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Re: Where are you going to watch the (Total) Solar Eclipse on August 21?
« Reply #121 on: August 20, 2017, 09:00:36 PM »
We're driving up to the KS/MO/NE border area.

Forecast looks poor. Are you relocating?
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Re: Where are you going to watch the (Total) Solar Eclipse on August 21?
« Reply #122 on: August 20, 2017, 09:25:44 PM »
Forecast looks poor. Are you relocating?

We're ready to move hundreds of miles if needed. We'll make preliminary plans tonight and a final call tomorrow.
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Re: Where are you going to watch the (Total) Solar Eclipse on August 21?
« Reply #123 on: August 20, 2017, 09:30:09 PM »
We're ready to move hundreds of miles if needed. We'll make preliminary plans tonight and a final call tomorrow.

I'm ready to welcome you if you decide to go east

Its going to be hundreds of degrees here but visibility should he ok
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Re: Where are you going to watch the (Total) Solar Eclipse on August 21?
« Reply #124 on: August 20, 2017, 09:31:10 PM »
I'm ready to welcome you if you decide to go east

Its going to be hundreds of degrees here but visibility should he ok

Lol thanks.
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Re: Where are you going to watch the (Total) Solar Eclipse on August 21?
« Reply #125 on: August 20, 2017, 09:35:36 PM »
Lol thanks.

I'd even let you borrow my jerry rigged solar camera lens. I cut up a pair of glasses and taped them over a paper towel roll. Got a ton of comments today testing it out :)
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Re: Where are you going to watch the (Total) Solar Eclipse on August 21?
« Reply #126 on: August 20, 2017, 09:36:48 PM »
I'd even let you borrow my jerry rigged solar camera lens. I cut up a pair of glasses and taped them over a paper towel roll. Got a ton of comments today testing it out :)

And I'll let you borrow my real setup ;D;D;D
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Re: Where are you going to watch the (Total) Solar Eclipse on August 21?
« Reply #127 on: August 20, 2017, 10:16:21 PM »
Only thing I would feel comfortable with would be welders googles (IINM needs to be least shade 13).
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Re: Where are you going to watch the (Total) Solar Eclipse on August 21?
« Reply #129 on: August 20, 2017, 10:45:59 PM »
Can't decide between Charlestown sc and Columbia.
Any advice?

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Re: Where are you going to watch the (Total) Solar Eclipse on August 21?
« Reply #130 on: August 20, 2017, 10:57:32 PM »
Why would this not be true?

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Re: Where are you going to watch the (Total) Solar Eclipse on August 21?
« Reply #131 on: August 20, 2017, 10:59:01 PM »
Why would this not be true?

Because exposing your sensor to the sun for an extended period of time may damage it.
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Re: Where are you going to watch the (Total) Solar Eclipse on August 21?
« Reply #132 on: August 20, 2017, 11:09:50 PM »
Because exposing your sensor to the sun for an extended period of time may damage it.
It's still true that it won't expose your eyes

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Re: Where are you going to watch the (Total) Solar Eclipse on August 21?
« Reply #133 on: August 20, 2017, 11:28:31 PM »
Because exposing your sensor to the sun for an extended period of time may damage it.
So I can use any smartphone that I don't use anymore and not worry about damage to the eyes?

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Re: Where are you going to watch the (Total) Solar Eclipse on August 21?
« Reply #134 on: August 20, 2017, 11:29:00 PM »
So I can use any smartphone that I don't use anymore and not worry about damage to the eyes?

I suppose.
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Re: Where are you going to watch the (Total) Solar Eclipse on August 21?
« Reply #135 on: August 20, 2017, 11:47:08 PM »
So I can use any smartphone that I don't use anymore and not worry about damage to the eyes?
unless the screen is too reflective...

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Re: Where are you going to watch the (Total) Solar Eclipse on August 21?
« Reply #136 on: August 21, 2017, 12:09:56 AM »
So I can use any smartphone that I don't use anymore and not worry about damage to the eyes?
Then why not just watch a livestream ?

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Re: Where are you going to watch the (Total) Solar Eclipse on August 21?
« Reply #137 on: August 21, 2017, 12:38:48 AM »
Then why not just watch a livestream ?
Or just wait for somethingfishy's shots

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Re: Where are you going to watch the (Total) Solar Eclipse on August 21?
« Reply #138 on: August 21, 2017, 06:26:29 AM »
Can't decide between Charlestown sc and Columbia.
Any advice?

Charlestown sounds like a bad bet at this point.

Weather for South Carolina: It appears that the "Palmetto State" will be split between favorable eclipse weather and unfavorable eclipse weather. The northern and western half of the state should enjoy generally sunny to partly cloudy skies, while the southern and eastern half is expected to be mired under partly to mostly cloudy weather and even a threat of scattered showers and thunderstorms near and along the coastal plain. A simple breakdown could also go this way: Greenville-Spartanburg, good to excellent chances; Columbia, "iffy," so go to the north and west if you are mobile; Charleston, fair to poor chances. Watch out for possible showers and even thunder around eclipse time.
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Re: Where are you going to watch the (Total) Solar Eclipse on August 21?
« Reply #139 on: August 21, 2017, 08:13:58 AM »
Heading for Boonsville, MO.
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