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Hot Rod
Revved Up Mon Aug 14 18:34:55

Anyone watching the event>?

CBS News August 13, 2017, 10:28 AM
Preparing for the Great American Eclipse of 2017

Expect plenty of cries of LOOK UP! a week from tomorrow. "Umbraphilia" is sweeping the nation - and our Martha Teichner is hardly immune:

Forty-five million pairs of customized eclipse glasses -- that's what American Paper Optics figures its factory outside Memphis has turned out.

"Right now we're producing over 500,000 eclipse glasses a day," said CEO John Jerit. "We think of it as the Super Bowl of the sky. It's so big because we're talking about 300 million people looking at the sky, and they all need eye protection."
solar-eclipse-glasses-john-jerit-martha-teichner-620.jpg

Martha Teichner interviews John Jerit, whose company, American Paper Optics, is producing 45 million pairs of glasses for viewing next week's solar eclipse.
CBS News

Ready or not, here it comes: Eight days from today, for the first time in 99 years, a solar eclipse will cross the entire continental United States, its path of totality, from Oregon to South Carolina, approximately 70 miles wide. A partial eclipse will be visible elsewhere.

Don't fall for phony eclipse glasses (CBS Moneywatch, 08/10/17)
How to protect your eyes while viewing the solar eclipse ("CBS This Morning," 08/11/17)
How to view the 2017 Solar Eclipse safely (nasa.gov)

What is a solar eclipse? It's when the Moon passes between the Earth and the Sun. The darkness is the Moon's shadow.

"When the sun is about halfway or 3/4 of the way covered, if you have a shade tree around and you look at the sunlight filtering down through the leaves of the shade tree and look down on the ground, you will see crescents on the ground, 'cause the leaves act like pinhole cameras," said retired NASA astrophysicist Fred Espenak, who is known as "Mr. Eclipse."
Preparing for the total solar eclipse
Play Video
Preparing for the total solar eclipse

"Just before totality, the sky starts getting dark, and you get one bright bead on the edge of the sun's disk that's called the diamond ring effect. And then the Sun, its disk, is completely covered, and the corona is revealed in all its glory."

Espenak has witnessed 27 solar eclipses; he met his wife at one. So it should come as no surprise that he lives in the Arizona desert, far from city lights, in a development called Sky Village, where residents all have their own observatories.

The name for an eclipse chaser like Espenak is "Umbraphile" (or lover of shadows).

Science writer David Baron is another self-proclaimed umbraphile. He's seen five eclipses. "My first was in Aruba in 1998," he said. "It was the most awe-inspiring, I dare say, spiritual experience I've ever had. And I say this as a science journalist."
american-eclipse-cover-liveright-244.jpg
Liveright

Baron's new book, "American Eclipse" (Liveright), recalls an earlier era's eclipse sensation, on July 29, 1878: "The path that the Moon's shadow took went right across the Wild West, from Montana Territory down to Texas. Dozens of American astronomers headed out to the west to observe that eclipse. The most prominent scientist to come out that year was Thomas Edison."

Edison had just invented the phonograph. Even by today's standards, he was a media star.

"Edison's involvement in the eclipse definitely helped raise the profile of the eclipse overall," said Baron. "And the very day after he returned from the eclipse, he started work on a new project, and that was the light bulb."

The 1878 eclipse was critical to the prestige of a nation not yet taken seriously as a force in science.

"It was one of those key events that really did lead the country not too much later, by 1900, to be an equal with Europe in terms of science -- and then, really, to excel and exceed Europe," Baron said.

As for prime eclipse viewing spots, if the Wild West seemed exotic in 1878, Makanda, Ill., population 600, might qualify today.

According to Dave Dardis, the path of totality runs right through the workshop where he is making and selling eclipse art, happily expecting to cash in on his amazing good fortune -- that totality here will be longer than almost anywhere else on Earth (two minutes and forty seconds!).

It's the probability of not hundreds, but thousands of people showing up in Makanda that has volunteer eclipse coordinator Joe McFarland feeling a little panicky. He said, "I'm feeling more excited than terrified, but I'm a little terrified. Look around you; how many people could fit in this little, tiny valley?"

