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Eclipse mistakes
Life.com magazine ^ | 1/1/1960 | Eliza Berman

Posted on 04/07/2024 4:01:40 PM PDT by drSteve78


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TOPICS: Astronomy
KEYWORDS: eclipse; mistake; totalsolareclipse
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To: ClearCase_guy

And no ghettopotamuses throwing chairs and tables or a 250 pounder body slamming the teacher.


41 posted on 04/07/2024 5:21:58 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“When exposing a crime is treated like a crime, you are being ruled by criminals” – Edward SnowdenA)
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To: DesertRhino

When I was little we would sneeze at the sun until we went blind!


42 posted on 04/07/2024 5:22:25 PM PDT by DariusBane (Liberty and Risk. Flip sides of the same coin. So how much risk will YOU accept? Vive Deo et Vives)
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To: drSteve78

During an actual total eclipse the sun is completely obscured. That is literally the literal meaning of the word eclipse. During the time of the literally literal totally total totality there is no danger of eye damage.


43 posted on 04/07/2024 5:42:06 PM PDT by webheart
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To: SteelPSUGOP

I’m in Erie too, Cobblestone.


44 posted on 04/07/2024 5:55:59 PM PDT by FroggyTheGremlim (Plunk your magic twanger, Froggy!)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

My whole family back in Florida is asking if they can come up for the day. Just kidding. They asked what I’m doing, and I’m going to be with friends, walking distance. No traffic that way.


45 posted on 04/07/2024 6:19:21 PM PDT by FamiliarFace (I got my own way of livin' But everything gets done With a southern accent Where I come from. TPetty)
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To: Paladin2

The mistake is the single adult male top left of feature photo purposefully staring at the sun after the entire article is written about solar safety.


46 posted on 04/07/2024 6:39:54 PM PDT by drSteve78 (Je suis Deplorable. Even more so)
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To: Robert A Cook PE

I tried using pinhole projection in 1970. No disk or partially covered disk.

I think I sneaked a few glances straight at the sun but it didn’t look different than other days. We were in the partial path.

My friend’s mother locked all eight of her children inside and pulled the shades. No children going blind there!


47 posted on 04/07/2024 6:47:08 PM PDT by heartwood (Someone has to play devil's advocate.)
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To: Hatteras

The spangled crescents in the tree shadows are beautiful. Saw those maybe 24 years ago?


48 posted on 04/07/2024 6:48:29 PM PDT by heartwood (Someone has to play devil's advocate.)
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To: DesertRhino

Light sneeze reflex. Some of us have it in spades.


49 posted on 04/07/2024 6:49:09 PM PDT by FamiliarFace (I got my own way of livin' But everything gets done With a southern accent Where I come from. TPetty)
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To: xp38

I could still see effects from the partial eclipse, such as the crescents the shade trees throw on the ground, if it weren’t for the clouds.


50 posted on 04/07/2024 6:56:30 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (FBI out of Florida!)
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To: drSteve78

I have family that live in Hot Springs. I’m upset that I didn’t schedule a trip there.


51 posted on 04/07/2024 7:10:09 PM PDT by NetAddicted (MAGA2024)
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To: webheart

“During the time of the literally literal totally total totality there is no danger of eye damage.”

Only 1% of people seem to be intelligent enough to make that distinction. Just make sure that for any given eclipse it is a total eclipse and not an annual eclipse.


52 posted on 04/07/2024 7:11:52 PM PDT by steve86 (Numquam accusatus, numquam ad curiam ibit, numquam ad carcerem™)
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To: steve86

Annular


53 posted on 04/07/2024 7:12:23 PM PDT by steve86 (Numquam accusatus, numquam ad curiam ibit, numquam ad carcerem™)
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To: Jonty30

My 35mm camera has a movable screen on the back, so last eclipse I could point camera at the sun and view on the screen to take a picture. My guess is that looking through the camera directly at the sun would be a severely bad idea.


54 posted on 04/07/2024 8:16:30 PM PDT by gnickgnack2 (They’re pushing us because they want us to push back. Then comes martial law. They see it as a win-w)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Use a magnifying glass to focus on a peice of cardboard.
clouds won’t effect the image


55 posted on 04/07/2024 8:23:37 PM PDT by Keyhopper (Indians had bad immigration laws)
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To: drSteve78

The magic ingredient for Pina colada is..........
Breyers vanilla bean ice cream, shhhhhhhhh


56 posted on 04/07/2024 8:25:14 PM PDT by Keyhopper (Indians had bad immigration laws)
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To: heartwood

I got a lot of crescent pictures on my driveway during the last eclipse in October here in Texas. My cousin put up a big white cloth on a frame and took a picture from the backside.
Nice pics.


57 posted on 04/07/2024 8:27:26 PM PDT by Texas resident (Biden=Obama=Jarrett=Soros)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

well good luck there....it appears a lot of the US will be getting clouds or rain during the eclipse. New England looks like it might be the ideal spot with clear skies forecast and maybe Illinois.


58 posted on 04/08/2024 12:01:25 AM PDT by xp38
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To: Scrambler Bob

I have a welding helmet.
I think watching on tv is the best bet.


59 posted on 04/08/2024 4:46:30 AM PDT by GranTorino (Bloody Lips Save Ships.)
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To: BipolarBob

Its scary.
People will actually be doing this.


60 posted on 04/08/2024 4:47:44 AM PDT by GranTorino (Bloody Lips Save Ships.)
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