Where will you be on August 21?

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Where will you be on August 21?

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[emoji2] Maybe some of you already know about this, but I was just reading about the TOTAL :shock: Solar Eclipse that's going to sweep across the US in August. Not very often you get a chance to witness this rare event. Total. Solar. Eclipse.

Check it out by clicking the link below...

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And here's an interactive map from NASA so you can check out your own location during the event...

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Re: Where will you be on August 21?

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Somewhere near this location.......hopefully so anyway...at my age one never knows

Never can tell....I might be one of the faithful causing the eclipse [emoji106]


Lat.: 30.2211° N
Long.: 92.6367° W
Clear Marker Partial Solar Eclipse
Magnitude: 0.775
Obscuration: 72.27%
Event Date Time (UT) Alt Azi
Start of partial eclipse (C1) : 2017/08/21 16:51:48.6 63.6° 129.7°
Maximum eclipse : 2017/08/21 18:23:08.6 71.5° 187.4°
End of partial eclipse (C4) : 2017/08/21 19:51:33.7 60.8° 236.3
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[emoji2] We're only getting half up here...

Lat.: 45.2285° N
Long.: 66.0498° W
Partial Solar Eclipse
Magnitude: 0.593
Obscuration: 50.00%
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SInce I work for the railroad I will probably be on a train. Not in the area of totality, but it might get dark enough to give us a minute or two of conversation.
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Kentucky TV stations are making a big deal and say the darkest spot will be in western Ky. as the map shows. It gets dark every night so will not be scared :OhNo; .When we went to Alaska a little more dark would have been nice.Guess go six months later and more dark and cold.I have seen all the wild bears I need in a life time :eek: and have no future trips in the plans to the far north again on the motorcycle.
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I have plans to be exactly in the center of its path. :cheers: [emoji106] [emoji106]
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It'll slice through the western corner of North Carolina, southwest of Asheville. Maggie Valley would be a nice place to be anytime, but I'll be at home listening to a Bonnie Tyler song and settling for partial eclipse. [space] [emoji106]
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navigator wrote:I have plans to be exactly in the center of its path. :cheers: [emoji106] [emoji106]
[emoji106] Excellent!
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That's on a Monday so I would have to take the day off just to get there. I don't know why they plan these things on a week day... :donno:
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It will be dark so easy to slip away! :cheers:
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JFL Live wrote:That's on a Monday so I would have to take the day off just to get there. I don't know why they plan these things on a week day... :donno:

Piss poor planning for sure............. :lolfall:
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I'll probably be out riding and think it's just another cloudy day.
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So a few others are going to the darkside, huh? You'll all go up in a big ball of fire. :OhNo;
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Cuban wrote:
navigator wrote:I have plans to be exactly in the center of its path. :cheers: [emoji106] [emoji106]
[emoji106] Excellent!

I've got a spot picked out thanks to this post! [emoji106]

Taking the day off. It's about 3.5 hours away. I picked a spot out in the middle of nowhere to avoid the crowds flocking to the towns. With my luck it will be cloudy or something but we're giving it a shot...

Got my camera ready... [emoji2]


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Already know this? I've been WAITING PATIENTLY FOR YEARS!

I will take a day off, and drive up towards Columbia, MO to see the totality.
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JFL Live wrote: I've got a spot picked out thanks to this post! [emoji106]

Taking the day off. It's about 3.5 hours away. I picked a spot out in the middle of nowhere to avoid the crowds flocking to the towns. With my luck it will be cloudy or something but we're giving it a shot...

Got my camera ready... [emoji2]
Excellent! Hope you have a great viewing. [emoji106]

jeffcoslacker wrote:Already know this? I've been WAITING PATIENTLY FOR YEARS!

I will take a day off, and drive up towards Columbia, MO to see the totality.
[emoji2]

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I'll be home in the dark for about 2 1/2 minutes.
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peeking through a pin hole in a piece of cardboard.
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Cuban wrote:
JFL Live wrote: I've got a spot picked out thanks to this post! [emoji106]

Taking the day off. It's about 3.5 hours away. I picked a spot out in the middle of nowhere to avoid the crowds flocking to the towns. With my luck it will be cloudy or something but we're giving it a shot...

Got my camera ready... [emoji2]
Excellent! Hope you have a great viewing. [emoji106]

jeffcoslacker wrote:Already know this? I've been WAITING PATIENTLY FOR YEARS!

I will take a day off, and drive up towards Columbia, MO to see the totality.
[emoji2]

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I was thinking more like up NW of Columbia, but that works too [emoji106]
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Re: Where will you be on August 21?

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n-trude wrote:peeking through a pin hole in a piece of cardboard.
You know you don't LOOK through the hole, right? You hold the punched card out in front of a piece of paper, and point the hole at the sun. You'll get a shadow image of the eclipse on the paper.

Or you can do what I did, and order some viewing glasses. They are cheap and you'd be able to look right at it. Or if you know a welder, borrow their helmet. But it's gotta be a #14 or darker shade.
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