Today is Eclipse day!

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Jasanche

Joined: 14 Eyl 2016
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Posted: 21 Ağu 2017, 16:46 #

Man, I have not been this excited since, um, the last time i was this excited, which i cant remember...

living in east tennessee, my house in on the path of totality, so i got a couple of friends coming over and we're gonna cook a little steak and enjoy the show.

I hear it's amazing. Like, change your life, cleanse your soul, cure athlete's foot and have fresh breath kinda thing.

Couple more hours now...

nthn

Joined: 2 Mart 2015
Posts: 1895

Posted: 21 Ağu 2017, 18:18 #

I am in west Tennessee, so we only have 95.1% coverage, but I still can't wait.

nthn

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Posted: 21 Ağu 2017, 18:18 #

I am in west Tennessee, so we only have 95.1% coverage, but I still can't wait!

nthn

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Posted: 21 Ağu 2017, 18:41 #

I am in west Tennessee, so we only have 95.1% coverage, but I still can't wait! Starting in 25 minutes! Of course Numista isn't working anymore.

ZacUK Numista team

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Posted: 21 Ağu 2017, 18:42 #

I wonder if there will be a commemorative coin?
Other countries have made them ...
Turkey in 2006 https://en.numista.com/forum/topic11882.html#p77800
Romania in 1999 https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces8992.html
and so on ...

Token collector [1600-1899] with some coins

Jasanche

Joined: 14 Eyl 2016
Posts: 698

Posted: 21 Ağu 2017, 19:00 #

Dont know about coins, but i got several of the stamps. They are awesome!

When you put your hand behind the sheet, the heat from your hand reveals the moon.

Mark240590

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Posted: 21 Ağu 2017, 19:43 #

Honestly. If this was happening in the UK apart from the fact it would mainly be cloudy. I would be looking to get a nice picture. I was looking on Facebook and instagram for someone sharing a live video but couldn't find a good one.

nthn

Joined: 2 Mart 2015
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Posted: 21 Ağu 2017, 19:53 #

NASA is live streaming from Oregon, where it starts.

smoked_caramel

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Posted: 21 Ağu 2017, 20:03 #

http://www.cnn.com/specials/vr/total-solar-eclipse-2017/

Tovarich

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Posted: 21 Ağu 2017, 20:04 #

Arizona had about 60% and it was barely noticed. Not much different than looking through a tinted window and even that didn't last very long.

kommodore

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Posted: 21 Ağu 2017, 20:06 #

Oh i remember the Eclipse in 1999 in Romania, i was at a mountain resort. Was really nice.

https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces8992.html
http://colnect.com/en/banknotes/banknote/10584-2000_Lei-1999_Commemorative_Issue-Romania

smoked_caramel

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Posted: 21 Ağu 2017, 20:08 #

Quote: "Tovarich"Arizona had about 60% and it was barely noticed. Not much different than looking through a tinted window and even that didn't last very long.

We have about 40% covered right now and it is very visible with the eclipse glasses. It is pretty cool actually!

Jasanche

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Posted: 21 Ağu 2017, 20:25 #

Houseofham

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Posted: 21 Ağu 2017, 20:31 #

Here in Minnesota we were supposed to get 83% eclipse peaking out around 1:06-1:07pm, but with all the clouds, you can't even see the Sun. It did get a little bit darker around that time, but not by much. Not very exciting.

HoH

Tovarich

Joined: 9 Ağu 2015
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Posted: 21 Ağu 2017, 20:35 #

Quote: "smoked_caramel"

Quote: "Tovarich"Arizona had about 60% and it was barely noticed. Not much different than looking through a tinted window and even that didn't last very long.
We have about 40% covered right now and it is very visible with the eclipse glasses. It is pretty cool actually!

yeah perhaps if I had those it would have looked better. I much more enjoyed the videos from Oregon that I saw on TV though

nthn

Joined: 2 Mart 2015
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Posted: 21 Ağu 2017, 20:36 #

Here was our view at peak:

Mark240590

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Posted: 21 Ağu 2017, 20:39 #

Awesome. The 100% eclipse would be a spectacle. I saw a vid where it plunged into darkness for a little while.

ashlobo

Joined: 30 Eyl 2013
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Posted: 21 Ağu 2017, 20:42 #

Quote: "smoked_caramel"

Quote: "Tovarich"Arizona had about 60% and it was barely noticed. Not much different than looking through a tinted window and even that didn't last very long.
We have about 40% covered right now and it is very visible with the eclipse glasses. It is pretty cool actually!

