supposedly we're getting a better eclipse in 2024. I'll wait. And I'll be better prepared then too. buying those glasses in 2023!
I'm really going to be prepared. Like buying a bunch of those glasses a year before (or as soon as they become available) and selling them on Amazon myself, lol. Obviously the demand vastly outpaced the supply and I'm sure retailers will forget that by 2024.
Someone locally on CL was selling them for $15. But I heard there were problems with counterfeit eclipse glasses and I'm just not going to stake my eyesight on a rando CL person. Who could even be well intentioned, but just didn't do their due diligence.
Was just talking to a coworker. Apparently the one in 2024 is going to be even closer to us. The full will be across Dallas and Arkansas.
supposedly we're getting a better eclipse in 2024. I'll wait. And I'll be better prepared then too. buying those glasses in 2023!
I'm really going to be prepared. Like buying a bunch of those glasses a year before (or as soon as they become available) and selling them on Amazon myself, lol. Obviously the demand vastly outpaced the supply and I'm sure retailers will forget that by 2024.
Someone locally on CL was selling them for $15. But I heard there were problems with counterfeit eclipse glasses and I'm just not going to stake my eyesight on a rando CL person. Who could even be well intentioned, but just didn't do their due diligence.
Was just talking to a coworker. Apparently the one in 2024 is going to be even closer to us. The full will be across Dallas and Arkansas.
retailers will...but you know what? So will I. I won't even remember THIS eclipse 7 years from now. lol
If it's in a cool place, I may travel for it. Texas would be worth the trip to me! Let's see how the airlines are 7 years from now. Who knows? We all may have flying cars by then too.
and yes! I will be to scared to buy them on amazon or ebay because of the counterfeit problem. I'd like to be able to SEE in 2024.
I found out that the daycare is keeping the kids inside for the entire eclipse. Totally dig that for the younger ones but we were hoping that the older camp kids would be able to learn about a pinhole camera.
Oh well, I get that they want to be better safe than sorry.
I am TIRED. Went to John Mayer last night who LOVED playing to his home state. He was born in a hospital that's about 2 miles from my parents' house as he announced at the concert to screams from the audience. I haven't followed a lot of his new stuff and went as a fun girls night out but I was impressed. I may buy more of his albums.
I need to start packing for Thursday AM. I can't believe Disney is THIS WEEK.
I found out that the daycare is keeping the kids inside for the entire eclipse. Totally dig that for the younger ones but we were hoping that the older camp kids would be able to learn about a pinhole camera.
Oh well, I get that they want to be better safe than sorry.
I am TIRED. Went to John Mayer last night who LOVED playing to his home state. He was born in a hospital that's about 2 miles from my parents' house as he announced at the concert to screams from the audience. I haven't followed a lot of his new stuff and went as a fun girls night out but I was impressed. I may buy more of his albums.
I need to start packing for Thursday AM. I can't believe Disney is THIS WEEK.
have fun! we had plans for this weekend too! We would have been there at the same time. Now Orlando looks like 2019 at the latest. Maybe my nieces will be old enough and we'll go with th
Only partial eclipse here. It's kind of hazy here but it looks like it's burning off now. I have super bad cramps today. I'm glad I'm not working.
Weekend was okay. Saturday was a lazy day and Sunday I worked. SO and I ended up going out on Friday night which started off fun but then we just got tired because apparently we are old now and 10 is too late to eat dinner.
Other than that....ssdd. I'm sitting outside because it's so nice out today. It's nice to just be for a moment.
Only partial eclipse here. It's kind of hazy here but it looks like it's burning off now. I have super bad cramps today. I'm glad I'm not working.
Weekend was okay. Saturday was a lazy day and Sunday I worked. SO and I ended up going out on Friday night which started off fun but then we just got tired because apparently we are old now and 10 is too late to eat dinner.
Other than that....ssdd. I'm sitting outside because it's so nice out today. It's nice to just be for a moment.
Sometimes*, when I leave work at 5, and get home I can start cooking then for dinner. And I live 10 minutes away from my office.
Also has anyone heard about the major recall on the Amazon glasses for being fakes?
