Solar Eclipse!
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I'm so excited. Less so by the cloud cover, but there are good patches of blue sky and the pinhole camera is doing its job. Last one I saw was when I was about 5 years old in Melbourne. The great black squirrel cometh...
cheers Chris Maunder
The TV news around here have been talking about the eclipse for weeks. A few days ago a reporter was telling viewers how to properly take care of those glasses... Most people won't see another solar eclipse for decades. If ever. Why would you hang on to them? Would you even remember where you stored them, decades from now...? Are they considered a family heirloom, to be passed down from generation to generation? And then yesterday the same reporter was mentioning none of the local stores had any to sell. I suspect this morning there's millions of them available for free if anyone wants them...
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I'm so excited. Less so by the cloud cover, but there are good patches of blue sky and the pinhole camera is doing its job. Last one I saw was when I was about 5 years old in Melbourne. The great black squirrel cometh...
cheers Chris Maunder
Now that it's over, I wonder if there is an associated increase in calls to ophthalmologists. In my neck of the woods we had ~95% coverage, I can imagine some people thinking "Gee, it's 95% covered, that can't hurt my eyes!".
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment "Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst "I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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I'm so excited. Less so by the cloud cover, but there are good patches of blue sky and the pinhole camera is doing its job. Last one I saw was when I was about 5 years old in Melbourne. The great black squirrel cometh...
cheers Chris Maunder
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Now that it's over, I wonder if there is an associated increase in calls to ophthalmologists. In my neck of the woods we had ~95% coverage, I can imagine some people thinking "Gee, it's 95% covered, that can't hurt my eyes!".
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment "Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst "I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
I saw a video of a guy looking into a telescope with no optical protection. He whipped his head back really fast. He's probably still seeing white spots.
"They have a consciousness, they have a life, they have a soul! Damn you! Let the rabbits wear glasses! Save our brothers! Can I get an amen?"
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Those clouds probably worked out in your favor. I had a completely cloudless sky, and the sun was still so bright my camera's sensor couldn't come up with anything showing the moon as clearly as it is in your picture.
I did turn down the exposure a wee bit. Not that I'm a pro photographer, but the sun is so bright you can't see anything hardly unless you do.
Jeremy Falcon
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I saw a video of a guy looking into a telescope with no optical protection. He whipped his head back really fast. He's probably still seeing white spots.
"They have a consciousness, they have a life, they have a soul! Damn you! Let the rabbits wear glasses! Save our brothers! Can I get an amen?"
Rick York wrote:
telescope with no optical protection.
:omg: Ouch! that hurts just to contemplate!
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment "Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst "I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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I'm so excited. Less so by the cloud cover, but there are good patches of blue sky and the pinhole camera is doing its job. Last one I saw was when I was about 5 years old in Melbourne. The great black squirrel cometh...
cheers Chris Maunder
I live in Dayton Ohio USA, so I got to experience the totality in person. Very, very :cool:. I really enjoyed when the totality began, I could hear a huge cheer from everyone in my neighborhood :-D .
Software Zen:
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#realJSOP wrote:
I didn't get the promised super powers....
Heck, John, you really don't need any more of them...
Will Rogers never met me.
Especially in his caliber-of-choice :-D .
Software Zen:
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Especially in his caliber-of-choice :-D .
Software Zen:
delete this;:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: I'm sure he's well stocked with .45 ACP ammunition; I am, too!
Will Rogers never met me.