Plans for the solar eclipse

[Rabbuk]

First day of classes and I'm in lecture from 12:20 to 2:30. With the clouds, I doubt I'll be able to observe anything here in CR.

Seems like science, take em outside?

 

[BCClone]

Woman on NASA channel sounds like she might be looking for a guy soon to take care of her excitement. The two guys sound like chubs did on the driving range before he saw happy Gilmore.

 

[wxman1]

Cleared off enough in CR to see it through glasses.

 

[mj4cy]

Clouds in Ankeny. Can't really tell any difference from any other cloud day. Bummer.

 

[michaelrr1]

Saw it for a little while with the glasses in West Dsm. Fascinating. Clouds are back.

 

[IlliniCy]

I'm down in the basement with my generator and MRE's. How's it going out there?

 

[dmclone]

Just heard that someone on the weather channel is crying.

 

[Prone2Clone]

I'm down in the basement with my generator and MRE's. How's it going out there?

EIU still exists. Stay down there.

 

[CycloneNorth]

Sitting out on my front lawn. 27 minutes until the total eclipse in Nashville.

 

[Fitzy]

Looks like dusk outside in Ames. No view of the actual sun.

 

[stormchaser2014]

It's eerily still outside.

 

[BoxsterCy]

Cloudy here in Mpls and not even pre-thunderstorm dark. If it was not all over the news I'd just think it was the rain storms due here in soon.

 

[Rabbuk]

Cloudy here in Mpls and not even pre-thunderstorm dark. If it was not all over the news I'd just think it was the rain storms due here in soon.

Same here in crapids.

 

[srjclone]

Just saw it outside of my office, wearing some of those glasses, actually alot cooler than I was expecting haha

 

[chuckd4735]

That was one of the coolest things I've seen! Sucks I couldnt get nay pictures to really show it.

 

[stormchaser2014]

 

[19clone91]

I have to admit that was cooler than I expected. We got a little over 90% here in Denver proper but it was a crazy experience between the dimmed daylight and the crazy shadows. It was definitely not worth driving hundreds of miles and spending $ thousands to see 100% like some people did but still cool.

 

[Angie]

We saw a few minutes' worth in NW Ames right at 1:08, and a little bit around 12:45.

Does anyone else remember when we had an eclipse sometime in the mid-90s? I was in school, and we stood outside and did the cereal box method. The glasses were admittedly cooler, but it's not a ton different.

 

[CyArob]

Pretty neat.

 

[chuckd4735]

I have to admit that was cooler than I expected. We got a little over 90% here in Denver proper but it was a crazy experience between the dimmed daylight and the crazy shadows. It was definitely not worth driving hundreds of miles and spending $ thousands to see 100% like some people did but still cool.

I didnt have to drive, but the difference between like 99% and 100% was pretty noticeable. It was still reasonably light out at 99% Very dark at 100%. Stars came out and everything. Really cool.