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Post by Deleted on May 25, 2017 12:12:19 GMT -5
Anyone going to be hounding while before/after the total solar eclipse on Monday August 21? I was noticing the center of the path ( see interactive maps here) goes through some great rockhounding areas. Eastern Oregon has the least chance of clouds (which can obscure or at least annoyingly light up the landscape from the edges). Richardson's thunderegg beds, just north of Madras Oregon is right along the path, as are some locations around Prineville and south of Baker. Central Idaho and Wyoming have the next least chance of clouds, and the path goes north of Boise and right through the Casper WY area. Any other hounding locations along the path?
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Post by fantastic5 on May 25, 2017 12:47:20 GMT -5
I won't be rockhounding, but the path is just an hour north of my house. I've already marked it as a day off on my works calendar and I've told the kids that they are not going to school, but will be coming with me. I've pulled the kids out of school for meteor showers before, so this is no different. They can always go to school, but things like this don't happen too often. I'm super excited, I've never witnessed a total eclipse first hand. Already bought the dorky looking eclipse glasses for direct viewing of the sun just prior to and after the event.
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Post by Deleted on May 25, 2017 13:01:06 GMT -5
Will be in Wyoming for the eclipse, but prolly not hounding. Could hit turritella
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Post by zekesman on May 25, 2017 14:36:03 GMT -5
We will be in Idaho, but we are just going to drive up in the AM, back home after eclipse. Vic
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Post by vera on May 26, 2017 1:30:43 GMT -5
It is so cool that other people here are interested in the eclipse! I have been planning my trip to Tennessee since 2012 when I found out about it. That will be the closest the 60 mile (+ or -) total darkness will be to me. Since my birthday is the day before, I told my hubby that the trip is my present this year. I had not though about a rock hounding trip as part of it, but I may have to check the maps to see if anything good is really close by!
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Post by fantastic5 on May 26, 2017 7:04:56 GMT -5
It is so cool that other people here are interested in the eclipse! I have been planning my trip to Tennessee since 2012 when I found out about it. That will be the closest the 60 mile (+ or -) total darkness will be to me. Since my birthday is the day before, I told my hubby that the trip is my present this year. I had not though about a rock hounding trip as part of it, but I may have to check the maps to see if anything good is really close by! I live in Tennessee vera. Planning on going about 45 minutes due north of Chattanooga. Not a lot to collect nearby. But if you head towards the Cherohala Skyway on the Tennessee/NC border, there are a few places not to far from that. Check out this list from my NC club, They all come with a collecting fee, but are worth going to at least once. NC Collecting Or I can give you information on Chunky Gal Mountain/Buck Creek area between Murphy NC and Franklin NC. It is forest service and the rules are changing, but surface collecting is still allowed. Just don't do any digging.
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Post by coloradocliff on May 26, 2017 8:01:30 GMT -5
Will be in Wyoming for the eclipse, but prolly not hounding. Could hit turritella Gunner, Dig a few pits in the Blue Forest unless you're on a fossil tear. You probably have Aden Wyoming material but can't hurt to have more and better stuff. Turritella is quick though, if you are in a hurry to get up and back.
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Post by 1dave on May 26, 2017 8:31:51 GMT -5
Be sure to check out shadows!
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Post by Fossilman on May 26, 2017 8:53:58 GMT -5
I'm staying home... Our town will be hit hard with scientist,tourists and every other Tom Dick and Harry....(Western Oregon).. Cloudy or not,it will be 3 1/2 minutes of total darkness! AWESOME! I still remember the last total eclipse,I was in the oilfields in ND.....It was awesome too!!!
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Post by fantastic5 on May 26, 2017 9:31:49 GMT -5
Be sure to check out shadows! WOW!!! Wouldn't have thought to look down during the eclipse. Thanks for the heads up...errr...heads down?
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Post by vera on May 26, 2017 15:11:46 GMT -5
I live in Tennessee vera . Planning on going about 45 minutes due north of Chattanooga. Not a lot to collect nearby. But if you head towards the Cherohala Skyway on the Tennessee/NC border, there are a few places not to far from that. Check out this list from my NC club, They all come with a collecting fee, but are worth going to at least once. NC Collecting Or I can give you information on Chunky Gal Mountain/Buck Creek area between Murphy NC and Franklin NC. It is forest service and the rules are changing, but surface collecting is still allowed. Just don't do any digging. Thanks so much for the info, there are a few in NC I could check out. I am planning to watch the eclipse near Fort Campbell, since I have been there a few times and enjoyed the area. I will be heading home on I-40 to I-81. I was planning to drop off the interstate to visit my oldest friend's Mom in White Top, Virginia. There are a lot of good rocks between there and West Jefferson, NC. I will have to ask her where the creek is that I got several handfuls of garnet gravel when I was fourteen. My friend thought I was silly for picking some of it up in 1972, but I thought it was next to the best part of that trip. I have been using that gravel as filler in my tumblers since I recently found it. The best part was seeing a blowing rock - it would be cool to see that again, too. I don't want to go too far from the car this trip because I am taking my mom with me and she fell and hurt herself when we went to AZ a few years ago.
