. Like the kids are going to stare at the sun. What are we coming to?
Posted by: Wysiwyg Mtwzzyzx at August 21, 2017 06:09 PM (98Feg)
Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at August 21, 2017 06:06 PM (Y2G1A)<<<
Uh... yes.
Posted by: Jeb Bush! at August 21, 2017 06:10 PM (OURe4)
Posted by: CNN at August 21, 2017 06:10 PM (MxEKc)
oh crap. I have only watched Episode 1.
(I'm assuming you are talking about the Netflix Marvel Series)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at August 21, 2017 06:03 PM (fceHP)
I'm like 3-4 episodes in. I like it. I also thought Iron Fist was fine. So whatever.
Posted by: buzzion at August 21, 2017 06:10 PM (z/Ubi)
Posted by: The Bigfoot Clan near Bend, Oregon at August 21, 2017 06:10 PM (4xPfI)
Posted by: andycanuck at August 21, 2017 06:11 PM (mJ8mX)
A surprisingly not-bad album. Really pretty solid. It takes a lot of flack from ELP fans but I like it a lot, even if Carl sounded like he'd sent in a drum machine as a replacement. Certainly better than Love Bleach and In the Snot Seat.
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at August 21, 2017 06:11 PM (ul9CR)
Posted by: Wysiwyg Mtwzzyzx at August 21, 2017 06:09 PM (98Feg)
I think the term for that is formally retarded.
Posted by: Alcoholic Asshole Shut In at August 21, 2017 06:11 PM (CPk08)
Posted by: Dang at August 21, 2017 06:11 PM (8b+oT)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 21, 2017 06:11 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at August 21, 2017 06:11 PM (6Ll1u)
Posted by: CNN at August 21, 2017 06:10 PM (MxEKc)
This just in - our president looked at the sun WITHOUT glasses.
Wolf, this WH is looking more and more like the Third Reich.
Posted by: Jim Acosta at August 21, 2017 06:12 PM (ce4vQ)
I was hooked up with NASA branded eye protection about a week ago. So I was able to put out a lawn chair, smear on some suntan lotion and watch it from beginning to end.
Was in a 90+ % occlusion pathway; so I didn't get to experience totality.
I thought it was pretty awesome to behold the sun appearing as a pale crescent moon.
Also, I noticed that after a while of just laying there staring at it, it started to play some optical tricks on my eyes. Sometimes the luminous disk would seem to shoot straight up several inches.
(No, there was no alcohol or other substance involved. - Stunner, I know.)
I think this was probably just from starting to doze off in the lawn chair.
Still, it was a pretty cool effect.
Posted by: Cold Civil War at August 21, 2017 06:12 PM (Z2PYk)
In other words, they got the character and the main theme of the entire show totally wrong, as wrong as they possibly could.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 21, 2017 06:13 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: the guy that moves pianos for a living at August 21, 2017 06:13 PM (x3uSY)
The Dominion = Soros and other nazi billionaires
The Vorta = Democrat party
Jem Hadar: blm, antifa, occupy, etc.
Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at August 21, 2017 06:13 PM (Y2G1A)
Posted by: Bill R. at August 21, 2017 06:14 PM (IuYIh)
I was at work, and brought my collection with me: two pairs of eclipse glasses I got for prior eclipses, as well as a Shade 14 and a Shade 12 welder's glass. So my boss, co-workers, and a couple of customers got to look, too.
The sky was clear all morning, but began to cloud up around the time the eclipse began. But they kept moving, and the Sun played hide-and-seek throughout.
I'd still like to see a total eclipse, though. The closest place to me was South Carolina, a straight-line distance of 500 miles. I would have probably gone for it when I was younger, but at my advanced age of 29, I'm not much into traveling.
Posted by: rickl at August 21, 2017 06:14 PM (sdi6R)
We don't say that word, we say formally Matt Damon.
Posted by: V the K at August 21, 2017 06:14 PM (jn7FC)
Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at August 21, 2017 06:14 PM (/qEW2)
'Course, by that count I was a lot more impressed by the eclipse this weekend, but whatever. It's an excuse.
Posted by: Alcoholic Asshole Shut In at August 21, 2017 06:14 PM (CPk08)
Posted by: buzzion at August 21, 2017 06:10 PM (z/Ubi)
oh good
tonight we'll watch last night's Game of Thrones.
Can't wait.
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at August 21, 2017 06:14 PM (fceHP)
btw, is Elon Musk a twin of pee wee herman or what?
Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at August 21, 2017 06:15 PM (Y2G1A)
Posted by: Strobe at August 21, 2017 06:15 PM (gbWkA)
Posted by: V the K at August 21, 2017 06:14 PM (jn7FC)
I know a lot of retards who would be insulted by that.
Posted by: Alcoholic Asshole Shut In at August 21, 2017 06:15 PM (CPk08)
eastern Oregon highways going nowhere in the blistering desert heat.
Lines of traffic, barely moving after 11 minutes of sizzling eclipse
action. Sexay.
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And 3-4k burned in their bank account.
Posted by: JC at August 21, 2017 06:15 PM (3GSgE)
Posted by: Wysiwyg Mtwzzyzx"
On the bright side, Americas cats and dogs knew not to stare at it.
Posted by: Ripley at August 21, 2017 06:16 PM (MxEKc)
Posted by: yankeefifth at August 21, 2017 05:59 PM (0wem/)
Trying to avoid his rapey male gaze.
Posted by: Insomniac at August
Well that and Trump told the sun to knock of the global warming bs or he was going to grab it by the crotch.
Posted by: yankeefifth at August 21, 2017 06:16 PM (0wem/)
Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at August 21, 2017 06:16 PM (EUMr7)
Top 500, and ff to read the comments...
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at August 21, 2017 06:16 PM (8iiMU)
Posted by: King Putt Stuff at August 21, 2017 06:17 PM (XFue2)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 21, 2017 06:17 PM (IqV8l)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 21, 2017 06:11 PM (39g3+)
lol
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at August 21, 2017 06:18 PM (fceHP)
All weekend, people were posting warnings not to let your pets out during the Eclipse because they could stare at the sun and go blind. I thought that was completely Matt Damon because animals have better sense than that.
Posted by: V the K at August 21, 2017 06:08 PM (jn7FC)
I heard that, too. So I guess millions of wild animals go blind every time there's an eclipse, right?
Posted by: rickl at August 21, 2017 06:18 PM (sdi6R)
I saw totality and it was one of the most beautiful things I have ever seen. It was close for a bit. We thought the clouds would cover it, but they held off. I can't even put into words the feelings. About 2 minutes before totality the cicadas started. The birds flew into the trees. At totality I was overcome with emotion. I will never forget it.
Posted by: Quirky bookworm at August 21, 2017 06:18 PM (gppsv)
Can't say I like Keith's synth patches, but whoever the recording engineer was got Carl's drum set to sound teh awesome. Pretty sure he got rid of that big stainless steel set after that. It's in the R&R HoF now, so I hear.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at August 21, 2017 06:18 PM (bIwZ6)
So everything was sorta blue?
