Did you see that ECLIPSE?

[AstroParticipant 2045]

Who seen it? Did anyone see Totality? Where were you? Were the skies clear? Were you in awe? Was it spiritual for you (I seen a dude meditating through the entire thing)? What did YOU see and hear? We Astronomers were more exited than a kid on Christmas morning and STILL are two days later!

Here is a reason why I am glad I didn’t drive over that cliff after last Christmas when my wife was having an ongoing affair. She even called me as she was awestruck by the event. I bought her an 8″ Newtonian Telescope and it is still collecting dust after she left the club. I expect she will soon sell it because she is a stupid bitch. Most women are too short sighted to invest in something they may want later. As for me:

I was worn out from the Solar Eclipse at Fort Louden but had the time of my life, the sky was clear. I spent much of the time sharing views in my 6 inch F9.2 reflector with a solar filter and trying to cool off. My old Edmond Scientific scope stole the show, as usual for such events. We seen at least 7 sunspots with high resolution. There was a radio station broadcasting in the fort and I requested they play “Eclipse” from Pink Floyd, which ended just before totality (“There IS no dark side of the moon really, matter of fact, it’s ALL dark!”) and the radio speakers were drowned by cheers. Then totality hit, Venus shined bright and we had a moment of gasping before we all went nuts. We laid out white towels to see shadow bands, not like what one sees with leaves. I broke out my binoculars at the end while viewing the diamond ring. The temperature was cool near totality and geese took off when the totality ended as the station played “Here Comes the Sun” by The Beatles. The view at Totality was unreal and was the most awesome experience in my 40 years as an Amateur Astronomer. My words fail to explain what it was like except that it was unreal. THIS concert was performed by the Solar System and sponsored by the Knoxville Observers (a club I started and now the largest Astronomy club in East Tennessee), and the park service at Ft. Louden. While solar glasses were being scalped at $30 each, we were giving them away for free.

We took a pontoon boat both ways at Tellico Harbor to avoid traffic but still had some congestion when we returned to Knoxville via an alternate route. This is where I would actually like to thank the mainstream media: They were telling people to go to the western USA and while East Tennessee had better seeing conditions, we had far less traffic congestion. They were telling people to go west from 7-5 day old forecasts while I spent my time looking at current, local forecasts across the USA. If you didn’t listen to my advice, you can only blame yourself.

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10210346251194083&set=pcb.1042134645923459&type=3 For more pics and video’s of the Great American Solar Eclipse at Ft. Louden, go to the Knoxville Observers Facebook page. You can also check out YouTube.

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“Sparky!”

[Anonymous 42]

I used a magnifying glass at first and focused the picture on cardboard, then got a welding helmet and let all the kids visiting next door use it. It was a good day.

[AutoliteParticipant]

Astro wrote:

Who seen it?

I did.

Astro wrote:

Did anyone see Totality?

No. It was a partial where I am. About half the sun was blocked.

Astro wrote:

Were the skies clear?

Yes. No clouds at all.

Astro wrote:

Were you in awe?

Yes.

Astro wrote:

Was it spiritual for you?

No.

[Jan SobieskiParticipant 28791]

Cloudy all day so no.

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[Solo MAN’S WisdomParticipant]

Welcome to TN, Sparky. I was outside Chattanooga and saw it at 97% totality. I must admit I was indifferent about it leading up to the thing, but was impressed by the actual event.

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[NomadgParticipant 249]

I was in Southern Illinois at almost the exact location NASA stated the totality could be viewed. Two minutes and 30 seconds. I was excited to see it because the last one I sort of saw was when I was in grade school. In life we see natural things occur that we either pay attention to or blow off like everything else. Ive been all over the world and have seen some amazing natural phenomena. However, I must say that I was looking at the eclipse with no glasses at the end. Just as the sun broke out from behind the moon it was a magical experience. Like a laser beam directly to earth. Don’t miss it in 2024!! Trust me, it is worth it.

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[HermitParticipant]

I had planned to drive 2-3 hours to the totality path, but the day before had forecasted 50% chance of rain for my destination. I didn’t want to take the chance so stayed home where it was about 95% covered. Very, very disappointing. For me, as I’ve never experienced a total eclipse, a partial eclipse is just nothing special. I was looking forward to this for several months, but the weather just wasn’t cooperating for me.

Hopefully I can see the one in seven years, but that’s in April……usually rains quite a bit in April……

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[AutoliteParticipant]

Nomadg wrote:

However, I must say that I was looking at the eclipse with no glasses at the end.

Guys, if you’re going to look at the sun then just get a lens that arc welders use. You don’t have to buy a whole helmet or welding glasses, just buy the lens. The lenses are replaceable and can be purchased individually. You can get them anywhere where they sell welding supplies.

Just be sure to get the darkest ones available. They come in different levels of shade. You need the darker lenses that they use for arc welding. Don’t get the ones they use for gas welding. They won’t be dark enough…

[KolaxisParticipant 668]

I watched the eclipse from work in Columbia, MO. We had a party, got t-shirts and viewing glasses for the event courtesy of our employer. I was just a couple of miles away from the NASA viewing location at Mizzou. The sky was pretty overcast here, enough so that you couldn’t see Venus, but we were able to see the totality for 2 minutes, 37 seconds.

It wasn’t a spiritual occurrence for me in any way, though I did thoroughly enjoy it. I’ve always enjoyed astronomical events but I don’t own a telescope or anything like that.

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[Anonymous 54]

Nashville. Total eclipse.

I didnt look up.

I looked around.

(Yawn)

The interesting part(for me) was just before totality, I got dark very quikely. About like dusk, a half hour after Sunset. Stayed dark mabey about 4 mins. Then quikly got bright again.

Spiritual? No. Like a big cloud passing in front of the Sun.

Tornados are far more exiting and Spiritual.

[TiredofbsParticipant 485]

Saw the total eclipse and it was amazing. No cloud cover. The coolest part was the 2 minutes of darkness in the middle of the afternoon. It seemed surreal.

[HermitParticipant]

Anonymous wrote:

Nashville. Total eclipse.

I didnt look up.

I looked around.

(Yawn)

The interesting part(for me) was just before totality, I got dark very quikely. About like dusk, a half hour after Sunset. Stayed dark mabey about 4 mins. Then quikly got bright again.

Spiritual? No. Like a big cloud passing in front of the Sun.

Tornados are far more exiting and Spiritual.

You still need special glasses for tornado viewing so your eyeb~~~~ don’t get sucked out.

The evil in women’s hearts leaves them no moral bounds as to inhibit them from descending to the lowest levels of darkness to acquire their self entitled desires.

[AstroParticipant 2045]

Autolite wrote:

Just be sure to get the darkest ones available. They come in different levels of shade. You need the darker lenses that they use for arc welding. Don’t get the ones they use for gas welding. They won’t be dark enough…

As stated before, #12 welders glass or higher is recommended although I have used #12 with no problem if one doesn’t stare too long.

[dvlfn4evrParticipant 33]

I was at the Borgada in Atlantic City behind the building with about 50 others who wanted to see it. It was amazing even though It was only 75-80% here in NJ it was weird yet beautiful. Also I said to my self well its an eclipse so I will win at the tables tonight! Yea that didn’t go so well lol I am thinking lots of people had the same idea it was packed on a Monday night. I only hit the casinos maybe 2 times a year but this was a sign to go right? No lol I did get a free dinner out of it though (Only cost me about $250 in losses but I will say free it makes me feel better lol)

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