Plans for the solar eclipse
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That was incredible. I probably wouldn't have driven far for it but being in the 100% path was awesome.
Totally. 1994.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_eclipse_of_May_10,_1994
They gave us the weird cardboard pinhole thingies to look through. Most of us eventually said F- it and looked straight at it. I remember the blocked sun casting weird shadows. Everything seemed to have a "halo" around it.
In Louisville, KY right now. Not in the path of totality but fairly close. Went outside for about 15 minutes and had the glasses- looked pretty cool. Got a little darker for probably 5 minutes and definitely got chillier which was kind of cool. I was expecting it to be much darker but it felt like it was evening for a couple minutes.
I never looked at the sun without the glasses but afterwards I felt dizzy and everything looked a little hazy. Anyone else experience this?
I never looked at the sun without the glasses but afterwards I felt dizzy and everything looked a little hazy. Anyone else experience this?
With Des Moines being around 95%, I thought it would be a lot darker.
The dizziness was from the contact high from all the hippies around you.
Clouds held off. Pretty damn awesome for totality. Worth a few hours drive in my book.
Only about 80% here, but neighbor has the viewing glasses, and it was awesome -- saw it about 60% and then maximum in our area, 20 minutes apart. I'd never directly viewed even a partial before this.
YES, we were! I had thought I was an upperclassman, but totally not. I think we went outside during Spanish class.
I think we made ours? We each had to bring in a cereal box or something like that. I think I ended up looking at it, too.
Yep. I was a sophomore in High School and we took a break from Industrial Tech to go outside and watch it. On the way out the door we grab welding masks to view it. It was pretty awesome.......until 23 years later I find out you most certainly do NOT use welding mask to view an eclipse.
Somewhat bummed today. I had nothing. It was raining this morning when I came to work, kept sprinkling this morning and when I looked out my window at 1:00 it looked like it should still be raining. Not quite sure what I expected, but a rainy day wasn't what I envisioned.
I'm so glad you didn't have any long-lasting effects - it's shocking how uninformed we were about it only 23 years ago?! It's a little terrifying!
It is a big bummer that so many missed it. It was super-hyped, and for a long time. It was a little like Y2K - so many spent a long time anticipating it, and then it was anticlimactic.
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It depends on the mask. Some are strong enough. Some aren't. At my workplace, we had a guy wearing his welding mask, and it was fine. It was a Shade 12, which is within the guidelines.
That was apparently different, was it like only partial or something? I heard on the radio I can't rmember how it's different.
With as cloudy as it was, it wasn't worth it. If it would have been a clear day, absolutely.
used a shade 12, when the there was a veil of clouds it was perfect. no clouds was ok for a little bit but longer than a couple minutes i bet would start to hurt
