Did anyone get a pair of eclipse glasses or have a pair of welding glasses they are going to use? I could not find any place here that sells them. I opted not to order figuring it will likely be overcast anyway and all you really see is basically a shadow.

Yeah, my trusty old welding helmet.

Ron

 

I found this.
http://orbitsimulator.com/gravitySimulatorCloud/simulations/1501885903145_eclipseBend.html

The default setup is for Bend,OR but you should be able to select other locations.

 

Yeah, my trusty old welding helmet.

Reloadron you prolly know all this but since some ppl don't here it is

Welder's glass shade numbers aren't the same as optical density and don't add like most ppl think when cascaded!

So minimum optical density for safe solar observation at sea level=5

So for welder's glass OD=(3/7)*(Shade_number-1)

So minimum shade number for sea level solar observation ≈ #12.666667
So #14 gives good safety margin for higher altitude or in case of slightly out of spec filter.

So u can see from formula that shade numbers cascade like this: SN(cascade)=(SN1+SN2)-1

So I hope that helps ppl who can't find #14!

 

Aleph(0), thank you for sharing that. While I was aware I am sure many are not. Think it was a few days ago on the evening news I caught a story of how Amazon is refunding the money to people who bought glasses to view the eclipse as it was discovered many of these glasses would not effectively block the harmful rays.

Ron

 

Eastern Oregon traffic today.

Early arrivals to an eclipse music festival.

This will get really crazy by Sunday.

 

Pictures .... please.

Only 99.4%. I'll have about 75%.

I'll try to capture it to a .mp4

What will your video show? A slight overcast effect over a 3 or 4 hour period? The passing clouds will have a bigger effect.

 

This is the sun view today 17 Aug at eclipse time.

I did the same with my phone. Nice clouds. On the day, I will use a wide angle lens camera (Ion Speed Pro) and start the recording. I did todays test to check out the tripod with a phone camera. Hopefully we will have clear skies.

 

What will your video show? A slight overcast effect over a 3 or 4 hour period? The passing clouds will have a bigger effect.

today it would have. Hopefully next week, it will be different. If it is worthy of posting, I'll post it. I can slow the mp4 down if it's too fast. If it's too slow, I'll speed it up.

If I have to account for the attention span of most Americans, it will be sped up considerably.

 

Early arrivals to an eclipse music festival.

Early indeed! - The eclipse occurs on Monday! Jeeez... Four days of heat, insects, loud rowdy drunks/stoners and interminable 'porta-potty' queues! - Sounds like a blast

Best regards
HP

 

Early indeed! - The eclipse occurs on Monday! Jeeez... Four days of heat, insects, loud rowdy drunks/stoners and interminable 'porta-potty' queues! - Sounds like a blast

Best regards
HP

A small price to pay to claim they were at the "Eclipse Woodstock"

 

today it would have. Hopefully next week, it will be different. If it is worthy of posting, I'll post it. I can slow the mp4 down if it's too fast. If it's too slow, I'll speed it up.

If I have to account for the attention span of most Americans, it will be sped up considerably.

Short attention span or wasting time - a 3+hour real-time video of a 75% solar eclipse will be as intellectually stimulating as watching paint dry.

 

A small price to pay to claim they were at the "Eclipse Woodstock"

It looks like a blast but be ready for a 14 (4 is normal) hour drive from Portland to the gate.

 

It looks like a blast but be ready for a 14 (4 is normal) hour drive from Portland to the gate.

But just think of the fortune you will make selling your love beads.

 

But just think of the fortune you will make selling your love beads.

and ear plugs.

 

Short attention span or wasting time - a 3+hour real-time video of a 75% solar eclipse will be as intellectually stimulating as watching paint dry.

Indeed... Appreciation of a total eclipse requires first hand observation -- Images, etc. can hardly capture that 'eerie chill' as the FIR 'drops off' - or the 'psychological impact' attending the celerity with which darkness falls in the scant minute prior to 'totality'... Sadly, I'll have to settle for the Ca. 80% totality observable from my lawns -- Alas! Too many miles/too little leisure time

Best regards
HP

 

Indeed... Appreciation of a total eclipse requires first hand observation -- Images, etc. can hardly capture that 'eerie chill' as the FIR 'drops off' - or the 'psychological impact' attending the celerity with which darkness falls in the scant minute prior to 'totality'... Sadly, I'll have to settle for the Ca. 80% totality observable from my lawns -- Alas! Too many miles/too little leisure time

Best regards
HP

I'm spending the night in southern Virginia tonight - meeting old friends in Asheville, NC this weekend and then Morgantown, SC for the eclipse.

I'll report back on the psychological impact.

PS: Our group has decided there will be no cameras - we will enjoy the experience and, if needed, watch everyone else's YouTube videos when we get home.

 

I'm spending the night in southern Virginia tonight - meeting old friends in Asheville, NC this weekend and then Morgantown, SC for the eclipse.

I'll report back on the psychological impact.

PS: Our group has decided there will be no cameras - we will enjoy the experience and, if needed, watch everyone else's YouTube videos when we get home.

Did you get a pair of super secret eclipse specs? I understand they are almost impossible to get right now. Not sure if I would even trust them. Better just to watch it on TV.

 

So why is NASA spending all of this money just to study the sun's corona? I thought they have been doing this for more than a century without the aide of a natural eclipse by using a chronograph?

http://www.newsweek.com/nasa-jets-total-solar-eclipse-sun-corona-652115

 

So why is NASA spending all of this money just to study the sun's corona? I thought they have been doing this for more than a century without the aide of a natural eclipse by using a chronograph?

http://www.newsweek.com/nasa-jets-total-solar-eclipse-sun-corona-652115

If you were a fighter pilot and could justify an extended flight through the eclipse, wouldn't you try to justify a project that requires such a flight?

 

So why is NASA spending all of this money just to study the sun's corona? I thought they have been doing this for more than a century without the aide of a natural eclipse by using a chronograph?

http://www.newsweek.com/nasa-jets-total-solar-eclipse-sun-corona-652115

I bought 6 pairs in March.

Hopefully I can sell the extra pair for $2000 and pay for my trip.
Also, with the same level of hope, nobody goes blind.