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Americans, will you see the eclipse live?

Yes 24 47.06%
 
No 27 52.94%
 
Total:51
Cerebralbore101 on 21 August 2017
Hedra42 said:
Cerebralbore101 said:
What the hell is going on? I live in Phoenix and the eclipse is supposed to peak at 1030 am. I looked outside and the sky is perfectly normal. Zero obscuration of the sun by the moon. WTF?

It's not zero - it's about 50% as I write this, but it will still seem sunny. Your maximum coverage was 70%. Get a piece of paper, put a small hole in it, and then project through to another piece of paper. You should see the crescent. Here's what it should be looking like live where you are now...

 

https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/in/usa/phoenix

Yeah it's still fairly sunny. Might as well be no eclipse on Pheonix. Glad I didn't buy any glasses for this. 



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Hedra42 on 21 August 2017
Cerebralbore101 said:
Hedra42 said:

It's not zero - it's about 50% as I write this, but it will still seem sunny. Your maximum coverage was 70%. Get a piece of paper, put a small hole in it, and then project through to another piece of paper. You should see the crescent. Here's what it should be looking like live where you are now...

 

https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/in/usa/phoenix

Yeah it's still fairly sunny. Might as well be no eclipse on Pheonix. Glad I didn't buy any glasses for this. 

Glasses would have been good, you would have seen what is there on the link. But it's cheaper and easier to punch a hole in a bit of paper with a thumb tack and look at the crescent on the ground! You might be able to see crescents being projected through the leaves on trees, if the leaves are dense enough.



aLkaLiNE on 21 August 2017

There was a total eclipse where I live. This whole thing was massively blown out of proportion, I feel bad for the people that spent their vacation time traveling across the country to watch the sun disappear for like 30 seconds followed by partial darkness then back to normal. It was cool, but it wasn't that cool



epicurean on 21 August 2017

Had 98% here in Omaha, just watched and got over. Kind of cool, was hoping it would get even darker. Dropped 5 degrees during it.



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barneystinson69 on 21 August 2017

Wait, it was today?! Damn it! Didn't even bother looking up at the sky (it was over 80% here in Calgary). Sigh*

 

Then again, I didn't even bother buying those glasses in the first place (was planning on looking up without them since I don't care about the rules, but I heard you really can't see it well unless its totally covering the sun).



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Slarvax on 21 August 2017

70% here, didn't really get too dark, but it was still cool. To 2024!



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Slarvax on 21 August 2017

Also, I didn't go blind. Good for me.



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LMU Uncle Alfred on 21 August 2017

It was cool. It was dark but not dark enough where I live. Unless it's 100% totality and not a few off you're not going to get full darkness. The sun is just too damn bright so even with say 3% brightness, it's still going to hinder the dark effect.



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RJ_Sizzle on 21 August 2017

It was pretty awesome where I was, mainly because there was a lot of cloud cover. So when the eclipse happened, it got DARK, and I could hear people in my neighborhood freaking out for a minute. LOL. But I can't imagine a whole day of prep for an experience so brief.



bonzobanana on 21 August 2017

Cut out a small circle of cardboard and gradually move it in front of a lit lightbulb so it obscures it completely then gradually move it away from the lightbulb so the lightbulb can be seen again. Same effect, you can repeat whenever you want and don't risk damaging your eyesight.

I also have an alternative to the moon landings using a bag of cement and a small doll.