Total Solar Eclipse 4/8/24

[spencer rifle]

In preparation for the massive amounts of misinformation about to be distributed (especially by the "if it bleeds, it leads" media), this thread will give answers. Already, frenzies of fear and revulsion have caused the least intelligent among us (read "government") to cancel school that day in a number if Indiana districts.

I will be doing pre-eclipse programs in NE Indiana over the coming months, including during the dry-run partial eclipse on October 14.

Follow here to get your myths busted and obtain accurate information.

 

[printcraft]

Can we sacrifice a virgin to bring the sun back?

 

[spencer rifle]

Can we sacrifice a virgin to bring the sun back?

Good luck finding one.
We could try, as long as I get to be official inspector!

 

[littletommy]

Is it safe to watch with the naked eye?

 

[DoggyDaddy]

Is it safe to watch with the naked eye?

 

[indyartisan]

Saw the 2017 Total eclipse.
Everything looked normal as long as the slightest sliver of sun was shining.
Once the eclipse went total it looked like twilight.
A unique experience.

 

[MindfulMan]

Is there a map that shows a detailed trajectory of the totality line through Indiana ?

 

[Lpherr]

It's a gubberment conspiracy.

 

[indyartisan]

Interactive Map: 2024 Solar Eclipse Across the US | NASA Solar System Exploration

Interactive Google map of the US allowing learners to observe the stages of the 2024 total solar eclipse at different locations on the path of totality.

solarsystem.nasa.gov

 

[pute62]

It's calling for clouds and rain that day

 

[spencer rifle]

It's calling for clouds and rain that day

Less chance of clouds near Lake Erie - Cleveland area has the least chance east of Missouri. But it is the Midwest, in April.

 

[manifest destiny]

I found the total solar eclipse of 2017 to be both really cool and really intimidating. At it's peak dimming it was easy to understand just how small and insignificant we humans are. Wickedly cool but very humbling.
Look out, Nibiru is coming!!

 

[Ziggidy]

If I remember right, I experienced a total eclipse back in Chicago burbs in 1963. I throught it was pretty uneventful. We were instructed to make a tiny hole in a cardboard box and put our head in it and watch the tiny light disappear. We were warned not to look at it.

 

[oze]

Remember to shop early for your eclipse viewing needs! I McGivered filters to fit on my binoculars for the 2017 eclipse, and completely nerded out. It was *totally* cool.

Suppliers of Safe Solar Viewers & Filters

eclipse.aas.org

 

[DoggyDaddy]

If I remember right, I experienced a total eclipse back in Chicago burbs in 1963. I throught it was pretty uneventful. We were instructed to make a tiny hole in a cardboard box and put our head in it and watch the tiny light disappear. We were warned not to look at it.

I've done the pin hole thing before, but it involved having the sun shining over my shoulder and onto the cardboard with the hole in it. You then watched the image of the sun where it shown through the hole onto a surface (like concrete or whatever). It's basically like a pin hole camera.

 

[Michigan Slim]

I used a welding helmet in 2017. Worked like a charm.

 

[MindfulMan]

I've done the pin hole thing before, but it involved having the sun shining over my shoulder and onto the cardboard with the hole in it. You then watched the image of the sun where it shown through the hole onto a surface (like concrete or whatever). It's basically like a pin hole camera.

Yes, that's what I remember doing too, DD !

 

[loudgroove]

So what misinformation is the libtards about to spout out now?

 

[GodFearinGunTotin]

 

[spencer rifle]

They're claiming that animals will go blind, and the sun rays are more dangerous during an eclipse.