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Post by vera on May 26, 2017 15:13:56 GMT -5
Be sure to check out shadows! Do the shadows really look like that during a total eclipse of the sun? If so, I can see why ancient people would have had religious experiences when they occurred!
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Post by Deleted on May 26, 2017 16:08:17 GMT -5
It is so cool that other people here are interested in the eclipse! I have been planning my trip to Tennessee since 2012 when I found out about it. That will be the closest the 60 mile (+ or -) total darkness will be to me. Since my birthday is the day before, I told my hubby that the trip is my present this year. I had not though about a rock hounding trip as part of it, but I may have to check the maps to see if anything good is really close by! Vera, My last name is Solar, and I want to be eclipsed. I missed one in the USA due to financial issues. This is the next one. I've been planning for a couple years. Still couldn't get a hotel! @coloraodocliff will be in a rental car so only easy access site will work. Can someone point me to nice black/white turritela?
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Post by Deleted on May 26, 2017 17:41:16 GMT -5
Can someone point me to nice black/white turritela? It is possible that you could find some along the eclipse path in the north part of the Green River formation west of Casper, but the black and white mostly comes from south of Wamsutter, which you'd have to do either before or after the eclipse, as it isn't in the path. If you decide to hunt in the area further south, go south out of Wamsutter on Wamsutter-Crooks Gap Road [rte 23-S]. Start looking along the road after about 7-8 miles. The whole area is a patchwork of ownership, so it would be a good idea to get a current BLM map before venturing off the main road. That area is called the Delany Rim, and folks also find oolite, stromatolite, petrified wood and other agatized material. You may recall this old post from several years agoFrom my faulty memory, you'll find the layers mostly near and along the tops of ridges. The shells at the surface tend to be weathered and browner, so you may have to dig down unless you find pits where someone has already dug down to pry out chunks from the layer of darker material.
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Post by 1dave on May 26, 2017 20:32:19 GMT -5
Be sure to check out shadows! Do the shadows really look like that during a total eclipse of the sun? If so, I can see why ancient people would have had religious experiences when they occurred! yes they do! somewhere in my computer maze I have photos I took of our home covered with them during the last eclipse. MANY years ago, out working on jobs I often noticed round circles of light on the floors coming through all kinds of holes in the roofs. Square, triangle, it didn't matter. They ended up round. Using my fallible brain I reasoned the light beams must spiral around to do this. Now I know the holes act like a camera obscura, showing the image of the sun. solar-center.stanford.edu/observe/
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Post by vera on May 26, 2017 20:42:39 GMT -5
I tried that paper thing during an partial eclipse when I was a child and just saw a white spot on the paper - not very interesting at all. For that eclipse the sky did not even get very much dimmer. That is why when I found out about this one I wanted to be in the right area to really see the difference. Being an old lady does have a few advantages. ;-)
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Post by 1dave on May 26, 2017 21:21:14 GMT -5
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Post by fantastic5 on Aug 15, 2017 8:22:02 GMT -5
Okay RTH peeps, what are you going to do for the Solar Eclipse? I live just 15-20 minutes south of the lower edge of totality. Schools are closed for the day, and even my daughters university is postponing the first day of classes. We are planning on driving about an hour north to the mid-line of totality to a small community park on the Tennessee river. Just about the red dot that you see on the map above Chattanooga. Anyone in the local area wanting a viewing location we are going to be at Fooshee Pass Recreation Area. The more the merrier!! Might use the opportunity to get used to my new coral collecting vehicle jamesp, while we are waiting for the eclpise. Gotta be ready for the river levels to drop.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 15, 2017 11:36:21 GMT -5
Hopefully meeting up with napoleonrags and heading into the wilds of Wyoming.
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Post by gemfeller on Aug 15, 2017 12:34:24 GMT -5
My daughter lives near Eugene, OR and public safety officials are putting out warnings for locals to stock up on food and other essentials because of the expected influx of tens of thousands "Eclipsers." They're saying the infrastructure is simply too limited to handle the needs of that many people. So if you're headed up that way, bring your own Porta-Potties and parking places folks.
"I'll stay at home and settle for 99% instead of 100% totality," she says.
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