And 3-4k burned in their bank account.
And those vacation days gone, with the kids, to listen to them whine about sitting in traffic for 6 hours both ways.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 21, 2017 06:18 PM (39g3+)
"...the sun appearing as a pale _yellow_ crescent moon" - is what I meant to write.
Also, the multiple eclipse shadows on a nearby sidewalk were pretty cool to see too.
Posted by: Cold Civil War at August 21, 2017 06:18 PM (Z2PYk)
Posted by: Achmed at August 21, 2017 06:18 PM (gC2IV)
Posted by: King Putt Stuff at August 21, 2017 06:17 PM (XFue2)
he's ugly by the way
too bad
should have put a hottie in that role
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at August 21, 2017 06:19 PM (fceHP)
Oh, and one of the cats was really non-plussed afterwards.
It was worth seeing, but I am not sure it would be worth going 10 miles.
There were all the virtue signalling douches wandering around, clogging up traffic and wandering around like they were off to see Bob Seger for the thirtieth time. Generally they all wore floppy hats and wore something out of canvas, because, you KNOW they traveled large distances to look at the sun.
They spent half a day in traffic jams so they could camp uncomfortably and then drive home at noon and get into a half day traffic jam.
I skipped work today because I work in Salem, and I knew traffic there would be a cruelty to goats today
Posted by: Kindltot at August 21, 2017 06:19 PM (mkDpn)
Posted by: YIKES! at August 21, 2017 06:19 PM (t6XCL)
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To listen to you guys talk around here, that's all you really need anyway.
Posted by: bluebell at August 21, 2017 05:58 PM (UoSKV)
OWWW!!!
Posted by: Andrew Dice Clay at August 21, 2017 06:19 PM (398bZ)
I looked though cheap glasses and I looked through the glass, darkly and i oohed and awwed a bit (it was cool) and then I went back to work.
I was surprised it wasn't darker than it was. The light was a bit weird though.
Posted by: Donna&&&&&&V : The Brewers bats have risen from the dead at August 21, 2017 06:19 PM (P8951)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at August 21, 2017 06:19 PM (fceHP)
Posted by: I'm Anonosaurus Wrecks and I approved this message at August 21, 2017 06:19 PM (Nwg0u)
Posted by: yankeefifth at August 21, 2017 06:20 PM (0wem/)
Dis cell is for drunken men who did not see the eclipse and didn't care.
Dis cell is for drunken men who did not see the eclipse, but did care.
And this cell is for men who saw the eclipse, and care, but do not drink!
Posted by: Doctor Klahn at August 21, 2017 06:20 PM (/qEW2)
I opted for the whacked-out 70s German space-proggers Grobshnitt's "Solar Music Live." One of the best live prog albums ever recorded. And from the looks of the cover photos, one wild ass experience in concert.
http://preview.tinyurl.com/yaf494lg
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at August 21, 2017 06:20 PM (ul9CR)
On the bright side, Americas cats and dogs knew not to stare at it.
Posted by: Ripley at August 21, 2017 06:16 PM (MxEKc)
Why stare at the sun when you can lick your balls
Posted by: Deplorable Male Logic at August 21, 2017 06:21 PM (lKyWE)
The Bar-B-Que's still going so drop on by!
Posted by: A Friendly Aztec at August 21, 2017 06:21 PM (rZ+mb)
Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at August 21, 2017 06:21 PM (EUMr7)
Posted by: Quirky bookworm at August 21, 2017 06:18 PM (gppsv)
I'm very glad that you got to experience that.
Everything I've read and heard says even 99% is nothing like totality.
Posted by: alexthechick - happy happy manatees at August 21, 2017 06:21 PM (dEQP3)
Posted by: rickl at August 21, 2017 06:18 PM (sdi6R)
Yup. A lot of people think it was a giant meteor strike that killed off the dinosaurs, but actually, the meteor orbited earth in just the right way as to cause multiple total eclipses. It's amazing, I know, but true. Isn't science great?
Posted by: N deGrasse Tyson at August 21, 2017 06:21 PM (CPk08)
Posted by: rickl at August 21, 2017 06:21 PM (sdi6R)
I made a pinhole viewer from a box in the garage. Got a scowl from Mrs IMG, as she had it earmarked for shipping something.
We live in the totality zone for the next one. I'll use a scope and camera for that one.
Posted by: Iron Mike Golf at August 21, 2017 06:21 PM (di1hb)
Posted by: This. Is. CNN at August 21, 2017 06:21 PM (ctuyM)
Posted by: Weasl at August 21, 2017 06:22 PM (Sfs6o)
A lot of people don't seem to comprehend that.
If you are in the narrow path of totality, it is an awesome sight with the sudden night time darkness,the flashing ,brilliant diamond ring and bead effect and finally the pearly,ghostly corona light around the sun
.
That's why people travel hundreds, even thousands of miles to be in the brief spectacular area of totality.
Posted by: Lebron Horowitz at August 21, 2017 06:22 PM (UFgOG)
Posted by: Donna&&&&&&V : The Brewers bats have risen from the dead at August 21, 2017 06:22 PM (P8951)
Posted by: yankeefifth at August 21, 2017 05:56 PM (0wem/)
the entire passing took hours, that was the fun part, watching it from start, to peak darkness, and then past all the way
I couldn't stop watching.
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at August 21, 2017 06:23 PM (fceHP)
I have an idea that because Daredevil seems to be the fan favorite they try to keep the other shows "consistent" with daredevil, which means downplaying super-science and mystical/fantastical elements. (Oddly, tho, the two interesting fantastical things were in Daredevil -- the Black Sky, and the bottomless pit.)
So they nerf the fantastical bits of Iron Fist to keep it feeling "Daredevil-y."
But Iron Fist IS in fact a much more fantastical character than Daredevil. But he just comes off as Glowing Hand Daredevil with some petulant explosive anger issues.
We finally had the Black Sky and bottomless pit come into play, and it turned out to be... blah. "Black Sky" means I guess just another random superpowered character with no particularly fantastical or cosmic elements, and the bottomless pit is just... a mine.
Now it's a mine to get to some substance with a fantastical look, but frankly, it's a dumb fantastical thing, not one that makes you say "Oh, neat."
Posted by: ace at August 21, 2017 06:23 PM (8rNrN)
Cloud cover leading up to it, but at peak, some bits of "ring" exposure in the open. I looked at it without glasses because those are for homos - but there was also a point of exactly the right amount of cloud cover for squinting. Thin veil stuff.
Posted by: Sporkatus at August 21, 2017 06:23 PM (eXSOZ)
I need to look it up, but I guess we could see the stuff riding the solar winds away from the sun during the totality. That was probably the reason we'll go to Kentucky to see another one when we can.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - SJWs Destroyed My Garden Because I Grew Heritage Tomatoes at August 21, 2017 06:23 PM (psH+N)
Pussies
Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 21, 2017 06:23 PM (5y11N)
Posted by: Moron Robbie - SJWs Destroyed My Garden Because I Grew Heritage Tomatoes at August 21, 2017 06:23 PM (psH+N)
Temp really dropped, too, in 99.9% land. Street lights on, etc, but not much difference from teh animals. Too much of the pot, I warrant.
