Rumor Total Solar Eclipse of the Heart

[Minstrel]

next one will be in 8 years in April they say

What? That's only slightly faster than GRRM books.

 

[PtldPlatypus]

 

[Orion Bailey]

Tons of that around my parking lot. On the ground, on my car, even got a pic of me using my hands to make a little crescent mesh. Pretty cool, I must admit.

YOu are in town right?
Weird. I sat on the front porch and other than getting cold and a tiny bit dark, I saw nothing.
Overall I am amazed that such a small sliver can still create so much light. I expected it to get much darker honestly. Whipped out the camcorder. Just watched it back at 10x's and you cant even tell....
Now I see why the locations of totality are so important. This 91% or whatever wasnt much.

 

[dviss1]

next one will be in 8 years in April they say

Actually this explains it better:
https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2017/8/21/16178956/when-is-next-total-solar-eclipse

 

[PtldPlatypus]

YOu are in town right?
Weird. I sat on the front porch and other than getting cold and a tiny bit dark, I saw nothing.
Overall I am amazed that such a small sliver can still create so much light. I expected it to get much darker honestly. Whipped out the camcorder. Just watched it back at 10x's and you cant even tell....
Now I see why the locations of totality are so important. This 91% or whatever wasnt much.

Even more--99.5% basically where I'm at in Tigard, and yeah, definitely still plenty of light (although you could feel the temperature difference). I also time lapse videoed the freeway, and saw a bit of darkening right at the peak, but otherwise not much. The shadows through the trees were easily the most noticeable effect.

 

[Orion Bailey]

That 2044 one going through Montana looks huge!@!! I might plan a vacation for that one. Right time of year too.

 

[Orion Bailey]

Even more--99.5% basically where I'm at in Tigard, and yeah, definitely still plenty of light (although you could feel the temperature difference). I also time lapse videoed the freeway, and saw a bit of darkening right at the peak, but otherwise not much. The shadows through the trees were easily the most noticeable effect.

Yeah. I thought I heard we were at like 91% or something? Hearsay though.

 

[PtldPlatypus]

That 2044 one going through Montana looks huge!@!! I might plan a vacation for that one. Right time of year too.

Better get on it. Only got 27 years to prepare.

Then plan a visit to Denver that next year. Do it up right, I say.

 

[Minstrel]

That 2044 one going through Montana looks huge!@!! I might plan a vacation for that one. Right time of year too.

And it's in August, so you can hit Sturgis first. Hopefully no Antifa there in 2044.

 

[PtldPlatypus]

And it's in August, so you can hit Sturgis first. Hopefully no Antifa there in 2044.

We'll all be Antifa by 2044. You will be assimilated. Resistance is futile.

 

[riverman]

We'll all be speaking Mandarin by 2044. You will be assimilated. Resistance is futile.

fixed

 

[dviss1]

That 2044 one going through Montana looks huge!@!! I might plan a vacation for that one. Right time of year too.

Shit, I'll be 67. We'll need to figure that one out.

 

[Minstrel]

We'll all be Antifa by 2044. You will be assimilated. Resistance is futile.

It'll be the dominant political party, yes.

 

[Orion Bailey]

Better get on it. Only got 27 years to prepare.

Then plan a visit to Denver that next year. Do it up right, I say.

Seriously! I used to live in CO, so that is realistic. Have friends there.

And it's in August, so you can hit Sturgis first. Hopefully no Antifa there in 2044.

HA!! That's right. There isn't gonna be a 2044 at this rate! Antifa extremists will have already pushed us into a global war....starting at next years Sturgis lol.

 

[Orion Bailey]

Shit, I'll be 67. We'll need to figure that one out.

Well in hoping im wrong with my abovestatement and we live through this... modern medicine my man? By that time 67 should be our prime years!!!!

 

[riverman]

Shit, I'll be 67. We'll need to figure that one out.

I'll be 89, trying to figure out when to take my next power nap if I'm lucky

 

[e_blazer]

YOu are in town right?
Weird. I sat on the front porch and other than getting cold and a tiny bit dark, I saw nothing.
Overall I am amazed that such a small sliver can still create so much light. I expected it to get much darker honestly. Whipped out the camcorder. Just watched it back at 10x's and you cant even tell....
Now I see why the locations of totality are so important. This 91% or whatever wasnt much.

Your camcorder likely has the exposure controls set to automatic. It adjusts the light coming through the lens to compensate as it gets darker outside.

 

[Orion Bailey]

I'll be 89, trying to figure out when to take my next power nap if I'm lucky

Well I would think a total ecplipse would help prompt a nap no?
You just wake up?

 

[Orion Bailey]

Your camcorder likely has the exposure controls set to automatic. It adjusts the light coming through the lens to compensate as it gets darker outside.

Yeah I thought about that a few minutes ago and you are right. Because I often use it filming live music in clubs, I had it set to automatic. It didn't capture a thing even though it was noticeable to the naked eye.

 

[BlazerDuckSeahawkFan94]

I wish I had a better camera but that was so cool.... just an amazing event

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

The Eclipse was some straight up white bread cracka azz cracka shit. Everyone they interviewed on TV was a bunch of surfer bros, cucks or just total fucking nerds.

When people cheered, it sounded like the same people who would clap for Fajitas sizzling at TGI Fridays.

 

[UncleCliffy'sDaddy]

The Eclipse was some straight up white bread cracka azz cracka shit. Everyone they interviewed on TV was a bunch of surfer bros, cucks or just total fucking nerds.

When people cheered, it sounded like the same people who would clap for Fajitas sizzling at TGI Fridays.

Dude, you've already used that comment to insult cracka azz crackas already in the past year.....

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

Dude, you've already used that comment to insult cracka azz crackas already in the past year.....

I stole it too. Just like "that's the worst decision you've made since going to Supercuts".

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

reminds me of that scene in Independence Day where all the crackaz went to "greet" the aliens on top of that rooftop of the building.

 

[kingslayer]

fucking lol

 

[barfo]

Good stuff, I finally got into this solar eclipse stuff. Looking forward to making this an every-year tradition.

Or is it monthly?

Nightly... it gets dark every single night, at least where I live.

barfo

 

[Minstrel]

Nightly... it gets dark every single night, at least where I live.

That sounds like an evil omen. You should move.

 

[barfo]

Drove down to Salem for the event, it was a pretty good 2 minutes. The 3 hours it took to drive home took some of the enjoyment away, however.

barfo

 

[Shaboid]

View attachment 15756 I wish I had a better camera but that was so cool.... just an amazing event

That's where I saw it too. Although eclipses aren't really rare, it's rare that totality passes over the house I grew up in. If you didn't see totality, you missed out. The shadows were crazy, also saw some shadow bands.

 

[THE HCP]

Will our Blazers have won a championship before the next total eclipse??