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[BFIB]

My eyes feel weird today. Its hard to describe, but they just have this weird sensation to them. I called my eye doctor, he said its normal, asked if I could read a magazine and read all the letters, did that just fine. He said there was still a lot of radiation coming down on your unprotected eyes during totality, but my eyes are fine, they just need to "heal up", said by tomorrow they should be back to normal.

Anyone else's eyes feel a little off?

 

[Master Yoshi]

My eyes feel weird today. Its hard to describe, but they just have this weird sensation to them. I called my eye doctor, he said its normal, asked if I could read a magazine and read all the letters, did that just fine. He said there was still a lot of radiation coming down on your unprotected eyes during totality, but my eyes are fine, they just need to "heal up", said by tomorrow they should be back to normal.

Anyone else's eyes feel a little off?

Mine feel strained but I didn't sleep last night due to inventory. I can focus but it feels a bit more challenging than usual today. Waiting to see how a good rest makes me feel.

 

[Jeff-DSA]

No issue with my eyes, but I can't stop thinking about it. The sight of the corona during totality was, hands down, the most amazing thing I've ever seen. We had crystal clear skies, so viewing was perfect. I am unable to describe not only how it looked, but how felt to look at the sun totally eclipsed.

Getting to the next total solar eclipse is a priority for me. I need to experience that again.

 

[Ignatz Mouse]

MY GOD THE TRAFFIC!

Whoever here predicted it being awful was right. I planned for a couple extra hours on top of a 5 hour drive, but it was more like 5 extra hours.

Totally worth it for the perfect totality and clear skied though!

 

[fallout]

No issue with my eyes, but I can't stop thinking about it. The sight of the corona during totality was, hands down, the most amazing thing I've ever seen. We had crystal clear skies, so viewing was perfect. I am unable to describe not only how it looked, but how felt to look at the sun totally eclipsed.

Getting to the next total solar eclipse is a priority for me. I need to experience that again.

Couldn't agree more. I'm still in awe of what I witnessed.

 

[The Lamonster]

No issue with my eyes, but I can't stop thinking about it. The sight of the corona during totality was, hands down, the most amazing thing I've ever seen. We had crystal clear skies, so viewing was perfect. I am unable to describe not only how it looked, but how felt to look at the sun totally eclipsed.

Getting to the next total solar eclipse is a priority for me. I need to experience that again.

Same here. It was so profound and inspiring and I haven't been able to get those feelings and those images out of my mind.

 

[NekoFever]

Someone said isn't it cool that we are lucky enough to live on a planet where the sun is 400 times away as the moon and 400 times bigger give or take.

Someone was talking about this the other week on a podcast: that if, in the future, we were to be part of some interstellar civilisation, solar eclipses would probably be a huge tourist attraction for Earth, since the odds of other planets having their moon/s and star match up like that are very slim.

 

[Fenderputty]

I took this picture. Got lots of others to process when I get back home

Rad.

 

[tonysidaway]

Someone was talking about this the other week on a podcast: that if, in the future, we were to be part of some interstellar civilisation, solar eclipses would probably be a huge tourist attraction for Earth, since the odds of other planets having their moon/s and star match up like that are very slim.

That's also the basis of one of the minor plots of the Iain Banks novel, Transition. A guy wants to make a film about spotting alien tourists by visiting total solar eclipses.

 

[Stinkles]

Is this one real?

 

[CloudyTuba]

I watched in Oregon near Monmouth, right in the middle of totality, clear sky. As beautiful as all the pictures are (including that one), none of them do it justice. To see totality with your naked eye is indescribable.

The difference between 99% and totality is mindblowing. Seeing a partial eclipse is NOTHING compared to totality.

One of the most beautiful things i've seen in my life.

Same. I was in the path of totality in Oregon and now I also realize no picture I've ever seen of an eclipse does the real deal justice at all. The ring is brilliant white in a way pictures can't depict, like silver and diamonds as I've heard some people described, and photos usually miss out on all the far reaching corona detail because the camera is struggling to not get overblown by the ring itself.