Posted by: imp at August 21, 2017 06:23 PM (XIXZz)
Posted by: Strobe at August 21, 2017 06:24 PM (gbWkA)
Frankly the hailstorm that followed about 15 minutes later was more spectacular.
Posted by: WitchDoktor, AKA VA GOP Sucks at August 21, 2017 06:24 PM (2VN2E)
Posted by: Donna&&&&&&V : The Brewers bats have risen from the dead at August 21, 2017 06:22 PM (P8951)
She's fucking lucky to be alive.
Posted by: N deGrasse Tyson at August 21, 2017 06:24 PM (CPk08)
Posted by: yankeefifth at August 21, 2017 06:24 PM (0wem/)
TBH I thought it was neater than I let on but I also wanted to segue into goofing on The Defenders.
I was happy to see it -- partly because I just would have been annoyed with myself had I not seen it.
Still, very need to see the sun blocked out.
Posted by: ace at August 21, 2017 06:24 PM (8rNrN)
Posted by: Alcoholic Asshole Shut In at August 21, 2017 06:24 PM (CPk08)
That's why people travel hundreds, even thousands of miles to be in the brief spectacular area of totality.
Posted by: Lebron Horowitz at August 21, 2017 06:22 PM (UFgOG)
LOL.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at August 21, 2017 06:24 PM (rZ+mb)
Posted by: ace at August 21, 2017 06:24 PM (8rNrN)
Posted by: shep at August 21, 2017 06:25 PM (mJ8mX)
I'll bet half the passengers are in the bag right now. Woo-hoo!
Posted by: Jane D'oh at August 21, 2017 06:25 PM (PY9jH)
Posted by: Soothsayer
He does give off a creepy vibe.
Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at August 21, 2017 06:25 PM (/qEW2)
We had a piece of cardboard with a pinhole for viewing, and we could see the eclipsing sun but it was really tiny.
The main thing we noticed was how quiet it was. Birds silent. Cats lolling. And it was unusually cool with a light breeze.
Then we noticed, the leaves, or rather the gaps between the leaves of the big old oak tree were camera-showing eclipsed sun on the driveway, dozens, hundreds of lovely little fingernail-clipping shapes all over the pavement and the car.
Sat out in the yard enjoying the dim until the birds woke up.
Posted by: mindful webworker - blinded by delight at August 21, 2017 06:25 PM (hGZJP)
And those vacation days gone, with the kids, to listen to them whine about sitting in traffic for 6 hours both ways.
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Meanwhile, I'm relaxing at home watching stunning 4k videos of the eclipse and other celestial phenomenon on my 65'' curved tv.
Posted by: JC at August 21, 2017 06:25 PM (3GSgE)
You won't see the corona except during 100%. And it was a beautiful, eerie sight. The split second it moves enough for regular sunlight to peek around, it's gone.
And it's get dark quickly, and let's up quickly once that tiny little umbra moves on.
Posted by: publius, the Persistent Poperin Pear at August 21, 2017 06:25 PM (8O3HH)
But in 2024, I'm gonna go to a totality site!
Posted by: ace at August 21, 2017 06:24 PM (8rNrN)
It'll be going through a big swath of Ohio.
Posted by: buzzion at August 21, 2017 06:25 PM (z/Ubi)
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I think the position of the moon might affect this. Obviously anyone that got a full eclipse would have gotten more darkness than those of us who got part of it.
But the moon's orbit is funky. It always casts a shadow and once per cycle it could hit the earth but often misses above or below. Even if the three bodies are in line, as has been mentioned here, there's a good chance the event is only visible over water and thus ignored. And there's variation in the moon's distance to earth, though I don't know how big it is. But one can imagine if the moon was particularly close, it would be more likely to completely block the sun (it might be easier to imagine the opposite, if far enough away, it covers less of the sun even when aligned, allowing more light through. So I think you wind up with an effect like the minutes before sunrise, where it's not necessarily all that dark, but the closer the moon happens to be to us, the further before sunrise it seems to be lightwise (also such an eclipse should be shorter as the moon is moving faster and the angle it moves through before the alignment ends is less).
Posted by: Methos at August 21, 2017 06:25 PM (XQvuQ)
My eclipse experience was pretty much the same, I mocked and grumbled about the overblown, cult-like mania surrounding the eclipse, but when the time came I must ashamedly admit that I stood outside staring at the sky passing eclipse glasses back and forth with my daughter.
Posted by: Malcolm Tent at August 21, 2017 06:25 PM (nNKHW)
Posted by: Neil DeGrasse Tyson at August 21, 2017 06:26 PM (398bZ)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 21, 2017 06:26 PM (5y11N)
Posted by: yankeefifth at August 21, 2017 06:26 PM (0wem/)
66% in Houston. It got a little less light, but not like dusk since the sun was high in the sky. Interesting but not dramatic.
NASA sent two of its WB-57F Canberras, the only ones still around, to do high-altitude photography along the path of totality. The planes are based at Ellington Field, only a few miles from my office. Would have loved to see those take off.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 21, 2017 06:26 PM (0Hn3i)
Posted by: Moron Robbie - SJWs Destroyed My Garden Because I Grew Heritage Tomatoes at August 21, 2017 06:26 PM (psH+N)
Posted by: FaCubeItches at August 21, 2017 06:26 PM (rznWS)
Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at August 21, 2017 06:27 PM (Y2G1A)
Posted by: MSM at August 21, 2017 06:27 PM (FZYNt)
I have an idea that because Daredevil seems to be the fan favorite they try to keep the other shows "consistent" with daredevil, which means downplaying super-science and mystical/fantastical elements. (Oddly, tho, the two interesting fantastical things were in Daredevil -- the Black Sky, and the bottomless pit.)
So they nerf the fantastical bits of Iron Fist to keep it feeling "Daredevil-y."
But Iron Fist IS in fact a much more fantastical character than Daredevil. But he just comes off as Glowing Hand Daredevil with some petulant explosive anger issues.
We finally had the Black Sky and bottomless pit come into play, and it turned out to be... blah. "Black Sky" means I guess just another random superpowered character with no particularly fantastical or cosmic elements, and the bottomless pit is just... a mine.
Now it's a mine to get to some substance with a fantastical look, but frankly, it's a dumb fantastical thing, not one that makes you say "Oh, neat."
Posted by: ace at August 21, 2017 06:23 PM (8rNrN)
Yeah, they killed the sense of wonder.
Daredevil and Jessica Jones sorta worked. They are street-level vigilantes.
They should have nixed the 'rich boy' aspect entirely. It doesn't fit.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at August 21, 2017 06:27 PM (3OIiX)
anyone mention "Sunny" song by that black guy?
Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at August 21, 2017 06:28 PM (Y2G1A)
Is he blind now?
Posted by: MSM at August
When Trump looks at the sun without protection the sun hides behind the moon.
Posted by: yankeefifth at August 21, 2017 06:28 PM (0wem/)
Anyone mention Don't Let Your Son Go Down On Me yet?
Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at August 21, 2017 06:28 PM (Y2G1A)
It's pretty amazing watching the sun sink into the horizon and seeing the incredible colors just before darkness. And tomorrow morning, it magically appears pretty much exactly opposite of where it went down.
Best part is, no sunglasses. Only a douche wears sunglasses, sunglasses at night.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 21, 2017 06:28 PM (/tuJf)
Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at August 21, 2017 06:21 PM (EUMr7)
Glamping. Rent a farmers field, set out parking stalls, have some sort of food on site, start a beer garden with live music, and remember to reserve your mobile shower units and your porta-potties early.
Posted by: Kindltot at August 21, 2017 06:28 PM (mkDpn)
Is he blind now?
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He is physically unfit to be president. Impeach!
Posted by: JC at August 21, 2017 06:29 PM (3GSgE)
In other words, they got the character and the main theme of the entire show totally wrong, as wrong as they possibly could.
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I think they took Luke Cage's personality -- impulsive, hot-headed -- and made Luke Cage very centered and calm (because SJW Marvel can't give a flaw to any black character).
Now having turned Luke Cage zenlike in his calm, they had to take zenlike calm away from Iron Fist, and give him the impulsive, hot-headed trait.
Altho, in the first Iron Fist series, he switches (in a hearbeat) from doing the zen happy hippie schtick to this raging childish petulant anger, and the show never acknowledges that. (I would have appreciated it if someone commented on this, or if Danny said that while his years of meditation helped, NOTHING can really get him over his parents' murders.)
Posted by: ace at August 21, 2017 06:29 PM (8rNrN)
Thirty seconds before totality a cloud moved in, though we did get a break for just about two seconds to see the ring.
All the looking at the disc triggered my no-headache migraines and I thought I'd fried my eyeballs for a little bit until the scintillating scotoma moved in through most of the final act.
All in all a lot more 'meh' than the media hype machine made it out to be.
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at August 21, 2017 06:29 PM (oVJmc)
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Good lord! That eclipse was more powerful than I thought!
Posted by: I'm Anonosaurus Wrecks and I approved this message at August 21, 2017 06:29 PM (Nwg0u)
Any excuse I guess. People cheered when it was full eclipse here and fireworks started going off. They show up well in the semi dark, I guess.
Its never totally dark, the sun is still hella bright around the moon, just a lot darker than usual at that time of day. Kinda duskish, with a different hue.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 21, 2017 06:29 PM (39g3+)
Anyone mention Don't Let Your Son Go Down On Me yet?
Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter
Shut your mouth
Posted by: Harry Reid at August 21, 2017 06:29 PM (FZYNt)
I got screwed on this one - had reservations at an OR winery, and a friend talked me out of it to go with him to stay with his sister. Then, he changed his mind about 4 weeks ago. About 7 months too late. Asshole. In my area it was 75% (nothing) and overcast to boot.
Last one I saw was in 1979, went to try to see one in HI in 1992 on Mauna Loa, weather didn't cooperate. This time I'm making reservations in AZ for 2024, f* anybody else. I'm 60 and running out of time. I think it's one of, if not the most amazing thing I've witnessed.
Posted by: Clutch Cargo at August 21, 2017 06:30 PM (RHEDC)
Right now I'm listening to a little old lady trying to explain the Lone Ranger to her grandson at the Philo T Farnsworth museum in Rigby.
Posted by: Anachronda at August 21, 2017 06:30 PM (d/MYT)
Near max here in KY.
Not a bad pic.
Posted by: Deplorable Redneck Bitter Clinger at August 21, 2017 06:30 PM (MCEs2)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 21, 2017 06:30 PM (IqV8l)
I tried to stay interested in the Sun Returns Again part, but after trying a bit, I decided I had seen the jist and could go back inside and peruse Busty Lesbian Porn.
Posted by: ace at August 21, 2017 06:30 PM (8rNrN)
That's true I hadn't thought of that. They blew it by making Luke so cool and calm and centered, so they couldn't have Iron Fist be the same way. Just bad planning all around.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 21, 2017 06:30 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at August 21, 2017 06:29 PM (oVJmc)
But this was Super-Eclipse Sandy!! The Eclipse of the century!!
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at August 21, 2017 06:31 PM (rZ+mb)
I experienced with my wife a minute and a half of totality.
Not every day you can use that sentence.
And Pink Floyd's "Eclipse" totally (heh) blows the doors off of "Total Eclipse Of The Heart."
Posted by: filbert at August 21, 2017 06:31 PM (s5o+q)
Posted by: mark1971 at August 21, 2017 06:31 PM (xPl2J)
I stopped watching after totality. My eyes were tired, and to be honest nothing was going to beat totality. I spent 90 minutes watching it cross over. I didn't need to watch it go back.
Posted by: Quirky bookworm at August 21, 2017 06:31 PM (gppsv)
My animal testing failed because Conor was so glad to see grand-kids that he completely ignored the whole eclipse.
All in all glad I watched.
Posted by: Hrothgar at August 21, 2017 06:31 PM (gwPgz)
Posted by: That girl from Seinfeld at August 21, 2017 06:31 PM (kVsPd)
Media delenda est.
To be ignorant of history is to remain forever a child.
Posted by: vivi at August 21, 2017 06:32 PM (11H2y)
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at August 21, 2017 06:32 PM (ul9CR)
Best part is, no sunglasses. Only a douche wears sunglasses, sunglasses at night.
...
kind of a good point. I see a lot of sunsets and love them, but one thing I never see is -- prepare for a shock -- a sunrise.
I really have to work on that.
Posted by: ace at August 21, 2017 06:32 PM (8rNrN)
Posted by: kallisto at August 21, 2017 06:32 PM (7l5V0)
Posted by: Quirky bookworm at August 21, 2017 06:31 PM (gppsv)
We skipped the re-run as well.
Posted by: filbert at August 21, 2017 06:32 PM (s5o+q)
It's pretty amazing watching the sun sink into the horizon and seeing the incredible colors just before darkness. And tomorrow morning, it magically appears pretty much exactly opposite of where it went down.
And this happens every single day. It doesn't care if you are black or white, Muslim or Christian.
Posted by: Neil deGrasse tyson at August 21, 2017 06:32 PM (CPk08)
"Thank you, President Obama! Would the sun come up under the Republicans? Hell no! Only for their fatcat pals and the 1-percenters." - FB fanbois
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 21, 2017 06:32 PM (0Hn3i)
That's not how it works. That's not how any of this works.
Posted by: Anon a mouse... at August 21, 2017 06:32 PM (MINbv)
I really have to work on that.
Posted by: ace at August 21, 2017 06:32 PM (8rNrN)
Go to bed at 7 am.
Posted by: buzzion at August 21, 2017 06:33 PM (z/Ubi)
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 21, 2017 06:33 PM (8n0ul)
they also gave Daredevil (in his first black improvised costume) Iron Fist's very cool and iconic half-face-concealing silk scarf wrap-- and thus Iron Fist can't have that cool bit, either.
