Posted on 08/17/2017 6:04:52 AM PDT by Leaning Right
You've planned your road trip, downloaded your science apps, and bought yourself a pair of shiny new spectacles: you're ready for the eclipse. But is your eyewear is up to the task?
With the Great American Eclipse approaching, demand for eclipse glasseswith special lenses designed to keep the sun from harming your peepersis surging. And counterfeit glasses are everywhere. In fact, Amazon is so swamped by reports of possibly unsafe glasses that the company is allegedly sending out recalls and refunds for products that are certified as eclipse-safe.
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I will watch it on You Tube.
By the time the blast goes off, you’re toast. Literally; no time to do anything.
Just for anyone planning t photograph the eclipse:
I have a Panasonic Lumix FZ300 camera with a 52 mm filer ring and bought a solar filter for it. That filter blocks all but .001% of the sunlight. I’ve shot three pictures of the sun through that filter with the camera extended to full 40x zoom. The sun appears as a reddish golden orb. I have be very careful with the filter because it’s actually a piece of very thin metal foil, as are many of the other astronomical filters used for solar observation. It cost a little over $52.00
The picture of the sun in your animation is exactly how it looks through the 52 mm solar filter I bought for my Panasonic Lumix FZ 300 camera.
thanks for the info
I will just use my welding hoods I used when I was a welder. Not the glasses for gas welding, the stick welding hoods.
I am in the Cincy, Ohio area and play in a golf league on Mondays with a bunch of friends. This Monday we are all showing up early, with our glasses, to play an extra 9 holes during the eclipse. :-)
Bought mine months ago...got good ones cheap.
Can’t be bothered with a shadow so will be saving my money.
You need to have a glow in the dark ball so you can sink a birdie during totality.
20-25% sky cover is all I can get for now. After last weeks tennis ball size hail and tornado, maybe I am due.
A Holiday Wish
by Steve Martin
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“And if I had four wishes that I could make this holiday season, first would be the crap about the kids.. second would be for the $30 million.. the third would be for all the power.. and the fourth would be to set aside one month each year for an extended 31-day orgasm, to be brought about slowly by Rosanna Arquette and that model Paulina somebody, I can’t think of her name, of course my lovely wife could come, too. She’s behind me 100% on this, I guarantee you.”
That said, the pinhole-in-a-shoebox actually does work. And looking directly at the totality doesn't hurt. Should be an interesting experience and a massively congested drive in most places. Oh, well...
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