I composited some google images to try and give a general idea of what it actually looked like for me:

Of course this is only a recreation and it can't capture the brilliance of the shine the moment the ring appears or the sudden cooling of the air or the strangeness of the shadows and a few other bullet points you only get in person. Plus that diamond ring lightburst was awesome and sad at the same time.

 

[pottuvoi]

Is this one real?

Light source for clouds come from left, so no.
Would be awesome shot.

 

[Cromat]

No issue with my eyes, but I can't stop thinking about it. The sight of the corona during totality was, hands down, the most amazing thing I've ever seen. We had crystal clear skies, so viewing was perfect. I am unable to describe not only how it looked, but how felt to look at the sun totally eclipsed.

Getting to the next total solar eclipse is a priority for me. I need to experience that again.

Agreed, unforgettable.

To be more specific, the 6 minutes before and including totality were bizarre and beautiful. The sight of the eclipsed sun as I saw it doesn't look anything like pictures. The corona is huge and ghostly, and the moon is the darkest black I've ever seen. Going back for more in 2024.

 

[Muku]

None of these pics do it justice
even my own I tried to adjust in lightroom, you gotta see it IRL to get the true experience

The ring around the moon is like it's made of electricity and the corona has a granularity to it that gets washed out in the pics due to its brightness

I drove 2 hours to see it and I would and will drive 7 hours to see it again in 2024

Even if we're still in PNW, we'll try to make it down for 2024. Looks like edge of Austin, TX? Maybe good time to visit friends then. :3 But you are so right. No amount of pictures, even as amazing as they are, compare to seeing it in person. I'd seen totality pictures before, but it doesn't hit you how real and unfiltered they are until you see it in person. Honestly always thought they were doctored to look that cool to some variation. But in reality seeing it with the naked eye can't even compare to how cool these awesome pictures are.

We drove quite a bit to see it. Worse was coming back. But it was so worth it.

My eyes feel weird today. Its hard to describe, but they just have this weird sensation to them. I called my eye doctor, he said its normal, asked if I could read a magazine and read all the letters, did that just fine. He said there was still a lot of radiation coming down on your unprotected eyes during totality, but my eyes are fine, they just need to "heal up", said by tomorrow they should be back to normal.

Anyone else's eyes feel a little off?

I didn't even stare at any length of time at it. Mainly just quick peeps and all. Maybe one time looking at it for 30 seconds. But mine feel a bit odd today. I thought "OMG maybe my glasses weren't good" but then I thought I don't have blurriness. Just feel .. tired. So it's interesting to read others having that too. Though have an eye doctor appointment next month anyway. That was just by chance, not even due to eclipse.

I'd like to say it was because I'm tired and sleeping in car wasn't the best, but in all honesty I don't think that was it. Just feel strained a little.

 

[Ovid]

I took this picture. Got lots of others to process when I get back home

WOW!!!

I just made this image my desktop and cellphone wallpaper.

 

[MIMIC]

From reddit.

I saw a couple of planes in the sky during the eclipse. I just KNOW they were loving that.

 

[Z3M0G]

Video of ISS passing in front of the Eclipse. What are the odds!?!

https://websiteoak.theweathernetwor...bility=24&flu=NODATA&ltperiod=&exception=true

 

[Chaplain]

One picture from NASA:

 

[Smiley90]

One picture from NASA:

"from NASA"

http://www.snopes.com/eclipse-over-south-pacific/

uh huh

"Numerous factors suggested that this image was not genuine. For starters, the sun and moon both appeared much larger in the sky than they would as viewed by a ground observer. Additionally, the eclipse appeared to be happening in front of the clouds seen here, even though the sun and moon are obviously much farther away than the Earth's cloud cover is."

uh huh

c'mon guys, same with this one

Is this one real?

also obviously fake.

 

[Insane Metal]

^Crazy

 

[MIMIC]

Just realized the one I quoted ("from Reddit") is fake, too. The sky would not be dark if the sun hasn't completely obscured the moon. Where I WAS got a similar percentage of sun coverage and the sky wasn't even close to getting dark.

