slo’s MONDAY 4/8 poll - Solar Eclipse ☀️🌕😎

[slo]

Happy Eclipse Day to all those who are able to experience this.
For all those seeing today’s eclipse, remember to wear your special glasses and have fun.

Are you going to see today’s solar eclipse?
Have you seen one in the past?
(multiple choice)


For Me…..I have my glasses ready, and my boss and I will watch the eclipse today. It will be a partial eclipse by me, which is the Chicagoland area. The last solar eclipse was on my DD20’s birthday in 2017, which was very cool. Picture from 2017 I love this picture!

 

[LoveSpringsteen]

Great picture @slo! I’ve got my glasses ready and a little filter thing for my phone. I’ll be watching the eclipse from my backyard. I work from home, so I’ll take a break this afternoon and step outside. I am in the Cleveland area and in the path of totality. I’m looking forward to it.

 

[PollyannaMom]

I will be watching as well! We're to have 92-93% coverage here.

(My niece and her husband traveled to the path of totality, though.)

I also remember seeing the 2017 one with my DS, @slo

 

[Kitty 34]

Totally (pun intended) be watching it!! Got my paper plates ready and DH bought me some glasses.


and a Happy Birthday to SoccerDad. Remember that from the eclipse thread.

 

[bobbiwoz]

We have glasses and phone filters. We are not in totality location, but should be experiencing 90%. We’ll head to a state park after my PT this afternoon.

 

[MIGrandma]

I’ll be driving so I really won’t be looking at it.

 

[sibesx2]

I want to watch but I don’t think the weather is going to cooperate here in Louisiana.

 

[Micca]

DW bought some glasses for us so we'll be watching. I think we're going a mile or so down the road to view.

 

[MamaMermaid]

We are in FL so we have "partial visibility" which probably means none. We didn't buy glasses. I'm not expecting much!

 

[kanerf]

The eclipse, what we can see from here, will be during my drive home from work, so not going to stop and go look at it. Traffic is bad enough as it is (D.C).

 

[Karalee402]

I'm so excited to see it! We'll have about 99% totality where we live, and our kids have the day off school, so we plan to walk to the top of our neighborhood for a clear view.

 

[leebee]

Where I live is at 99.3% of totality. I wanted to drive north with DH to a friend's camp. We are science geeks so they dug out a spectrophotometer and will be taking light array data throughout the event. (and that's all I understand about it, hahaha!) However, it's my day to pick up the resident 7yo after school, at 2:45pm, which is just about when the eclipse starts here. We'll probably watch from our back deck, or from the town parking lot... wherever we can get a clear view of the sun.

 

[leebee]

Put in your zip code to see "how much eclipse" will be in your area:
https://www.univision.com/especiale...rws1lEiw2dVXFLtzIPiveMvMMhivzQ0dgQlzHJfZZz9jo

 

[soccerdad72]

Totally (pun intended) be watching it!! Got my paper plates ready and DH bought me some glasses.


and a Happy Birthday to SoccerDad. Remember that from the eclipse thread.

Thanks

Yeah, we’re in 100% totality here. Getting some breakfast with my wife and another couple, checking out the eclipse and then the Guardians home opener. Should be a great day

 

[LoveSpringsteen]

Thanks

Yeah, we’re in 100% totality here. Getting some breakfast with my wife and another couple, checking out the eclipse and then the Guardians home opener. Should be a great day

Happy Birthday! Enjoy the Guardians game.

 

[DisneyHardin]

We are at about 95% coverage where I live, so I'll be watching.

 

[flyingdumbo127]

May all of you who are interested safely get to view the eclipse. I was able to witness one a number of years ago from my church parking lot one afternoon. Monday hug extra Slo and to all. Have a great day

 

[easyas123]

I must admit I only started paying attention to this natural phenomenon in the last week or so when it seemed to start being on the news 24/7! Not that I'm not interested - I mean, I'm not interested in traveling anywhere to see it but I'll be checking it out this afternoon from MD. Evidently we are in the 90% totality. No glasses, but we do have a few welding helmets so we'll use those.


*yes, the right ones

 

[Suger Mag]

Wear red or green to see an optical illusiion called the Purkinje effect

During the total solar eclipse, you should be able to see this phenomenon play out. Bright red clothing may appear darker and faded while blues and greens appear more vibrant.

This effect also occurs as day slowly shifts to night, especially in the twilight hours. But during the eclipse, the effect should appear even more pronounced as the shift from bright light to low light happens much more quickly, according to Jeff Horvis, an associate professor at the University of Waterloo’s School of Optometry and Vision Science.

“Things happen a little bit quicker. So you don’t really have time to adapt to all the changes in the light level,” Horvis told Global News.

Horvis recommends wearing red and green together, to see an even bigger contrast as the moon blocks out the sun during the total eclipse.




https://globalnews.ca/news/10405519/eclipse-red-green-optical-illusion-purkinje-effect/

 

[mamamary]

I’ll be watching it although our percentage is 88%. Dh is off today so we will see it together.