Solar Eclipse 2017

[wyeaster]

i thought it was cool. boy thought it was amazing, but i don't count it among the things that have taken my breath away.

[Kinnikinnick]

i thought it was cool. boy thought it was amazing, but i don't count it among the things that have taken my breath away.

Jaded guy was jaded about it?

[skaredshtles]

i thought it was cool. boy thought it was amazing, but i don't count it among the things that have taken my breath away.

Just out of curiosity... what "things" *have* taken your breath away?

[babybear]

Of course the early April date also puts it in ski season. What's the best mountain that's within totality? Jay? Whiteface?

we had the same thought-but holy grey skies time of yr in VT. that might be a big crap shoot for viewing

[Soups]

Always knew spook was a possible serial killer

[capulin overdrive]

If we had total here I would have left my horses in until after the eclipse. They are always in at night and being left out would have freaked them out. Their internal clocks are spot on for when it's time to come in.

As the light dimmed here (97%) they gathered at their gates but seemed a little confused about it since they had only been out for a couple of hours.

Was actually 90% where I'm at, just used total for ease of explaining.

[KenJongIll]

Could 2024 be a bigger event than 2017?

Fairly close to heavily populated northeast us.

Spring break time for some.

"Repeat customers" from 2017 that want to see it again?

Those that missed out in '17, and hearing about it from those that didn't decide to go this time.

[wyeaster]

not jaded at all. i was out of the country for the hype. i thought it was cool.

[BmillsSkier]

Click on the map anywhere and it will tell you the length of totality. It's longer at the SW end of the path, but still almost 3.5 minutes in Maine

https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/map/2024-april-8#

April 8 in Cleveland, 3 minutes of totality. Yeah, its going to be snowing.

Of course the early April date also puts it in ski season. What's the best mountain that's within totality? Jay? Whiteface?

Boston Mills.

Just out of curiosity... what "things" *have* taken your breath away?

[Dantheman]

Could 2024 be a bigger event than 2017?

Fairly close to heavily populated northeast us.

Spring break time for some.

"Repeat customers" from 2017 that want to see it again?

Those that missed out in '17, and hearing about it from those that didn't decide to go this time.

Agreed. Austin could be insane.

[Rideski]

#MaggotEclipseMiniAustin2024

[KenJongIll]

#allineclipse2024
Maybe I should start the thread

[iceman]

You do that.

[frorider]

2014's gonna be a great year.

[Flyoverland Captive]

#allineclipse2014
Maybe I should start the thread

Ahh, takes me back...

[thebirdhunter]

We were in Titcomb Basin in the Wind Rivers tripping hard. ��
I don't know what I was expecting with the eclipse but I wasn't expecting that. In-fucking-sane!!!!
One of the best experiences of my life.

[basinbeater]

We were camping at a lake up in the white clouds in idaho with all our kids. I was psyched for the eclipse, but it truly blew me away, blew my wife away, and all our friends we were with. We had like 2 mins of totality. When it was over, we all started saying we're going to the next one. Amazing. Amazing. Absolutely loved it! Here's a few pics.

[bobz]

The traffic shitshow award goes to some friends of ours who left Madras for the Bay Area at 1PM yesterday, and (including getting through Madras) got home at 7:30 AM the next day, driving all night.

Us, well, we left Madras at around the same time, took an amusing detour almost to Prineville, then the O'Neill Highway to Redmond, where we stayed (I had time for a 2-hour hike and skinny-dip along the Deschutes before drinking beers and cooking dinner). Today was mildly nasty from Redmond to San Mateo, with slowdowns at various places along 97, getting through Weed, and around Redding; various side-roads proved useful.

The eclipse? It was swell. My 4th total. My 10-year-old kid loved it. Not much to add to some of the excellent descriptions up-topic here, except that I always come away from these feeling like our Sun has personality, and that life on Earth can be wonderfully goofy and weird.

[KenJongIll]

You do that.

Hah...yeah just saw the error

[Norseman]

Took my wife and baby girl up into the high country near Baker City, Oregon. Drove a long 4x4 track to 7000ft, camped and hiked around for a couple days, then climbed up to the high ridge to observe the eclipse. We had 340 degrees of horizon with probably 50 miles of isolation and 3500ft of prominence. What a sight, holy smokes. One of the most incredible things I've ever seen.

The skies were quite clear overhead, but there was a prominent smoke plume to the south and west, from the fires in the western part of the state. The smoke layer turned out to be an awesome factor... we could see the black shadow of the moon hauling ass across the scape in the smoke layer! The shadow front moves at like 1800mph... so cool.

Here are a few pics of our outing.


Wallowas:






Elkhorns:






Camp cruisings:












Eclipse:












Far-off shadow in the smoke, departing for points east (shitty pic, might put up a phone pic later):






Pinhole blanket on the mountain top:












Edit to add a couple cell phone pics...



Moon's shadow approaching, darkening the distant smoke layer:




Horizon at totality:

[Supermoon]

[GimpToo]

^^^Love the pinhole blanket photos . . . thanks for sharing your adventure!!

[wyeaster]

white dog white dog what do you see?

i see an eclipse looking at me!

great pics all but especially the kid pics.

[Danno]

After seeing all the pics and reading all the descriptions... Can I get a do-over?

[From_the_NEK]

Of course the early April date also puts it in ski season. What's the best mountain that's within totality? Jay? Whiteface?

Katahdin!

Three sunspots? Or just crap on the lens?

Sunspots -
http://www.spaceweather.com/