UnemployedVillain
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For some reason your reasoning made me laugh a little. If you've seen the color white on your phone's max brightness you've seen the "brightest" pixel color it can show
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Total Solar Eclipse (US) of 2017
- Thread starter Elandyll
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For some reason your reasoning made me laugh a little. If you've seen the color white on your phone's max brightness you've seen the "brightest" pixel color it can show
ElectricBlanketFire
Member
Remember: Eclipse before glasses you're in molasses. Glasses before eclipse shake your hips.
Fox Mulder
Member
I got a bag of like 20 pair a few months ago just cause. Maybe I'll scalp them.
thiscoldblack
Unconfirmed Member
Been trying to get eclipse glasses for 2 weeks and it's either sold out everywhere or people selling 50-100 glasses bundles.
It's like Nintendo was in charge of manufacture planning these things.
It's like Nintendo was in charge of manufacture planning these things.
Kyleripman
Member
Hope to see some nice pics in here. Western PA is looking pretty grim according to the forecast.
Duane Cunningham
Member
Here in KC it's a HUGE, raging thunderstorm. The sky is already dark as night. 
Hopefully it clears out.
Hopefully it clears out.PsychoSoldier
Banned
I think demand is just way higher than expected. We got 100 at my small rural library and ran out a week and a half ago.
And since then we have probably fielded 100 calls asking if we had any.
Skyline Owl
Neo Member
I like both of your guys' styles.
I shall partake in these plans as well. (I'm near KC)
mattwhite924
Member
My office told us last Friday to just work from home if we could, since everyone expects traffic to be terrible.
krackerjack
Member
Well dammit, I'm off work today and no glasses. I guess I'll be taking 1 second glances, then.
AntraxSuicide
Banned
Go find a good tree with some slightly shredded leaves:
Each of those is an eclipse projected through the leaves.
djplaeskool
Member
Go old school and make a pinhole projector
ElectricBlanketFire
Member
It'll still be cool to be outside and observe the change in light.
Enoch Root
Member
On tv over the weekend they claimed you could use a Ritz cracker. I'm not sure if they were joking.
PIMPBYBLUD
Member
They are not
BMO = GOAT
Member
So NYC here, at what time will i be able to observe this? Also, with no special glasses I can't even take a quick glance at it???
AntraxSuicide
Banned
You'll do some damage to your retina by the time your eyes adjust, and that's only doable with totality, which I don't think you'd get in NYC. Don't do that.
BMO = GOAT
Member
Thank you!
That's actually better than most people will be getting, I imagine. Most of what we'll see will be little more than a tiny speck in a black field. That's why I have a 300mm zoom lens on my DSLR, I actually want to see shit.. lol.
Lightning_Roller
Banned
Clouds hanging over my area here in Wilmington, NC. Hope they pass before 11:30 or I'll be sad? Can the change in light be seen even if there are clouds around?
Lol I think I am going to leave advanced observations to the pros.
I was thinking I could just put some eclipse glasses over the eyepiece of my telescope.... once I got it lined up to test it burned through the glasses in a few seconds. You really want the filter in front of the magnification not behind it.
Luckily I have extra glasses.
Be careful folks!
I was thinking I could just put some eclipse glasses over the eyepiece of my telescope.... once I got it lined up to test it burned through the glasses in a few seconds. You really want the filter in front of the magnification not behind it.
Luckily I have extra glasses.
Be careful folks!
ElectricBlanketFire
Member
Does anyone else find it bizarre that some people are totally disinterested in the eclipse?
Glass Shark
Banned
If you cant watch it in person due to weather or other circumstances, NASA has a pretty rad live setup: https://www.nasa.gov/eclipselive/
It plays the main feed by default where they will be having a live show, but if you scroll down and click on any of the location pins on the map, you can view processed footage from telescopes, satellites, and high-altitude balloons. The NASA EDGE feed is pretty awesome.
It plays the main feed by default where they will be having a live show, but if you scroll down and click on any of the location pins on the map, you can view processed footage from telescopes, satellites, and high-altitude balloons. The NASA EDGE feed is pretty awesome.
tonysidaway
Member
Yes, as long as you use it as a projector. Seriously, though, if you go to the most thickly wooded area near to you I promise a fascinating light display whenever the sun is clear of clouds. Nature will provide its own projectors.
Better safe than sorry lolThe screen of your phone can't hurt you ffs
I think it's cool but some people are acting like it's a life changing experience.
Granted I've only experienced a partial and I am pretty stoked but I think some are over selling it.
NYR
Member
Solar Eclipses happen all the time, Total eclipses every few years:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_solar_eclipses_in_the_21st_century
The only reason this seems like it is huge is the total eclipse is going over some of the the US, so it gets tons of coverage.
ElectricBlanketFire
Member
I just can't imagine not being remotely interested and/or actively backlashing over an eclipse.
Not exactly a minor detail.
Nope, the moon gets in the way of the sun for a bit and it gets a little darker.
Personally I find it interesting, but to be honest there isn't much to it.
FullMetaltech
Member
How do you use your phone for that?
Also anyone know of any place sin Brooklyn, Ny that has extra glasses?
SafeinSound
Member
I work outside and never thought to get glasses and now I kind of wish I had. Oh well. I plan on working outside in 2024 as well. I'm just hoping it gets kind of dark out here, and we can see some stars, but I don't think that's gonna happen.
This. I have low expectations. The last event like this was that super bloodborne moon or whatever right? That was underwhelming imo. Kinda cool but nothing more.
Selfie camera with filters 🙄 (filters are necessary with iPhone camera though)
"A little darker" is an understatement if I've ever seen one if you're in the path of a total eclipse. Heheh
I live right dead center of the total eclipse. It will be 2 minutes and 37 seconds long here.
There's a joke here somewhere.
tonysidaway
Member
Astronomy buffs will use any daft excuse to try to get people interested in looking at the sky. Supermoons, "blood moons" and all that tosh.
If you get a chance to see a total solar eclipse, though, take it. It's the real McCoy.
Less than two hours to go and it is absolutely pouring here. Sadness binge eating may be on the table.
Some school districts let out around here too. Whichever road ends up leading to clearer skies with an hour or two left is going to be a parking lot.
Poke a small hole in a piece of cardboard and hold it up to the sun. It will project the eclipse in the ground and you can look at it that way.
If you're in the path of totality you can look at it directly for a minute or two until it ends.
manfestival
Member
bring on the great american eclipse! yeee hawww
Sorry this is a bit egregious so I have to correct it. Astronomers/real scientists never talk about the 'Supermoon' because it's bogus. The moon doesn't actually get bigger nor does it get close to the Earth by any noticeable amount. It's a massive misconception. Something made up my Facebook posts.
Thelonelykoopa
Member
Yes a phone is fine as an example I took this photo of the sun just a few seconds ago with reduced glare so you can see the sphere shape of it.
sorry about the lack of image quality I took a screen capture after posting it on imgur and redid it as I realized it was a 4k photo and would have took up huge chuck of the thread.