Posted by: ace at August 21, 2017 06:33 PM (8rNrN)
Posted by: Weasel at August 21, 2017 06:33 PM (Sfs6o)
Posted by: Winston at August 21, 2017 06:33 PM (mgpkf)
I'm sure they will find away to fuck up Punisher after creating a badass in Daredevil 2.
And the girl that plays Jessica Jones is not funny, no matter how hard and how often she tries.
Posted by: Widespread Pepe at August 21, 2017 06:33 PM (XFue2)
I really have to work on that.
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It might be easier to stay up for it than get up for it.
Posted by: Methos at August 21, 2017 06:33 PM (XQvuQ)
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at August 21, 2017 06:33 PM (4ErVI)
Posted by: ace at August 21, 2017 06:33 PM (8rNrN)
There was a movie about a broad that had a part in it about the very last second before the Sun descends below the horizon, you see the color green.
It's true.
Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at August 21, 2017 06:33 PM (Y2G1A)
The Paolo, his totality lasts for hours.
Posted by: The Paolo at August 21, 2017 06:34 PM (oVJmc)
Posted by: Moron Robbie - SJWs Destroyed My Garden Because I Grew Heritage Tomatoes at August 21, 2017 06:34 PM (psH+N)
It was the best case scenario for our area as the clouds thinned just enough to see the eclipse, but no so much as to glare over the phone screen.
The sky did get darker. It was neat and yet meh.
Not the first rodeo for either of us.
Posted by: OneEyedJack at August 21, 2017 06:34 PM (z79tQ)
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Well, in 1910 tbey didn't have HBO so . . . .
Posted by: I'm Anonosaurus Wrecks and I approved this message at August 21, 2017 06:34 PM (Nwg0u)
>I really have to work on that.
*Facepalm*
Posted by: garrett at August 21, 2017 06:34 PM (kVsPd)
There is nothing quite like being on the ocean out of sight of land at night. You will never see more stars and if it is a clear night you are almost guaranteed to see shooting stars.
And then watching the sun come up in the morning, breathtaking. Never gets old for me.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 21, 2017 06:35 PM (/tuJf)
Basically Danny gets nothing, because they were so opposed to anything not "gritty and grounded in reality" that he couldn't even have wild martial arts stuff like balancing on a leaf or running on walls.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 21, 2017 06:35 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: Clemson Tigers Fan at August 21, 2017 06:35 PM (RDOJG)
eh. I have seen breaking dawn or false dawn when I have insomnia. However, you're not in the mood to appreciate it in that state, and the light seems ugly and hateful.
Oh, and the birds' chirping is hateful when you've been up all night (against your will) too.
It would be one thing if I was up all night having sex or partying. Then I might be in the mood to appreciate a long night up with sunrise at the end.
but insomnia isn't fun.
Posted by: ace at August 21, 2017 06:35 PM (8rNrN)
The Paolo, his totality lasts for hours.
Posted by: The Paolo at August 21, 2017 06:34 PM (oVJmc)
I live for the setup; the straight line.
You're welcome.
Posted by: filbert at August 21, 2017 06:35 PM (s5o+q)
President Trump has signed off on sending an additional 4,000 troops to Afghanistan, ahead of his address to the nation Monday night, Fox News has learned.
Sigh.
4,000---400, or 40,000 means nothing if they are not allowed to fight and win. And I doubt 4,000 allows that.
I'm only a dentist, but I don't get it
Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 21, 2017 06:35 PM (5y11N)
last second before the Sun descends below the horizon, you see the color
green.
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She got to be the Pirate King, but I felt that was a minor subplot.
Posted by: Methos at August 21, 2017 06:36 PM (XQvuQ)
Posted by: Deplorable Male Logic at August 21, 2017 06:36 PM (lKyWE)
Kids loved seeing it--of all ages.
Posted by: Malignantly aggrieved at August 21, 2017 06:36 PM (oBuXO)
Posted by: garrett at August 21, 2017 06:36 PM (kVsPd)
Posted by: Strobe at August 21, 2017 06:24 PM (gbWkA)
Hey! Not fair! That's my gig.
Posted by: Al Gore at August 21, 2017 06:36 PM (5VlCp)
Posted by: JuJuBee at August 21, 2017 06:36 PM (2NqXo)
Posted by: Old Geezer at August 21, 2017 06:37 PM (WJO4x)
So you didn't watch the eclipse?
Posted by: Deplorable Male Logic at August 21, 2017 06:36 PM (lKyWE)
I refer you to the good gentleman Paulo, who posted here some moments ago.
Posted by: filbert at August 21, 2017 06:37 PM (s5o+q)
Posted by: kallisto at August 21, 2017 06:37 PM (7l5V0)
Posted by: mpfs at August 21, 2017 06:38 PM (79p/O)
They talk about this "green flash" but its not really a flash its just a glimpse of some greenish color. And its rare, you don't get to see it except in certain circumstances.
I'm super cautious about Luke Cage and Iron Fist and Defenders.
I liked Luke Cage, but they only had 4 episodes of story and like 10 episodes to fill, so there's a lot of padding and reluctance to act. In one scene, Luke has had enough, he vows to take action, he's going to take it to the bad guy... he goes to the bad guy's lair and....... they talk a while, and he walks out. Because you know, too many episodes to go, so he couldn't tear the place up.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 21, 2017 06:38 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: Anon a mouse... at August 21, 2017 06:38 PM (MINbv)
the most interesting thing for me was the tree shadow full of mini-crescents.
Very alien looking.
In a story, that would've been the moment when the protagonist realized that he had somehow stepped into another dimension.
Hmmm....maybe I can use something like that in the current opus I'm working on.
Posted by: naturalfake at August 21, 2017 06:38 PM (NyJwR)
Posted by: The Original REAL Galactic Lord Sir Covfefe at August 21, 2017 06:38 PM (nFwvY)
It's true.
...
yeah, i've read about that.
There's another interesting effect you see on some mountains, where back-scattering (I don't know what that means or how it works) causes the red band of sunset to appear exactly on the wrong side of the earth (that is, there is a false sunset that occurs 180 degrees around from the real one).
It's called the "Alpenglow."
I've never seen it. I haven't even seen videos of it.
Posted by: ace at August 21, 2017 06:39 PM (8rNrN)
We put blankets down on the golf green behind our house and lay down and watched for ages.
It looked like the meteors were close to landing on us. I'd love to experience it again.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at August 21, 2017 06:39 PM (PY9jH)
If mccain changes his mind on obamacare, we'll know I was right.
Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at August 21, 2017 06:39 PM (Y2G1A)
i saw that, with a collander's shadow. Very neat.
Posted by: ace at August 21, 2017 06:39 PM (8rNrN)
Posted by: Hope Solo at August 21, 2017 06:39 PM (kVsPd)
Posted by: Monkfish at August 21, 2017 06:39 PM (7ciu+)
And perhaps Bannon's ousting was done for Susan Collins...
Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at August 21, 2017 06:39 PM (Y2G1A)
Posted by: Eromero at August 21, 2017 06:40 PM (zLDYs)
Posted by: kallisto at August 21, 2017 06:40 PM (7l5V0)
Are you looking at computers or phones too late before you go to sleep? Turn off those things at least an hour before you sleep.
Try Valerian and Melatonin together.
Are you exercising too much? That can impair sleep
Deep breathing-4 seconds in, hold it for 7 seconds, Let it out for seven seconds. I struggle with insomnia but the deep breathing and Valerian helps.
Advil PM knocks me but you can't take that every night; It destroys your liver.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 21, 2017 06:40 PM (iVOAv)
The thing that interested me was the drop in temperature.
Posted by: Kreplach at August 21, 2017 06:40 PM (9A6UB)
If mccain changes his mind on obamacare, we'll know I was right.
Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at August 21, 2017 06:39 PM (Y2G1A)
I doubt McCain will still be around by time the next vote happens
Posted by: Deplorable Male Logic at August 21, 2017 06:41 PM (lKyWE)
Happens here (Intermountain West) all the time.
Posted by: garrett at August 21, 2017 06:41 PM (kVsPd)
Here's my wacky theory:
So in exchange of obamacare repeal, Trump gave up Bannon, ramped up military ops in A-stan, and will increase debt ceiling, and not a single penny from the Budget.
Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at August 21, 2017 06:41 PM (Y2G1A)
Posted by: Blanco Basura at August 21, 2017 06:41 PM (IcT7t)
Basically Danny gets nothing, because they were so opposed to anything not "gritty and grounded in reality" that he couldn't even have wild martial arts stuff like balancing on a leaf or running on walls.
he can't even have parkour skills because Daredevil has that.
Also, he couldn't have the martial arts training flashbacks/sequence because they already did that in Dr. Strange, turning Dr. Strange's magical studies into basically a kung fu class with magically-conjured weapons.
Posted by: ace at August 21, 2017 06:42 PM (8rNrN)
Posted by: Eromero at August 21, 2017 06:42 PM (zLDYs)
Posted by: ace at August 21, 2017 06:42 PM (8rNrN)
Posted by: DeplorableJewells45 at August 21, 2017 06:42 PM (CNHr1)
Posted by: Neil DeGrasse Tyson at August 21, 2017 06:43 PM (/qEW2)
Posted by: Kreplach at August 21, 2017 06:40 PM (9A6UB)
Two cool things I noticed: The cicadas were singing loudly just before the eclipse and went quiet during totality, and:
The breeze, which was quite refreshing before the eclipse . . . dead calm during totality.
Posted by: filbert at August 21, 2017 06:43 PM (s5o+q)
The thing that interested me was the drop in temperature.
Posted by: Kreplach at August 21, 2017 06:40 PM (9A6UB)
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That was what I heard from a lot of people. I'd like to experience that. So guess I'm gonna hit up the one 7 years from now.
Posted by: Gorilla Gumdrop at August 21, 2017 06:43 PM (C/UW5)
what's it look like? Does it look like a real sunset in the wrong place?
Posted by: ace at August 21, 2017 06:43 PM (8rNrN)
Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at August 21, 2017 06:43 PM (Y2G1A)
Posted by: Kreplach at August 21, 2017 06:40 PM (9A6UB)
That had nothing to do with the sun. It was all the motorists turning off their infernal combustion engines while they watched the eclipse that did it!
Posted by: A. L. Gore at August 21, 2017 06:43 PM (gwPgz)
Posted by: Dave's Not Here at August 21, 2017 06:44 PM (sXefu)
I tried to stay interested in the Sun Returns Again part, but after trying a bit, I decided I had seen the jist and could go back inside and peruse Busty Lesbian Porn.
Posted by: ace at August 21, 2017 06:30 PM (8rNrN)
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One can only imagine how many lives could've been saved if primitive cultures had had busty lesbian porn.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - SJWs Destroyed My Garden Because I Grew Heritage Tomatoes at August 21, 2017 06:44 PM (psH+N)
Posted by: Blanco Basura at August 21, 2017 06:41 PM (IcT7t)
I sense a marketing opportunity here.
Posted by: Lace Wigs at August 21, 2017 06:44 PM (s5o+q)
Posted by: Anon a mouse... at August 21, 2017 06:44 PM (MINbv)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at August 21, 2017 06:45 PM (PY9jH)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 21, 2017 06:45 PM (iVOAv)
Posted by: Neil DeGrasse Tyson at August 21, 2017 06:45 PM (/qEW2)
I assume under your theory, he does all that stuff first and then congress is surprised that they can't deliver on their end.
Posted by: Methos at August 21, 2017 06:45 PM (XQvuQ)
Posted by: garrett at August 21, 2017 06:41 PM (kVsPd)
Same here in Alberta. I thought it was unremarkable. Sometimes, right after sunset, I have seen shadows of the Rocky Mountains projected onto a cloud bank.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 21, 2017 06:45 PM (2le8w)
The way I was able to see it back in '63 (I was about 8 at the time) was I got some black and white film negatives from the family's old Kodak box Brownie camera, sandwiched a few together, and at the risk of getting a spanking for looking (was under strict orders from my father not to), took a look. The film negatives worked perfectly. There was the Sun's disk, with a big bite taken out of it by the Moon. Interesting. Put the negatives back in the picture box, task completed.
Truth to tell, I was going to do the same thing today. But as you might expect, I could not find any film negatives around here to save my life, so no eclipse peeks for me this time...
Posted by: The Oort Cloud - No-Longer-Deplorable Source of all SMODs at August 21, 2017 06:46 PM (RxCVB)
glimpse of some greenish color. And its rare, you don't get to see it
except in certain circumstances.
I've seen the green flash a few times, even got a photo a few years ago. The atmosphere has to be perfect, I think it's something like a mirage effect, and the clouds need to be on the horizon as well. I think it's some sort of refraction thing, and it lasts for a fraction of a second. I've only seen one really strong one, before DSLR's and smartphones.
Posted by: Clutch Cargo at August 21, 2017 06:46 PM (RHEDC)
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Posted by: USA at August 21, 2017 06:46 PM (V3HMf)
Like a reflection of a sunset, yes.
You watch the actual sunset, then turn around and kinda catch it again.
Without the focal point. But the eastern Horizon colors up just the same.
Posted by: garrett at August 21, 2017 06:46 PM (kVsPd)
Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at August 21, 2017 06:46 PM (Y2G1A)
Had to drive 10mi to town to get 50sec more than at home
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I was surprised so many people were in awe of the beginning of the
eclipse, and they left as soon as totality ended. The same thing you
were in awe of five minutes before was happening again."
That speaks of the vast difference between the partial and the total. A 99% partial is a 0% total.
Posted by: Hal Dall at August 21, 2017 06:46 PM (ohVZs)
They say the dimensions of the pyramid are a code for Nadine Jansen's website's URL.
Posted by: ace at August 21, 2017 06:46 PM (8rNrN)
what's it look like? Does it look like a real sunset in the wrong place?
Posted by: ace
Looks like the other side of the sky is reddish, too.
No biggies.
