The Astronomy Thread
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MrHolland420
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I am right on the path of totality, I should see about 1 min and 54 secs of totality.
I could drive closer to the lakes to get it for about 30 secs longer but I don't think I am going to be getting on the road too much that day, traffic is supposed to be horrible.
I could drive closer to the lakes to get it for about 30 secs longer but I don't think I am going to be getting on the road too much that day, traffic is supposed to be horrible.
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Mrs. Gravy
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I live within the path of totality. At my house the est. time is 2 m 39 s...but I have to work. The entire fucking county is shut down for a giant fucking party, but our office is open and of 4 Supervisors, I am the one who drew the short straw....
Time at this location is 2 m 32 sec...10 miles from my house.
Time at this location is 2 m 32 sec...10 miles from my house.
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Alasliasolonik
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Our guns are loaded.
The wife went out today to find some overpriced eclipse glasses because she's excited and there will be lines before they open to sell them every day.
Suppose to be an extra 50k people in the area for hotels and the snowbirds coming back for it.
I hope all the people travelling in from out of state and country know that it will be like 112 degrees when it happens.
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I wonder how many death cults are gonna off themselves in droves because of this eclipse.
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Oldbased
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Remember, do not stare at the sun even when blocked. It'll still fry your iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii's. If your camera has a high powered zoom it could even damage that according to NASA. It's going to be weird being in total darkness a few minutes in the middle of the day and dark overall for awhile. Right now they are showing clear from now until Tuesday for KY. Lucked out.
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Dandain
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Heading out this morning to camp out tonight, May your people traffic be low. I'm pretty excited to be able to experience this Eclipse. Sun sun and more sun at my location. I always think about using the sun as a gravitational lens when I think of solar eclipses now. Relativity go.
Solar eclipse of May 29, 1919 - Wikipedia
How a Total Solar Eclipse Helped Prove Einstein Right About Relativity
Solar eclipse of May 29, 1919 - Wikipedia
How a Total Solar Eclipse Helped Prove Einstein Right About Relativity
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Oldbased
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It's peaking where I am like 1pm Monday. Perfect timing. Pretty nuts it'll be 5 hours long but only just over 2 minutes of total eclipse. Lots of data useful for sun people though, in particular the visible rays that is normally a bit more tricky for them to observe so clearly.
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