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Total Solar Eclipse (US) of 2017
- Thread starter Elandyll
- Start date
KC here. It's storming and super cloudy right now
Just wait about 12 hours and it will be dark.
Puck Beaverton
Banned
This person knows what's up
manfestival
Member
Just look? I plan on staring at it without any eye protection. Why? Because I am very manly. I am a manly man.
Cicadas are going to become huge alien creatures during the eclipse. Get out of there!!
jk. Enjoy!
LookAtMeGo
Member
Gettin 90% eclipse here. Pretty excited. I love this shit.
Ryan242004
Member
Yeah I was getting worried for a bit. Still some clouds around but hopefully it stays clear.
Guy Legend
Member
In the path of totality - Columbia, MO.
mattwhite924
Member
KC looks like it might be clearing up. I'm crossing my fingers.
Dubbedinenglish
Banned
Alright guys I can wear 7 pairs of sunglasses on my face, I'm good right?
adamantypants
Member
Las Vegas gets almost 300 days of sunshine a year. Today is not one of those days.
Inferno313
Banned
Working at a University has it's perks. The Astronomy professor here is setting up a telescope with the right filter on top of one of our parking garages for Staff to come look through.
Khaos Kontrol
Banned
Where can I get the appropriate glasses for this? Can I get it at, say, Walmart?
that's what I'm looking for as well, but I can't find anything.
superdeluxe
Member
Crystal clear blue skies in Washington, it hasn't been this clear this early for days
Professor Lich
Member
Pretty clear here near Detroit Michigan. Not in the best path but it'll still be neat. Going to be busy today so didn't plan for anything.
Good luck to all the stargazers out there!
Good luck to all the stargazers out there!
RoadHazard
Gold Member
The bastards at the Skeptics' Guide keep talking about this, all excited and crap.
Not jealous. :/
Not jealous. :/
reelbigtink
Member
There are people seriously asking me if watching on TV or phone will damage their eyes. Come on, folks.
Hidden One
Member
Eclipse of 2024 is where its at anyways.
Vanillalite
Ask me about the GAF Notebook
The Weather Channel feed on Twitter is all sorts of trainwreck. Lol
matrixman92
Member
for the first time in months, its cloudy here in california
Crimson_Echidna
Banned
Eclipse time?
It's not sudden, it's like a very slow sunset ambient wise followed by slow sunrise.
Also it isn't midnight darkness, more like just after sunset in 100%.
RoadHazard
Gold Member
People are not smart.
friskykillface
Banned
Who can I sue if I go blind?
Nostremitus
Member
I'm using my shade 13 welding helmet and wearing my sunglasses under it. (NASA recommends shade 14)
clockworkinyou
Banned
It's necessary
Yes, in Trump's America you can take the Sun to court!
Obviously I know your joking, but you just know the next few days will be filled with people actually trying to do this.. lol
For a bit there the background music was like a Silent Hill jam and it felt super appropriate. Heh
FireBeaver
Banned
What time does the partial eclipse start for MO?
TheExhaustedWalrus
Member
Got my glasses, ready to go in my backyard here in TN.
FireBeaver
Banned
Thanks a ton!
Searching for streams on twitter and nothing shows up at the moment :c
You're right, still very exciting how it goes sunset for a few minutes on the middle of the day. Fascinating stuff. Space shit is da real thing.
Intheflorsh
Banned
I'm going to assume any peeps who mysteriously disappear from Neogaf in the next few hours have all gone blind.
This stream is awesome! Those sunspots are so weird, had to look up what they actually are.
Yeah I agree, otherwise I wouldn't have driven 8 hours from Michigan to see it in totality
sazzy
Member
can't wait for thread titles like "GAF i'm looking at the sun and my eyes hurt what should i do"