There Was A Solar Eclipse On Monday, August 21St

Aw give him some credit, he's at least 10 of the coolest minutes of my life

 

On the horizon, there was a full 360 degree sunset during the peak moment.

 

It was probably a blimp. Lol. The Whitmans blimp or the goodyear blimp lit up.

 

One of the pizza chains showed how to make a pinhole camera out of its pizza box.

Donut companies could probably make a donut with a very small hole that would act as a pinhole camera.

No end to the marketing gimmicks. Sticks of gum and fruit roll-ups could be perforated to project a large number of crescent shaped lights. A pizza box with an array of small perforations would work.

 

I drove to eastern Oregon to see the total eclipse. As soon as the sun is completely blocked it's like a light bulb is turned off and the stars come out. The sun becomes a white ring in the sky. Truly amazing. I'm actually tempted to go see the next one in 2019 in Chile.

 

Total solar eclipse in U.S. on April 8, 2024.

https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/solar/2024-april-8

The path of totality crosses the path of the 2017 eclipse. Carbondale, IL will experience totality twice in less than seven years, as will other locations near Carbondale. The dimensions of the overlap are about 70 by 120 miles.

http://www.eclipse2017.org/2017/overlap.htm

 

a year flies fast

 

^that it does

This was one of the coolest things i've ever seen and I hope to see another one day!

 

I was in direct line when this went down. Crickets started chirping and birds went silent during totality. It was fucking awesome.

 

Wasn’t there a total solar eclipse in eastern Oregon back in 1979?

 

Yeah i'm thinking about it. I've always wanted to go to Chile anyways, might as well plan it around an eclipse

 

Going someplace you want to see... on a day that it's going to be dark outside.

Seems legit.

 

Western Pennsylvania nearly in path of totality for 2024 solar eclipse

 

A year goes by quickly, but threads that were last updated a year ago are on page 6 which makes them easy to find.

 

Solar eclipse caused bow waves in Earth's atmosphere
MIT Haystack Observatory researchers find that the moon's shadow created long-predicted ionospheric bow waves during the August eclipse.
Watch Video
Nancy Wolfe Kotary | MIT Haystack Observatory
January 19, 2018

Solar eclipse caused bow waves in Earth's atmosphere

 

But only for a few minutes