Total Solar Eclipse

[OHSportsFan]

Sun and moon trying to steal my spotlight on being the best 2 minutes and 40 seconds? F that

 

[TDunk]

Sun and moon trying to steal my spotlight on being the best 2 minutes and 40 seconds? F that

So you hit it twice?

 

[OHSportsFan]

So you hit it twice?

40 seconds of apologizing and a water break in between.

 

[Dryden]

 

[sparcboxbuck]

PS One really cool effect that I just remembered from the eclipse in the '90's--I was in my daughter's school yard, that had a number of trees around it. At the height of the eclipse, the shadows of the leaves on the ground were sickle-shaped...all these shimmering little crescent moon shaped shadows. That kind of fascinated me, it was so unexpected.

I was in grad school in Athens for the last one. As such, lots of trees. Can confirm. It was one of the coolest effects of the eclipse.

 

[AKAK]

Alright guys... its almost go time. Good luck out there... I'm ready to go:

 

[sparcboxbuck]

Fuck that. The whole reason I'm not joining 20+ family and friends in an overcrowded cabin for 4 days is so I can have the house to myself--and laugh at the people stuck on two lane roads in the desert in August. is that bad?

You don't even get a Darwin Award Participation Ribbon.

 

[ExpatAkronite]

"First contact" here. Very, very cool. Sitting out in the garden with a bottle of bubbly. Kind of disorienting staring at the sky with these glasses.

 

[AKAK]

"First contact" here. Very, very cool. Sitting out in the garden with a bottle of bubbly. Kind of disorienting staring at the sky with these glasses.

That's no moon. It's a space station.

 

[ExpatAkronite]

That's no moon. It's a space station.

Are we going to blame everything on the Russians?

 

[ExpatAkronite]

This is pretty cool--didn't hear about it until just now but the single A Volcanoes just down the road in Salem scheduled a game for right now. They're going to take an "eclipse delay" and then the ball goes to the Hall of Fame. It will be the first professional baseball game called for an eclipse.
http://www.milb.com/content/page.jsp?ymd=20160812&content_id=195178222&sid=t578&vkey=team3

 

[LostLassie]

Hasn't quite reached the C'bus area yet, another 20 minutes or so to start. So, of course, right on schedule, in the area that a few days ago was shown as all green on the viewing maps--the sky's completely clouded over. Also, the heat index is currently at 102F. Typical.

On the plus side, at least I didn't drive a couple hundred miles, camp out with port-a-johns for three days, and spend a couple grand on a trip to get here.

Maybe I'll open up that extra bottle of Martini&Rossi left over from New Year's Eve and drink a toast to ExPat.

PS Nominee for the dumbest thing anyone has discussed re the eclipse: Is it safe to take your pets outside since they won't know it's dangerous to watch the eclipse?

When have you ever seen an animal stare at the freaking sun for any reason?

 

[AKAK]

Are we going to blame everything on the Russians?

Darth Putin is behind it all.

 

[ExpatAkronite]

Impressive. The lighting and shadows and temperature drop was amazing. Heading your way guys. Enjoy! (Now we'll see if there is the predicted traffic apocalypse...)

 

[AKAK]

Impressive. The lighting and shadows and temperature drop was amazing. Heading your way guys. Enjoy! (Now we'll see if there is the predicted traffic apocalypse...)

I just declined two meeting invites... (then one got cancelled.... maybe they got the hint) I peeked out and its started a tiny bit, gonna go out in about 15 mins.