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re: Did you enjoy the eclipse?
Posted on 8/22/17 at 5:44 pm to Commander Data
Posted on 8/22/17 at 5:44 pm to Commander Data
I was in the path of totality and managed to snag an awesome picture of the eclipse peeking through a hole in the storm clouds that were over me.
It was lightning and an eclipse at the same time.
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It was lightning and an eclipse at the same time.
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This post was edited on 8/22/17 at 5:57 pm
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Posted on 8/22/17 at 6:58 pm to Commander Data
Columbia was in the path of totality. Leading up to it, i didn't get the big deal about it but once the moon fully eclipsed the sun, it was one of the coolest things I've ever witnessed.
Posted on 8/22/17 at 7:32 pm to crispyUGA
I enjoyed it with family and friends across the USA
Today I enjoyed a really good bowel movement
(at my age, both are a good experience)
Today I enjoyed a really good bowel movement
(at my age, both are a good experience)
Posted on 8/22/17 at 11:16 pm to Commander Data
it was pretty awesome in Nashville. I went to a local park and watched from a bridge where you could see the horizon all around. The colors were really awesome, and when it went dark, it felt like something out of a sci fi movie.
Posted on 8/23/17 at 9:08 am to awestruck
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We went from Hayden (AL) to Lebanon and traffic back was stopped or hampered most of the way back.
We are only about 30 miles from totality. We decided to go to Rock Island State Park. No way I was messing with that traffic up there.
Posted on 8/23/17 at 6:42 pm to Open Dore Policy
Rock Island would have been great, really like that place, especially if they're releasing. We went to Sellars State Farm Archaeological Area, it's a really small, quaint, one restroom State Park, with a well manured field/pasture and an Indian mound.
Posted on 8/24/17 at 11:44 am to Commander Data
We had 2:36 of totality, one of the highest in the nation. Kids were let out of school if they wanted. I took my daughter to the park.
It was one of the most stunning things I have ever seen. At 99% it was just a blocked out sun. The air cooled, it was twilight. It was cool but...
then totality. The difference between totality and 99% was incredible. There was a line of sun colored diamonds from a valley on the moon for a second, and then a red/purple ring of lights around the moon for a second. Then there was the huge blue white corona around the moon for over 2 minutes. Everything was tinged with this blue white twilight. All the night insects started singing. There was a crowd of a several hundred people where we were that went completely silent for the entire time. Everyone was stunned and moved.
Then the red ring came back
then the diamonds
and then it was over and were back to 99% twilight.
Exceeded every expectation I had. I really had no idea. I've looked at many photos since none of them captured what I saw. You really had to be there. Just describing it is getting me choked up
I hope I get to do it in 2024. I will absolutely travel for that.
It was one of the most stunning things I have ever seen. At 99% it was just a blocked out sun. The air cooled, it was twilight. It was cool but...
then totality. The difference between totality and 99% was incredible. There was a line of sun colored diamonds from a valley on the moon for a second, and then a red/purple ring of lights around the moon for a second. Then there was the huge blue white corona around the moon for over 2 minutes. Everything was tinged with this blue white twilight. All the night insects started singing. There was a crowd of a several hundred people where we were that went completely silent for the entire time. Everyone was stunned and moved.
Then the red ring came back
then the diamonds
and then it was over and were back to 99% twilight.
Exceeded every expectation I had. I really had no idea. I've looked at many photos since none of them captured what I saw. You really had to be there. Just describing it is getting me choked up
I hope I get to do it in 2024. I will absolutely travel for that.
This post was edited on 8/24/17 at 11:50 am
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