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In reply to the discussion: Raise your hand if you're gonna watch the eclipse...... [View all]Hekate
(93,574 posts)105. It's going to be minimal here, afaict. As I have done before, I'll go out & watch the effect on shadows....
especially shadows of leaves, which end up with a bite out of one edge.
Everyone else, wear the coreect lenses, and have a good time.
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I'm of two minds. All I need to do is step out onto my deck. But I am pissed off that there may well be 100,000 ...
marble falls
Apr 2024
#8
There is NOT an eclipse somewhere in the US every seven years or so.
PoindexterOglethorpe
Apr 2024
#56
Oregon, seven years ago, a town of 7500 became a town of 100,000 thousand. There are eclipses regularly ...
marble falls
Apr 2024
#70
Huh? Where did you get that you can safely look at totality without special glasses?
PoindexterOglethorpe
Apr 2024
#97
At totality, and ONLY at totality can you safely look at the sun without
PoindexterOglethorpe
Apr 2024
#116
I can guarantee you that if you look at totality through glasses, you will see absolutely nothing.
Crunchy Frog
Apr 2024
#113
you can still get glasses...I am in Ohio which is the epicenter...our hotels are sold out and
Demsrule86
Apr 2024
#20
I live in Bedford...I really like Ohio. I have lived many places and this one has much to offer...
Demsrule86
Apr 2024
#78
I'm in San Antonio. Our forecast is s____. The closest place with decent forecast is Del Rio.
LeftInTX
Apr 2024
#53
I thought it was supposed to be yesterday so I went outside and watched the sun until it got dark.
Wonder Why
Apr 2024
#33
Going to go to the edge of a park in north NYC so I have vast view of the sky and have a pinholed cardstock and....
electric_blue68
Apr 2024
#39
I live in Ohio but I will have to go north about 100 miles for the total eclipse. I think
doc03
Apr 2024
#41
We don't have a total solar eclipse visible here in Sweden until 16/10/2126, & even then, it isn't visible in Stockholm
Celerity
Apr 2024
#66
92% totality here SeCT. There's a watch party about five miles from us at a coastal state park.
femmedem
Apr 2024
#68
It's going to be minimal here, afaict. As I have done before, I'll go out & watch the effect on shadows....
Hekate
Apr 2024
#105
I'm in Central New York with 15 year old twins, and am a few miles away from totality.
Crunchy Frog
Apr 2024
#111