Posted on 08/21/2017 9:12:49 AM PDT by Kaslin
Americans with telescopes, cameras and protective glasses staked out viewing spots along a narrow corridor from Oregon to South Carolina to watch the moon blot out the midday sun for a magical couple of minutes Monday in what promised to be the most observed and photographed eclipse in history.
Sky-watchers everywhere — and millions were expected to peer into the sun — set out lawn chairs and blankets and awaited the first total solar eclipse to sweep coast-to-coast across the U.S. in practically a century. Astronomers were giddy with excitement.
Jim Todd, a director at the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry, warmed up the crowd at an amphitheater in Salem, Oregon.
“The world is watching us, folks, because we are going to get the first, best show and the weather is gorgeous,” Todd said. “The weather forecast is crystal clear throughout the state.”
David Avison showed up in Salem before dawn with his wife and relatives, after traveling by car and overnight train from their suburban Portland home. They couldn’t get reservations at a nearby resort, despite making plans six years ago.
“I’m telling people if you want to see the one in 2024, you’d better make your reservations now,” Avison said.
With 200 million people within a day’s drive of Monday’s path of totality, towns and parks braced for monumental crowds. Clear skies beckoned along most of the route, to the relief of those who feared cloud cover would spoil this once-in-a-lifetime moment.
(Excerpt) Read more at apnews.com ...
Why don’t you try and find out. /s>
LOLOL.....He’s got a whole lot more going on there than mascara. He makes the Blaze guy look stoic!
If I could catch her I could lock her up in the bathroom. But since I can't, I'm gonna lock myself in there........
Pray this isn't the beginning of the end of the world............
Cbs planted at SIU in Illinois as they show it across US
My 3-month-old kitten was taken with the strangeness of it all...we had 90% of the sun covered, which still leaves daylight equal to perhaps two hours before sunset. And the temperature dropped. I was surprised that she seemed fascinated with it, sat on windowsill, kept checking with me, looked quizzical..
Yah, I know, kittens are fascinated with everything...but this was one of those everythings.
Pray this isn’t the beginning of the end of the world..Are you an island off Africa?
Traveled bullet speed on west coast..mach 2 in Illinois
would a simple welding helmet work?
NO
Eerie....I was more interested in my surroundings....dogs barking...people cheered at totality...the dark was much shorter lived than I thought it would be. Kinda anticlimactic to me.
It was beautiful here on the Central Oregon Coast. 100% totality. Very few visitors, seems like they all were scared away by dire warnings of traffic nightmares on Hwy 101, along with fog predictions.
Interested if it really stays dark very long there
...the first step to becoming an MLB umpire, NHL referee, CFL referee, etc.
😋
The problem is that it is very bright, but only a pinpoint. It doesn’t “hurt” to look at it but it’s destroying your eyes.
Normally you don’t have to tell people not to look because it’s a very hard thing to do. It’s easy to do with an eclipse.
Were in one of the 7 Salems in totality...you’ll be fine
Thank you ever so much for sharing that information. I’m sure the NSA will be tracking your B(L)Ms from now on.
I live in CT and the partial has just started at 1:45PM EDT. Sitting on the front porch.
Well they reported 2 1/2 minutes sooo..
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.