OT: Eclipse question
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I don't know for a fact but I have heard of ppl viewing them thru welders helmets. I wonder how far south it'll be viewable, I look forward to it
a regular welding helmet or goggles is perfectly fine. Now I don't know about the self darkening ones. I don't know if it will darken right for the sun.
I say a welding helmet or goggles are fine assuming they are at least #12. If you want to sit and watch it completely then maybe it should be #13 or 14.
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Go to the link below and input your zip code. You will get % of total eclipse for your area and what time to view the eclipse
https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2017/7/25/16019892/solar-eclipse-2017-interactive-map
Seems kind of uneventful to me. Google "solar eclipse images" and get the same thing or better than what you'll see in a welding helmet
What they said.
I am sure the sports message board knows best. It is just your eyesight. Besides there are no other internet resources available to help you safely view the greatest celestial event of your lifetime. Just sayin.
I am sure the sports message board knows best. It is just your eyesight. Besides there are no other internet resources available to help you safely view the greatest celestial event of your lifetime. Just sayin.
It will be basically a non event unless you are in the path of totality. A solar eclipse in the path of totality is like asking someone how an Insane Clown Possie concert was. They can explain it to you.. but you will never know what it was really like.
Yeah. And no need to go see the Grand Canyon or Machu Picchu either. Just Google the images.
Be careful with welding glasses. Need to make sure they are the correct tint to look at the sun.
This. The only partial eclipse I've seen was pretty non-dramatic. I would like to see a total eclipse though.
I can Google "Naked Woman"
But it's not the same a slapping a real one on the butt and telling her to go make me a sammich.
Meh! I 've read the rest of the internet and I wasn't too impressed. Now, you guys I trust totally!*****
Here in Columbia, SC we're supposed to be one of the best places in the US to view. THey're are hyping the **** out this thing and are expecting over 600,000 people to descend on Columbia, SC.
It gone be cray cray up in dis mofo!
My daughter has a soccer tourney in Ashville and we'll be driving back to Columbia Sunday evening and they're telling me I may have an issue getting home due to extremely heavy traffic traveling into Columbia. I remember in 1984, 4th grade Brandon Elementary School, we made **** all week to view the eclipse which happened as we got out of school. I remember walking out of school and looking up and thinking, what a 17ing let down.
It gone be cray cray up in dis mofo!
My daughter has a soccer tourney in Ashville and we'll be driving back to Columbia Sunday evening and they're telling me I may have an issue getting home due to extremely heavy traffic traveling into Columbia. I remember in 1984, 4th grade Brandon Elementary School, we made **** all week to view the eclipse which happened as we got out of school. I remember walking out of school and looking up and thinking, what a 17ing let down.
There's an easy test. Put the helmet or goggles on outside and look directly at the sun. If it's too much and you can't look for more than like a second, they won't work for the eclipse.
Unless you go to the narrow band of 100%, you're going to be underwhelmed. Even at 90% it's going to be just slightly darker than a regular sunny day.
Wrong eclipse. That's the one you are embarrassed to be seen in. Not the one you need protection to see.
You can get free eclipse viewing glasses at many local libraries. And you can order them from Amazon (10 pairs about $10).
Viewing the Solar Eclipse outside of the path of Totality is literally the difference between Night and Day!
Holy ****, that's funny. I legitimately spit out my Coke Zero. Thanks ******* , that stuff is precious these days!**