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Post #357,706 by rcareaga 5/20/12 9:05:17 PM Reply	eclipse I neglected to provide myself with Magic Glasses, and have no wish to scorch holes in my retinae, but we're expecting 92% coverage under cloudless skies in another half hour, and the light has already begun to assume the odd blueish character that I've marked in past partial eclipses. Anyone in a position to catch the full annularity? Ashton looks as though he'd be closer to the 96% zone. cordially,
Post #357,714 by Another Scott 5/20/12 10:59:38 PM Reply	Was too cloudy here And we wouldn't have seen it anyway, it looks like. http://eclipse.gsfc....g/ASE2012pp2a.JPG I hope it was a good show. Cheers, Scott.
Post #357,722 by Andrew Grygus 5/21/12 12:06:53 AM Reply	The sun goes down behind the condos very early . . . . . in the Winter, and I wasn't excited enough about an eclipse to get dressed so I could go out and see it. There will be pictures in the papers in the morning.
Post #357,784 by Another Scott 5/21/12 10:36:26 PM Reply	A nice 'shopped version. http://a4size-ska.de...Eclipse-144235675 Cheers, Scott.
Post #357,801 by malraux 5/22/12 3:04:08 PM Reply	Well, from 2009. :-) http://www.snopes.co.../solareclipse.asp Regards, -scott Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson.
Post #357,803 by Another Scott 5/22/12 3:32:02 PM Reply	Yup.
Post #357,815 by drook 5/22/12 5:20:26 PM Reply	Damn nice work, though -- Drew
Post #357,785 by mvitale 5/21/12 10:48:26 PM Reply	New desktop background http://i.imgur.com/M6atD.jpg -Mike @MikeVitale42 "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." - Benjamin Franklin, 1759 Historical Review of Pennsylvania
Post #357,840 by lincoln 5/22/12 9:17:51 PM Reply	one more http://wins.failblog...-photography-win/ "Chicago to my mind was the only place to be. ... I above all liked the city because it was filled with people all a-bustle, and the clatter of hooves and carriages, and with delivery wagons and drays and peddlers and the boom and clank of freight trains. And when those black clouds came sailing in from the west, pouring thunderstorms upon us so that you couldn't hear the cries or curses of humankind, I liked that best of all. Chicago could stand up to the worst God had to offer. I understood why it was built--a place for trade, of course, with railroads and ships and so on, but mostly to give all of us a magnitude of defiance that is not provided by one house on the plains. And the plains is where those storms come from." -- E.L. Doctorow
Post #357,845 by rcareaga 5/22/12 10:43:10 PM Reply	surprisingly ...with 92% coverage the sun was still too blinding to look at. The light partook of the strange blue tinge I first saw on 11 September 1969, but what struck us most was that half an hour into the eclipse the sunlight, notwithstanding the blue tinge, remained bright but lost all warmth: we'd sat in the garden with the sun toasty on our exposed arms at the outset, but within thirty minutes it was all light and no heat (to transpose the cliche). cordially,
Post #357,890 by drook 5/23/12 3:13:06 PM Reply	Overload vs. OVERLOAD I suspect once you've crossed the threshold of "too bright to look at" that any more is just gilding the lily. Normal daylight must be orders of magnitude beyond that. -- Drew
Post #357,909 by lincoln 5/23/12 9:05:42 PM Reply	viewing the eclipse WIN http://wins.failblog...-the-eclipse-win/ "Chicago to my mind was the only place to be. ... I above all liked the city because it was filled with people all a-bustle, and the clatter of hooves and carriages, and with delivery wagons and drays and peddlers and the boom and clank of freight trains. And when those black clouds came sailing in from the west, pouring thunderstorms upon us so that you couldn't hear the cries or curses of humankind, I liked that best of all. Chicago could stand up to the worst God had to offer. I understood why it was built--a place for trade, of course, with railroads and ships and so on, but mostly to give all of us a magnitude of defiance that is not provided by one house on the plains. And the plains is where those storms come from." -- E.L. Doctorow