Got any plans for the 2017 eclipse?

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Got any plans for the 2017 eclipse? Aug 21, 2017 15:25:59 GMT

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Post by ayanami on Aug 21, 2017 15:25:59 GMT

Aug 21, 2017 15:05:08 GMT caseyrook AKA Mechelle said:

Aug 21, 2017 14:46:48 GMT ayanami said:

I really can't tell if you're being sarcastic or not.

I'm not being sarcastic. I'm really interested in why bigvanray doesn't want to see the sun.

Well, because it's eclipse day...

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ayanami Level 10 Posts: 2,467	Got any plans for the 2017 eclipse? Aug 21, 2017 15:30:30 GMT Jemma Simmons likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by ayanami on Aug 21, 2017 15:30:30 GMT Aug 20, 2017 21:36:11 GMT Jemma Simmons said: I'll be singing this: Now I wonder just how many Americans will be going as a solar eclipse for Halloween?
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Got any plans for the 2017 eclipse? Aug 21, 2017 15:48:16 GMT

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Post by bigvanray on Aug 21, 2017 15:48:16 GMT

Aug 21, 2017 15:05:08 GMT caseyrook AKA Mechelle said:

Aug 21, 2017 14:46:48 GMT ayanami said:

I really can't tell if you're being sarcastic or not.

I'm not being sarcastic. I'm really interested in why bigvanray doesn't want to see the sun.

The moon is going to cover up the sun. That's what an eclipse is. For two and a half minutes the moon will block the sun, and the sun's beautiful corona will be visible. That's what I'm so excited about.

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DoTheMath Level 10 Posts: 2,664	Got any plans for the 2017 eclipse? Aug 21, 2017 16:13:30 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by DoTheMath on Aug 21, 2017 16:13:30 GMT I put this in the Marvel Funny Stuff thread, then decided it's (more?) appropriate here....... so I doubled down. (eclipse glasses)
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Got any plans for the 2017 eclipse? Aug 21, 2017 16:27:46 GMT via mobile

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Post by caseyrook AKA Mechelle on Aug 21, 2017 16:27:46 GMT

Aug 21, 2017 15:48:16 GMT bigvanray said:

Aug 21, 2017 15:05:08 GMT caseyrook AKA Mechelle said:

I'm not being sarcastic. I'm really interested in why bigvanray doesn't want to see the sun.

The moon is going to cover up the sun. That's what an eclipse is. For two and a half minutes the moon will block the sun, and the sun's beautiful corona will be visible. That's what I'm so excited about.

Apparently, some people sill do not realize that my brain does not work like an average brain.

I asked that because I thought you were saying you had a different reason *unrelated* to the eclipse for not wanting to see the sun.

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Got any plans for the 2017 eclipse? Aug 21, 2017 16:28:33 GMT via mobile

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Post by caseyrook AKA Mechelle on Aug 21, 2017 16:28:33 GMT

Aug 21, 2017 15:25:59 GMT ayanami said:

Aug 21, 2017 15:05:08 GMT caseyrook AKA Mechelle said:

I'm not being sarcastic. I'm really interested in why bigvanray doesn't want to see the sun.

Well, because it's eclipse day...

I know that NOW.

Please see my reply to bigvanray.

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Got any plans for the 2017 eclipse? Aug 21, 2017 16:49:35 GMT DoTheMath likes this

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Post by ayanami on Aug 21, 2017 16:49:35 GMT

Aug 21, 2017 16:13:30 GMT DoTheMath said:

I put this in the Marvel Funny Stuff thread, then decided it's (more?) appropriate here....... so I doubled down.

(eclipse glasses)

I see yours and raise you this:

(9gag.com/gag/aKD6Xo3)

"Sooner or later, humans will kill all the Aen Seidhe. All dwarves and gnomes. Then they'll start murdering one another. Your kind knows no other way. It's in your genes. You keep killing each other until only one remains. The strongest among you. A thousand years from now, a dim-witted human barbarian will climb to the top of a pile of bones, sit down and proclaim: "I win"."

backroadjunkie Level 10 Posts: 874	Got any plans for the 2017 eclipse? Aug 21, 2017 17:36:06 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by backroadjunkie on Aug 21, 2017 17:36:06 GMT Cloudy here. Crap. Watch live here: NASA TV Public Channel Idaho Falls just went through totality.
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nillindeiel Level 10 Made to be ruled Posts: 511	Got any plans for the 2017 eclipse? Aug 21, 2017 17:38:44 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by nillindeiel on Aug 21, 2017 17:38:44 GMT Just got back inside (manager was getting mad at me for staying at my computer lol). Glasses were getting passed around so I got a chance to see some of it. I believe we got about 90% coverage here in Utah
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Got any plans for the 2017 eclipse? Aug 21, 2017 17:56:32 GMT

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Post by backroadjunkie on Aug 21, 2017 17:56:32 GMT

Aug 21, 2017 17:36:06 GMT backroadjunkie said:

Cloudy here. Crap. Watch live here:

NASA TV Public Channel

Idaho Falls just went through totality.

NASA's servers can't keep up. Here's the same feed on YouTube live:

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bigvanray Level 10 Posts: 565	Got any plans for the 2017 eclipse? Aug 21, 2017 17:58:05 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by bigvanray on Aug 21, 2017 17:58:05 GMT Getting more clouds than sun here. Not looking good. There are a few thunderstorms around.
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Got any plans for the 2017 eclipse? Aug 21, 2017 18:55:34 GMT via mobile

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Post by caseyrook AKA Mechelle on Aug 21, 2017 18:55:34 GMT

Aug 21, 2017 17:58:05 GMT bigvanray said:

Getting more clouds than sun here. Not looking good. There are a few thunderstorms around.

That sucks.

We had 100% totality here at 1:17pm our time. Got 15 degrees cooler and dark, but not night time pitch black darkness. It was weird.

Also, the frogs started making their noise like it was dusk.

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Got any plans for the 2017 eclipse? Aug 21, 2017 19:30:40 GMT beren44 likes this

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Post by bigvanray on Aug 21, 2017 19:30:40 GMT

The clouds had mercy on me. There were some clouds around, but I had a clear view of the sun for 30 minutes before and through totality. I got to see the diamond ring effect, a bit of Bailey's Beads, and the corona with both naked eye and binoculars. It ended far too soon. I tried to get some photos of totality, but those came out blurry. I did get a few pictures of a nearly totally eclipsed sun being projected onto the ground through gaps in the leaves of an oak tree. Here's one.

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Got any plans for the 2017 eclipse? Aug 21, 2017 19:38:45 GMT via mobile bigvanray likes this

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Aug 21, 2017 15:30:30 GMT ayanami said:

Aug 20, 2017 21:36:11 GMT Jemma Simmons said:

I'll be singing this:

Now I wonder just how many Americans will be going as a solar eclipse for Halloween?

Oh, you KNOW it! I would totally wear that sun costume from this video that look like a giant koosh ball! 😂

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bigvanray Level 10 Posts: 565	Got any plans for the 2017 eclipse? Aug 21, 2017 21:19:32 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by bigvanray on Aug 21, 2017 21:19:32 GMT Another image of the crescent sun projected through gaps in the leaves of an oak tree.
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