Monday, August 21, 2017

Not so dark

Guess I was too far away. It did get a might gloomy. I ended up taking my binoculars out to see the progress of the eclipse. I did turn them the the wrong way and looked at the projection on the porch floor to watch it. I'm no fool. Well, not much of one ...
 It gave me a good enough view to watch the progress.
 It didn't seem to get as dark as I thought it would.
 At the darkest.
 I fiddled around trying to get a better pic with the larger binoculars, and had a hard time getting an image along with holding the camera. Wish I could have found my tripod. The moon was already moving out of the way by the time I got this shot.

Well, that's it for now. I did also watch it happening on my computer part of the time. I have my science fix for now. 
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  1. angelaAugust 21, 2017 at 3:40 PM

    All this excitement while I was fast asleep!
    The computer is the best bet. I always have to resort to that as usually if anything exciting is happening up above it's cloudy here

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  2. crafty cat cornerAugust 21, 2017 at 3:54 PM

    I remember years ago when I was a child, the teacher gave us all a photo negative to look at the eclipse, I wonder we were no all blinded. lol
    Briony
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    1. SharonAugust 21, 2017 at 7:41 PM

      Photo negative? Wow. It does make a person wonder ...We had smoked (sooted) glass.

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  3. Mac n' JanetAugust 21, 2017 at 6:23 PM

    Interesting way to view it. It rained here, so no viewing.

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    1. SharonAugust 21, 2017 at 7:44 PM

      Oh, too bad. Check PBS tonight, might have "re-runs."

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  4. JillAugust 21, 2017 at 6:37 PM

    I built a cereal box viewer at the last minute. It did the trick. I remember the last one 38 years ago and I wonder if we'll all remember this one that well too.

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    1. SharonAugust 21, 2017 at 7:49 PM

      Hi Jill! I remember my last one too. :-) I'll remember this one for sure, was hot sitting out there!

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  5. Sandra CoxAugust 21, 2017 at 6:49 PM

    It didn't get as dark as I was expecting either. We couldn't find any glasses for sale so we made the box.

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  6. JonoAugust 21, 2017 at 8:22 PM

    It didn't make much difference here either.

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    1. SharonAugust 21, 2017 at 9:00 PM

      I was hoping for crescent shapes in the shadows of the trees, nope. :-(

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  7. Misadventures of WidowhoodAugust 21, 2017 at 8:44 PM

    I thought it was fun, a nice diversion. It didn't get very dark here either but the temperature sure dropped! I didn't expect that.

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    1. SharonAugust 21, 2017 at 9:02 PM

      Temps dropped about 8 degrees here, it didn't last long though. I was surprised too.

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  8. JimmyAugust 21, 2017 at 10:01 PM

    It was cool to watch even though we only had about 65% coverage. Nice idea using the binoculars like you did.

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    1. SharonAugust 22, 2017 at 6:44 AM

      I'm not sure what % of coverage we had here, but it was still worth sitting out in the heat.

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  9. RiverAugust 22, 2017 at 1:58 AM

    I'm hoping to see it tonight on the TV news. It won't be the same as being there, but I think it's one of those things that really never live up to the expectations driven by all the hype.

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    1. SharonAugust 22, 2017 at 6:45 AM

      I watched it on the news, it sure didn't last long.

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  10. ValerieAugust 22, 2017 at 4:57 AM

    I watched it on television. Sometimes I wish I lived in a place where I could see these things first hand.

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    1. SharonAugust 22, 2017 at 6:48 AM

      I weighed the pros and cons of driving to the total blackout and staying home won. Maybe if the weather hadn't been so hot and humid, and if I had a good driver ...

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  11. Sandra CoxAugust 22, 2017 at 10:23 AM

    I would have enjoyed being on that cruise during the eclipse:)

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  12. Beside a babbling brook...August 22, 2017 at 10:37 AM

    It was under-whelming here, too......

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  13. Liz HindsAugust 22, 2017 at 11:41 AM

    Gosh, it's hardly dark at all!

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    1. SharonAugust 22, 2017 at 11:45 AM

      You have to remember that I am 50-60 miles as the crow flies from the total dark.

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  14. PamAugust 22, 2017 at 1:33 PM

    Friend of mine used a telescope, glasses and camera. Got great shots. Never thought of that. It got dusk like here but I was expecting it to get dark little by little and it did not happen that way.

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  15. AnonymousAugust 22, 2017 at 5:02 PM

    Great idea with your binoculars. I never would've thought of that. I did the whole box thing and it was amazing. I'm happy I was able to see it.

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  16. joaredAugust 23, 2017 at 2:39 AM

    Looks like you did pretty well with your eclipse capturing. I enjoyed the experience with glasses and then following it across the country.

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    1. SharonAugust 25, 2017 at 8:21 PM

      It was over so quickly, it was nice to watch it happening all over the country.

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  17. BobbieAugust 24, 2017 at 7:07 PM

    Well you sure did a great job there... ! I was wishing at the last minute that I would have purchased glasses to look. Oh well. We didn't get the full effect here anyway... but still.

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    1. SharonAugust 25, 2017 at 8:23 PM

      I think I would have enjoyed it more if I had the glasses. Oh, well, too late now.

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