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Post by Wes on Aug 22, 2017 8:07:38 GMT -5
Wound up having a great eclipse, but no time to do a full report. Will get something done in the next couple of days.
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Post by Boyd Percy on Aug 22, 2017 19:58:33 GMT -5
When the moon fully covered the sun, the sky was very dark, the street lights came on, and we heard the crickets chirping. Then when the eclipse started to wax, the sudden burst of light was mind blowing. Never have experienced anything like. I had an extra pair of viewing glasses and placed a lens over my iPhone camera lens. My photos were so-so but I could see parts of the sun as the moon covered it. Hopefully, after I transfer the photos to my computer, they will look better. I need to hang around until 2024 to see the next eclipse. My wife has cousins in Dallas where it will pass over.
The daughter of our hostess in eastern Tennessee saw the eclipse on a high hill near the center line of the eclipse. She placed a white sheet on the ground. The eclipse produced squiggly lines on the sheet. They are called shadow bands.
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Post by GaryDan on Aug 25, 2017 8:45:36 GMT -5
I'm sure many of you know already, but NOVA on PBS did a superb job covering the eclipse with post eclipse information. If you haven't seen it, it is well worth watching.
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Post by Nigel on Aug 26, 2017 8:48:18 GMT -5
The next total solar eclipse is in 2024. Please be more careful with your phrasing. The next total solar eclipse is in 2019 visible in Chile and Argentina, then there again in 2020, in Antarctica in 2021, and there is a hybrid eclipse (parts total, parts annular) in Australia and Indonesia in 2023 before the next total solar eclipse to be visible from the USA in 2024
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Post by Jim Scott on Sept 22, 2017 0:05:36 GMT -5
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