you just can't look directly at the sun, right? It's not like you can't go outside if you don't have glasses?
Correct.
Please, everyone, don't burn a hole in your retinas!!!
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Tom Scola - Aug 17, 2017 3:07:10 pm PDT #15518 of 30002
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sarameg - Aug 17, 2017 3:11:37 pm PDT #15519 of 30002
You should never look directly at the sun without a proper filter (or at totality if you're in the totality's path.) Other than that, just like normal except the light is muted. Build a pinhole camera! Find a tree that dapples the sunlight and see the crescents of the sun in the dapples. Or use your fingers to create dappling (It'll take some experimenting.)
In Bhutan, we drilled a buncha holes in a board and made an eclipse sign to project a buncha little crescent suns on a sheet forming words: (go back a few photos and you can see the board) [link]
sarameg - Aug 17, 2017 3:16:28 pm PDT #15520 of 30002
A not great picture of shadows through the leaves, Zambia 2001 eclipse: [link] Edit: marginally better: [link]
Matt the Bruins fan - Aug 17, 2017 3:29:55 pm PDT #15521 of 30002
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I was unable to find certified eclipse glasses, so I'm going to count on a combo of sunshield overlays for my prescription glasses and regular sunglasses, while keeping in mind that I don't want to look directly at the sun any longer than I would on a normal day.
My main thing is wanting to see the line of demarcation sweeping over the landscape rather than the sun itself, anyway.
amych - Aug 17, 2017 3:33:12 pm PDT #15522 of 30002
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
There's one hipster bar here that's offering a free pair of eclipse glasses with a cocktail on their rooftop bar, but I'm not gonna assume they have the legit ones.
Playing with pinhole projector plans over the weekend, methinks.
Matt the Bruins fan - Aug 17, 2017 3:36:43 pm PDT #15523 of 30002
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Oh! Just remembered I have a pair of tanning bed goggles in my glove compartment. I'll look like a dork, but I bet those are a lot better protection than the other options I have ready at hand.
Connie Neil - Aug 17, 2017 3:37:43 pm PDT #15524 of 30002
brillig
I should have a terrific view out our big office windows. Too bad it won't be a sharp line, like they show in the movies. That would be cool to see creep across the valley. At that time of day the sun is slightly behind the building so we should be safe.
Jesse - Aug 17, 2017 3:53:29 pm PDT #15525 of 30002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Happy vacation, -t!
My office's glasses have arrived, so we are ready! And the forecast is still clear, phew!
dcp - Aug 17, 2017 4:43:08 pm PDT #15526 of 30002
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
tanning bed goggles
No, don't do it.
Hil R. - Aug 17, 2017 5:52:49 pm PDT #15527 of 30002
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
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