We Survived Armageddon

ISO · Post Post #0 (ISO) » Mon Aug 21, 2017 7:48 am

I hope everyone has made it through alive and with their vision intact.

Spoiler: My view of the partial eclipse

Psyche · Post Post #1 (ISO) » Mon Aug 21, 2017 8:04 am

it's so fun to make a big deal out of things we could easily get by being apathetic about
sort of like choosing to ride on a roller coaster

Flubbernugget · Post Post #2 (ISO) » Mon Aug 21, 2017 8:10 am

How does apathy give you a solar eclipse?

Persivul · Post Post #3 (ISO) » Mon Aug 21, 2017 9:31 am

We were on the beach in SC with 99.6% coverage. It was really cool!

SleepyKrew · Post Post #4 (ISO) » Mon Aug 21, 2017 9:32 am

I'll tell this thread that I slept through it too

Majiffy · Post Post #5 (ISO) » Mon Aug 21, 2017 9:38 am

I had to work through it but it wasn't major coverage here anyway

CooLDoG · Post Post #6 (ISO) » Mon Aug 21, 2017 10:51 am

I sorta wish it woulduv dun happened. Like from what my bible says there 'supposed to be some horsemen or sum shit.

Fluminator · Post Post #7 (ISO) » Mon Aug 21, 2017 11:01 am

In places where it was only partial, it was only a sign of partial doom. Consider ourselves lucky.

Ranmaru · Post Post #8 (ISO) » Mon Aug 21, 2017 11:57 am

I am at work all day.

CooLDoG · Post Post #9 (ISO) » Mon Aug 21, 2017 12:01 pm

Well, I guess wut tey say is true: the eye of the tr'nado is the calmest part of the storm.

CooLDoG · Post Post #10 (ISO) » Mon Aug 21, 2017 12:01 pm

'cause I ain't seen shit

Flubbernugget · Post Post #11 (ISO) » Mon Aug 21, 2017 12:51 pm

Twas pretty underwhelming without appropriate Eyewear

Majiffy · Post Post #12 (ISO) » Mon Aug 21, 2017 2:13 pm

In post 7, Fluminator wrote:In places where it was only partial, it was only a sign of partial doom. Consider ourselves lucky.

I mean, that's just Mondays for me.

Gorny · Post Post #13 (ISO) » Mon Aug 21, 2017 2:26 pm

I was off work today and watching from my back yard, took a few pics, all by cellphone through my eclipse glasses and one or two in the blind while not looking directly at the sun:

Taken with no filter, and cloud cover:

Spoiler: cloud cover

Holding my phone up to the glasses:

Spoiler: pics

Got this one from a friend that lives in Southern Illinois:

Spoiler: The Eye of Sauron

......and

Spoiler: The Best Eclipse Pic of The Day!

Majiffy · Post Post #14 (ISO) » Mon Aug 21, 2017 3:02 pm

That's no moon...

ISO · Post Post #15 (ISO) » Mon Aug 21, 2017 3:15 pm

That last one looks legit.

Rhinox · Post Post #16 (ISO) » Mon Aug 21, 2017 5:50 pm

Was in s. Carolina for thr eclipse. Totality can not be overhyped. You think you know what its going to be like, seen pictures, watched videos.... and then still it was the most amazing thing I've ever seen. When the next total eclipse hits in april 2024, do yourself a favor, get in the path, don't miss it. Don't think for a minute that 80%, 90%, even 99% coverage is good enough. When it hits 100% it instantly changes from, "yeah thats a little less sun than before" to "holy fucking shit that's incredible". You won't believe the hype unless/until you experience it yourself.

Ranmaru · Post Post #17 (ISO) » Mon Aug 21, 2017 9:11 pm

I didn't even look, honestly. I'm not really bummed at all. I'm more bummed that I haven't had time to go to the gym.

Nosferatu · Post Post #18 (ISO) » Mon Aug 21, 2017 9:42 pm

I looked directly at it tbh

cant no one tell me not to look at the sun smh

Vi · Post Post #19 (ISO) » Tue Aug 22, 2017 12:24 am

I looked directly at it. It was also totally overcast and I saw a fuzzy circular blob where the sun was.

Although it was a lot darker you couldn't tell if it was because it was about to storm or because of something else. The giveaway came later when it went back to being a totally clear day.

Annadog40 · Post Post #20 (ISO) » Tue Aug 22, 2017 2:51 am

Spoiler:

Quite interesting. The partial eclipse looked nothing like expected.

rolandofthewhite · Post Post #21 (ISO) » Tue Aug 22, 2017 4:11 am

In post 16, Rhinox wrote:Was in s. Carolina for thr eclipse. Totality can not be overhyped. You think you know what its going to be like, seen pictures, watched videos.... and then still it was the most amazing thing I've ever seen. When the next total eclipse hits in april 2024, do yourself a favor, get in the path, don't miss it. Don't think for a minute that 80%, 90%, even 99% coverage is good enough. When it hits 100% it instantly changes from, "yeah thats a little less sun than before" to "holy fucking shit that's incredible". You won't believe the hype unless/until you experience it yourself.

I agree. At 99% I was like "Oh, this is pretty neat." When it went into totality, though, I gasped audibly and spent the next two minutes with a big old stupid grin on my face. Probably the coolest thing I've ever seen.

I can now see how in olden times they thought the world was ending.

Bins · Post Post #22 (ISO) » Tue Aug 22, 2017 5:34 am

yay for being in path of totality in 2024

Majiffy · Post Post #23 (ISO) » Tue Aug 22, 2017 6:49 am

In post 22, Bins wrote:yay for being in path of totality in 2024

CooLDoG · Post Post #24 (ISO) » Tue Aug 22, 2017 12:21 pm

I glanced at it when it wasn't a total eclipse. I also looked at without glasses on when it was in the total eclipse and had the glasses. I would say that with the naked eye it was hard to make out jack shit until the moon was almost entirely over the sun. It is just that bright.