Umbras and Penumbras - The Sun is Going Away

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Mon Aug 21, 2017 11:32 am

P.D.X. wrote:I made a box

What's in it?

rass · Post by **rass** » Mon Aug 21, 2017 11:33 am

Be sure to post your eclipse photos to Bronto's FB wall!

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Mon Aug 21, 2017 11:33 am

Our company bought everyone glasses. And ice cream!

Johnnie · Post by **Johnnie** » Mon Aug 21, 2017 11:59 am

Reddit always amuses me.

https://www.reddit.com/r/circlejerk/com ... st_joined/

Rex · Post by **Rex** » Mon Aug 21, 2017 12:35 pm

Update: it's getting a little darker.

Post by **Sabo** » Mon Aug 21, 2017 12:46 pm

Rex wrote:Update: it's getting a little darker.

Yep, same here. Kinda looks like the light conditions about two hours before sunset.

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Mon Aug 21, 2017 12:52 pm

We are past the peak here (75%). I have to say, I was pretty underwhelmed. Jim Bakker had me pretty jacked up for it.

P.D.X. · Post by **P.D.X.** » Mon Aug 21, 2017 1:01 pm

That was cool. Glad I didn't drive to Casper though.

Steve of phpBB · Post by **Steve of phpBB** » Mon Aug 21, 2017 1:02 pm

I have no idea how or why this happens, but I always find it cool

http://imgur.com/OAf0qT8

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Mon Aug 21, 2017 1:07 pm

sancarlos wrote:We are past the peak here (75%). I have to say, I was pretty underwhelmed. Jim Bakker had me pretty jacked up for it.

Your eyes adjust so it's really hard to tell the difference over time, 75% coverage is still probably as bright as a cloudy day in the winter. That's why people make a big effort to go to see it at 100% because that last few percent makes all the difference in the world.

Rush2112 · Post by **Rush2112** » Mon Aug 21, 2017 1:10 pm

Felt very weird during the peak.

DaveInSeattle · Post by **DaveInSeattle** » Mon Aug 21, 2017 1:11 pm

Here in Seattle, it was 93%, and the temperature dropped noticably...

EnochRoot · Post by **EnochRoot** » Mon Aug 21, 2017 1:24 pm

Apparently the beginning of the eclipse is causing thunder here in Baltimore.

Fucking fuckerson fuckity fuck fuck fuck.

Joe K · Post by **Joe K** » Mon Aug 21, 2017 1:28 pm

DaveInSeattle wrote:Here in Seattle, it was 93%, and the temperature dropped noticably...

It was about 98% in downtown St. Louis and I was still sweating my balls off. I was surprised that it was still pretty light out other than for the few minutes when it was at its peak.

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Mon Aug 21, 2017 1:31 pm

10 minutes until peak. The clouds have periodically blocked out the sun, so it's faded in and out all day. Not expecting much...

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Mon Aug 21, 2017 1:41 pm

Wow, if you look outside right now you'd think its really cloudy!

Steve of phpBB · Post by **Steve of phpBB** » Mon Aug 21, 2017 1:45 pm

DaveInSeattle wrote:Here in Seattle, it was 93%, and the temperature dropped noticably...

I noticed a temperature drop too. That surprised me.

Baloney · Post by **Baloney** » Mon Aug 21, 2017 1:56 pm

Bit of a non event in Clearwater

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Mon Aug 21, 2017 1:57 pm

Baloney wrote:Bit of a non event in Clearwater

Same here in Tampa, unsurprisingly. The dimming of everything is kinda cool though.

Johnnie · Post by **Johnnie** » Mon Aug 21, 2017 2:03 pm

https://m.imgur.com/oqxLnYd

https://www.reddit.com/r/television/com ... 7_eclipse/

Johnnie · Post by **Johnnie** » Mon Aug 21, 2017 2:06 pm

Haaaaaa.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BYEc-myn7AB/

Edit: better pic

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Mon Aug 21, 2017 2:17 pm

mister d wrote:Wow, if you look outside right now you'd think its really cloudy!

A neighbor was out with eclipse glasses. Looking through the glasses, it was really fucking trippy, but otherwise, felt like a cloudy day. I'm sure it was amazing with more than 75% coverage. The crickets were really loud, and the neighbors said a feral bunny was acting weird in their yard, but other than that, not much to report on.