A few people are going to try and put their smart phones on 'selfie' mode, but point it at the sun. That way your back is to it, and you're still able to see it.
DH drove to Rexburg, Idaho yesterday with his huge, high tech telescope. He meet a friend in town who has a son who lives there, so they both drove up. Driving early on a Sunday morning through Mormon country was a brilliant tactic. Roads were traffic free!
I am still in pain from surgery, so I am staying home. We get a 90% coverage, and I will go outside in a while a take a look. Because he is president of the local astronomy club, DH had about 50 of those glasses. He refuses to scalp them. He took them with him and will GIVE them to nice people. Yes, I have a pair, too.
I still remember when I was 17 and DH told me he wanted to show me the stars. I didn't know he was talking about a telescope and an astronomy lecture. Boy, was I bummed! One of the least romantic evenings ever!
Also has anyone heard about the major recall on the Amazon glasses for being fakes?
A few people are going to try and put their smart phones on 'selfie' mode, but point it at the sun. That way your back is to it, and you're still able to see it.
That sounds brilliant! Thanks! I wasn't digging the idea of pinhole cameras.
This was a funny conversation in my house over the weekend. I think it was the History or Science Channel kept advertising for something that this was the first eclipse in 99 years!!! Blah, blah.
My H and I were both, WTF are they talking about? We BOTH remembered an eclipse from 1979. He's older than me and was a teenager, I was in elementary school. We finally looked it up, because we were calling shenanigans on that channel. Yes indeedy. There was an eclipse in 1979, it just didn't go across the entire United States. Like this one is.
I remember from that one, we made pinhole cameras as our "arts and crafts" project a few days ahead of time. They told us 1,000 times a day for two weeks not to look at the sun directly. But took us outside to see it with our pinhole cameras. Those must have been less litigious times, lol.
It was to cloudy here to see anything (didn't stop half of our office building from swarming outside though). Like...nothing happened. Its supposedly happening right now, but we won't see it.
My coworker just made a pin hole box out of the paper box we have on hand.
The haze burned off and then the eclipse happened...and it just looked kind of hazy out. lol. I did try a sun selfie, but I only took one and it didn't seem to hurt my camera. It also wasn't anything impressive. Now I'm nursing my cramps on the couch with a movie and Aurora by my side. I just want kitten cuddles all day. Hopefully the motrin kicks in soon. I have stuff to do. lol.
Hey, I'm blind in my left eye because of radiation - OK it was medical radiation. I really wouldn't take any chances with the good eye I have left! In Grand Junction, we got about 90% coverage, so it was the most local people ever have had. I shared my glasses with the neighbors.
Supposedly the height of the eclipse for my area happened at 1:29PM (about 10 minutes ago). I've been watching the light outside the window across from me. It is slightly darker than full sunlight, but not much. I can't see the actual sun from that window, but I'm guessing it is not very impressive by the amount of daylight we have...even though it is supposed to be a 70% eclipse.
Bottom line. I'm too lazy to even go down five floors and check it out. Some astronomer I make, lol.
The great eclipse in my area via my pinhole camera. We were about 90% full. The lighting was odd. Not dark, but not completely bright either.
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The friends who drove up to TN did a Facebook live video and it was amazing. A full 2 minutes of full darkness and the fade in/out of it. Awesome. Now I'm sad I didn't go.
Weekend was ok. We got our (ETA: largest) trees trimmed on Saturday (well, 4/5 trimmed, we had the 5th taken down completely). We have 2 oaks and a magnolia in the front (whoever planted the magnolia under the oak was a moron) and had a huge oak, live oak, and maple in the back yard (along with a bunch of smaller trees/bushes). The maple is gone. It was a solid 30-40ft high, and we could tell there was some rot/damage in the trunk. There was also a lot of root structure above ground. We figured it was a liability if there was a hurricane. This was my view from the pool prior to trimming:
now there's no overhang. This will drastically reduce the leaves in the pool.
The front of the house looks awesome, in that you can actually see it, now. (Also, the magnolia is not being crushed by the oak.)
It was totally overcast here for the eclipse (90%+ for the eclipse in this area), so no one was going to go out. Then we found out we could still see it through our glasses even with the cloud cover. We ended up watching in the parking lot here at work. Work provided eclipse glasses and cookies!
