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Am I the only one who has seen an eclipse and been very underwhelmed?



Sure, it's something you don't see everyday, it's darn rare.

So is Halley's comet.
Just like an eclipse, there was a tremendous hubbub about it,
then I saw it.

Oh.
So I'll never see that again.
And why does that matter?




I see some version of this very often walking out the door in the morning,

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Can't express it, but those sunrises are more important to me.

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No, here is another person. I saw one back in the ninetys as I recall. We were down near Pine Bluff, Arkansas, surveying, and had a Transit/edm with a solar filter we used doing sunshots. So we got a very good look. I was glad I saw it, but would not go out of my way to see another. miles

We’re still here. Lights come on, coffee is made,,,,,meh.

We are almost dead square in the path of totality. Gonna do beer and brats with the family. Had one in 2017 at about 90% totality. Next one is 2045 or so. I probably won't be here for that.

This one is pretty exceptional. It's about the proportional size of the moon and sun relative to the distance from earth to moon. But you can watch TV if you want to.

Saw the last one in totality in Oregon. Lots of partials including the annular one last year.

The one in totality was impressive. Like someone took a drift punch to the sky. And the aurora around it was cool.

The partials and annular were pretty meh.

I'm tired of hearing about it!

It’s a measure of technology and progress effect on our view of life and raw natural wonders that these things seem ho hum. You could simulate the same effect with a light bulb a bare wall and a disk of cardboard. But why bother? You can imagine the same effect easy enough. We drove several hours to a peculiarly American town of Celina, Ohio right under the path. Wife loves science, astronomy geology, the ancient and all beyond our knowing. She is very weak and unwell. Witnessing something strong and unrelenting, Bible thumpers, politicians, or psychopaths can’t destroy seemed encouraging send off to heaven for her. A mixed bag for me.

Halley's Comet appeared in 1986. For some reason it wasn't very bright.
On previous appearances throughout the years, Halley's Comet was brilliant, and much much brighter than the one we saw.

I have seen one partial eclipse, 98 percent, and it was great. I'd love to see a total eclipse.

Just another day ho hum

We are in the path of totality here. I will go out and watch it in my yard. Not particularly excited about it and for certain tired of it dominating the news here.

Electric lighting was common in 1986, not so much in .....1910 I think was the previous one? None at all prior to that.

I went to town yesterday. The Highway department is putting up "no parking April 8th" signs on every street and even went so far as to block off the town cemetery roads. Local businesses have blocked their parking lots with semi's. It's insane.

Dead center here. Daughter and grand kids coming over for a party. All about them.

Doesn't take much to excite people.

We're dead center. Many neighbors have their yards roped off to prevent getting torn up from cars.
Local park is filling up @ $20 per car for parking today. $175 for a camping spot for the weekend.
Local news says to expect total gridlock for hours afterwards.

Younger son is coming over today for an all-day grilling session. Tuna steaks, salmon and ribeyes.

Pagan celebration.

It's a shadow.

We're on the path but heavy cloud cover today. That should help reduce the hysteria among those who think they'll be vaporized if they're outside.