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08-23-17, 01:21 PM
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I went to Carbondale. I've been an astronomy fan for years, have seen hundreds of photos, and seen several partials.
None of the above is anything like the same thing as being there. It's a different experience. I'd be willing to go again next week, 9 hour drives and all.
None of the above is anything like the same thing as being there. It's a different experience. I'd be willing to go again next week, 9 hour drives and all.
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08-23-17, 02:06 PM
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My husband told me I was not driving 10 hours one way while wearing a sling so I had to settle for the 80% view in my backyard. (Gee, you'd think he's never driven one-handed while munching on french fries, the way he objected to me doing long-distance driving in a sling.) I didn't have glasses so I used a pinhole projector, and that's when the huge good luck streak started. A cloud passed in front of the sun just minutes before maximum coverage so I got a great view and a great picture despite not having a solar filter, the cloud coverage happened after the maximum, the rain waited until the time the eclipse ended, and the tornado warning waited until about half an hour after the end.
08-23-17, 02:15 PM
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So have all the Californians left Oregon yet? I have to drive there on Friday.
08-23-17, 02:19 PM
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I went to Carbondale. I've been an astronomy fan for years, have seen hundreds of photos, and seen several partials.
None of the above is anything like the same thing as being there. It's a different experience. I'd be willing to go again next week, 9 hour drives and all.
None of the above is anything like the same thing as being there. It's a different experience. I'd be willing to go again next week, 9 hour drives and all.
08-23-17, 02:19 PM
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My husband told me I was not driving 10 hours one way while wearing a sling so I had to settle for the 80% view in my backyard. (Gee, you'd think he's never driven one-handed while munching on french fries, the way he objected to me doing long-distance driving in a sling.) I didn't have glasses so I used a pinhole projector, and that's when the huge good luck streak started. A cloud passed in front of the sun just minutes before maximum coverage so I got a great view and a great picture despite not having a solar filter, the cloud coverage happened after the maximum, the rain waited until the time the eclipse ended, and the tornado warning waited until about half an hour after the end.
08-23-17, 02:33 PM
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Yeah but I live in SE Michigan so I can just go about 50 miles south.
The reason Carbondale was a big deal this year was it was the point of maximum totality.
Max totality in 2024 is in Mexico. Maybe vacation in Puerto Vallarta
The reason Carbondale was a big deal this year was it was the point of maximum totality.
Max totality in 2024 is in Mexico. Maybe vacation in Puerto Vallarta
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08-23-17, 03:12 PM
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08-23-17, 03:47 PM
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I think they will all move to Bend.
08-23-17, 05:06 PM
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08-23-17, 06:23 PM
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I thought I finally caught up w/ all the eclipse traffic on I5 yesterday but there were far more OR plates than CA ones (in WA going toward Seattle). 3 hrs from Portland to Oly vs the usual 1:45. That's still within range of any bad weekday though doesn't have to be an eclipse effect.
08-24-17, 11:07 AM
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We got caught up in Eclipse Mania and enjoyed it quite a bit. We traveled to Independence, Missouri (near Kansas City) to stay with an old friend of my wife's. We stayed for four nights. On Sunday, we got to take a ride in the countryside. I've barely spent any time in the US Heartland, so that was nice for me. Our hosts had a tandem which my wife and I rode. They rode their single bikes. The tandem was very difficult for me to handle compared with my tandem.
Monday, the event was suspenseful because the weather forecast had a good chance of rain and thundershowers. We had a long and intense thundershower, and it cleared up right when the eclipse began.
My wife prepared a great playlist on Spotify with songs for the occasion.
The high point was when the sky got dark, the temperature dropped, and nearby coyotes howled!
Monday, the event was suspenseful because the weather forecast had a good chance of rain and thundershowers. We had a long and intense thundershower, and it cleared up right when the eclipse began.
My wife prepared a great playlist on Spotify with songs for the occasion.
The high point was when the sky got dark, the temperature dropped, and nearby coyotes howled!
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08-24-17, 11:39 AM
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I was in Salem, Oregon for the big event.
While I was in Portland, I took special notice of the much-proclaimed bicycle lane network. The lanes are not more than painted lines on the street. Some are painted green. Nothing more than what we have in Toronto. So that could only mean one thing that makes cycling so good in Portland: driver attitude. And indeed I did notice how much more considerate and patient motorists are in Portland and Salem than in Vancouver,BC or Toronto, etc.
Then in Salem, I took note that angled parking would be so much safer for cyclists and motorists alike compared to parallel parking at the curb. That's because motorists pulling out of parking spaces know they have to look behind them. And dooring would be eliminated because doors are not in the cyclists' lane.
While I was in Portland, I took special notice of the much-proclaimed bicycle lane network. The lanes are not more than painted lines on the street. Some are painted green. Nothing more than what we have in Toronto. So that could only mean one thing that makes cycling so good in Portland: driver attitude. And indeed I did notice how much more considerate and patient motorists are in Portland and Salem than in Vancouver,BC or Toronto, etc.
Then in Salem, I took note that angled parking would be so much safer for cyclists and motorists alike compared to parallel parking at the curb. That's because motorists pulling out of parking spaces know they have to look behind them. And dooring would be eliminated because doors are not in the cyclists' lane.