I meant to mention, I'm bummed I didn't get the glasses. I tried finding something on Amazon about 10 days ago, but everything was sold out until after the event. Or was insane money. Like ten of those little paper glasses for $200. Puh-leez. I even looked for Shade 14 welding glass, which was another option. But apparently that is an odd shade that is hard to find, even under normal circumstances. Oh well.
This far down south, it is only a partial. But still, the local news said it will drop our temperature by about 4 degrees for a few hours. Right on! I'm calling that a move from the 7th Circle of Hell to the 6th, lol.
So I know it's too late now (I think?) but we used welding helmets and they worked fine. My FiL said they were somewhere between 11 and 13. They totally worked and it did not seem overly bright through just that. And if you are concerned, you could always wear a pair of sunglasses with the glass. It is pretty unusual to see shade 14 from what I understand. Most are somewhere between 9 and 13, I believe.
ETA: You won't ruin your camera taking photos of it. Sure, maybe if you aim it directly at the sun, but plenty of people, including me and including pro photographers take photos with the sun somewhere in the frame. People should do just fine taking photos that way.
So now DH is stuck in Idaho, trying to get home! His average progress has been 20 mph since about noon. He has abandoned the interstate system and taken to the old highways cross country. I hope he doesn't try to drive Douglas Pass in the dark! I don't really expect him home until morning. I will sleep peacefully.
supposedly we're getting a better eclipse in 2024. I'll wait. And I'll be better prepared then too. buying those glasses in 2023!
People were trying to sell glasses they got for free from the library for $40 a pair. Yeah, no. I made my pinhole camera with stuff I had at home.
These jackasses piss mee off SOOOooo much. We were buying glasses retail and selling them at cost to get them into the hands of people (we underestimated--but we're a small nonprofit, we can't buy things in huge quantities!)
Toss the glasses now though, they 'expire' after 3 years, so no good for the next eclipse.
DH finally got home at 3:30 AM. Yes, he drove Douglas Pass in the dark! It took him 8 hours to drive to Rexburg, and 15 1/2 hours to drive home. He has been a zombie all day. Viewing conditions in Utah were absolutely perfect. He took this photo.
He did forget to buy a tee shirt. I bought him one on Amazon. He needs to wear it to his next astronomy club meeting.
supposedly we're getting a better eclipse in 2024. I'll wait. And I'll be better prepared then too. buying those glasses in 2023!
People were trying to sell glasses they got for free from the library for $40 a pair. Yeah, no. I made my pinhole camera with stuff I had at home.
These jackasses piss mee off SOOOooo much. We were buying glasses retail and selling them at cost to get them into the hands of people (we underestimated--but we're a small nonprofit, we can't buy things in huge quantities!)
Toss the glasses now though, they 'expire' after 3 years, so no good for the next eclipse.
Also, collender = best pinhole camera
Wut? How does that even work? Or are you being sarcastic?
supposedly we're getting a better eclipse in 2024. I'll wait. And I'll be better prepared then too. buying those glasses in 2023!
People were trying to sell glasses they got for free from the library for $40 a pair. Yeah, no. I made my pinhole camera with stuff I had at home.
These jackasses piss mee off SOOOooo much. We were buying glasses retail and selling them at cost to get them into the hands of people (we underestimated--but we're a small nonprofit, we can't buy things in huge quantities!)
Toss the glasses now though, they 'expire' after 3 years, so no good for the next eclipse.
Also, collender = best pinhole camera
There's also an organization that is taking glasses for the schools in South Africa who are getting the eclipse in 2019. I hope they inspect them well because i heard scratches and stuff will make them void too.
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I'm really going to be prepared. Like buying a bunch of those glasses a year before (or as soon as they become available) and selling them on Amazon myself, lol. Obviously the demand vastly outpaced the supply and I'm sure retailers will forget that by 2024.
Someone locally on CL was selling them for $15. But I heard there were problems with counterfeit eclipse glasses and I'm just not going to stake my eyesight on a rando CL person. Who could even be well intentioned, but just didn't do their due diligence.
