On April 8, 2024 something amazing will cross Central Texas

THATS NO MOON!

 

Was cool enough, here in Brooklyn. One of my sons is up in Buffalo and he said it was dope.

 

Might have been worth going blind.

You'll never see anything this beautiful again.

 

Thought that was a pretty overrated experience. People describing it as live changing are nuts

 

Our eclipse traveling group is already making plans for 2027. There's a short duration eclipse in Spain 2026 but we're looking at Gibraltar August 2, 2027. Gibraltar only has cloudy skies 15% of the time on that date. Compare that to this eclipse where the Texas/Mexico boarder had the best odds along the path but it's still cloudy 45-50% of the time on April 8th.

 

It was amazing, and the clouds broke around 1pm for us. Such an incredible experience with my 4 year old daughter. I was smoking some steaks and sausage too and she asked, "is this what an eclipse is....hangout outside and cook steaks"

 

Well done, dad!

 

My dad was an ophthalmologist. Let's just say that when eclipses occur, there are always SOME idiots who stare into the sun for too long, without any protection...not a good idea. (Also not a good idea to get totally high and lie on a sun bed and stare into it. True patient story...)

 

I wouldn't say that's nuts, but it wasn't life-changing for me.

 

Would have been better if I had a telescope. But, considering we won't see that again in Texas for a long time, you can knock it off your bucket list (even if it wasn't on it...just add it ).

 

Trump said you can use bleach to... . Nevermind.

 

We're spoiled by amazing things in 2024 and I tried to remind myself of that as I watched. It was cool and I'm glad I saw it. I can't imagine spending thousands of dollars to travel for one.

I can see why ancient civilizations freaked out during them. The hot orb that governs your life has disappeared.

 

I'm like, reading or seeing these people who describe it as awe-inspiring. Am I just that dead inside that I all I could feel was "that's neat"?

 

how was it brehs? was it everything i've dreamed of?

 

In 2017, I saw it in a cloudless sky in Wyoming.

Where did you see it? Were you obstructed at all? Seeing the white, wispy corona surrounding a black hole was pretty awesome sight for me. Like smoke is coming out of a hole in the sky. I assume even light clouds can obstruct that.

Being able to look at the sun is pretty cool in itself. And being in the moon’s shade, with the temperature drop and seeing the birds and animals kinda freak out, is another.

But for me, it’s sorta like going to ancient ruins like Mesa Verde and imagining being there, seeing the world through their ancient eyes. With the eclipse, it’s easy to understand why ppl thought the world was coming to an end, without knowing what was happening.

 

Eclipse Hangover Day

 

The world had the chance to gaze upon a total solar eclipse today, and Google is seeing a spike in “eyes hurt” searches as a result.

This year’s eclipse event saw large parts of the U.S. taking to the streets to enjoy a rare view of the sun’s shadow as it gradually made its way across the country. We (hopefully) don’t need to tell you that staring directly into the sun isn’t the greatest idea, but that hasn’t stopped thousands of Americans from apparently doing it with and, unfortunately, without protective glasses.

Those who spent a little too much time looking at the flaming ball of fire in the sky quickly took to the internet to find the source of their new eye pain, and Google Trendsnoticed (as spotted by Wall Street Journal SEO Editor Shalom Goodman on X/Twitter). Specifically, search terms like “eyes hurt,” “my eyes hurt,” and “why do my eyes hurt” saw a significant uptick around 11 a.m. PT / 2 p.m. ET. In case you haven’t been keeping up with the solar eclipse schedule, that’s just around the time the moon started to pass between the Earth and the sun. Related searches seemed to reach their peak at 12 p.m. PT / 3 p.m. ET.

 

so many dumb people in this world it’s honestly kind of sad

Deobhakta treated a patient who watched the 2017 solar eclipse for 20 seconds without proper eye protection. She now has permanent damage in the shape of a crescent that interferes with her vision.

"The crescent that is burned into the retina, the patient sees as black in her visual field," he said. "The visual deficit that she has will never go away."