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Eclipse 4/8/2024: anyone planning to experience it?
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Eclipse 4/8/2024: anyone planning to experience it?

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Jul 23, 2023, 8:59 PM

We're heading to Texas. Found a nice spot near the center of the zone of totality. The closer to the center you get, the longer the eclipse will last.

Here are some good resources:

https://eclipse2024.org/eclipse_cities/statemap.html


https://eclipse.aas.org/eye-safety/iso-certification
How to Tell If Your Eclipse Glasses or Handheld Solar Viewers Are Safe
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- Jonathan Swift


Saw the last one pretty good. I'm cool***

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Jul 23, 2023, 9:01 PM



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Re: Eclipse 4/8/2024: anyone planning to experience it?

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Jul 23, 2023, 9:01 PM

spooneye® said:

We're heading to Texas. Found a nice spot near the center of the zone of totality. The closer to the center you get, the longer the eclipse will last.

Here are some good resources:

https://eclipse2024.org/eclipse_cities/statemap.html


https://eclipse.aas.org/eye-safety/iso-certification
How to Tell If Your Eclipse Glasses or Handheld Solar Viewers Are Safe
How to Tell If Your Eclipse Glasses or Handheld Solar Viewers Are Safe
How to Tell If Your Eclipse Glasses or Handheld Solar Viewers Are Safe
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This is the reverse of an iPhone endorsement.

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Jul 23, 2023, 9:04 PM

This is clear evidence that it doesn’t always work.

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maybe. My bud we saw the last one with in Highlands brought

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Jul 23, 2023, 9:07 PM

it up. Traffic going North on I81 was a major ########### coming home from that one. Still have our glasses.

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Cool, I saw the last one in Highlands as well!***


Jul 24, 2023, 9:04 AM



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- Jonathan Swift


We had planned to combine it with a trip to Lake Champlain &

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Jul 23, 2023, 9:33 PM

Montreal but now that it’s just me, I’m not that interested


We went to Clemson for the last one, it was a great day.

I recommend going to a college campus wherever you go. They’ll have solar telescopes etc set up and experts around. At least they did at Clemson.

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Re: Pro Tip

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Jul 23, 2023, 10:15 PM

It gets almost about dusk dark for a little while. Same as it does about twice a day except it's three times that day.

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I think I feel about the same as you about it


Jul 24, 2023, 10:18 AM

the spectacle leading up to it is more exciting than the event itself.

If I had never seen one, maybe I'd be interested. I've seen 2 in my life because they both passed directly over my head. Honestly, I wouldn't drive more than about 30 miles to see another one.

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Different strokes. I'm going to travel to as many as I can.


Jul 24, 2023, 10:48 AM

Coolest natural phenomenon we can experience I think.

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Re: Eclipse 4/8/2024: anyone planning to experience it?

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Jul 23, 2023, 11:23 PM

Thanks for sharing that map.

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Re: Eclipse 4/8/2024: anyone planning to experience it?

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Jul 24, 2023, 8:35 AM

I've got a package deal to Sinaloa to be able to catch the eclipse when it first crosses the North American continent and obtain some cheap pharmaceuticals and firearms.

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MY HOMBRE!***

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Jul 24, 2023, 9:10 AM



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Re: Eclipse 4/8/2024: anyone planning to experience it?

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Jul 24, 2023, 9:41 AM [ in reply to Re: Eclipse 4/8/2024: anyone planning to experience it? ]

We considered going to Mazatlan. (It was a regular stop for the Love Boat!)

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- Jonathan Swift


Turn around bright eyes…


Jul 24, 2023, 10:35 AM

https://youtu.be/lcOxhH8N3Bo

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I think Texas is where we're headed for it as well.

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Jul 24, 2023, 10:49 AM

Experiencing it in the Blue Ridge Mountains was pretty cool to hear the wildlife act up though, so we might go north.

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