My sister is in Atlanta, and she said the school bought glasses for all the kids, then decided not to hand them out and risk any issues. Kind of sucks, but I can't blame them.

rass · Post by **rass** » Mon Aug 21, 2017 2:20 pm

mister d wrote:Wow, if you look outside right now you'd think its really cloudy!

https://twitter.com/PriscoCBS/status/899709826246348800

Baloney · Post by **Baloney** » Mon Aug 21, 2017 2:38 pm

1999 in London was better than today

rass · Post by **rass** » Mon Aug 21, 2017 2:45 pm

https://twitter.com/JoePerticone/status ... 8670984192

Rex · Post by **Rex** » Mon Aug 21, 2017 3:20 pm

https://twitter.com/dicktoblerone/statu ... 1000312833

They're coming for the statues!

Steve of phpBB · Post by **Steve of phpBB** » Mon Aug 21, 2017 3:32 pm

Heh. That's great.

howard · Post by **howard** » Mon Aug 21, 2017 4:56 pm

Shows pretty clearly where the hipster line of advance on the south has been set. Surprised more Memphis hipsters didn't clog one northbound route, but Bengal did move to B'more. And Pentz isn't enough to jam the road north from Huntsville.

I'm in Davis today, 79%, I was very surprised the effect was so minimal. Not a perfectly clear day, just a bit of morning haze, and the degree of darkening I never would've noticed. Indirect and video images pretty amazing though.

Johnnie · Post by **Johnnie** » Mon Aug 21, 2017 5:44 pm

https://twitter.com/ChrisCubas/status/8 ... 4618990593

Johnnie · Post by **Johnnie** » Mon Aug 21, 2017 8:05 pm

https://twitter.com/NASAMoon/status/899681358737539073

Rex · Post by **Rex** » Mon Aug 21, 2017 9:27 pm

https://www.reddit.com/r/Atlanta/commen ... _on_solar/

Johnnie · Post by **Johnnie** » Mon Aug 21, 2017 11:32 pm

Aaaaaaand the best picture taken today...

http://reddit.com/r/pics/comments/6v6y1 ... rapher_of/

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Mon Aug 21, 2017 11:40 pm

Johnnie wrote:Aaaaaaand the best picture taken today...

http://reddit.com/r/pics/comments/6v6y1 ... rapher_of/

Fuuuuck, Muslim chemtrails! Obama blocked the sun to obfuscate this attack! Gay frogs and Sharia for everyone!

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Tue Aug 22, 2017 5:13 am

The Sybian wrote:Fuuuuck, Muslim chemtrails! Obama blocked the sun to obfuscate this attack! Gay frogs and Sharia for everyone!

I have no intention of looking into this... but I'd bet that a similar post was made in all seriousness by a number of people.

Johnnie · Post by **Johnnie** » Tue Aug 22, 2017 11:19 am

King Obama's Sword of White Oppression.

testuser2 · Post by **testuser2** » Mon Aug 28, 2017 12:57 pm

Was on vacation last week and didn't get to post until today...

I ended up convincing the family to drive the 2 hours from the beach house with around 99% to 100%. It was an incredible experience. We stopped at a state park in bumblefuck SC and got to see around 20 min of the eclipse at 50%. Then a thunderstorm rolled in and obscured it completely. It was crazy to see it go from dusk to complete darkness in a 20 seconds and then back to dusk a few minutes later.

You should really try and see a 100% event if you can. It's just a surreal experience.

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Fri Apr 08, 2022 5:28 pm

2 years from today is The Big One. 4+ minutes of total darkness in Central Texas. Might try and book our floating timeshare week in Stowe for it and then rent it out. Fuck off, clouds.

HaulCitgo · Post by **HaulCitgo** » Sat Apr 09, 2022 11:02 am

Thanks for the heads up. Sounds super cool. Definitely will try to take a trip with the kids. Might even be spring break week. Austin sounds like fun but not sure how important to be well within the path. Indy looks a good spot too but... Indy. Dallas but been there done that for work many times. San Antonio? Cleveland. See Indy. Montreal but April and spring break means water (pool) to me.

Post by **Sabo** » Sat Apr 09, 2022 11:13 am

IIRC, we're supposed to get 3.5 minutes of totality at my house. Really looking forward to it, even though there's a high chance it will be overcast when it happens. Lots of clouds in early April in Cleveland.

Nonlinear FC · Post by **Nonlinear FC** » Sat Apr 09, 2022 2:50 pm

We were on the best family vacation of our lives for this event (Bonaire.) I set up a timer on my iPhone and took one of our "pretend this is going to be an album cover" shot with all of us looking up with our special glasses on.

Epic.