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Solar eclipse - got your NASA-approved glasses?
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So August 21 the US gets a total solar eclipse. For those who have to be elsewhere and just want to see what it looks like (Not the actual eclipse but what it looks like outside) there is a Live RailCam in Missouri that has a HD feed looking both ways down the tracks. They will have a 99.1 percent eclipse there.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifmuEH-Lg1c
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moved because eclipses are cool. In the NE we're not going to get much of a good view. Thanks for the link!
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I don't trust NASA scientists, they use sloppy science.
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Originally Posted by Laminar
I don't trust NASA scientists, they use sloppy science.
Thats why I posted the link. Oh, and NASA scientists didn't make the glasses.
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Got my proper ISO-rated welding mask ready! Also, watch out for your kids. This may seem obvious, but kids will find a way to do dumb things if they're unsupervised, because... well... they're kids.
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Watching weather trends its less than a 50-50 shot for most of the east coast. Looks like overcast with a big chance of thunderstorms.
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Glasses are so hard to find I saw some black market action going down on r/chicago last night. $20 a pop.
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NASA HQ is out again. They've given away over 3000 pairs this week!
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I don't think I'd trust any blackmarket glasses.
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Originally Posted by andi*pandi
I don't think I'd trust any blackmarket glasses.
The article I saw, I'll try looking for it, claims that as much as 90% of Chinese "eclipse glasses" being sold under the table (and on ebay) don't meet the ISO ratings they claim. Some laughably fall short. The ones that look like cardboard 50s 3D movie theater glasses are almost universally bad (I'm talking about the knock-offs, not the ones actually made by reputable companies).
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Originally Posted by BadKosh
NASA HQ is out again. They've given away over 3000 pairs this week!
Lagunitas gave out 500 today.
The line was 1500 deep before they opened.
I think the plan was people who didn't get one might buy beer instead.
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Originally Posted by andi*pandi
I don't think I'd trust any blackmarket glasses.
It sounded a little sketchy.
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DIRECTV added NASA HD for the eclipse.
Partial eclipse, colander edition.
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Here's my live stream...
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Phoenix is like 99.9999999999999999999999999% cloud free. Today we get clouds.
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It's actually not too bad here... clouds are working as a natural pair of glasses.
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Originally Posted by subego
Here's my live stream...
Ditto.
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It's suddenly turned to just haze, glasses come out.
Anyone wanna buy a pair in about a half-hour?
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Boy do I have a ridiculous amount of floaters on my eyeballs.
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Well that was cool!
OAW
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saw it briefly, but now too cloudy.
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IRL, this was razor sharp... iPhone doesn't quite have the resolution.
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In DC it was about 82%. As I left work at 2:44PM their was light but the sun wasn't projecting much heat. 1st time walking to my car in the afternoon I didn't think I was going to burst into flames. It was partly cloudy here. Lots of people sharing glasses in front of NASA HQ.
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"I have a dream, that my four little children will one day live in a
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That's some sensitive media right there.
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I got to see it - with approved glasses - yesterday. Awesome. My iPhone picture (with the approved glasses) was less stunning than subego's. But WOW that was very cool.
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Originally Posted by Cap'n Tightpants
I'm guessing that was the ballsack that all of the dumb people were texting each other?
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