New Research Finds that Solar Eclipses are Harder to See Due to Global Warming

cliffmass.blogspot.com ^ | April 1, 2024 | Cliff Mass

[Paladin2]

https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/box-pinhole-projector.html

[alexander_busek]

Such warming results in more evaporation and the moisture content of the air increases with temperature (see below). This leads to more clouds

...which in turn increases the Earth's albedo - meaning that more light is reflected back into Space, causing the Earth to cool.

Regards,

[radu]

Good link. I made something similar to that when I was a kid but this one is better.

When I was 10, Dad bought a telescope that had a funnel-shape piece that fit on the eyepiece. It had white paper across the top and when you aimed the telescope at the sun, you could see it on that paper. What was really cool was you could see the sunspots as well. It was an inexpensive telescope but it was pretty good.

Eclipse glasses are in a desk drawer, ready to be whipped out IF we get lucky enough to have clear sky for a while next week. Not holding my breath but not giving up hope either. Once in a blue moon, good luck comes my way. LOL

[jmcenanly]

You didn’t see the last sentence of the article?

[hinckley buzzard]

Cliff Mass is often featured at WUWT. Very informative guy.

[Paladin2]

Using one side of a pair of binoculars held over a shoulder to project the sun onto a white surface set up to be perpendicular to the sunlight and in your shadow works better yet.

[verum ago]

About 5 minutes after I submitted that comment a little cartoon asterisk appeared above my head, I said “Wait...”, and went back and looked.

I cheerfully admit to making a fool of myself :)

I take some solace in the fact that I’m post-major surgery and loopy, but still: ya take a risk if you hydrocodone and FR lol...

[PROCON]

Make sure you're all prepred for the eclipse, radu!

[BiteYourSelf]

More clouds means more sunlight and heat reflected back into space.🤔

[DennisR]

👍🏻👍🏻

[DennisR]

👍🏻👍🏻

Hope your recovery goes well!

[radu]

That’s a nifty idea. Hubby had a couple pairs of binoculars and now that I think about it, I have a monocular that was Dad’s. That will be easier to use.

Still going to lay out a sheet under the Bradford pear tree for a pic or two of the shadow crescents. Pretty cool to see clusters of them in the leaf shadows.

[radu]

Heh! I beat ever’one to da store and loaded up before they could even think aboudit.

[verum ago]

Hope your recovery goes well!

Thank you. It's going to be a long haul. Got my thumb crushed in hydraulics. 🙁 I've broken my fair share of bones before, but a crush injury is a whole 'nother beast...