Eclipsing

[ehanes7612]

what are your plans for the eclipse?

I am driving to central Oregon the previous night from Seattle with a friend..just got my eclipse glasses

 

[Gilda]

96% viewing here in NE TN. Weather permitting.. eclipse glasses .. I'm ready.

 

[abax]

Well, damnit, it's always cloudy here on the edge of the Cumberland
Plateau. Ed, are you going to be taking photographs?

 

[Ozpaph]

please take photos!

 

[ehanes7612]

no photos...just gonna watch

 

[Ozpaph]

that's not fair......................

 

[cnycharles]

My sister lives in Bondurant Wyoming which is in the path. She's been emailing to us about the craziness that is predicted for people who are likely to descend onto her boyfriends families ranch and people don't know what to expect from it all. Jackson and nearby is expected to see even more than the masses that go through town in the summer to go see Yellowstone park! He won't do anything to make money from the crowds, and porta potty rentals for that time were already sold out in january. Anyone could make a buck selling water, snacks, toilet paper etc...


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[PaphMadMan]

Off to central Nebraska for me, about a 10 hour drive from home but I plan to take my time, 2-3 days each way along different routes. Booked a room in Broken Bow the nights before and after many months ago. Should be able to drive at least a couple hundred miles up or down the path that morning if that will get me to clear sky.

I plan to set up to observe shadow bands, and have my phone set to take video of the horizon, capture the change in the light and environment. It is a short duration eclipse and they recommend you just experience it with your senses rather than missing out by messing with a camera, so just me and my eclipse glasses during the event.

Almost anywhere in/near the path of totality be prepared for no available hotel rooms, over-worked restaurants, heavy traffic, shortages of bottled water and gas. 100 million people could be trying to see it that day. Don't let lack of planning spoil the day for you.

And if you miss this one, start planning for 2024.

 

[ehanes7612]

I am driving to the least of the choke points in Oregon but they are still bracing for too many people , especially right after the totality... but we are gonna be in a nice air conditioned car with lots of snacks

 

[silence882]

My wife and I are headed to Lake Marion near Santee, SC. It's dead center for the totality band. It's also right off interstate 95, so I'm hoping we don't get stymied by the traffic. We're staying about an hour north along 95, so the plan is to leave the hotel 6 hours before totality to stake out a spot at Santee National Wildlife Refuge.

My biggest concern is the weather. Articles I've read put the entire area within driving distance of home at about a 50% chance of cloud cover at the time of totality. Apparently being near a lake helps which is why we chose this location.

If we miss out due to weather, we'll probably go all out to see the 2024 eclipse - air travel and hotels booked way in advance to the most likely clear spot. I've wanted to see totality for my entire life.

 

[abax]

I wish you all good weather and reasonable traffic.

 

[Ozpaph]

watch out for Zombies and Vampires!

 

[Linus_Cello]

Where is the totality band for 2024?

 

[PaphMadMan]

Where is the totality band for 2024?

Roughly Texas to Maine in the US, including Dallas, Little Rock, Indianapolis, Cleveland, Buffalo. It might be interesting to experience on a boat in the middle of Lake Erie or Lake Ontario.

 

[cnycharles]

i think anyone trying to get to a spot near a highway might need to get there at least a day before, and might want to avoid major roads, maybe staying wherever you are for a day . leasing an rv and parking may be best bet. even way out west they are expected to be choked with people
about the next one, great lakes or finger lakes cruise in ny might be nice, though area often cloudy

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[abax]

OZpaph, sometimes you give me the best laugh of the
day...and I need it...personally, I'd be watching out for
zombies clonked after viewing the eclipse.

 

[ehanes7612]

Started out at 7 pm for a five hour drive to north central Oregon. Found a spot along a small highway and stared at the Milky Way that could be seen all the way to the horizon. Eclipse began about 904 am and at 1022 .. TOTALITY!! .. that was one of the best minutes in my life

 

[cnycharles]

Tried accessing the NASA telescope feeds at work on desktop computers and high speed, coworker also couldn't get the stream to work kept timing out. I did try with my phone and the browser kept churning until connections happened thankfully

I accessed the Oregon telescope, the raw feed to pbs NASA tv and the Casper Wyoming telescope and took screenshots on my phone. Later while working out in hoops I noticed that it had been getting darker but didn't have glasses. A cloud came by so I aimed my phone at the sun and there it was! Got some decent pics with it through the clouds making it look very dramatic and the telescope and one NASA plane pic feed at totality supplied some great streamed pics






















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[cnycharles]

Note the prominence on the sun right middle edge!



Then pics from work, Oxford Pa







A lot of the later pics I had to keep working outside, raking off trays I'd trimmed and periodically had to reconnect or take new screenshots. It was cooler when it was getting darker but warmed up very quickly after the sun came back

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[cnycharles]

My sister and boyfriend Kevin out on the ranch where he lives, eyeing the eclipse with their glasses, bondurant Wyoming




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