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Post by coloradocliff on Aug 21, 2017 14:12:34 GMT -5
Western Colorado and out of the totality path. Whew !
Not a photographer by any stretch but am well protected and prolific..
Getting all protected up.
Feeling real safe in my advanced protective gear.
Clear sky and a few wispy clouds
First indication that something's wrong up there.
Something is eating the sun.
Looks like it's going nuclear, adding more tin foil to hat..
Never mind.. Nothing to see here folks.. Just the mother ship picking up me and Frank in Colorado
Now hovering over Wisconsin and the Up.. Then onto Florida and Ga.
Well glad that's over, Did leave a nice cosmic thunderegg for us..
Waiting to see all the GOOD pictures from all the Forum family..
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Post by captbob on Aug 21, 2017 14:28:45 GMT -5
LOL very nice! Good thing you thought of the tin foil hat - in case it was the aliens after all.
We got 82% coverage here in the Tampa Bay area. Just dark enough for the freakin' mosquitoes to think it was time to come back out from their heat of the day hiding places.
Watched it come in with a telescope, figured I didn't need to see it in reverse.
mow back to regularly scheduled program ...
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Post by coloradocliff on Aug 21, 2017 14:38:58 GMT -5
Yeah always keep the hat for emergencies like this. Farmers Markets, cowboy bars and funerals. Don't want bad vibes..
Have a camera hooked to your scope? I think I have an attachment for mine but haven't messed with it since it stopped being the newest best thing a few years back. Didn't think about it. Nerdy but not that nerdy. Lots of pictures out there and everyone will glance quickly and then forget about
them. The hat and glasses might leave some people with a few haunting memories and if I'm lucky some night sweats.
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Post by Rockoonz on Aug 21, 2017 15:50:47 GMT -5
 Forgot the tinfoil, but the walnut next door was nice enough to play pinhole camera for us.  I think I have rocks that look like that... |
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Post by coloradocliff on Aug 21, 2017 16:29:50 GMT -5
Forgot the tinfoil, but the walnut next door was nice enough to play pinhole camera for us. I think I have rocks that look like that... NIce botrydial eclipse. Wouldn't worry about the the hat at this point. Yeah think that juglans protects the trees nuts too. |
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Post by fishnpinball on Aug 21, 2017 16:49:18 GMT -5
I took a caravan of 7 people up to see the eclipse in the total band. The weatherman blew it and we had heavy cloud coverage and rain the whole time. There were people fairly close by that got a good break in the clouds but we were not fortunate. However it was still cool when over about 20 minutes you really noticed it getting darker and darker until the crickets started chirping. At the end it only took a couple of minutes to lighten up again. What I didn't expect was the sky overhead was dark but around all the edges daylight showed.  DSC00503 by ngboettch, on Flickr |
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Post by coloradocliff on Aug 21, 2017 16:54:27 GMT -5
I took a caravan of 7 people up to see the eclipse in the total band. The weatherman blew it and we had heavy cloud coverage and rain the whole time. There were people fairly close by that got a good break in the clouds but we were not fortunate. However it was still cool when over about 20 minutes you really noticed it getting darker and darker until the crickets started chirping. At the end it only took a couple of minutes to lighten up again. What I didn't expect was the sky overhead was dark but around all the edges daylight showed. DSC00503 by ngboettch, on Flickr Kind of eerie looking landscape.. |
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Post by fishnpinball on Aug 21, 2017 18:33:05 GMT -5
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Post by MrMike on Aug 21, 2017 18:44:28 GMT -5
Yeah always keep the hat for emergencies like this. Farmers Markets, cowboy bars and funerals. Don't want bad vibes.. Have a camera hooked to your scope? I think I have an attachment for mine but haven't messed with it since it stopped being the newest best thing a few years back. Didn't think about it. Nerdy but not that nerdy. Lots of pictures out there and everyone will glance quickly and then forget about them. The hat and glasses might leave some people with a few haunting memories and if I'm lucky some night sweats. Well at least no one read your mind or scanned your brain during the eclipse, not that they would have been disappointed..... |
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Post by coloradocliff on Aug 21, 2017 18:51:06 GMT -5
Wow Thai's the money shot right there. |
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Post by coloradocliff on Aug 21, 2017 18:53:08 GMT -5
Yeah always keep the hat for emergencies like this. Farmers Markets, cowboy bars and funerals. Don't want bad vibes.. Have a camera hooked to your scope? I think I have an attachment for mine but haven't messed with it since it stopped being the newest best thing a few years back. Didn't think about it. Nerdy but not that nerdy. Lots of pictures out there and everyone will glance quickly and then forget about them. The hat and glasses might leave some people with a few haunting memories and if I'm lucky some night sweats. Well at least no one read your mind or scanned your brain during the eclipse, not that they would have been disappointed..... Nope did good The test came back negative.. big smile Who else you know can score that on an intelligence test?
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Post by MrMike on Aug 21, 2017 19:00:38 GMT -5
There is something wrong with you dude....love it man, as captbob would say "In a non Homo way".....although I must admit it made me wonder when he took that Brokeback Rio trip with that jamesp guy. You know that guy posting all those phallic veggie pictures..... |
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Post by beefjello on Aug 21, 2017 19:13:16 GMT -5
Great thread and killer pix! MrMike your 'brokeback rio trip' comment made Deschutes Black Butte Porter shoot out my nose! Not cool dude. Not cool at all  |
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Post by coloradocliff on Aug 21, 2017 19:40:12 GMT -5
There is something wrong with you dude....love it man, as captbob would say "In a non Homo way".....although I must admit it made me wonder when he took that Brokeback Rio trip with that jamesp guy. You know that guy posting all those phallic veggie pictures..... Scaring me Mike.. Talking loving me, phallic stuff and two other guys,, hehe Guess its no worse tha hugging ole Noah in the parking lot.. looks like two bears fighting.. Going to be hard to keep ole Bob from messing with us., Make him mad and he will run us over with his Prius.. Think that we better leave the country after that broke back comment.
Who in their right mind would post phallic veggies? 
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Post by coloradocliff on Aug 21, 2017 19:43:21 GMT -5
Great thread and killer pix! MrMike your 'brokeback rio trip' comment made Deschutes Black Butte Porter shoot out my nose! Not cool dude. Not cool at all Porter, ,Porter?? Dang next time spew a rice made beer like Bud or Coors... Yeah makes you not want to go hounding with another guy huh?? grin...
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Post by captbob on Aug 21, 2017 21:56:05 GMT -5
*sigh*
tough crowd
cue the penguins
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Post by coloradocliff on Aug 21, 2017 22:02:04 GMT -5
*sigh* tough crowd cue the penguins Sorry Bob but we ALL still love yah man !! Yeah a lil tin foil just drives them into a frenzy.
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Post by jamesp on Aug 22, 2017 4:58:35 GMT -5
Gracious  |
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Post by jamesp on Aug 22, 2017 5:09:28 GMT -5
"The Day the Lights Went Out in Georgia"  |
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Post by captbob on Aug 22, 2017 6:38:37 GMT -5
"The Day the Lights Went Out in Georgia" I see what you did there!  |
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