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Total Solar Eclipse (US) of 2017
- Thread starter Elandyll
- Start date
I feel like people are more on board the glasses craze than the solar eclipse lol.
Our natural desire to want whats hot.
tonysidaway
Member
Sunglasses will reduce your exposure to ambient light, which is already quite low as the eclipse progresses. This will make your irises dilate and make them far more vulnerable to the sun. Ordinary sunglasses will not protect your eyes.
People on this thread have given lots of links to projects for pinhole cameras and other projection systems, which you can knock up in half an hour with cereal boxes and the like. You can look at the image of the eclipsed sun projected on card for as long as you like, it's harmless, and you wouldn't see anything better if you looked directly at the sun anyway.
BreezyLimbo
Banned
So whats the best way to see the eclipse without glasses
Can I like hold a stack of papers towards the sun?
Can I like hold a stack of papers towards the sun?
LeroyPantwether
Member
Is there a reason you cant get glasses , theyre giving them out all over the place...
Before and after totality, project an image with a pinhole onto a piece of paper. During totality, you can look straight at it.
FUNKNOWN iXi
Member
"Project an image with a pinhole onto a piece of paper then look through it"
What does that mean? lol, need diagrams!
What does that mean? lol, need diagrams!
The Sum of Zero
Member
Saw this on twitter. Relevant with the eclipse AND the current world situations...
Man that got me.
SlickShoesRUCrazy
Member
Hmm, I need to find the special glasses to wear over or under my prescription sunglasses
perfectchaos007
Member
We still have 2 days to get world peace, I'm not worried
FUNKNOWN iXi
Member
I see, thanks. Now time to find the materials..
tonysidaway
Member
Only in areas known to already be infested by photosensitive zombies. Beware, my friend, there are worse things in life than a wolf eating the sun.
Empyrean Heaven
Member
So is there anywhere left to find eclipse glasses?
BreezyLimbo
Banned
Sold out unfortunately.
Unknown Soldier
Member
Out of curiosity, and I suppose so I can get context, I went outside and put my eclipse glasses on and looked at the mid-afternoon Sun.
It was an orange disc. I'm impressed by how I can literally see nothing else through the glasses except for the Sun. These glasses block out so much light they are basically opaque. Only the Sun is bright enough to be visible through them.
It was an orange disc. I'm impressed by how I can literally see nothing else through the glasses except for the Sun. These glasses block out so much light they are basically opaque. Only the Sun is bright enough to be visible through them.
omg, I laughed so hard
yeah, i think it's hard to realize how freakin' bright the sun actually is that you need such heavy duty filtering to look at the eclipse, even partially covered.
CMojicaAce
Member
Found out my local library will be handing out glasses on Monday. Guess I'll go watch it there!
Netherscourge
Banned
So, will the sun damage my Galaxy S8 camera if I record this thing?
Or even just take snapshots?
Or do our smartphones have UV filters?
Or even just take snapshots?
Or do our smartphones have UV filters?
Beer Monkey
Member
Yes the sun can damage your sensor. Don't point it at the sun except during totality. UV filters do nothing to prevent sensor damage.
hodayathink
Member
The UV light isn't what damages the sensor, it's the crazy amount of visible light. So no, you can't use your camera without putting something over it. Now that I think about it, I'll probably try taking a picture through the glasses tomorrow and see how well that works.
NealMcCauley
Member
Just one more image with the filter. Still a few kinks to work out with the setup, but considering it's just the filter, two rubber bands, a cork, and my phone's wallet cover it's working out well.
15 second exposure
15 second exposure
Tip: If you have multiple pairs of glasses, cut one of the eyepieces out and stick it under the case on your phone, to cover the lens. The case will hold it in place. Use the phone itself as a shade when you're pointing it at the sun.
Took some photos the other day, works fine. I'll be shooting a broad-sky timelapse of the entire event.
Took some photos the other day, works fine. I'll be shooting a broad-sky timelapse of the entire event.
hodayathink
Member
7 years. The swoop is basically in the opposite direction of this one. Upstate NY, Ohio, Indiana, southern Illinois again, and I think it goes all the way to/through Texas.
chaosblade
Unconfirmed Member
I guess my brothers and I are going to leave around midnight or 1AM and hope to get somewhere on the totality path by the time it starts. One would hope around 12 hours will be sufficient to get from north Alabama to at least mid-Tennessee.
DrForester
Kills Photobucket
Heading out tomorrow. 2.5 hours normally to get from Denver to Wheatland. Going to leave early just in case. Routes mapped out just in case I-25 becomes a parking lot.
jellies_two
Member
No only long exposures are risky
Or optical telephoto (not digital zoom)
See https://eclipse2017.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/Photographing the Eclipse with your Smartphone.pdf
People were buying welding goggles today at work. They say they are enough for protection.
FIREKNIGHT2029
Member
I've got my glasses ready. Luckily I have Monday off.
It's very rare.
And if you're bored by it, that's your prerogative. But the sun being blocked out by the moon, the day literally turning into dark night, animals going crazy, is quite appealing to evidently millions of people.
By comparison, auroras are MUCH, MUCH more common.
That's cool the April 2024 one is going to go right over me.
Unknown Soldier
Member
How are so many people getting out of work to see it
Most people who do have to work will simply walk outside and watch it. No one is going to give a fuck.
Dusktildawn48
Member
I'm a little south of st Louis. I get this one and the next one. For the 1st time ever there's a positive to living in Missouri
Hidden One
Member
I might try the cereal box method..
As long as they are shade 12 or higher.
BigJonsson
Member
Would a dslr sensor be damaged like a smartphone?
Edit - googled it and yea, not a good idea without a filter
Edit - googled it and yea, not a good idea without a filter
How are so many people getting out of work to see it
I'm walking outside. Our whole building got eclipse glasses.