Solar Eclipse Sunday May 20th

[cstrunk]

It gets darker the longer you stare at it. Try that.

 

[cyguytillidie]

Gonna try the multi layer sunglasses technique

 

[cstrunk]

Sunglasses will not protect your eyes. Even layers of them.

 

[cstrunk]

Bleh I just noticed clouds on the horizon. They will probably block the best part here.

 

[KFitzy87]

Sacrificing my eyes for the greater good... I hope everyone else does the same

 

[mj4cy]

Just looked outside and it was too bright to tell anything diff.

 

[AirWalke]

Gonna try the multi layer sunglasses technique

Tried two sunglasses layered right on top of each other, I can see a hint of the moon covering the sun right now.

 

[cyguytillidie]

Its not going yet!

 

[cyguytillidie]

Sunglasses will not protect your eyes. Even layers of them.

I'm not going to stare at it.
You think I stupid???:goofy:

 

[mj4cy]

nothing yet.

 

[cstrunk]

It has begun here in east TX.

 

[jdoggivjc]

Way too far east to see this unfortunately.

I'll have to make a roadtrip somewhere in 2017 to see the total solar eclipse.

 

[besserheimerphat]

I just came in from the deck, using the two-pieces-of-cardboard technique. The sun was covered about 50%. It was first noticable about 7:30. Just looking around the neighborhood, it's too bright to tell anything is happening.

 

[mj4cy]

I tried the two cardboard method and couldn't see any difference. How did you do it?

 

[CYVADER]

2 glasses n a mesh hat. looking thru the mesh helps..

 

[CYVADER]

2 glasses n a mesh hat. looking thru the mesh helps..

 

[CycloneSupt6]

I tried the cardboard and it didn't work so well, so I just burned my eyes out looking at it.

 

[besserheimerphat]

Poke a pin hole in one piece of cardboard, and get a second piece of cardboard/white paper/etc. Hold the two pieces a couple of feet apart and play with them a bit to get them parallel to each other and aligned with the sun. The light that comes through the pinhole and shows up on the second piece will show the sun, which will be crescent shaped as the moon covers it. It doesn't need to be big and the hole doesn't need to be perfect. My pieces were about the size of playing cards, and I poked the hole with a small Phillips screwdriver like you'd use on eyeglasses or electronics.

 

[cstrunk]

Well that sucks. Clouds prevented me from seeing more than about 20% coverage. We were supposed to get near 70%.

 

[besserheimerphat]

It's not fast enough to "watch it happen," I've been looking at it about every 10 minutes and can see a difference between viewings.