Total Solar Eclipse 4/8/24

[MRockwell]

 

[Ziggidy]

 

[Mij]

It was kinda cool, but tears? it’s the sun n moon they were here yesterday, I can with 99.999999999% certainty say they’ll be here tomorrow.

 

[Bugzilla]

If you research it, they say to use at least #14.
I stacked a #10 and #9 and it still works OK.

I stacked a12 and 10. Worked well and I can still see.

 

[BigRed]

Revved up like a deuce another runner in the night. I always assumed deuce = two bbl. carb.

I think it was a deuce... A 32 Ford Coupe

 

[Ziggidy]

It was definitely cool. I have seen 2 partials but never a total. This will be my last total unless they find a cure for aging.

 

[Mij]

I think it was a deuce... A 32 Ford Coupe

Makes perfect sense. Just never thought of that.

 

[jwamplerusa]

Very cool! An experience you can take to the grave, and a reminder of the magnificence the Creator made for our pleasure.

Now, I was promised the earth would be ripped asunder by the combined gravitational forces of sun and moon.

Oh, and zombies. Where the h*** are the zombies? I mean I got the kit down and everything! I was supposed to have to fight off the zombie horde after the sun went out. I'm disappointed. Feel a little cheated to be honest.

 

[HoughMade]

I for one, enjoyed the Great American Mooning.

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That's pretty much what it looked like in Hammond as I was lying on the banks of the Little Calumet staring up.

 

[Bugzilla]

Didn’t even need a filter to get a good picture!

 

[daddyusmaximus]

Up in NWI... didn't get any darker than a partly cloudy day.

As Garfield would say...

 

[patience0830]

It was dark here near Beanblossom. I celebrated with Guiness. Dark beer for a dark day. And sunbathing

 

[DoggyDaddy]

Up in NWI... didn't get any darker than a partly cloudy day.

As Garfield would say...

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Down here it was dark, but it was like having a 360* sunset. Definitely an awesome experience.

 

[JCSR]

Hey did anybody else have trouble driving home in their special eclipse glasses?

 

[Mij]

It was dark here near Beanblossom. I celebrated with Guiness. Dark beer for a dark day. And sunbathing View attachment 345553

Ya forget to shave today?

 

[HoughMade]

Up in NWI... didn't get any darker than a partly cloudy day.

As Garfield would say...

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That's what I found interesting. we had a 95.1% eclipse, I was looking at it a saw the moon almost completely cover the sun, but it was barely dim. That sun....it's pretty bright.

I expected more anti-solar farm people to be yelling about how eclipses make solar power unreliable.

 

[patience0830]

Ya forget to shave today?

Growing the chinouflage back. Chin sees the sun once or twice a year. The belly fur remains au naturelle.

 

[JCSR]

We enjoyed the small crowd at Lincoln State Park

It was once light..........



Then it wasn't.........

 

[CindyE]

It didn't get real dark here. But dark enough for some security lights to come on. Weird how just about 30 minutes away it was total dark!

 

[DragonGunner]

Drove to Marion and watched with my wife. 2 minutes. Glasses came off and I shouted and embarrassed my wife in an almost empty parking lot. A 99.9 % eclipse ain’t worth a plug nickel. This total one was worth $1 Trillion dollars. I never expected this, greatest thing I ever saw. We were waiting for Jesus to step out and return. Incrediable.