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Upcoming Solar Eclipse...

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  1. lukem

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    I wonder how many people will damage their vision today. It has to be more than 0.
     
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    Oh yea! ER's and eye doctors are gonna be busy!
     
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    Back into sunshine... so crossing my fingers....that it stays this way for 2 more hours
     
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    Clouds have moved in here. It's got an hour to clear out if people want to see the whole thing and 2 hours to clear out if people just want to see the heaviest blockage. It will only be about 60% blocked anyway so not that big a deal.
     
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    Supposed to start here in about 3 minutes....peak at 2:30. Patchy clouds. 94% blockage.
     
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    I haven't talked to anyone around here that is excited about this. But it is going to start soon. Birds seem to know it.
     
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    I should be about 60 miles south of the total eclipse. I have my welding helmet out and can see that it has already covered about a fourth of the sun. I think it will be a 98% eclipse from where I am located.
    I can see that it is starting to get a little bit darker.

    Those pics that WildWest are showing are crazy traffic. I heard there was suppose to be about 250,000 people coming up to Wyoming to watch the Eclipse. The total population for the state is 500,000.
     
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    Although we'll only have a partial, around 58%, its due to start in about ten minutes (1:26) peak at around 445ish.
     
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    My cereal box projector is showing a nice sized chunk taken out of the sun. The turkeys are getting a little weirded out.
     
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    Tried to take a picture through the welding helmet. The bright spot is glare from the camera.
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    I'll being interested in what my chickens do....
     
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    Probably roost.
     
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    Then come back out and say cock- a- doodle- doo!
     
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    It's about 3/4 of the way through it...definitely a different hugh to the light around here....
     
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    We're a quarter way there. Looks alright using the phone and a shade.


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    Noticeably darker here.
     
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    Thanks a lot! Now my eyes hurt!
     
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    That just ain't right!
     
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