Eclipse
August 20th, 2017 at 9:20:36 PM permalink | |
Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25010 | The eclipse will peak where I live at 2:22 and be 80%. Click the link and it will tell you when your's is. https://www.theverge.com/2017/8/20/16175776/total-solar-eclipse-2017-what-time-is-it If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
August 20th, 2017 at 11:33:01 PM permalink | |
rxwine Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 188 Posts: 18556 | I read that half the people examined who decided to stare at the eclipse without eye protection in 1999, 50% had some degree of eye damage. Staring at the full sun causes physical pain and is hard to do, but the eclipse doesn't cause any pain. You believe in an invisible god, and dismiss people who say they are trans? Really? |
August 21st, 2017 at 7:44:07 AM permalink | |
Nareed Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 346 Posts: 12545 |
That's exactly the problem. Worse yet, compared to totality, the gradual occultation of the Sun by the Moon is literally not worth seeing. Here in Mex City we'll get a maximum 38% coverage of the Sun. That's not worth even glancing up. Donald Trump is a one-term LOSER |
August 21st, 2017 at 8:23:28 AM permalink | |
Mosca Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 22 Posts: 730 |
Thanks for the link. |
August 21st, 2017 at 11:01:47 AM permalink | |
ams288 Member since: Apr 21, 2016 Threads: 29 Posts: 12372 | The next one after today is in April 2024. Looks like I'm in the path of totality for that one, so I'll wait. “A straight man will not go for kids.” - AZDuffman |
August 21st, 2017 at 11:17:57 AM permalink | |
AZDuffman Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 135 Posts: 18136 |
Going on right now, not as dark as I would have thought. The President is a fink. |
August 21st, 2017 at 12:18:16 PM permalink | |
rxwine Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 188 Posts: 18556 |
My area looked like it does before a big afternoon rainstorm. Dark, but like before a big thunderstorm. You believe in an invisible god, and dismiss people who say they are trans? Really? |
August 21st, 2017 at 12:24:29 PM permalink | |
rxwine Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 188 Posts: 18556 |
Hah, I was more right that I thought, it's now raining outside. You believe in an invisible god, and dismiss people who say they are trans? Really? |
August 21st, 2017 at 12:52:31 PM permalink | |
Nareed Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 346 Posts: 12545 | It's a coincidence that the Moon is so near the apparent size of the Sun that total eclipses take place ("total eclipse" defined as covering every bit of the Sun but it's luminous atmosphere, also known as the Corona). Now, if intelligent life developed in some other planet where total eclipses were just not possible, would the inhabitants develop a technology to make them? Before you answer, consider we have, in a way, already done so. Donald Trump is a one-term LOSER |
August 21st, 2017 at 1:19:16 PM permalink | |
AZDuffman Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 135 Posts: 18136 |
Inside the house it looked like that, outside was the biggest letdown since Y2K. The President is a fink. |