Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunter's Campfire The Eclipse was an event. Like 01/06 was an insurrection.

Yes it is. And damn happy it is strong.

And don’t forget Joel Osteen apologist

2017, i think, was the last time i had seen an eclipse. yesterday i got watch about 1/4 of the eclipse, the other 3/4 was cloudy. now i gotta wait until 2045 to see it.

I saw it with a clear sky
It was incredible to see and feel the cold and wind that came with it. When it got dark the nearby owls started to hoot.

The Owls Hooting just cooled up this thread by a bunch.

Pretty sure this was one of the eclipse curmudgeons on this thread.

https://twitter.com/githii/status/1777608536530341891

You don’t feel sorry for anyone. Perhaps yourself? The inability to appreciate something so natural it is as close to eternal majesty as anyone is apt to witness is to be expected from a rock, a man made brick, or hole in the ground. Not a minimally functioning human being with a full complement of emotions and modest intelligence. Pity about your bad scope. It must suck being you.

The view was fantastic up on Lake Erie, another 20 years before the next.....and only in certain midwestern states.

How many that where underwhelmed by the eclipse where actually in the path of 100% totality on a reasonably clear day?

That’s just nuts!

I loved the eclipse. We had only 85 percent, I wish I could have gone to Waco and seen the total eclipse.

I was not particularly interest in watching but figured why not. It was totally eclipsed for over three minutes here. It was incredible, I am glad I took the time and enjoyed it with my family.

The Moon 'Is Made Up Mostly of Gases,' Sheila Jackson Lee Tells Students
Spencer Brown
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April 09, 2024 12:45 PM


AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, Pool
While Democrats and leftist alarmists decry conservatives for supposedly peddling "misinformation" about "the Science™" related to climate, COVID, and genders (there are two, FYI), their own Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee of Texas is out and about telling constituents some real whoppers about the solar eclipse.

Speaking on Monday at an event she claims to have "created" at Booker T. Washington High School in her Houston-area district, she tried to provide some scientific explanation for the solar system's workings — but any students who listened are going to fail Astronomy 101.


"You have the energy of the moon at night," Jackson Lee tried explaining to attendees, seeming to misunderstand that the moon doesn't release energy at night, it is merely reflecting light from the sun.

"And sometimes you've heard the word 'full moon,'" she continued. "Sometimes you need to take the opportunity just to come out and see a full moon," which the graduate of Yale explained is a "complete rounded circle which is made up mostly of gases."

Huh? The moon is, well, solid. That's why astronauts can...land on it. There is a notable lack of gases on the moon, hence the need for space suits for the Apollo astronauts to not immediately die outside of their lunar landers.

My 2nd one, probably the last. If you've never seen a "TOTAL" eclipse try to make it happen. The difference between 99% and 100% is HUGE. It's like flipping a light switch off for 3-4 minutes then turning the lights back on. If you're in an area that is 95% it's no different than a cloud moving between the sun and earth. Unless you're looking directly at the sun through protective lenses you probably would never notice 95% blockage.

In 2017 my wife, myself, and another couple drove about 2 hours north to Sparta TN. There are a couple of state parks near there where we planned to watch it from, but we stopped by Walmart to pick up a few things and it was packed with motorhomes, and canopies. We stayed there. It was a party atmosphere much like tailgating for a SEC football game. A really great experience and the Walmart manager loved it. They sold out of a bunch of stuff. Came around and greeted everyone personally.

I don't regret going at all, but 1 is enough for me, but my daughter and 3 of my grandkids wanted to see this one. My wife booked a couple of rooms at a campground near Owensboro KY. We drove up Sunday then drove about 50 miles west on Monday to Harmony Indiana and set up in the state park there. There were very few people there. I was glad my daughter and grandkids got to see it. It may be their only chance. We drove home today.

On a side note. When my wife booked the rooms near Owensboro months ago, I'd hoped to find Whitakers for a visit. Unfortunately, I heard they were now out of business a few weeks ago. Their building was only 1-2 miles from the campground where we stayed. They were a good 15 miles from the city of Owensboro. At any rate I hate that I missed that.

Please take some of your time to feel sorry for me then.

Not only did my wife and kids and I spend money to drive a camper to all the hell way to Texas (and back!) to see this thing, but my wife spent even more to buy several cases of wine while we were down there. Top it off I went to Staccato's Eclipse Range Day and they swindled me into placing an order via the voodoo wizardry of letting me shoot one of their pistols.

Sub-Saharan Africa is well known for the number of Top Scientists it has produced.

I wasn't all that impressed by a 2 minute eclipse.

Hell Kid Rock didn't see the sun for 3 damned days...

And the personal attack continues , even to the point of presuming where I was, where I live. Manchester, fwiw was in the 98% zone. Apparently you failed geography as well as Physical Science? 98% is Probably higher than most of you Phoids comparing the event to the " rapture" were in . My god this Nation needs an enema. Certainly this board does. It's become a home for haters. All hate, no brains and lots of mouth.

Please, share with us all. What's so great about the 2%

You stated "You know" with such conviction. Please share.

I was in the path of totality with no intervening clouds. What amazed me was that the eclipse could not bearably be observed with the naked eye if the there was any direct sunlight. Consider the effect of sunrise and sunset on a tree line. The demarcation between solely indirect and even the smallest direct sunlight is readily apparent. Even just 2% of direct sunlight is significant.

Let's do a little hand-waving. The run-up and ramp-down of the eclipse took over an hour each. Let's assume a minute for every one percent of coverage. To get to 98% took over an hour and you were underwhelmed by the illumination provided by the remaining 2% of direct sunlight. In the areas of totality, going from 98 to 99% took only an additional minute to eliminate half of the remaining direct sunlight. In another minute it would all be gone.

In the few minutes of totality you could comfortably observe the eclipse with the naked eye and see the "diamond ring" start to develop. Once the sun peeked around the moon it was back to devices like the glasses or pin-hole boxes. These devices could be used for the entire duration of the eclipse to see the solar "crescent" develop but the real show was the totality and the rapid changes in the couple minutes before and after.

The difference between 100% and 98% is, well, night and day. Those in the path of totality experienced both in quick succession. Those not, didn't.