Was just talking to a coworker. Apparently the one in 2024 is going to be even closer to us. The full will be across Dallas and Arkansas.
If it's in a cool place, I may travel for it. Texas would be worth the trip to me! Let's see how the airlines are 7 years from now. Who knows? We all may have flying cars by then too.
and yes! I will be to scared to buy them on amazon or ebay because of the counterfeit problem. I'd like to be able to SEE in 2024.
Oh well, I get that they want to be better safe than sorry.
I am TIRED. Went to John Mayer last night who LOVED playing to his home state. He was born in a hospital that's about 2 miles from my parents' house as he announced at the concert to screams from the audience. I haven't followed a lot of his new stuff and went as a fun girls night out but I was impressed. I may buy more of his albums.
I need to start packing for Thursday AM. I can't believe Disney is THIS WEEK.
Weekend was okay. Saturday was a lazy day and Sunday I worked. SO and I ended up going out on Friday night which started off fun but then we just got tired because apparently we are old now and 10 is too late to eat dinner.
Other than that....ssdd. I'm sitting outside because it's so nice out today. It's nice to just be for a moment.
*sometimes = all the time
Also has anyone heard about the major recall on the Amazon glasses for being fakes?
A few people are going to try and put their smart phones on 'selfie' mode, but point it at the sun. That way your back is to it, and you're still able to see it.
I am still in pain from surgery, so I am staying home. We get a 90% coverage, and I will go outside in a while a take a look.
Because he is president of the local astronomy club, DH had about 50 of those glasses. He refuses to scalp them. He took them with him and will GIVE them to nice people. Yes, I have a pair, too.
I still remember when I was 17 and DH told me he wanted to show me the stars. I didn't know he was talking about a telescope and an astronomy lecture. Boy, was I bummed! One of the least romantic evenings ever!
I hope everybody has a special eclipse day!
That sounds brilliant! Thanks! I wasn't digging the idea of pinhole cameras.
This was a funny conversation in my house over the weekend. I think it was the History or Science Channel kept advertising for something that this was the first eclipse in 99 years!!! Blah, blah.
My H and I were both, WTF are they talking about? We BOTH remembered an eclipse from 1979. He's older than me and was a teenager, I was in elementary school. We finally looked it up, because we were calling shenanigans on that channel. Yes indeedy. There was an eclipse in 1979, it just didn't go across the entire United States. Like this one is.
I remember from that one, we made pinhole cameras as our "arts and crafts" project a few days ahead of time. They told us 1,000 times a day for two weeks not to look at the sun directly. But took us outside to see it with our pinhole cameras. Those must have been less litigious times, lol.
If I were going to, I probably would use an old smart phone I have. I kept old phone when I upgraded.
Darn it! Thwarted at every turn, lol.
Thanks for the warning.
My coworker just made a pin hole box out of the paper box we have on hand.
How does the moon cut his hair?
......
Eclipse it.
Supposedly the height of the eclipse for my area happened at 1:29PM (about 10 minutes ago). I've been watching the light outside the window across from me. It is slightly darker than full sunlight, but not much. I can't see the actual sun from that window, but I'm guessing it is not very impressive by the amount of daylight we have...even though it is supposed to be a 70% eclipse.
Bottom line. I'm too lazy to even go down five floors and check it out. Some astronomer I make, lol.
The great eclipse in my area via my pinhole camera. We were about 90% full. The lighting was odd. Not dark, but not completely bright either.
This was my view from the pool prior to trimming:
now there's no overhang.
This will drastically reduce the leaves in the pool.
The front of the house looks awesome, in that you can actually see it, now. (Also, the magnolia is not being crushed by the oak.)
ETA: You won't ruin your camera taking photos of it. Sure, maybe if you aim it directly at the sun, but plenty of people, including me and including pro photographers take photos with the sun somewhere in the frame. People should do just fine taking photos that way.
Toss the glasses now though, they 'expire' after 3 years, so no good for the next eclipse.
Also, collender = best pinhole camera
Viewing conditions in Utah were absolutely perfect. He took this photo.
He did forget to buy a tee shirt. I bought him one on Amazon. He needs to wear it to his next astronomy club meeting.
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