"So it's about withstanding the eclipse?" Teichner asked. "As opposed to just enjoying it?"

"It is," he replied.

A little further along the path of totality is Hopkinsville, Kentucky, where the message is, "Bring it on." The economic impact of an anticipated 100,000 visitors is expected to be $30 million.

In addition to a prime Hopkinsville location to view the shadow of the Moon, Casey Jones Distillery is offering moonshine: 100 proof corn liquor, at $40 a bottle.
Dazzling solar eclipse photos that won't fry your eyes
26 Photos
Dazzling solar eclipse photos that won't fry your eyes

Arlon "Casey" Jones makes the stuff by hand in the same kind of still his grandfather, the original Casey Jones, used during Prohibition. "Our total eclipse, we guarantee the lights out. You can have an eclipse any time you want!" he said. "You don't have to wait. And I assure you if you have an eclipse with this, it's gonna last a lot longer than two minutes and forty seconds!"

"It is potent!" laughed Teichner, sampling it.

"Lights out!" Jones said.

A little moonshine might prepare you for what will be happening nearby in Kelly; the eclipse will coincide with the annual Kelly Little Green Men Days Festival … taking place exactly 62 years to the day after Geraldine Sutton Stith's father and ten other friends and family members claimed to have had an alien encounter.

Stith showed Teichner the spot where aliens supposedly landed. "There still a brown spot over there," she said. "They saw this little three, three-and-a-half-foot tall being coming out from the woods."

And it looked like what? "Well, nothing they'd ever seen before! It had a huge head, huge ears, big glowing eyes, its little arms almost touched the ground, and it was floating on top of the ground."

Given the spooky timing with the eclipse, might they come back? "In a way, I would love it to happen," Stith said, "because it would prove it -- and in another way I'm like, Oh my God, you can come but don't take me with you!'"

Let no one say that the Great American Eclipse of 2017 will not be memorable. Fred Espenak, Mr. Eclipse, has this advice for anyone seeing a total eclipse for the first time:

"The thing to keep in mind is not to get so carried away with cameras and stuff that you miss the event itself," he said. "Comparing natural phenomena on a scale of one to ten, a partial eclipse might be a three or a four. A total eclipse is a million!"
Total Solar Eclipse of 2008 - 1 by Fred Espenak on Vimeo

For more info:

eclipseglasses.com (American Paper Optics)
Mr. Eclipse (Fred Espenak)
eclipse2017.nasa.gov
NASA Eclipse Website
"American Eclipse: A Nation's Epic Race to Catch the Shadow of the Moon and Win the Glory of the World" by David Baron (Liveright)
Dave Dardis Studio, Makanda, Ill.
Casey Jones Distillery, Hopkinsville, Ky.
Solar Eclipse Viewing Events in Hopkinsville
Kelly Little Green Men Days Festival, Kelly, Ky. (August 18-21)

http://www...reat-american-eclipse-of-2017/

Trolly McSerious
Member Mon Aug 14 18:37:44
Fake news. Liberal conspiracy.

murder
Member Mon Aug 14 18:48:52

The Total Eclipse will be televised. There's even a pregame show and post eclipse analysis. lol :o)

TJ
Member Mon Aug 14 18:56:50
http://2017eclipse.org/#av_section_1

I purchased eye protection from NASA and need to travel 100 miles for the totality.

I could care less about viewing the eclipse, but my wife has been persistently forceful. To save my hearing I'm going to oblige her wanting the experience. Its not exactly on my bucket list.

HR, you are positioned fairly well in KC.

Hot Rod
Revved Up Mon Aug 14 18:58:15

It would be more fun to watch it. I wish I had prepared now.

murder
Member Mon Aug 14 19:12:30

Prepared how? It should go right over your head?

murder
Member Mon Aug 14 19:14:20

http://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/map/2017-august-21#

You just have to make it another 7 days. ;o)

Sam Adams
Member Mon Aug 14 19:20:56
It is actually monday.