Posted by: imp at August 21, 2017 06:47 PM (XIXZz)
Whitey's on the moon.
Posted by: Anon a mouse... at August 21, 2017 06:47 PM (MINbv)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at August 21, 2017 06:39 PM (PY9jH)
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I swear that I've seen a couple that I could hear burning.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - SJWs Destroyed My Garden Because I Grew Heritage Tomatoes at August 21, 2017 06:47 PM (psH+N)
Posted by: Deplorable Male Logic at August 21, 2017 06:36 PM (lKyWE)
LOL.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 21, 2017 06:47 PM (iVOAv)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at August 21, 2017 06:47 PM (3OIiX)
Posted by: Neil DeGrasse Tyson at August 21, 2017 06:45 PM (/qEW2)
Frank J. Fleming is way ahead of you, big guy.
Posted by: filbert at August 21, 2017 06:47 PM (s5o+q)
Twas a nice time.
Posted by: MFM at August 21, 2017 06:47 PM (wwL6Q)
Posted by: garrett at August 21, 2017 06:48 PM (kVsPd)
That was what I heard from a lot of people. I'd like to experience that. So guess I'm gonna hit up the one 7 years from now.
Posted by: Gorilla Gumdrop at August 21, 2017 06:43 PM (C/UW5)
Party at lin-duh's place!!!
Posted by: Country Boy at August 21, 2017 06:48 PM (Z0uHT)
And watching/hearing the critters do their thing. Seals used to go crazy just after dark at San Clemente I., chasing dinner, you could watch it from the boat. Might be a wee bit cautious snorkeling or spear-fishing around dusk now, considering the seal population and the way it seems to have drawn great whites in larger numbers.
Posted by: rhomboid at August 21, 2017 06:48 PM (0BFUD)
Wake Me Up When It's All Over.
(No new words after the 2:50ish mark)
http://tinyurl.com/h5rus7t
Posted by: Gorilla Gumdrop at August 21, 2017 06:49 PM (C/UW5)
Posted by: Widespread Pepe at August 21, 2017 06:49 PM (XFue2)
It was fantastic.
I contemplated the fact that God created the Earth, Moon and Sun and placed them at the precise distances necesaary for the Moon to exactly cover the Sun's disk as seen from Earth.
God winked at us.
Posted by: Sharkman at August 21, 2017 06:49 PM (W843Z)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at August 21, 2017 06:49 PM (PY9jH)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at August 21, 2017 06:49 PM (3ipea)
Wake me up before you go go?
Posted by: Anon a mouse... at August 21, 2017 06:50 PM (MINbv)
Posted by: Mama AJ at August 21, 2017 06:50 PM (wwL6Q)
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at August 21, 2017 06:50 PM (6Ll1u)
Posted by: ace at August 21, 2017 06:51 PM (8rNrN)
This time, it just got a bit dark.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at August 21, 2017 06:51 PM (Lqy/e)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at August 21, 2017 06:49 PM (PY9jH)
Driving to Sedalia, I saw the car in front of me (apparently) send a squirrel pinwheeling like John Elway in a Super Bowl towards the ditch.
And in Sedalia, a squirrel spent a very, very long time on its hind legs looking at the (smallish) group of people gathered in the park we were in, looking longingly at the trees that stood by us.
I don't think either was a happy squirrel.
Posted by: filbert at August 21, 2017 06:51 PM (s5o+q)
I can't tell you how many times I have heard some crazy statistic like that and I know for fact like 15 years ago we heard the same thing.
Posted by: Maritime at August 21, 2017 06:51 PM (lKmt3)
Posted by: Notorious BFD at August 21, 2017 06:52 PM (Tyii7)
It was fantastic.
I contemplated the fact that God created the Earth, Moon and Sun and
placed them at the precise distances necesaary for the Moon to exactly
cover the Sun's disk as seen from Earth.
God winked at us."
Auto-darkening sucks with intermittent cloud cover, I learned.
Other than that, zactly same thoughts.
Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at August 21, 2017 06:52 PM (EUMr7)
It was a blond white due and a big, bad blacksploitation dude and they were friends. There was no racial drama. They were partners, had each other's back.
In the Defenders we get to watch Luke Cage growl at Danny for his 'white privilege'. Fucking ruined the show for me. Takes away the entire racial harmony thing which was the fucking POINT of the comic.
Bleh.
Getting angry about comics/TV shows. Going to go home and shout at some clouds.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at August 21, 2017 06:52 PM (3OIiX)
Today I just watched it on tv.
The NASA channel was a joke. Bunch of people talking about it at about an 8th grade level, no pictures.
Posted by: highwatermark at August 21, 2017 06:52 PM (w7KSn)
I have an updated one, "The family that misses the eclipse because it was behind clouds, whines about it all the way home."
Posted by: Picric at August 21, 2017 06:52 PM (dPcee)
Must be nice.
Posted by: Jinx the Cat at August 21, 2017 06:53 PM (FTlwv)
Posted by: Joe Mama at August 21, 2017 06:54 PM (ifORZ)
And Green Flash brewery is the only one, of 40+ so far, that has been unfriendly.
Watched the eclipse (about 67% here) with a pinhole viewer. Kind of neat. I think I recall doing the same thing with a partial (here) back in elementary school.
Have friends who traveled to WY with an astronomy group to a place with totality. Will get their report later. But I think the hiking/scenery there justified the trip anyway.
Posted by: rhomboid at August 21, 2017 06:54 PM (0BFUD)
I can't tell you how many times I have heard some crazy statistic like that and I know for fact like 15 years ago we heard the same thing.
Posted by: Maritime at August 21, 2017 06:51 PM (lKmt3)
We can expect natural catastrophes to increase in frequency as
Posted by: Neil deGrasse Tyson at August 21, 2017 06:54 PM (CPk08)
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Frankly, I thought the eclipse was a letdown. I must be a glass-half-empty sort of dude.
Technically, the glass is always totally full. Full of water and air.
Kinda wishing I would have driven the extra 10 miles south to see the totality, but there's a river in the way with only one bridge.
Got to see the funky lighting for a few seconds (even at 99.9%), so that seems to be the biggest part anyway.
Posted by: imp at August 21, 2017 06:55 PM (XIXZz)
Did anybody get purple waves of light just seconds before totality?
Whoa, you too?
Posted by: Dave's Not Her
Purple mountains majesties
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 21, 2017 06:56 PM (IqV8l)
That's the other thing - total eclipses are a very rare phenomenon in planetary terms. But hey, if one was expecting SMOD, well. ...
Posted by: Anon a mouse... at August 21, 2017 06:56 PM (MINbv)
We were in a major urban area, right on the edge of the band where people could drive to see the totality, and there was one black family there among the 1000 or so white people.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - SJWs Destroyed My Garden Because I Grew Heritage Tomatoes at August 21, 2017 06:56 PM (psH+N)
Posted by: Dandor the Realanator at August 21, 2017 06:56 PM (O69QH)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at August 21, 2017 06:57 PM (3ipea)
Defenders. Two 'strong' folks and two martial artists. That's redundant.
