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Americans stake out prime viewing spots to watch the eclipse (LIVE THREAD)
AP News ^
| August 21, 2017
| Marcia Dunn
Posted on 08/21/2017 9:12:49 AM PDT by Kaslin
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To: DouglasKC
We had our totality, not far from Carbondale IL. I saw the diamond thing at the end too.
I was afraid that it was way over-hyped by the local media, but it was just too cool!
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posted on
08/21/2017 12:15:30 PM PDT
by
SelmaLee
(Trump Train MAGA!)
To: SamAdams76
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posted on
08/21/2017 12:16:47 PM PDT
by
Yaelle
(We have a Crisis of Information in this country. Our enemies hold the megaphone.)
To: doug from upland
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posted on
08/21/2017 12:17:02 PM PDT
by
NorthMountain
(The Democrats ... have lost their grip on reality -DJT)
To: wardaddy
I did my workout, kept glancing outside, didn’t see ANY difference in the sky or the light.
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posted on
08/21/2017 12:18:23 PM PDT
by
Yaelle
(We have a Crisis of Information in this country. Our enemies hold the megaphone.)
To: HokieMom
THAT pic is TOO cool 😎!!
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posted on
08/21/2017 12:18:32 PM PDT
by
Jane Long
(Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.)
To: Enchante
Well after ‘feeling’ the weirdness of this eclipse I could understand quite possible there was fear for some....especially when you consider many were superstitious to begin with. Even now there are people across the globe who put all sorts of spiritual meaning to these events.
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08/21/2017 12:18:47 PM PDT
by
caww
To: SelmaLee
We had our totality, not far from Carbondale IL. I saw the diamond thing at the end too. I was afraid that it was way over-hyped by the local media, but it was just too cool! Yeah and we get another one in just 7 years...how cool is that?
To: Kaslin
My neighbor had some eclipse glasses she let me use. I waited for the outer Corona so I could take a picture with my camera, but never seen it. Maybe I should have taken the glasses off. Oh well Pictures with my cell phone didn't do it justice...what light there was from the corona washed out the pic...saw a lot of light but not much dark of the moon.
To: Yaelle
MAKING ECLIPSES GREAT AGAIN
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posted on
08/21/2017 12:22:28 PM PDT
by
Enchante
(Searching throughout the country for one honest Democrat....)
To: Kaslin
Yes, the glasses have to be off during totality, then put back on as the sun reappears.
To: HokieMom
MAKING ECLIPSES GREAT AGAIN
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posted on
08/21/2017 12:23:50 PM PDT
by
Enchante
(Searching throughout the country for one honest Democrat....)
To: Enchante
And there is another one in 2024 to close out the Trump era! :)
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posted on
08/21/2017 12:28:18 PM PDT
by
xp38
To: DouglasKC
Well, than it wouldn’t have done any good if I had tried taking pics with my cellphone. I did take some pics of the sun before the eclipse, when the sun was peeking through the trees
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08/21/2017 12:28:19 PM PDT
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Kaslin
(Civilibus nati sunt; sunt excernitur - Politicians are not born; they are excreted. (Cicero)
To: xp38
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posted on
08/21/2017 12:31:37 PM PDT
by
xp38
To: DouglasKC
Don’t feel bad, my considerably better digital camera* (than most cell phone cameras) didn’t do much better! But I did capture a jet contrail beside the eclipsed sun, which made the surreal seem even more so! I’m sure that plane made sure to be in the path of totality as it occurred, but it was crossing the path, not following it...
The rapidity of the decline in light just B4 totality (we got 2:13 where I was at) was spooky, too.
*My “pinhole camera” didn’t work worth squat, either, but the little crescents in light coming through tree leaves were really “neat”.
Of the totality, I suppose I spent 1-1/2 minutes actually viewing the corona around the black disc of the moon - it was truly wonderful!
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posted on
08/21/2017 12:36:54 PM PDT
by
Paul R.
(I don't want to be energy free, we want to be energy dominant in terms of the world. -D. Trump)
To: Paul R.
*My pinhole camera didnt work worth squat, either, but the little crescents in light coming through tree leaves were really neat. Of the totality, I suppose I spent 1-1/2 minutes actually viewing the corona around the black disc of the moon - it was truly wonderful! Yeah still the coolest thing ever to experience live.
To: Kaslin
To: xp38
We were in the path of totality and @ the local WalMart last night, around 10:30 pm, not only were there about 3x the normal number of customers for that time on a Sunday night, about half of them were speaking languages besides English or Spanish. Some I could not recognize at all.
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posted on
08/21/2017 12:43:56 PM PDT
by
Paul R.
(I don't want to be energy free, we want to be energy dominant in terms of the world. -D. Trump)
To: Kaslin
It got a little “less bright” here in Orlando.
No big deal. It does the same thing every night!
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08/21/2017 12:48:50 PM PDT
by
Strac6
("Mrs. Strac, Pilatus, and Sig Sauer: All the fun things in my life are Swiss!")
To: Husker24
I could be wrong but I think the phenomenon is enhanced the higher above the horizon the sun is in making the moment of totality much more dramatic. You have already had hours of daylight then suddenly like a light switch the sun goes off for a few minutes.
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08/21/2017 12:50:32 PM PDT
by
xp38
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