Hot Rod
Revved Up Mon Aug 14 19:22:23

Why don't you watch the entire thing and then tell me about it?

You can post in braille if you have no other way.

Trolly McSerious
Member Mon Aug 14 19:23:29
Told you it was fake news.lol

Hot Rod
Revved Up Mon Aug 14 19:28:56

So it is. Sorry.

I have an ear infection along with a fluid build up in it. I've been hearing Sunday.

Trolly McSerious
Member Mon Aug 14 19:30:59
Must have been vision related. Lulz.

Trolly McSerious
Member Mon Aug 14 19:34:10
Does this ear infection also interfere with you making you incapable of understanding facts?

Hot Rod
Revved Up Mon Aug 14 19:57:55

Not the kind you are talking about.

Trolly McSerious
Member Mon Aug 14 20:13:26
Lol youre so pathetic. "Facts omg dont show me facts it scares me" -hot rod

Hot Rod
Revved Up Mon Aug 14 20:18:09

They must scare you too.

You don't seem to have any.

Wrath of Orion
Member Mon Aug 14 20:21:03
Don't forget that Retard Rod goes for "alternative facts," or whatever phrase that dumb bitch used.

Hot Rod
Revved Up Mon Aug 14 20:21:13

Give it up. You cannot out insult me.

I'm older, smarter and I have tons more experience than you do Sonny.

Trolly McSerious
Member Mon Aug 14 20:22:20
Its amazing as long as you lived. You still cannot comprehend the most simple of concepts. Or distinguish between facts and opinions.

Hot Rod
Revved Up Mon Aug 14 20:25:36

You sir, are the one at a loss.

Damned foreigners.

Trolly McSerious
Member Mon Aug 14 20:45:01
Again,you cannot disringuish between facts and opinions.

Nimatzo
iChihuaha Tue Aug 15 03:34:04
There is a cool visual effect that can appear during a full eclipse called "shadow bands".

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shadow_bands

This will be the most studied total eclipse ever! Many science channels on youtube will be setting up fancy cameras to record it all. Some attempting to be in a place where they see the shadow hitting earth.

