Disregard...looked at wrong time table, my bad!Originally Posted by rocketsocks
Be careful if you bought eclipse viewing glasses, because some of them may not be safe to view the eclipse.
http://www.ktvb.com/news/eclipse/ama...vent/463963724
If you have a 35mm camera with a removable lens, you can view the eclipse indirectly. Take the lens off the camera, and point it at the sun with a piece of white paper about six inches behind it. You will see a perfect image of the sun on the paper. Adjust the distance between the lens and the paper to focus. Like a pinhole viewer, but better.
I know people who are spending lots of money on this event. Hopefully those who don't have a lot of money to blow on an event like this will get lucky with the weather: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...=.e03d9b558076
Plan on being out on either KY or Barley Lake near Eddyville, KY,
I plan on being somewhere around the NC/GA border
Making plans for Albert mountain with my grumpy son who doesn't hike. Hoping this isn't a disaster but it will be possibly a once in a lifetime event (at least for me!). 2 people and a dog in a rainbow 1. Hope the weather is good enough to cowboy camp. Wish me luck.
Would it be safe to use my I phone camera in selfie mode with sun behind me to view eclipse safely? Too late to buy special glasses, and pinhole method isn't great.
Just saw this article: http://www.businessinsider.com/solar...eclipse-2017-8
At my doctors getting poked and prodded. Talk about a lack of planning and foresight six months ago when I made the appointment.
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Taking the family to join the festivities in Sweetwater, TN!
Yes. The iphone will only get as bright as the screen normally does in full white. There are some concerns about burning out sensors when pointed directly at the sun, but your eyes will be just fine. I'd be more worried about being able to see the screen in the sun!
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Welding goggles or helmet? Try home depot.
Auto darkening ones will generally go dark enough.
My cheap helmet has #11 lens, not as dark as recommended 12+, but if only glancing at it momentarily would be fine ( ive done so, i can look at sun thru it)
When we was kids we stared at sun
Not saying its not bad
Just a bit overblown
The problem is people staring for an hour
Not a few sec
When my wifes little bro was 18 and started working construction, he watched welders weld the first day. No eye protection. Welders would tell him "watch the arc" , meaning look away, he thought they meant to actually watch it....His eyes burned, they swelled shut that night. He couldnt see for a couple days. Just stayed in dark. No long term damage.
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You should have a #14 welders glass to safely look at the sun during the eclipse.
If you don't stand for something, you will fall for anything.
Safe is relative, it depends on how long the exposure is.
Recommendations err on side of caution, because many people are idiots. They have to assume you will stare at it continuously for hours. Not by look for a couple seconds.
I watched 1979 eclipse. If not in totality zone, its pretty underwhelming. Even at significant coverage.
Last edited by MuddyWaters; 08-19-2017 at 13:20.
I'm leaning towards Rabun Bald and a day or 2 early.
Must be nice to know more than the experts.
If you don't stand for something, you will fall for anything.
ah yes, thee old "sand in the eyes" syndrome, I weld with a #10 but a twelve to fourteen would surely provide plenty of protection. But like you said, people are iggits so they gotta protect those that fail to do the research...hence, #14.Welding goggles or helmet? Try home depot.
Auto darkening ones will generally go dark enough.
My cheap helmet has #11 lens, not as dark as recommended 12+, but if only glancing at it momentarily would be fine ( ive done so, i can look at sun thru it)
When we was kids we stared at sun
Not saying its not bad
Just a bit overblown
The problem is people staring for an hour
Not a few sec
When my wifes little bro was 18 and started working construction, he watched welders weld the first day. No eye protection. Welders would tell him "watch the arc" , meaning look away, he thought they meant to actually watch it.
In Salem OR right now. Should be fun!
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Bridgestone Firestone Centennial Wilderness a couple of hours east of Nashville.
Am looking forward to that predicted 10-degree drop in temps!!!
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Any post-eclipse reports yet?
They're apt to run 3:1, "Uh, that was it?"
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