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H/PC Philosopher Posts: | 397 |
Location: | Portland, Oregon | Status: | |
| The show has begun! The moon started moving across the sun at about 9:07 a.m. Pacific time (40 minutes ago), and it will peak here in Portland with 99.2% coverage at 10:19 a.m. We're about 30 miles from the path of totality here. The sun already is approaching a crescent shape. Very cool, and I'm feeling very fortunate to be this close. |
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Administrator H/PC Oracle Posts: | 17,976 |
Location: | United Kingdom | Status: | |
|  not only was the UK out of it, the idea that you could even see the sun today was laughable. We've nearly been in totality the whole day it's been so overcast :/
I hope you all got a good look at it! I remember the August 1999 one well. |
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Global Moderator H/PC Guru Posts: | 7,188 |
Location: | USA | Status: | |
| I just watched it on tv for a couple of minutes...boring...I remember being excited in the '63 eclipse, making black mirrors, pinhole viewers, etc. Then it rained...story of my life! |
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Global Moderator H/PC Oracle Posts: | 12,667 |
Location: | Southern California | Status: | |
| A few folks in my office had those eclipse viewing glasses, so I got a quick look. It was just like looking at a crescent moon at night, nothing exciting. (I wonder how many welders looked up at the sun through their masks today.  ) The sunlight over the area resembled what one would see on a partly cloudy day, when the sun peeks over the edge of a cloud. The total eclipse is something totally different, though, with some other stars becoming visible, etc. I believe it's been nearly 40 years since one passed over our area.  |
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H/PC Vanguard Posts: | 2,579 |
Location: | The Lone Star State | Status: | |
| We had a couple of the viewing glasses. We got about 70% in N Texas. One of our welders got a pic through his welding helmet. I'll see if I can post it.  (IMG_0264.JPG)Attachments ----------------  IMG_0264.JPG (88KB - 0 downloads) |
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H/PC Vanguard Posts: | 2,579 |
Location: | The Lone Star State | Status: | |
| My sister lives in the path of totality and got some great photos. She said it went completely dark and the birds, bugs, and pets went nuts. |
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Administrator H/PC Oracle Posts: | 17,976 |
Location: | United Kingdom | Status: | |
| Did you see shadow bands? |
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Global Moderator H/PC Guru Posts: | 7,188 |
Location: | USA | Status: | |
| I didn't have time to watch it...was too busy reeling in a 32" drum... |
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Global Moderator H/PC Oracle Posts: | 12,667 |
Location: | Southern California | Status: | |
| You fish for musical instruments now, Rich?  |
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H/PC Philosopher Posts: | 397 |
Location: | Portland, Oregon | Status: | |
| I'm now almost wishing we had journeyed 50 miles south to the path of totality...I think it would have been a much different experience. It was still pretty cool in Portland; only a tiny sliver of sun was visible at the peak, and the temps dropped at least 10 degrees.
My oldest son is in Nashville, right in the path of totality, and he works at the science center, so they had 3 days of festivities....only right before the peak, the sun was blocked by clouds. He said a few miles down the road, they had clear views, but not where he was. He said he talked with people who had come from London to see the eclipse; must have been a bit disappointing to travel all that way and miss the climax. I'm assuming that wasn't you, C:Amie? |
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Administrator H/PC Oracle Posts: | 17,976 |
Location: | United Kingdom | Status: | |
| Quote PDXMark - 2017-08-23 5:50 PM
I'm now almost wishing we had journeyed 50 miles south to the path of totality...I think it would have been a much different experience. It was still pretty cool in Portland; only a tiny sliver of sun was visible at the peak, and the temps dropped at least 10 degrees.
My oldest son is in Nashville, right in the path of totality, and he works at the science center, so they had 3 days of festivities....only right before the peak, the sun was blocked by clouds. He said a few miles down the road, they had clear views, but not where he was. He said he talked with people who had come from London to see the eclipse; must have been a bit disappointing to travel all that way and miss the climax. I'm assuming that wasn't you, C:Amie? It wasn't
Not one of you invited me to come and hang out at your science party! |
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Global Moderator H/PC Guru Posts: | 7,188 |
Location: | USA | Status: | |
| It was a "Yank" only festival.... |
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Global Moderator H/PC Oracle Posts: | 12,667 |
Location: | Southern California | Status: | |
| . . . meaning the gadgets were so old that we had to yank them to get them to start up. |
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| We drove to Depoe Bay and experienced totality. Very cool. Intended to go to a different area, but it was fogged, so we backtracked to Depoe Bay and caught a small area uninhibited by fog. |
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H/PC Newbie Posts: | 12 |
Location: | United States | Status: | |
| I realize I'm late to the show, but I wasn't watching for when HPCFactor came back up after the recent outage.
I got some pictures through some eclipse glasses on my phone, but they're pretty much similar to Yoldering's, but crappier (I was only in for 85% or so )
That said one of the engineers at my work is head of the local astronomy chapter and brought in a telescope with a solar filter on it! THAT was the coolest part of it all.
Now back to getting my long list of antique portables working to perfection... |
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