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Post by Deepfriar on Aug 21, 2017 7:39:24 GMT -6
Hey guys! Sorry haven't been around much lately, haven't been around message boards much. Nothing is more black metal than an eclipse. A solar eclipse is coming through my area today around 2:30 PM. Supposed to be 98%+ eclipse for my city (smaller towns nearby that are in the path of totality are seeing unusual traffic). Don't know if any of you guys are near it but wanted to say happy eclipse day either way. Only happens about once every 350 years so don't worry you can always catch the next one. Lol!
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Post by Thomas Eversole on Aug 21, 2017 8:14:58 GMT -6
Only happens about once every 350 years so don't worry you can always catch the next one. Lol! [rofl] My wife and I both remember a "minor" solar eclipse when we were in gradeschool. I seem to recall shielding my eyes, seeing something in front of the sun but I was a kid.... "Ok, solar eclipse." Then I went back to finding cool sticks to use as swords. Its interesting to me at the thought of a "total" solar eclipse - one where things actually get dark/darker. [band]
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Post by Thomas Eversole on Aug 21, 2017 10:45:58 GMT -6
Just looked it up. If I drove a couple hours south, I'd be in the 100% total range. As is, my house is in the 95%-96% range.
That's cool!
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Post by Deleted on Aug 21, 2017 10:49:58 GMT -6
I'm also in the 90% range. I'll be sure to go outside when it happens.
Also, PSA: don't take a picture of it with your phone. I've heard it's powerful enough to break ordinary cameras. Additionally, don't look at it with your bare eyes at all or it may cause permanent damage.
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Post by Thomas Eversole on Aug 21, 2017 11:00:02 GMT -6
Additionally, don't look at it with your bare eyes at all or it may cause permanent damage. Very true. Also, PSA: don't take a picture of it with your phone. I've heard it's powerful enough to break ordinary cameras. Eh, depends on your phone and how you go about it. Nasa posted instructions on how to use your phone to take pictures of the eclipse without damaging your eyes or phone.
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Post by Deepfriar on Aug 21, 2017 12:29:38 GMT -6
You can take a photo filtered through your eclipse glasses (place the eclipse glass lens over top of your camera lens). Yeah don't stare at it with naked eye. It is just like looking at the sun but won't be painful so you won't realize damage is being done.
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Post by Thomas Eversole on Aug 21, 2017 18:30:13 GMT -6
It was cool being at the park with 7-8pm lighting but 1pm shadows. Literally cool, like a 10-20° temperature drop. (that and the crickets starting was pretty surreal)
I took several photos with my phone of the eclipse. With some system setting changes to the camera and only pointing it at the sun for a second for a quick-pic, I didn't need to use any apps or filter. The photo through this lady's nice pair of "eclipse glasses" (at my local park) turned out pretty awful. Much MUCH better pictures with the manual camera adjustments.
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Post by Deepfriar on Aug 21, 2017 18:37:21 GMT -6
Very cool sir. I didn't get any super cool pictures, just one with eclipse glasses placed over the cell phone's camera lens. You have to zoom in to see it but you can at least see the shape of the eclipse shadow overtaking the sun. At least I got something lol. Conversation piece anyway.
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