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August 21 2017 Solar Eclipse

Started by PopeyesPappy, June 08, 2016, 10:55:17 AM

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PopeyesPappy

One time in my 54 years on this planet I was in the right place at the right time to experience a total solar eclipse. That was on March 7 1970. There is another one coming to my part of the country on August 21st next year, and if the weather will cooperate I'm planning to literally be right in the middle of it in Andrews, NC. Anyone interested in joining us?



There is a really good interactive map available here: http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f158/popeyespappy/2017%20Eclipse%20Map_zpshnt2qp49.jpg
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stromboli

Quote from: PopeyesPappy on June 08, 2016, 10:55:17 AM
One time in my 54 years on this planet I was in the right place at the right time to experience a total solar eclipse. That was on March 7 1970. There is another one coming to my part of the country on August 21st next year, and if the weather will cooperate I'm planning to literally be right in the middle of it in Andrews, NC. Anyone interested in joining us?



There is a really good interactive map available here: http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f158/popeyespappy/2017%20Eclipse%20Map_zpshnt2qp49.jpg

If all those dates and times added together equal 666 numerologically, The antichrist is among us!  :biggrin:

Thanks for the invite Pappy. Hope it goes well; but you know the rule. Pics or it didn't happen!

PopeyesPappy

Sorry. Just noticed I pasted the wrong link for the interactive map. Here is the right one.

http://xjubier.free.fr/en/site_pages/solar_eclipses/TSE_2017_GoogleMapFull.html

Quote from: stromboli on June 08, 2016, 03:02:17 PM
If all those dates and times added together equal 666 numerologically, The antichrist is among us!  :biggrin:

Thanks for the invite Pappy. Hope it goes well; but you know the rule. Pics or it didn't happen!

I'm actually try to decide if I want to invest in a auto tracking base and/or a 500 mm lens for my camera just for pics. I hate to think about spending $500-$2000 on something that I might not be able to use for its intended purpose because of a cloud...
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If uni. isn't in session by that point, I wouldn't mind heading out that way. Have some mounds I would like to check out on the way East anyways.
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stromboli

Quote from: PopeyesPappy on June 08, 2016, 03:50:25 PM
Sorry. Just noticed I pasted the wrong link for the interactive map. Here is the right one.

http://xjubier.free.fr/en/site_pages/solar_eclipses/TSE_2017_GoogleMapFull.html

I'm actually try to decide if I want to invest in a auto tracking base and/or a 500 mm lens for my camera just for pics. I hate to think about spending $500-$2000 on something that I might not be able to use for its intended purpose because of a cloud...

I could manage a video with my old Canon or some time lapsed shots. Might make it a point to be somewhere I could get some good pictures. Or else upgrade to a better camera before then, but I doubt that will happen. And we might all be dead by then......

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Quote from: PopeyesPappy on June 08, 2016, 10:55:17 AM
One time in my 54 years on this planet I was in the right place at the right time to experience a total solar eclipse. That was on March 7 1970. There is another one coming to my part of the country on August 21st next year, and if the weather will cooperate I'm planning to literally be right in the middle of it in Andrews, NC. Anyone interested in joining us?



There is a really good interactive map available here: http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f158/popeyespappy/2017%20Eclipse%20Map_zpshnt2qp49.jpg

I'm hoping to at least be able to get to the eclipse path in Kentucky; that's going to be my easiest route at this point.
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