Posted on 12/11/2020 9:10:49 PM PST by BenLurkin
This year's only total solar eclipse will cross South America on Monday (Dec. 14), and you can watch the spectacle unfold online thanks to a host of webcasts — no special safety glasses needed.
The broadcasts are particularly fortunate, given that the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic means eclipse-chasing is not safe this year. The eclipse will begin at 8:33 a.m. EST (1333 GMT) and conclude at 1:53 p.m. EST (1853 GMT), with totality lasting at most 2 minutes and 10 seconds. The narrow path of totality will cross from Saavedra, Chile, to Salina del Eje, Argentina; otherwise the total eclipse will cross over the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
NASA will be broadcasting the eclipse, with camera views from Chile beginning at 9:40 a.m. EST (1440 GMT). At 10:30 a.m. EST (1530 GMT), NASA will begin a narrated program for the event in Spanish. Both will be available to watch here at Space.com courtesy of NASA or directly through the agency's website.
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Didn’t think in a million years someone else would be posting it now.
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I was fortunate enough for my backyard to be well within the path of totality for the August 2017 eclipse. In 2024, assuming I hold up, I get almost the same treat (just a couple seconds less totality).
Could it be that your pullets are thinking “you know this guy is dumb if he thinks a Whopper is real food”?
Well, I dunno. The older chickens will literally attack me for such a treat. (It’s almost like the “Compies” scene in Jurassic Park II, only if the hens are out free-ranging, it happens quicker!) And, that’s what a Whopper is to me, now. If I’m having one of those “need 40 hours in this day” (and probably traveling) days, a Whopper once a month is a nice treat. And nutritionally, it’s actually a heck of a lot better than most fast food. I’m no food snob, but, I do try to moderately limit my overall sodium, calories, etc. (It seems to be working - I’m the same weight I was 10 years ago - maybe should lose 5 lbs., but am fairly active & certainly nowhere near obese.)
Now, if you want to insult someone for eating poorly, I’ll introduce you to my Mom’s part time sitters... (Eye roll)
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