Total Eclipse August 21st

[bearmick]

Looks like ~95% in central IL. Pretty exciting. Anyone know what time it's happening?


edit: I just checked, it's 1:21pm Central for the middle of it.

 

[Warden of the Northeast]

Looks like ~95% in central IL. Pretty exciting. Anyone know what time it's happening?

 

[NCChiFan]

If I'm not in total, I will be in awful darn dark territory... Like in the 95% or greater. It will clip my state about 60 miles from the house , total zone edge is about 40 miles from work.

 

[Tater]

 

[brett05]

For me it's a non-event.

I hope the weather holds out for those of you making plans around it.

 

[Warden of the Northeast]

For me it's a non-event.

I hope the weather holds out for those of you making plans around it.

For most it'll be a non-event. Unless you're in the 90% and up cover zone people won't notice a difference.

 

[ZOMBIE@CTESPN]

My nephews asked me for glasses to see it I have no clue where to find them on short notice. Being in Michigan I don't think it will be much of an event anyways I think it's under 80%

 

[Warden of the Northeast]

My nephews asked me for glasses to see it I have no clue where to find them on short notice. Being in Michigan I don't think it will be much of an event anyways I think it's under 80%

I couldn't find any either so I went to a welding shop and bought a piece of glass meant for a mask with a darkness of 12. As long as it's 12 or above it will work perfectly. It cost me $2.70.

 

[Warrior Spirit]

 

[remydat]

Live in MO so I am in prime eclipse zone. I still don't have glasses so I plan to look at it with my left eye. Thus if I go blind it will only be in that one eye. In any event taking a 3 hour lunch break and going to watch it from my building's rooftop pool to get some better elevation.

 

[nc0gnet0]

Supposed to be overcast all day in my area, sucks bad.

 

[AussieBear]

[video=youtube;lcOxhH8N3Bo]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcOxhH8N3Bo[/video]

 

[Xuder O'Clam]

[video=youtube;UrF-ZYM06Ac]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrF-ZYM06Ac[/video]

 

[BaBaBlacksheep]

[video=youtube;nxiR5TIlZpE]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxiR5TIlZpE[/video]

 

[remydat]

Just finished watching it. Pretty cool. I was surprised at how many people were watching it. Had a few restaurants that actually closed so their employees could go watch.

 

[AussieBear]

so i take it murica didnt end.. no nibiru.. no aliens.. well ****.. back to work

 

[Mitchapalooza]

Sun just looked brighter than usual, nothing special when I looked at it when I saw everyone else staring at it :shrug:

maybe it hasn't happened yet in Chicago.

 

[Gustavus Adolphus]

I've been staring at this thing for the past hour, and I just don't get it.

I'm going bed now. I have a splitting headache.

 

[BringBackDitka54]

[video=youtube;juFZh92MUOY]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=juFZh92MUOY[/video]

 

[HeHateMe]

My mom and I made a viewer device out of a rice Krispy box and that was more fun than the actual eclipse probably because all of the clouds made it difficult to see so I tried to look at it with my bare eyes and still didn't see much but now I am worried I might have contracted the eclipse blindness and I read that I don't find out for sure until tomorrow, so this turned out to be an extremely over-hyped and unexciting day with also a potential for a serious injury as well. Next time I will just stay inside and look at it on my labtop.