All they have to hang on Iron Fist is 'he's rich', which was never an
important part of the 'Heroes for Hire'. They were always blue collar
heroes.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at August 21, 2017 06:47 PM (3OIiX)
Yep. You need a Thief, a M-U and Cleric to round out the party.
Posted by: Dave's Not Here at August 21, 2017 06:58 PM (sXefu)
Posted by: Moron Robbie - SJWs Destroyed My Garden Because I Grew Heritage Tomatoes at August 21, 2017 06:56 PM (psH+N)
Eclipse racism.
Disparate impact of the eclipse! Inequitable access to the eclipse for minorities!
Somebody get the ACLU and the SPLC on the phone!
Posted by: filbert at August 21, 2017 07:00 PM (s5o+q)
We were in a major urban area, right on the edge of the band where people could drive to see the totality, and there was one black family there among the 1000 or so white people.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - SJWs Destroyed My Garden Because I Grew Heritage Tomatoes at August 21, 2017 06:56 PM (psH+N)
That shit is disturbing, isn't it?
Posted by: Neil deGrasse Tyson at August 21, 2017 07:00 PM (CPk08)
Posted by: Alcoholic Asshole Shut In at August 21, 2017 07:01 PM (CPk08)
Posted by: filbert
There is a funny Thomas Sowell meme at imao.us
"There are three questions that will destroy most of the arguments of the left:
1. Compared to what?
2. At what cost?
3. What hard evidence do you have?"
Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at August 21, 2017 07:02 PM (/qEW2)
Posted by: ibguy at August 21, 2017 07:03 PM (vUcdz)
Posted by: Jeffersonian at August 21, 2017 07:03 PM (xiOrX)
439
Don't care, don't have to. Self employed small town realtor at the 45th
parallel, need to make hay while sun shines. Or doesn't...
Posted by: Dandor the Realanator
Wow, how noble and brave of you. How many people wanted to look at houses in Salem Oregon during this fascinating once in a lifetime event?
Geez, you must be fun at parties....
Posted by: imp at August 21, 2017 07:05 PM (XIXZz)
Glad I saw it.
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at August 21, 2017 07:08 PM (6FqZa)
Posted by: PaterNovem at August 21, 2017 07:27 PM (wxQ53)
I'm kind of glad I talked myself out of making the run up to Wartrace and then McMinnville which would have been 3 hours of normal drive time.
Think of race traffic, where 100,000 people all decide to get the hell out of Dodge, and multiply it by 10...
Yeah, epic traffic jams on Interstate roads, forget about getting anywhere on secondary streets. Last I heard at 3:15 was that it would take 9 hours o go from Nashville to HSV, normally a 2 hour drive.
Some days it does pay to listen to the good angel on your shoulder and not the bad one telling you how much fun its going to be.
Posted by: Gmac- at August 21, 2017 07:33 PM (4pjhs)
Posted by: Yep at August 21, 2017 07:54 PM (qgJK7)
Shoulda got the glasses.
But didn't want to spend the money, cause rain or cloud possibility.
It was interesting to hear adults yelling in our neighborhood, where the houses are rather far-flung. The crickets started singing. Someone honked a car horn twice at the point of maximumtude.
Didn't get nearly as dark as I expected, though. Meh. Still a fun thing to experience.
Posted by: Alana at August 21, 2017 07:56 PM (6GQqi)
Posted by: Yep at August 21, 2017 07:58 PM (qgJK7)
We had arranged access to Jefferson Barracks Army and Air National Guard Base. Nice setting overlooking the Mississippi River and with the military cemetery off to the right.The base was pretty empty -- so it was nice.
Totality was spectacular!! No shadow bands this time.
Posted by: sinmi at August 21, 2017 08:28 PM (FW1f4)
Was absolutely incredible but went by too fast.
The difference between a partial eclipse and totality is the difference between a PG 13 shot of bouncing boobs in a sweater and holding the real thing.
Posted by: Rory at August 21, 2017 08:43 PM (AUFdM)
Partial eclipses happen pretty frequently no matter where you live. They're not spectacular like total ones, but at least you'll be able to watch the next one in you area.
Posted by: rickl at August 21, 2017 08:45 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: rickl at August 21, 2017 08:49 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: rickl at August 21, 2017 08:53 PM (sdi6R)
********************
26 Trump stared DOWN the eclipse without glasses because he is Trump.
fify
Posted by: Noam Sayen at August 21, 2017 09:19 PM (611Lm)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at August 21, 2017 09:48 PM (l9m7l)
Posted by: Trainer at August 21, 2017 10:08 PM (YOd/B)
I was in Payette, ID, at the home of a friend. My husband and I watched it (all the way from start to finish) with our friend, his wife and younger son, plus his cousin and her date. They had eclipse glasses, which they shared freely. We also made a pinhole camera, and tried projecting the sun's crescent through the holes in a colander (limited success) and pinholes in paper (also limited success). The change in the light was eerie, and the change in temperature was noticeable but not large. (Their property didn't have any trees through which we could see the crescents formed by dappled light through leaves, but I've seen that effect before.) The sky didn't get as dark as I expected - my camera was unable to photograph totality (I only got a blue pale sky with a white sun), but my husband's better camera did get good pix.
Our friend's older son texted his dad that it was just like sex - 2 minutes of excitement, and it's over. I say, but *those* 2 minutes of memories will last me a lifetime!
Posted by: Pat* at August 21, 2017 10:11 PM (3etCS)
Tulsa County was in the 90 percent range, so I used the pinhole-in-paper technique. Saw a nice crescent as it was approaching totality. Checked again about an hour later, and the crescent had shifted. Just like the one whose image I saw in the late '70s.
Wonder whether the next one will get the hype machine whirring.
And, sad to say, I'm about to give up on "Iron Fist" -- and he's one of my favorite characters. (I own the Claremont/Byrne run, the Jo Duffy run, and the Brubaker run. The show is turgid. Nothing happens. I don't like the Hand, and the show seems to have nothing else
Posted by: Weak Geek at August 21, 2017 11:21 PM (VQjk/)
To continue:
I also tried "Daredevil," another favorite character, and shelved it because every damn scene is filmed in pitch dark. Yeah, that's when he goes on patrol, but doesn't Manhattan have streetlights? I want to see what's going on.
I never tried "Luke Cage" because Bendis ruined the character, and have put off "Jessica Jones" because of Bendis, although son lobbies for that show, praising David Tennant's work.
So I may not try "Defenders" at all. Shame.
At least we comics fans had the chance to see the characters on TV.
And to those who are completely lost by all this name-dropping, that's why I dubbed myself
Posted by: Weak Geek at August 21, 2017 11:35 PM (VQjk/)
Posted by: Frankencougie at August 22, 2017 07:36 AM (q9n5w)
On a local radio station this morning, the host's sidekick said he had gone to his mother's place on Lake Hartwell on the Georgia/S.C. border. They went out on the lake for the experience and he was still gushing over it. He said the crickets and cicadas started up and it went completely dark.
I guess that's the difference between 99% and 100%.
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