 

[Smiley90]

Just realized the one I quoted ("from Reddit") is fake, too. The sky would not be dark if the sun hasn't completely obscured the moon. Where I WAS got a similar percentage of sun coverage and the sky wasn't even close to getting dark.

that one isn't necessarily fake, it could just be done with turning the exposure WAY down/some photoshop contrast work. But I'm not sure, didn't look too much into it.

 

[Z3M0G]

also obviously fake.

Yah shouldnt have posted that one. Never trust FB...

 

[JB1981]

I think I may have honestly damaged my eyes yesterday. I went out and took a few glances at the eclipse. Stared directly at it. I have had a headache ever since and I'm afraid that my left eye might be messed up. I mean maybe I'm being paranoid but I think at the very least I have given myself a headache from the exposure. I don't have blurred vision or blind spots or anything like that but I am getting a little concerned.

 

[Crageek]

My shot from the eclipse yesterday. I'm an avid astrophotographer. Check out my Astrobin - Name is CosmicWreckingBall

I posted a jet going through the eclipse from my solar scope.

Here's my best three shots from the event.

 

[The Sum of Zero]

I think I may have honestly damaged my eyes yesterday. I went out and took a few glances at the eclipse. Stared directly at it. I have had a headache ever since and I'm afraid that my left eye might be messed up. I mean maybe I'm being paranoid but I think at the very least I have given myself a headache from the exposure. I don't have blurred vision or blind spots or anything like that but I am getting a little concerned.

You looked at it without proper protection?

I'm sorry but if so, that was a severe lapse of common sense.

 

[JB1981]

You looked at it without proper protection?

I'm sorry but if so, that was a severe lapse of common sense.

I mean yea I looked up at it. I could see the moon moving across. Most of the time it was shrouded in cloud cover. But yea a few times I def stared right at it.

 

[ZoltanXerxes]

I wonder why I have to solve puzzles now.....oh.

 

[Mihos]

Looked so awesome on the lake. Pictures just dont cut it, isn't there a VR video available so I can at least give some idea to someone who is saying "partial Is good enough".

 

[Nozem]

My shot from the eclipse yesterday. I'm an avid astrophotographer. Check out my Astrobin - Name is CosmicWreckingBall

I posted a jet going through the eclipse from my solar scope.

Here's my best three shots from the event.

That's amazing!

My worry with these things is I'll miss most of it if I keep staring through my viewfinder, so I just took two quick snaps and then put my camera away. Thankfully there are actually good photographers (like you) who will take awesome pictures. So thanks!

 

[jfkgoblue]

Video of ISS passing in front of the Eclipse. What are the odds!?!

https://websiteoak.theweathernetwor...bility=24&flu=NODATA&ltperiod=&exception=true

The ISS takes 20 minutes to do a full orbit so pretty damn good

 

[DrForester]

The ISS takes 20 minutes to do a full orbit so pretty damn good

Are transits of the Sun common though?

 

[Nozem]

The ISS takes 20 minutes to do a full orbit so pretty damn good

92 minutes according to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Space_Station

Are transits of the Sun common though?

Well yeah, depending on where you stand on earth the ISS is always passing the sun.

Together with an eclipse is pretty nice though.

 

[jfkgoblue]

Are transits of the Sun common though?

it's all about where you are, so I assume this was planned by NASA, it was a NASA photographer after all.

 

[Turbo Killer]

My shot from the eclipse yesterday. I'm an avid astrophotographer. Check out my Astrobin - Name is CosmicWreckingBall

I posted a jet going through the eclipse from my solar scope.

Here's my best three shots from the event.

That is fucking cool, I have to go see totality in 2024.

 

[CloudyTuba]

My shot from the eclipse yesterday. I'm an avid astrophotographer. Check out my Astrobin - Name is CosmicWreckingBall

I posted a jet going through the eclipse from my solar scope.

Here's my best three shots from the event.

Some of the best ive seen period!

