Posted on 08/21/2017 1:02:35 AM PDT by Morgana
Solar Eclipse 2017
On August 21, 2017, all of North America will be treated to an eclipse of the sun. Viewers around the world will be provided a wealth of images captured before, during, and after the eclipse by 11 spacecraft, at least three NASA aircraft, more than 50 high-altitude balloons, and the astronauts aboard the International Space Station – each offering a unique vantage point for the celestial event.
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Man, that was INCREDIBLE!!!
JJust barely enough light to see the ground around you - I wouldn’t have tried to walk on this rocky ground during totality. And to see the corona was well worth the trip, believe me! Temperature dropped maybe 5 degrees in this mountain air and the fish started jumping all over the lake!!!(???). Everything getting back to normal now. I’ll tell you — seeing the corona surrounding the black disk was like being on another planet — WOW.
I’m VERY envious.
Odd about the fish——I wonder why they did that.
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614,463 are watching the NASA live stream currently.
{chuckling}
Tuned in to local TV stations to see if they were covering this. The ABC affiliate is giving coverage.
ABC has this titled: The Great American Eclipse.
:)
Sort of sounds like MAGA.
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Nearly half of the sun is covered in NW Arkansas. Sort of dim, but not really dark. Expecting about 91% coverage at most and that is about 20 minutes away.
When are they NOT hysterical at Weather Channel ?
maybe they’re jumping for bugs that come out at dusk?
We will have about 95% totality here in the southern Indiana/greater Louisville area. Two of our sons went down to the Hopkinsville area to view it. I am amazed at the people who are out celebrating and partying for my last day of being 59. Ha! (I turn 50 tomorrow. Gulp.). Seriously though, it is kind of cool, but I have to admit, some people are really over the top about this.
“maybe they’re jumping for bugs that come out at dusk?”
Sounds logical——I wonder if the bugs came out thinking it was dusk?
The animal world can be astonishing.
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Well, the roosters start crowing when a total solar eclipse ends; and the daytime birds stop singing when it gets dark. I imagine most animals react to light and dark.
25 minutes until maximum here in Orlando area. Starting to feel some quiet outside, birds have gone quiet, squirrels have stopped their endless scampering and chatter. The light from sunlight is dimmer.
God is. In charge.
P.S. We will have only 88% coverage here.
We are only getting about 81% here, but the light has a very strange quality; and we’re seeing the crescents on the ground under the trees...
You’re right. It’s the quality of the light that is eerie and lovely.
The cows laid down in Albany OR.
I agree. The light slowly faded to yellow and then out. During the totality it never got fully dark, just very dim. I'm in the Cascade Mts. western foothills in Oregon, and I could see brighter light over the ridges to the north and south.
After the totality, the light slowly came back, and seemed to go from pale yellow to white much faster than it went away.
It was a long wait and build up, as even the 70-80% coverage barely seemed to affect the light on the ground.
But those last few minutes, and then totality truly was something that has to be seen to be fully appreciated.
The surrounding darkness all around, with the corona bursting out from the darkened moon, and then the diamond ring effect. Indeed, it was something special!
I imagine most animals react to light and dark.
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Sort of like the ‘old farmer’ when asked how he was going to use his ‘new fangled’ daylight because of DST.
“Don’t like it. Means I am expected to work another hour or two at night”
“That is foolish. You get to sleep in in the morning”
Farmer “Hogwash, them milking cows and laying hens don’t change with the clock. They still have to be tended to, regular time”.
It sounds as though your coverage was greater than here, but your description of the light change is perfect.
It’s been 15 minutes now since our “moment” and the squirrels just started chattering again a little...birds chiming in.
I remember, years ago, when we had just ‘sprung forward’, I was talking to a young woman about daylight savings time. She didn’t understand the whole thing about changing the clock twice a year. When I explained it to her she said, “and all this time, I thought it was the Lord’s doin’.”
I *think* I managed to explain the whole thing properly...
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