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Eclipse 2024

jericho said:
So we’ve had our conspiracies with the earthquake, we’ve had our conspiracies with the eclipse, what is going to be the narrative when the cicada bugs hit in a couple of months?
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Don't worry, my parent's do will do his part and go out and make sure he eats every last one of them, ha ha...
 
TalonsUpPuckDown said:
This. THIS! Bowling Green hosted a viewing party and about 3,000 people showed up. I've done some basic astronomy and have seen planets through telescopes, satellites, comets, the northern lights...none of this comes close to what I experienced. Totality was something like 4 min and I'm so thankful I made the effort as it will go down as one of the top 4 minutes I've ever experienced.
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We were considering going down to BGSU for that, but ended up at a metropark in Maumee...not as far of a drive for us. While it took about 3.5 hours to drive the 67 miles home (I just wanted to get out of Ohio ...those 17 miles took us 2 hours), all that time in traffic was worth it for the 2 minutes of totality. I've seen partial eclipses, and while I think they're cool, they are nothing compared to totality. That was awesome.
 
I missed it this time, as i was too busy talking to advantage lumber customer service at this time.
We are doing some renovation in the bathroom these days and few things come up not the way i planned.
It is kinda annoying and i can't concentrate on anything else, unless this is sorted out.
 
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Drove to TN for 2017. Stepped outside for 2024. 2024 was waaaaay better. For a lot of reasons. The moon was so much closer to the Earth (around 10,000 miles) this time compared to 2017, so the shadow was larger, the disc was larger and totality was much longer. This time I saw totality for nearly 4 minutes, compared to just a bit more than 2 and 1/2 minutes in 2017. Saw a very obvious solar prominence this time too, and I didn't really see anything like that in 2017. The only disappointing thing about 2024 was some very high cirrus clouds, which made seeing some of the other celestial objects difficult or impossible. Was able to clearly see Jupiter and Venus as they were plenty bright, but off to my left (east) was where most of those high atmosphere clouds were and they obscured some of the stars I was hoping to see.

For some very personal reasons, both of these events rank up there with the most emotionally moving experiences I have ever had in my life. I won't likely ever see one again. Whatever phenomenon in nature moves you to say "wow" or gives you goosebumps, I hope every one of us gets a chance to experience something like that, be it a total eclipse or a wonderful display of the auroras or even just walking along one of our great lakes and listening to the water. The human portion of the universe often sucks. But the stuff we have no hand in is often pretty damn cool.
 
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