Solar eclipse - 2024

[USAFRet]

Ok, but if I’m just pointing it at the sun for a few seconds, it should be fine, right?

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[USAFRet]

Ok, but if I’m just pointing it at the sun for a few seconds, it should be fine, right?

https://www.tomsguide.com/phones/how-to-photograph-the-april-2024-solar-eclipse-with-your-smartphone

 

[COLGeek]

I cut out the lense from a spare pair of observation glasses and taped over lense.

 

[Order 66]

I understand the need to protect my phone's lenses, but I'm not sure if I'm going to be able to be able to get a spare pair of glasses or not.

 

[COLGeek]

Sunspots are fascinating. Especially when you consider those are larger than our entire planet.

 

[kanewolf]

Ok, but if I’m just pointing it at the sun for a few seconds, it should be fine, right?

If you are in a full totality area, it could be OK at the peak.
If you don't have any glasses, you should be working on building a pin-hole viewer.

 

[logainofhades]

I am in southern IL, so I am in the path of totality, as I was on the one back in 2017, where the two cross. I am about an hour northwest of Carbondale.

 

[kanewolf]

My Nikon binoculars have small enough optics that I was able to tape spare eclipse glasses over the front. I now have 8x to 24x optical zoom.
An observation of solar glasses. If there is not a definite shadow being cast (and right now it is very infrequent), your solar glasses will be COMPLETELY dark.

 

[35below0]

Sunspots are fascinating.

...said nobody ever 🙄

Especially when you consider those are larger than our entire planet.

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[USAFRet]

...said nobody ever 🙄

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Giant zits visible in my above test pic, Post #14.

 

[COLGeek]

Peak was very cool here.

 

[kanewolf]

Peak was very cool here.

For anybody that has them, be sure to save your OUTDOOR SECURITY FOOTAGE from totality. I have a 5 min clip that is very cool. Camera goes from color day mode to IR night mode and back to day mode !!!

 

[USAFRet]

For anybody that has them, be sure to save your OUTDOOR SECURITY FOOTAGE from totality. I have a 5 min clip that is very cool. Camera goes from color day mode to IR night mode and back to day mode !!!

Here, 80% was not enough to trigger the cams.

 

[stonecarver]

I envy you guys who got to see it. I'm to far to the west. 🙁😛😛😛

 

[Eximo]

Our forecast was luckily wrong. Clear skies, at least where I was.

We had a lot of street lights and parking lot lights turn on that ruined it a bit. So any pictures of the conditions looked quite bright.

 

[Blackink]

We had good weather here for the eclipse. High thin clouds that didn't affect the eclipse.
We are away from the city so we didn't have to worry about street lights.

Here's 2 pictures of the Diamond ring and 1 of Totality. We didn't quite get the full light around the moon due to just not close enough for full Totality:

https://imgur.com/a/U7el1SM

View: https://imgur.com/a/U7el1SM

 

[bit_user]

Watched from 44°42'17.2"N 73°51'45.8"W

If I ever saw a solar eclipse, I always thought a mountain top would be the place to do it. Didn't account for the snow, however. That also meant the access road was impassible (by me), adding almost another mile to the hike.

According to what I'm reading, it's a moderately challenging hike in good conditions. Due to the snow and time pressure, it was one of the toughest hikes I've ever done (and I've summited some 14k peaks in the Rockies). I will struggle to walk, tomorrow. I'm always most sore on the second day. Worth it, though.

Didn't know who I'd meet at the top, but it was quite a mix of locals and international visitors. Probably about 40 - 50, in total.