 

[Javaman]

The ISS takes 20 minutes to do a full orbit so pretty damn good

For a sec I was thinking how cool would it be to be on the ISS during a total eclipse, then realized that it's in the Earth's shadow like ever 45 minutes. P

 

[Nozem]

For a sec I was thinking how cool would it be to be on the ISS during a total eclipse, then realized that it's in the Earth's shadow like ever 45 minutes. P

But still, seeing the moon's shadow on earth is very cool. This is from monday:

[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/VxN8y0s.jpg[/IMG]

 

[Oozer3993]

"From a million miles out in space, NASA’s Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera (EPIC) captured images of the moon’s shadow crossing over North America on Aug. 21, 2017. EPIC is aboard NOAA’s Deep Space Climate Observatory, from where it photographs the full sunlit side of Earth every day, giving it a unique view of total solar eclipses."

And there's this amazing composite from @JasmanMander:

My shot from the eclipse yesterday. I'm an avid astrophotographer. Check out my Astrobin - Name is CosmicWreckingBall

I posted a jet going through the eclipse from my solar scope.

Here's my best three shots from the event.

These are so cool! Thanks for posting 'em!

 

[Smiley90]

"From a million miles out in space, NASA’s Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera (EPIC) captured images of the moon’s shadow crossing over North America on Aug. 21, 2017. EPIC is aboard NOAA’s Deep Space Climate Observatory, from where it photographs the full sunlit side of Earth every day, giving it a unique view of total solar eclipses."

And there's this amazing composite from @JasmanMander:

These are so cool! Thanks for posting 'em!

that composite is fucking amazing

 

[Muku]

My shot from the eclipse yesterday. I'm an avid astrophotographer. Check out my Astrobin - Name is CosmicWreckingBall

I posted a jet going through the eclipse from my solar scope.

Here's my best three shots from the event.

Oh my!! This is absolutely freaking beautiful! I am loving these images in here. Well, the actual ones and not PS'd haha. Man, we have some great photographers here.

 

[MIMIC]

"From a million miles out in space, NASA's Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera (EPIC) captured images of the moon's shadow crossing over North America on Aug. 21, 2017. EPIC is aboard NOAA's Deep Space Climate Observatory, from where it photographs the full sunlit side of Earth every day, giving it a unique view of total solar eclipses."

Heh, it's like a UFO's space craft just flew over the country

 

[Rentahamster]

I wonder what the discussion is like about this past eclipse on the flat earth forums somewhere out there.

 

[shawnbuddy]

I took this picture. Got lots of others to process when I get back home

Did you use a purple filter?

 

[Crageek]

Thanks guys! Means a lot! Been a junior here since my college days! LoL. I'm always afraid to post!

Here's my other shots-

Another composite-

And a jet crashing the end of the eclipse!

http://www.astrobin.com/full/308432/0/?nc=user

 

[Alx]

My shot from the eclipse yesterday. I'm an avid astrophotographer. Check out my Astrobin - Name is CosmicWreckingBall

I posted a jet going through the eclipse from my solar scope.

Here's my best three shots from the event.

Great shots. I love it when you can see the solar flares in the ring, it's probably the most impressive thing in the whole event, when you start thinking about what those are. Just watching a star "bubbling".

 

[poppedcollar69]

it was pretty breathtaking. crazy how cold it got during the partial eclipse period... i noticed the temperature drop before i noticed the sunlight subtly dimming in advance of totality

 

[Crageek]

Thanks all- here's my time lapse.


https://flic.kr/p/XMfk3c

 

[tonysidaway]

The ISS takes 20 minutes to do a full orbit so pretty damn good

The orbital period is 90 minutes. To get an ISS transit like that during the brief one-or-two-hour period of a solar eclipse you need to be prepared to travel, and you need to have a clear sky in the vicinity of the sun at the moment of transit. There is an online search engine for planning ISS lunar and solar transit photographs.

https://transit-finder.com/

 

[BraXzy]

I really wish I'd been in an area that could see the totality. Here in the UK I couldn't even see the partial one due to clouds overcast.

Some incredibly beautiful shots in here. It's mind blowing how perfect a coincidence the moons size vs the sun is when viewed from Earth for this to happen. Hopefully in 2024 I'll have the means to get somewhere to view.