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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: Kaslin
If the Mayans had kept going for just 5 more years ..
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posted on
08/21/2017 9:34:36 AM PDT
by
Terry Mross
(Liver spots And blood thinners.)
To: Kaslin
My location will be 99.6% eclipse. Could be interesting!
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posted on
08/21/2017 9:35:38 AM PDT
by
Oldeconomybuyer
(The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
To: CygnusXI
At 100%, it will be very dark out. The birds stopped chirping, the frogs came out. I did look at it right then - the diamond ring effect is spectacular. Of course they thought Columbus was a god - or Cortez.
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posted on
08/21/2017 9:36:42 AM PDT
by
bboop
(does not suffer fools gladly)
To: 17th Miss Regt
I just went out and looked at the solar ellipse and it looks like a circle, not an ellipse. Just how much flattening is a solar ellipse supposed to have? ECLIPSE, as in the moon moving in front of the Sun, or partially in front of the Sun, depending on your particular location on Earth and eclipsing, or partially eclipsing, it. ie, blocking out the Sun totally or partially, depending on one's location on Earth, thus their viewing angle.
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posted on
08/21/2017 9:38:09 AM PDT
by
ETL
(See my FR Home page for a closer look at today's Communist/Anarchist protest groups)
To: bboop
Columbus’ eclipse was a lunar eclipse.
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posted on
08/21/2017 9:40:21 AM PDT
by
FreedomStar3028
(Somebody has to step forward and do what is right because it is right, otherwise no one will follow.)
To: Kaslin
I’m in Eugene , Or. The totality is about 99.6% here. I have to go to work at 11 AM otherwise I Would have gone to Corvallis or Salem.
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posted on
08/21/2017 9:41:28 AM PDT
by
FreedomStar3028
(Somebody has to step forward and do what is right because it is right, otherwise no one will follow.)
To: ETL
To: 17th Miss Regt
Where are you? Here in LA you can see a nibble taken out of the sun (at 9:05). Supposed to be (our) totality (70%) at 10:15 or so. It’s fun to watch.
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posted on
08/21/2017 9:46:06 AM PDT
by
bboop
(does not suffer fools gladly)
To: CygnusXI
Ive looked at the sun a lot over my years.. is it somehow different because of the moon obstruction? And you won't be looking at the sun today IF you watch ONLY during the period of totality with naked eye. The only light you will see is the glow of the suns corona from behind the moon. It will be less bright than a full moon.
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posted on
08/21/2017 9:46:54 AM PDT
by
PJ-Comix
(It is OK to view the TOTAL Eclipse with the Naked Eye)
To: ETL
I’m in Cola sort of working from home. Not much happening with me. Most of the troublemakers took vacation.
I figured I might update the ole CV.
If the traffic is light, I thought about running to the local Chinese place for a to go order around 1.
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posted on
08/21/2017 9:47:46 AM PDT
by
wally_bert
(I didn't get where I am today by selling ice cream tasting of bookends, pumice stone & West Germany)
To: ChildOfThe60s
“Impressive in a rather moronic way.”
—
I would say it was moronic,in an impressive way.
.
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posted on
08/21/2017 9:53:22 AM PDT
by
Mears
To: Oldeconomybuyer
My location will be 99.6% eclipse. Could be interesting!
Be worth the drive to get to the 100% area. 99.6% is a completely different experience than 100%.
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posted on
08/21/2017 9:54:40 AM PDT
by
hanamizu
To: right way right
would a simple welding helmut work?
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posted on
08/21/2017 9:55:25 AM PDT
by
cherry
To: Col Frank Slade
My two dachshunds are lying here on the porch sound asleep. As long as I whisper eclipse I’m betting it goes by unbeknownst to them.
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posted on
08/21/2017 9:56:12 AM PDT
by
Lurkina.n.Learnin
(I'm tired of the Cult of Clinton. Wish she would just pass out the Koolaide)
To: Kaslin
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posted on
08/21/2017 9:56:21 AM PDT
by
xp38
To: Kaslin
There are some clouds moving into Indiana from Illinois right now.
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posted on
08/21/2017 9:57:40 AM PDT
by
rdl6989
To: CygnusXI
Some TV dude aid that during an eclipse the dangerous rays (or whatever) are 10,000 times stronger, or more dangerous, than normal. Sounds like an exaggeration to me but what do I know?
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posted on
08/21/2017 10:02:50 AM PDT
by
MayflowerMadam
("Negative people make healthy people sick." - Roger Ailes)
To: Batman11
All cats are asleep on the bed (used catnip spray to lure them there). Closed the shutters and the doors.
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posted on
08/21/2017 10:04:46 AM PDT
by
MayflowerMadam
("Negative people make healthy people sick." - Roger Ailes)
To: SamAdams76
Sounds interesting. Report back when you get a chance and let us know how it was.
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posted on
08/21/2017 10:06:49 AM PDT
by
MayflowerMadam
("Negative people make healthy people sick." - Roger Ailes)
To: Kaslin
I'm currently watching it on a college campus near Kansas City. Walking over, a student asked me when it would start, and then said she had to drive back to KC then. Would it be safe, she asked, to drive during the eclipse?
Also, this AM the morning news here assured everyone all roads would remain open during totality.
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