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08-24-17, 11:48 AM
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08-24-17, 11:50 AM
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I took 3 days off (Friday to go to Portland for an event and stay the night), and Mon/Tues. Drove to eastern OR Sat, camped in a national forest and left yesterday am. It was totally worth it. Of course, camping in a desert w/ only the water I brought (all those creeks on the topo map totally dried out) and a trowel for latrine facilitation is something I would do anyway. This was just an added excuse/benefit.
I like this picture I got but it is not too fancy. The three basic elements were the black silhouette of the moon, the sharp brilliant white corona, and the blue sky. Everybody's picture has the black silhouette, but there is a real tradeoff between capturing the sharpness of the corona (vs the diffuse extended corona) and the blue sky. So this is way overexposed for the corona but the blue, while still darker than it was, is enough to remind me.
I like this picture I got but it is not too fancy. The three basic elements were the black silhouette of the moon, the sharp brilliant white corona, and the blue sky. Everybody's picture has the black silhouette, but there is a real tradeoff between capturing the sharpness of the corona (vs the diffuse extended corona) and the blue sky. So this is way overexposed for the corona but the blue, while still darker than it was, is enough to remind me.
08-24-17, 12:56 PM
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I used my cell phone to try and get Venus (above the 1st tree) together with the moon/sun and (Mercury) into the frame but then I lost the silhouette of the moon and the little guy entirely...
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08-24-17, 01:49 PM
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For all you sour grapes, it was totally worth driving 2.5 hours to see. A total eclipse really is different from a partial solar eclipse. It might have been a prettier picture on-line from a telescope, but watching it on a screen vs. seeing it live is like watching a bike race vs. going for a bike ride in the country.
I'm not at all sure it was worth driving 4.5 hours back home.
I'm not at all sure it was worth driving 4.5 hours back home.
But yes, it was worth it.
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08-25-17, 08:11 AM
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My husband told me I was not driving 10 hours one way while wearing a sling so I had to settle for the 80% view in my backyard. (Gee, you'd think he's never driven one-handed while munching on french fries, the way he objected to me doing long-distance driving in a sling.) I didn't have glasses so I used a pinhole projector, and that's when the huge good luck streak started. A cloud passed in front of the sun just minutes before maximum coverage so I got a great view and a great picture despite not having a solar filter, the cloud coverage happened after the maximum, the rain waited until the time the eclipse ended, and the tornado warning waited until about half an hour after the end.
08-25-17, 08:43 AM
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We got caught up in Eclipse Mania and enjoyed it quite a bit. We traveled to Independence, Missouri (near Kansas City) to stay with an old friend of my wife's. We stayed for four nights. On Sunday, we got to take a ride in the countryside. I've barely spent any time in the US Heartland, so that was nice for me. Our hosts had a tandem which my wife and I rode. They rode their single bikes. The tandem was very difficult for me to handle compared with my tandem.
Monday, the event was suspenseful because the weather forecast had a good chance of rain and thundershowers. We had a long and intense thundershower, and it cleared up right when the eclipse began.
My wife prepared a great playlist on Spotify with songs for the occasion.
The high point was when the sky got dark, the temperature dropped, and nearby coyotes howled!
Monday, the event was suspenseful because the weather forecast had a good chance of rain and thundershowers. We had a long and intense thundershower, and it cleared up right when the eclipse began.
My wife prepared a great playlist on Spotify with songs for the occasion.
The high point was when the sky got dark, the temperature dropped, and nearby coyotes howled!
@noglider, you were in my neck of the woods for the eclipse. I live north of Independence in Liberty, MO. It was my first total solar eclipse experience, and it was awesome!!!
08-25-17, 08:56 AM
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Then in Salem, I took note that angled parking would be so much safer for cyclists and motorists alike compared to parallel parking at the curb. That's because motorists pulling out of parking spaces know they have to look behind them. And dooring would be eliminated because doors are not in the cyclists' lane.
There are a few street crossings on the "bikeway" without adequate light triggers for the stop lights.
I have had drivers stop for me in Salem and wave me through an intersection, and of course, frequently in Eugene. Portland?
08-25-17, 08:59 AM
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My husband told me I was not driving 10 hours one way while wearing a sling so I had to settle for the 80% view in my backyard. (Gee, you'd think he's never driven one-handed while munching on french fries, the way he objected to me doing long-distance driving in a sling.)
Around here, the return traffic after the eclipse was about bike speed anyway.
08-25-17, 09:26 AM
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08-25-17, 05:57 PM
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Just to cap off my bitterness, I just drove continuously from Santa Cruz to Portland (dropped a kid off at college) and then got a hotel in Madras. I was told the eclipse didn't suck here.
08-26-17, 06:59 AM
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We retrieved our 16 yr old from summer camp in Portland last Friday then continued on to Grant County.
08-26-17, 08:02 AM
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I was in Santa Cruz until Thursday night. I dropped the kid at Reed (in Portland) on Friday and am now in Madras. The hotel I am at still has eclipse viewing glasses for sale. Maybe it is kind of like a cargo cult.
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