The Great North American 2024 Total Solar Eclipse April 8th, 2024

[Tabascocat]

I know how and why eclipses are called those terms guys….just saying that I probably would have interchanged them from the start. Instead of what is being blocked, it would be what is doing the blocking

 

[VaqueroTD]

We are only getting about 33% here in Boise, Idaho. All good, we were in the complete Path of Totality in 2017. It was a neat experience. Kind of eerie.

You really can see why a lot of famous religious moments or omens happened during eclipses, comets and such. That must have spooked the hell out of ancient people without the benefit of today's technology.

 

[DanteEXT]

That was pretty cool.

 

[Runwildboys]

Solar eclipse = blocking sunlight

Lunar eclipse = blocking moonlight

How that helps. ‍

No, the Lunar eclipse is still blocking sunlight. It's just being blocked by Earth. The terms are inconsistent with each other.

Maybe the Solar eclipse should be changed to Terran eclipse?

 

[Runwildboys]

You really can see why a lot of famous religious moments or omens happened during eclipses, comets and such. That must have spooked the hell out of ancient people without the benefit of today's technology.

I was saying that to someone at work today. Because you don't see the moon moving toward the sun, so they wouldn't have even known anything until it got dark.

Then they sacrifice someone and the sun comes back.

Columbus used his knowledge of the upcoming eclipse to trick the inhabitants of Jamaica into supplying his men with food.

 

[SlammedZero]

You really can see why a lot of famous religious moments or omens happened during eclipses, comets and such. That must have spooked the hell out of ancient people without the benefit of today's technology.

I was saying that to someone at work today. Because you don't see the moon moving toward the sun, so they wouldn't have even known anything until it got dark.

Then they sacrifice someone and the sun comes back.

Columbus used his knowledge of the upcoming eclipse to trick the inhabitants of Jamaica into supplying his men with food.

Funny, I also had this conversation at work today with some co-workers.

 

[triplets_93]

I saw the Diamond Ring !!

And I saw a solar flare !

 

[Vtwin]

That was cooler than I thought it was going to be.

 

[RustyBourneHorse]

It was amazing to see here in Cleveland. They had a water cannon salute about an hour prior (I was at a beach here in Cleveland). About 5-10 minutes prior to totality, they had fireworks to signal to put the glasses on and look. Then, they shot more fireworks as the totality happened. The cheering was amazing. It was truly amazing.

 

[The Fonz]

I enjoyed it
at some point it was very dark ( like dawn time) and cold.All the birds kinda disappeared

 

[jsb357]

no other way to describe it "that was cool"

 

[nobody]

It was really cool and the clouds didn't interrupt the totality.

 

[DanteEXT]

I enjoyed it
at some point it was very dark ( like dawn time) and cold.All the birds kinda disappeared

Dark enough the lamp posts (that work) in front of all the houses on my street kicked on.

 

[Ghost12]

Had a great time at the Greenville Sports Park. Good music, food trucks, and plenty of room. The weather could have been better as we lost about a minute of totality to a passing cloud, but it certainly could also have been worse so I'll take it.

The sight is absolutely breathtaking. The moment you go from 99.99% coverage to 100% totality is probably the single most amazing thing I have ever personally witnessed with my own two eyes.

 

[triplets_93]

Nice Eclipse photo here:

 

[Runwildboys]

Nice Eclipse photo here:

Wow, that doesn't even look real!

 

[SlammedZero]

Wow, that doesn't even look real!

It's not real. All space photos are CGI rendered and fake. The moon doesn't even exist.

 

[DFWJC]

Living in Dallas....well, it was pretty mind-blowing.

Exceeded expectations

Nighttime during the day
Crickets chirping
Temperature dropped quickly
Weird breeze popped up

Spectacular

 

[triplets_93]

When I was in college, on top of the 19 story RLM (now PMA) building on the UT Austin campus, after a late night Astronomy Dept. viewing of the sky, we stayed around to watch the sun come up, to watch the end of the overnight eclipse of the sun end...

As we looked to the eastern horizon, the sky turned purpleish before the image of the sun first appeared.

That night was the first time I ever saw the rings of Saturn through a telescope (a Cassegrain).

Also, on the UT campus, I got to look through the Painter Hall 9" refracting Telescope as one of Jupiter's moons cast it's shadow, as it traversed across the face of the planet.

 

[Robbieac]

For the people who are confused about the terms…