The Great Eclipse

[SuperBuickGuy]

you have to reset your (helmet's) sensitivity. I had the same trouble but fixed it with making it more sensitive (I told it that it wasn't inferior while pressing its buttons).

[pdub]

A couple of Robert's, he really liked getting the one that they call the diamond ring. He's probably got several hundred more, he took a lot with his solar filter on his telescope also.

Beautiful!!!!!!!!!!!!! The one on the right is a whole lot more like the eye saw of the corona. But at that point the glasses were still on for a few more seconds and when it went total it all went DARK through the glasses.

[DirtyWhiteBoy]

I finally got around to editing a few shots. I didn't plan on taking any, but once it got dark, I couldn't resist.

[Scott Liggett]

I can tell you the crowds that came into Central Nebraska was pretty massive where the biggest town within 100 miles is 50,000. Our town was in the direct path of total darkness. We had right at 2 min. 30 miles north of Kearney had another 35 seconds of darkness. One town north of Kearney, Ravenna, NE had huge crowds. The town only has 1800 people, but they brought in 1000's. The one hotel there that mostly served the railroads had reservations going back 3 years. Kearney is 30,000 people, but has services for far bigger town. We have more than a dozen hotels with more 3000 hotel rooms. Every single one was taken. Everyone. We have a few events a year that fills up the hotels in the area. They just built three more, and now building another three.

The temps dropped more than 20 degrees. It was really dark like night time, but it was more like just after twilight. It was pretty cool to watch. Our company really supported this and basically shut down for an hour so all the employees could watch it.

[pdub]

The next little town north of here on US11, Athens, their city park filled up, the Powers That Be closed the gates at noon. That's enough, no more cars and people allowed in the park.

16,000 people there. By a long ways a new record for people in that park. That many people from all over the world will never happen there again.

[Whelk]

you have to reset your (helmet's) sensitivity. I had the same trouble but fixed it with making it more sensitive (I told it that it wasn't inferior while pressing its buttons).

Yeah, I tried maxing the sensitivity but it didn't do me any good. May my helmet is just not quality enough, a $40 Amazon piece.

[corvettedad]

Ok one more, only because he said it had only happened one other time in totality. Alaskan airlines was flying the path of the eclipse and the resulting contrail got in the eclipse.

[Barry Donovan]

I can tell you the crowds that came into Central Nebraska was pretty massive where the biggest town within 100 miles is 50,000. Our town was in the direct path of total darkness. We had right at 2 min. 30 miles north of Kearney had another 35 seconds of darkness. One town north of Kearney, Ravenna, NE had huge crowds. The town only has 1800 people, but they brought in 1000's. The one hotel there that mostly served the railroads had reservations going back 3 years. Kearney is 30,000 people, but has services for far bigger town. We have more than a dozen hotels with more 3000 hotel rooms. Every single one was taken. Everyone. We have a few events a year that fills up the hotels in the area. They just built three more, and now building another three.

The temps dropped more than 20 degrees. It was really dark like night time, but it was more like just after twilight. It was pretty cool to watch. Our company really supported this and basically shut down for an hour so all the employees could watch it.

truly mythological.
I think I found a face in my only shot that was better than others.
I noticed it using it as the page photo on facebook.



I posted this whole photo, this is cropped and still quite large. no resizing. 2763x2078


I suppose I'd have to look for such things at the rare occasion.

Back in my bigger computer, I wonder if my xeon did better to accept it.


Last shot, at the peak.. tried using my fingers as a filter.
this is cropped, not resized. It is actually very big photos.

and here is my other all naturals, no edit...just clouds and limits of camera to keep light out.

[malc]

The clouds add drama.....nice.

[fatguyzinc]

heres a real eclipse... a 300+lb fatguy flying through the
air on a CR500R 2 stroke will block out the sun quite nicely.

that was actually what my butt patch said when i was still racing--
"the eclipse". my younger brothers was "earthquake".