Just went out to see it....I think it was something like 75% !

smoked_caramel

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Posted: 21 Ağu 2017, 20:42 #

We were lucky to have a pretty clear sky and even getting about 75% coverage was pretty cool. No compare to totality though.

nthn

Joined: 2 Mart 2015
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Posted: 21 Ağu 2017, 20:58 #

Quote: "nthn"Here was our view at peak:

Those are clouds in case you are wondering.

ashlobo

Joined: 30 Eyl 2013
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Posted: 21 Ağu 2017, 20:59 #

Quote: "smoked_caramel"We were lucky to have a pretty clear sky and even getting about 75% coverage was pretty cool. No compare to totality though.

Gotta wait till April 2024 for that one! But its cool we had some really great luck with a cloudless sky :-)

Jasanche

Joined: 14 Eyl 2016
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Posted: 21 Ağu 2017, 21:41 #

It was awesome. Adult, "i'm thinking of my own mortality" awesome, not justin bieber awesome.

The view of the sun was one thing, but the whole change in light and temperature was awe-inspiring.

i'm still the same height and my breath still stinks though...

jim275

Joined: 26 May 2013
Posts: 109

Posted: 21 Ağu 2017, 21:56 #

Here in Pennsylvania we are further off the path for it to be awe inspiring. The scattered clouds helped out as a filter and I caught this on my phone:

Nas

Joined: 20 Mart 2017
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Posted: 21 Ağu 2017, 22:59 #

i missed totality in Nashville Tn . huge cloud!! but cool that it got dark. today its my birthday too :)

JRo69

Joined: 9 Tem 2015
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Posted: 22 Ağu 2017, 03:41 #

I saw as much as I could from Columbus, which was about 85%. But in 7 years, another one swipes through Ohio and I'll be in the swath of totality.

phfoticus

Joined: 26 May 2017
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Posted: 22 Ağu 2017, 05:33 #

Today's 68% partial eclipse wasn't too impressive, but at least the clouds got out of the way during the period of maximum coverage.

The 2024 eclipse looks to be about 95% here. Back in the 1960s, I saw a 98% elipse, and it was definitely dim outside.

Donkey

Joined: 24 May 2015
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Posted: 22 Ağu 2017, 06:05 #

This is what we've got in Vancouver.

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ngdawa

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Posted: 22 Ağu 2017, 10:45 #

nothing at all here in korea..

Subha Barua

Joined: 8 Ara 2016
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Posted: 22 Ağu 2017, 21:05 #

Same here in Bangladesh...

ken6528

Joined: 11 Eyl 2009
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Posted: 22 Ağu 2017, 23:35 #

Here is a great picture from NASA. The black object on the right in the sun is the space station. The other spots are sun spots.

worth Catalogue referee

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Posted: 23 Ağu 2017, 03:16 #

Where I live in Southeastern North Carolina we were at about 95%. The view was perfect and it actually got slightly darker outside and the temperature dropped a bit during the peak. Really exciting to see.

ngdawa

Joined: 18 Ekim 2011
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Posted: 23 Ağu 2017, 06:11 #

Quote: "worth"Where I live in Southeastern North Carolina

that must be confusing.."i live in the south north carolina", "my parents lives in east west virginia"

neilithic

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Posted: 23 Ağu 2017, 08:04 #

I don't worry about an eclipse, because...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-F86Sla-Vmw

BryanJ

Joined: 31 Ara 2015
Posts: 389

Posted: 23 Ağu 2017, 09:47 #

Lucky Americans

I was on the path of totality during the 1999 eclipse, but the sky was heavily cloudy and I couldn't see anything

it got cold really fast, and so dark the streetlights turned on, though

pnightingale

Joined: 27 Tem 2011
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Posted: 23 Ağu 2017, 15:40 #

It was a sign from God indicating his displeasure at the destruction of Southern culture.

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worth Catalogue referee

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Posted: 23 Ağu 2017, 18:43 #

Quote: "ngdawa"

Quote: "worth"Where I live in Southeastern North Carolina
that must be confusing.."i live in the south north carolina", "my parents lives in east west virginia"

I thought the same thing when typing it, but figured just listing my city (Fayetteville) would not be specific enough for the folks from other parts of the world. (And many Americans as well )

frankb