Stargazing Aug 21st, 2017, a total solar eclipse will cross the US

[Ivan Seeking]

And goes directly through Oregon. Woohoo!
http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEgoogle/SEgoogle2001/SE2017Aug21Tgoogle.html

 

[The legend]

wohooo! (though i don't live in US i can see new pics)
I was planning to visit sometime then anyway!

 

[Office_Shredder]

Yeah, but the world's going to end in 2012

 

[The legend]

aww... I want to live longer...

 

[Ivan Seeking]

Yeah, but the world's going to end in 2012

The Chosen Ones will still be able to view it. Those not chosen may wish to ignore this thread. We will miss you.

 

[Upisoft]

Yeah, but the world's going to end in 2012

They will just stop it for maintenance and rerun the simulation again.

 

[Ivan Seeking]

Alright, let's stay on topic.

 

[The legend]

^ that's better!

 

[Oerg]

the perfect time to attack the fire nation

 

[Max™]

Wow, I'm in Memphis, I'll have to drive out to the GE point!

 

[skeptic2]

Can someone post a link to the path?

 

[The legend]

that's what Ivan did .. up there..

 

[Jimmy Snyder]

I've never seen the sun during a total eclipse, but then neither has anyone else. I will get myself to TN for this. Everyone, for viewing safety, bring spf70 sun screen.

 

[Borek]

LOL, Evo will be able to see it from her backyard. Well, almost from her backyard, she lives about 15 miles south from the border of the total eclipse visibility.

 

[jtbell]

And goes directly through Oregon.

And through South Carolina. I'll be in the totality zone, with the centerline passing about 12 miles from here. Maybe I'll host a PF eclipse party.

 

[Andre]

We have been discussing the previous eclipse in that Saros cycle here.

I see that I never answered rewebster. No I did not get any pictures. You should not bother with trying to get pictures of the event itself, there will be millions of pictures anyway. Just watch and enjoy.

 

[HeLiXe]

Cool! I have always wanted to see one, but I'm always in the wrong part of the world :( I think in 2017 I'll no longer be in the U.S.
*Checks to see where and when other total solar eclipses are happening*

 

[Jack21222]

With my luck, I'll travel to see it, only for it to be raining that day.

 

[Newai]

Am I the only one who initially read the title as "solar flare"? I need to wake up.

 

[Borek]

Marzena is booking plane for 2017.

 

[Ivan Seeking]

Marzena is booking plane for 2017.

Now there's a woman who plan ahead!

 

[lisab]

Marzena is booking plane for 2017.

Step 1: Determine which airlines will be operating in 2017.

 

[Janus]

All right, a second chance! My first was in February of '79, when the center point of the eclipse was just a few miles from my home. Unfortunately, It was overcast( a good bet for Oregon in February).

August should be a better chance for clear skies. I'll have to drive a few miles South, but who cares?

 

[Ivan Seeking]

All right, a second chance! My first was in February of '79, when the center point of the eclipse was just a few miles from my home. Unfortunately, It was overcast( a good bet for Oregon in February).

August should be a better chance for clear skies. I'll have to drive a few miles South, but who cares?

I remember that one! We had clear skies, but we were 500 miles South of you at the time.

 

[Newai]

This is the second time I've seen Marzena mentioned here. Google gave many Marzenas. Which one is the popular girl here?

 

[Ivan Seeking]

This is the second time I've seen Marzena mentioned here. Google gave many Marzenas. Which one is the popular girl here?

Borek's wife.

 

[Janus]

I remember that one! We had clear skies, but we were 500 miles South of you at the time.

I remember having a friend driving West along US-30 chasing the one gap in the clouds, while I hung out the window snapping pictures. Sadly, the gap closed up before totality (the highway turned south also, so we would have probably lost it anyway).

 

[mugaliens]

All right, a second chance! My first was in February of '79...

Is there any way to put in coordinates someplace and have a calculator tell you which eclipses which have graced that spot and when? I think I may have gone through two as a child that were never announced.

 

[Integral]

In '79 I had to drive 30mi North it get into totality, now it looks like I will just have to step outside. As with Janus there was complete cloud cover so we got to experience the darkness of totality but saw nothing but clouds.

 

[Evo]

LOL, Evo will be able to see it from her backyard. Well, almost from her backyard, she lives about 15 miles south from the border of the total eclipse visibility.

It will be my second total eclipse, I saw one in Houston when I was a child.