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Randall Munroe@xkcd.com |
Eclipse Coolness xkcd.com/2914
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Archer in Exile
@400trix.bsky.social
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I tell people that the difference between a deep partial and a total is like the difference between holding hands and sex.
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Drew Melbourne
@drewmelbourne.com
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*This is also a good explanation for why Bonnie Tyler's "Partial Eclipse of the Heart" is one of her least successful records.
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Emily Sedai
@jellykelly.bsky.social
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I live in the path of totality and I fear the crowds!
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ItsaMamaLuigi
@itsamamaluigi.bsky.social
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Everything has been booked for a trip to San Antonio for months, and now it's looking like we'll have solid clouds the entire time. Boo.
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StormCrow
@stormcrow.org
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Managed to catch it the last time when I only had to drive in about 2 hours. This year it's a 6 hour drive to get nearby the day before and then another 2 hours into the zone the day of to avoid paying 4-5x normal hotel prices. Planning to squat for several hours before trying to drive out again.
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@uruzrune.bsky.social
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Definitely too much hype
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Mykalwane
@mykalwane.bsky.social
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Isn't that because of the time from sun to reach earth?
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Mark Annand
@markannand.bsky.social
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Cornwall '99. True.
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michaelcarbone.bsky.social
@michaelcarbone.bsky.social
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Preparing for broken sky ... what experiment should I do? Does coolness of the experiment go up during said broken sky? Things I need to know, but not really.
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@gotigs.bsky.social
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Drove 9 hours to see totality in 2017. Flying 3 and driving another 3 to 10 (depending on clouds) to see it again. Completely worth it. The alt-text about breaking the sky is the best description I've heard. I remember staring at the completely black moon feeling like a hole had been cut in the sky.
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Lydia
@lydiabeeyoobee.bsky.social
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Mark Twain likened the difference between total and partial eclipses to the difference between lightening and a lightening bug.
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Wright-o
@chazrunner.bsky.social
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Clouds parting at the very moment when all seemed hopeless, priceless. (Meanwhile, non-storm chasing family members saw it just fine at the picnic tables.)
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Gabriel GAB Fonseca
@gabrielgabfonseca.bsky.social
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Imagine my anguish in knowing the next Annular Eclipse to he visible from Rio will be in September 2164 -_-
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leviathan3k
@leviathan3k.bsky.social
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I booked 3 hotels in disparate parts of the country, and more than a week off for driving to chase this thing.
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Christopher Meyer-Kretschmer
@meyer-kretschmer.bsky.social
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We had similar troubles over here about 25 years back now.
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Adam Story 135
@adamstory135.bsky.social
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One of the best experiences of my life.
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Eric
@ibeeric.bsky.social
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I will be in the path of totality on my mother's back porch! WooHoo! Now we need the scientists make sure the waether is OK.
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Sage
@sagetoko.bsky.social
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Note: the y axis is a log scale.
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TitaniumMan
@titaniumman.bsky.social
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I'm headed to northern Vermont to catch totality. The weather forecast there for Monday is sunny! Hope it holds that way.
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Brian Smith
@ambientrelish.bsky.social
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I traveled downstate to southern Illinois for the 2017 eclipse and am doing the same for Monday's, because a total solar eclipse is amazing sparkly magic.
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Lunatic Skies
@lunaticskies.bsky.social
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This is giving me massive FOMO.
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Sean Murphy
@dorght.bsky.social
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Did you have a fairly big telescope set up at the Katy Trail trailhead in Mokane, MO for the 2017 eclipse?
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Aulderbane Kitsune
@aulderbane.bsky.social
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Driving the 120 miles to get into the Totality zone up in New Hampshire for this.
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@tujungadude.bsky.social
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Here’s my solar power production image of the (non totality) eclipse from last October:
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Cosieko
@shadowcat2k23.bsky.social
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I've noticed a similar curve for the resale price of eclipse viewing glasses
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George W Harris
@bullcityfats.bsky.social
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Columbia SC '17. He's not wrong.
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@shirleydunk.bsky.social
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Traveled 200 miles to get to the totality zone for the 2017 eclipse, and can verify massive coolness.
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The GodFlow
@godphotog.bsky.social
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I swear to god, if there are clouds obstructing my 91% view, I'm gonna lose my shit.
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Kelly Turnbull
@coelasquid.bsky.social
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Also a graph representing how close you need to get to the totality to break the curse that turns your girlfriend into a bird every morning
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Jeff Hancock
@dukie1993jh.bsky.social
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Can confirm - my image from 2017
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Dr. Bort
@brettakulon.bsky.social
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More or less a Dirac delta function
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Ruben Schönefeld
@schoenefeld.us
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So looking forward to slight dimness and temperature drop in a couple of days.
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E. Allyn (aka Norton II, Emperor of the United States)
@ericallyn.bsky.social
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Yup. The spouse and I were in the path of totality in 2017, in Oregon. Indescribable. Weather permitting, we'll be joining some friends in Maine for this one. Already planning for Spain 2027. (We have family there.)
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Peer Sylvester
@peersylvester.bsky.social
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The biggest surprise for me was how big the difference between "total eclipse" and "a tiny fragment of sun is still visible" is in terms of light levels
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Nicholas Eckert
@vidstudent.bsky.social
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Just an hour's drive north or west to totality from home, reservations made
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archdeco
@archdeco.bsky.social
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A couple years ago my back yard had 99 point something totality. Turns out that's not enough!
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Philip Eloy
@aegixdrakan.bsky.social
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I am really lucky that my hometown falls right into the path of totality. It's not the absolute center, but it's in the direct path! :D
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curio coded
@codecurio.bsky.social
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last time, we were in the middle of nowhere along some dirt country road in Missouri. I wasn't prepared for all of the crickets to go off. the eclipse broke them instantly
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Witty Librarian 2024
@paulwartenberg.bsky.social
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NOW you tell me. My bad luck is living in Florida where any previous total eclipse got messed up by cloud cover. :(
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Thomas Nguyen
@nuge.bsky.social
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C'mon weather come through for me just this one time!
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multi purpose nerd
@kdmz.bsky.social
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I saw one in 1999, Bavaria. Nothing can describe it.
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Gom Jabbarbarienne
@thebarbarienne.bsky.social
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Trying to explain this to all my coworkers who are like, "We'll get 90%!"
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Paula King
@pking.bsky.social
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PLEASE, can the weather cooperate? All i have to do is drag my chair into the backyard to watch IF THERE AREN’T CLOUDS COVERING EVERYTHING UP!!
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Eileen Popp.
@epopp.bsky.social
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I got my eclipse glasses ready, here in Syracuse,N.Y. very excited!!
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jm
@jaubertmoniker.net
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goofy
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Hipster Sasquatch
@hipstersasquatch.bsky.social
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I know, but I'm still not taking the day off so I can spend 9/10ths of it driving to a place where it'll be at totality. 97% will have to do this time around.
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David Goldfarb
@davidgoldfarb.bsky.social
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To steal a phrase from Mark Twain, the difference between partial and total is the difference between the lightning bug and the lightning.
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Asa ✨
@dissix.bsky.social
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If only I could make it to the totality zone :') my travel plans fell through... hoping to see one in some other place in the next decade
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𝙈𝙞𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙚𝙡 𝙉𝙚𝙬𝙩𝙤𝙣
@mike.eire.ca
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I got 90% for the 2017 eclipse and it was barely noticeable. Not even on par with a cool sunset. Going east for this one
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Jack Gerdeman
@gerdeman.bsky.social
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Very accurate based on the 2017 eclipse I got to see in totality.
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@xkcd-titletext.bsky.social
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