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Solar Eclipse 2017

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  1. DreamShook

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    Well, it wasn't a total coverage in Texas.
     
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    Lol. I hope that is sarcasm and not just spewing stupidity.
     
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    LOL, read the article in the link. Don't know if the Globe was being serious but it appears as if they are blaming trump.

    http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2017/08/01/the-solar-eclipse-coming-trump-country/Ldd7MhDroW1cdYCwCBoxbO/story.html?s_campaign=bostonglobe:socialflow:twitter

    Perhaps it’s not a surprise that the solar eclipse is passing over Trump strongholds given that the president himself was born during a lunar eclipse.

    On June 14, 1946, the day Trump was born, there was a total lunar eclipse, though it wasn’t visible from the United States, NASA records show. Instead, it could be seen from parts of South America, Europe, Africa, Asia, and Australia.
     
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    pics or it didn't happen
     
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    The lighting outside is just....strange. It's almost scary.
     
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    Moon shadow over the US

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    #68 davidio840, Aug 21, 2017
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    just glanced for half second and i got dizzy.
     
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    It was cool. I'm happy to experience it. Sweated my balls off and met and talked with strangers. I shared my glasses with everyone from high society to homeless people.
     
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    can you spoiler that. I dont want to sue you for irreversible health damages. pieceoutby
     
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    im in atlanta. 97% coverage. it felt like it was 6 o'clock. very underwhelming
     
    #73 tallanvor, Aug 21, 2017
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    I thought it was pretty neat........felt like it was 7pm and the temp dropped quite a bit
     
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    we did it the bootlegged way at work and the radiologist said to use 5 X-ray films to look at the eclipse.
     
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    2024 should be better.
     
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    I kept looking for the man in the sun. No luck. I prefer the moon.
     
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    I'll try and post photos when I get home.
     
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    I am in Ft. Worth. Pretty cool, if you ask me. Everything was oddly dim. Scalloped shadows. For about half an hour it was like being on a bizzaro version of Earth. I think some people were expecting fireworks shooting from the clouds. It's just a subtly fantastic event. Also, observed that the several people complaining about it were the ones who failed to score glasses haha. Eclipse = slightly underrated.
     
    #79 I am a Donut, Aug 21, 2017
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    Curious to hear how @Bäumer 's trip went.
     
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