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]
A not great picture of shadows through the leaves, Zambia 2001 eclipse: [link] Edit: marginally better: [link]
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.
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.
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.
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.
Happy vacation, -t!
My office's glasses have arrived, so we are ready! And the forecast is still clear, phew!
I shared the statement on Facebook, because I believe in the message, but I'm still wincing at the grammar.
I bought eclipse glasses several weeks ago and now I'm very glad I did, since I've seen several people posting on FB wondering where they can still get some!
Still really hoping that despite the already-hyped traffic in Oregon I'll make it to the totality. We'll see. Taking the train down tomorrow night, but the plan is to take a bus back on Monday night (I nixed the 2pm bus, much as I'd prefer to be on it, because god knows if we'd be able to make it TO the bus--we're taking a 6pm bus instead, but I still worry about making it there...and more importantly, how long that bus might be stuck in traffic trying to get home!!
