So, who's going to watch the eclipse?

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  1. Tuckerfan

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    It depends upon when and how you take the picture. If you just snap pics of the totality, you'll be fine. If you point the thing at the sun the entire time of the eclipse, and have a telescope mounted to it (which you'll need if you want the sun to look anything more than extremely tiny), then you'll fuck it up if you don't have something covering the lens like a filter. I'm going to stick the lens from a pair of eclipse glasses over mine.
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    Fred Meyer (owned by Kroger) is actually closing the stores from 10-1030 am so the employees can go catch the eclipse.
    I'll be down in Corvallis at my sister's place so I can see it in totality.

    And for kids being in school tomorrow, I remember my teacher taking my class outside to see the (partial?) eclipse back when I was in elementary school. 4th grade, I think it was, so 1992?
    I'm thinking the schools will make sure students get a chance to see it if their in any part of the eclipse zone.
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    Lots of schools here are closed for the eclipse, and while I haven't seen massive numbers of tourists in town, there's lots of rumors about people cleaning up by renting out their places for people to stay or park.
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    It's going to be a 98% eclipse here. It's only an hour and a half drive to Columbia, but I don't think dealing with the crowds would be worth that extra 2%. Plus I gotta work. We're doing a big payroll integration.
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    yeah I'm 98 percent or so here in Augusta.
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    Just meet up with @steve2^4, cool guy. It was great meeting you.
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    There was one here when I was in middle school...so that would have been the early eighties. We made eclipse viewers with like paper cups and stuff, but it turned out all you needed to do was make a half inch hole with your thumb and index finger and it worked just as well.
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    I am as well. I'm planning ahead for both the 2023 and 2024 eclipses.

    I'm actually amazed by how big of an event this had turned out. There are people from all over where I'm at.

    And the asshole in me is still hoping I hear someone going blind tomorrow. "My eyes, my eyes!"
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    So maybe that shifty looking guy selling 3D movie glasses for 50 cents on the corner (under-cutting the Dollar General) might have some explaining to do?
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    Just checked. I'll be able to catch a total eclipse over my house (Miami) in 2045. I'll be 72.

    Most of this board will be dead. I mean literally dead from old age.

    I'll be around still. That's assuming Florida isn't under water, Yellow Stone hasn't exploded killing off most of civilization, a total nuclear war/winter, a rock from space slaps us silly or a combination of all those.

    :lol:

    I wonder what Wordforge will be like.........
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    What do you mean "assuming" those things listed?

    The eclipse will occur even if one or all of those things happen.
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    I've got about a dozen of those at home. Should have brought them with me and used a silver market to write "Solar Glasses - ISO Certified" on them, could probably get $20 a piece or more for them each.
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    I'm talking about me you big dummy. I'll be around assuming I'm not killed by something on that list.
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    "I'll be around still. That's assuming..."

    Think about it.
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    eclipse.jpg
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    NASA wants you to collect data on the eclipse.

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    I spoke with my father again. He says he will be in Carbondale, IL tomorrow for the big show and the eclipse there will last just under three minutes. He said the place was a zoo and over run with tourists. The mayor of Carbodale says it is a god send though because the small town was rather economically depressed first by the financial crisis then by IL slashing funding for the state university which is the major employer there.

    In an interesting coincidence Carbondale will be the only place where both the 2017 and 2024 total eclipses converge.
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    Pics or it didn't happen. :bergman:
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    I'll use a filter when taking pictures of then sun.

    For the timelapse, I'm just going to point it out the window.
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    I'll only be spending a few moments outside when it's at its peak since I'll be at work. But, yeah, I'm going to check it out.
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    ODOT was predicting I-5 was going to be hell; I was able to cruise at 80 from Portland to Corvallis without issue :yes:
    That said, traffic is hell in Central Oregon around Madras and Prineville.
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    I was at Sinset Cliff this evening to watch the sunset with a friend. Sadly, it was overcast so much for seeing the sunset. Also so much for @garamet claiming it doesn't get overcast in southern California in the summer time.

    https://ibb.co/fLVr1k
    https://ibb.co/crOYE5

    The clouds are supposed to continue for tomorrow so the chances of catching the partial eclipse are looking slim.
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    Took a road trip to Madras, OR. Like hell I'm going to miss it after my parents didn't take me to Mazatlan in '91.
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    Wait, you're in Oregon? Detour up to Portland for the evening, mang.
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    Yes... clear skies here do far.
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    The boss approves me running out to take a peek at it's climax. I walked into his office with mad scientist welder's goggles on.
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