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Hot Rod Revved Up	Mon Aug 14 18:34:55 Anyone watching the event>? CBS News August 13, 2017, 10:28 AM Preparing for the Great American Eclipse of 2017 Expect plenty of cries of LOOK UP! a week from tomorrow. "Umbraphilia" is sweeping the nation - and our Martha Teichner is hardly immune: Forty-five million pairs of customized eclipse glasses -- that's what American Paper Optics figures its factory outside Memphis has turned out. "Right now we're producing over 500,000 eclipse glasses a day," said CEO John Jerit. "We think of it as the Super Bowl of the sky. It's so big because we're talking about 300 million people looking at the sky, and they all need eye protection." solar-eclipse-glasses-john-jerit-martha-teichner-620.jpg Martha Teichner interviews John Jerit, whose company, American Paper Optics, is producing 45 million pairs of glasses for viewing next week's solar eclipse. CBS News Ready or not, here it comes: Eight days from today, for the first time in 99 years, a solar eclipse will cross the entire continental United States, its path of totality, from Oregon to South Carolina, approximately 70 miles wide. A partial eclipse will be visible elsewhere. Don't fall for phony eclipse glasses (CBS Moneywatch, 08/10/17) How to protect your eyes while viewing the solar eclipse ("CBS This Morning," 08/11/17) How to view the 2017 Solar Eclipse safely (nasa.gov) What is a solar eclipse? It's when the Moon passes between the Earth and the Sun. The darkness is the Moon's shadow. "When the sun is about halfway or 3/4 of the way covered, if you have a shade tree around and you look at the sunlight filtering down through the leaves of the shade tree and look down on the ground, you will see crescents on the ground, 'cause the leaves act like pinhole cameras," said retired NASA astrophysicist Fred Espenak, who is known as "Mr. Eclipse." Preparing for the total solar eclipse Play Video Preparing for the total solar eclipse "Just before totality, the sky starts getting dark, and you get one bright bead on the edge of the sun's disk that's called the diamond ring effect. And then the Sun, its disk, is completely covered, and the corona is revealed in all its glory." Espenak has witnessed 27 solar eclipses; he met his wife at one. So it should come as no surprise that he lives in the Arizona desert, far from city lights, in a development called Sky Village, where residents all have their own observatories. The name for an eclipse chaser like Espenak is "Umbraphile" (or lover of shadows). Science writer David Baron is another self-proclaimed umbraphile. He's seen five eclipses. "My first was in Aruba in 1998," he said. "It was the most awe-inspiring, I dare say, spiritual experience I've ever had. And I say this as a science journalist." american-eclipse-cover-liveright-244.jpg Liveright Baron's new book, "American Eclipse" (Liveright), recalls an earlier era's eclipse sensation, on July 29, 1878: "The path that the Moon's shadow took went right across the Wild West, from Montana Territory down to Texas. Dozens of American astronomers headed out to the west to observe that eclipse. The most prominent scientist to come out that year was Thomas Edison." Edison had just invented the phonograph. Even by today's standards, he was a media star. "Edison's involvement in the eclipse definitely helped raise the profile of the eclipse overall," said Baron. "And the very day after he returned from the eclipse, he started work on a new project, and that was the light bulb." The 1878 eclipse was critical to the prestige of a nation not yet taken seriously as a force in science. "It was one of those key events that really did lead the country not too much later, by 1900, to be an equal with Europe in terms of science -- and then, really, to excel and exceed Europe," Baron said. As for prime eclipse viewing spots, if the Wild West seemed exotic in 1878, Makanda, Ill., population 600, might qualify today. According to Dave Dardis, the path of totality runs right through the workshop where he is making and selling eclipse art, happily expecting to cash in on his amazing good fortune -- that totality here will be longer than almost anywhere else on Earth (two minutes and forty seconds!). It's the probability of not hundreds, but thousands of people showing up in Makanda that has volunteer eclipse coordinator Joe McFarland feeling a little panicky. He said, "I'm feeling more excited than terrified, but I'm a little terrified. Look around you; how many people could fit in this little, tiny valley?" "So it's about withstanding the eclipse?" Teichner asked. "As opposed to just enjoying it?" "It is," he replied. A little further along the path of totality is Hopkinsville, Kentucky, where the message is, "Bring it on." The economic impact of an anticipated 100,000 visitors is expected to be $30 million. In addition to a prime Hopkinsville location to view the shadow of the Moon, Casey Jones Distillery is offering moonshine: 100 proof corn liquor, at $40 a bottle. Dazzling solar eclipse photos that won't fry your eyes 26 Photos Dazzling solar eclipse photos that won't fry your eyes Arlon "Casey" Jones makes the stuff by hand in the same kind of still his grandfather, the original Casey Jones, used during Prohibition. "Our total eclipse, we guarantee the lights out. You can have an eclipse any time you want!" he said. "You don't have to wait. And I assure you if you have an eclipse with this, it's gonna last a lot longer than two minutes and forty seconds!" "It is potent!" laughed Teichner, sampling it. "Lights out!" Jones said. A little moonshine might prepare you for what will be happening nearby in Kelly; the eclipse will coincide with the annual Kelly Little Green Men Days Festival … taking place exactly 62 years to the day after Geraldine Sutton Stith's father and ten other friends and family members claimed to have had an alien encounter. Stith showed Teichner the spot where aliens supposedly landed. "There still a brown spot over there," she said. "They saw this little three, three-and-a-half-foot tall being coming out from the woods." And it looked like what? "Well, nothing they'd ever seen before! It had a huge head, huge ears, big glowing eyes, its little arms almost touched the ground, and it was floating on top of the ground." Given the spooky timing with the eclipse, might they come back? "In a way, I would love it to happen," Stith said, "because it would prove it -- and in another way I'm like, Oh my God, you can come but don't take me with you!'" Let no one say that the Great American Eclipse of 2017 will not be memorable. Fred Espenak, Mr. Eclipse, has this advice for anyone seeing a total eclipse for the first time: "The thing to keep in mind is not to get so carried away with cameras and stuff that you miss the event itself," he said. "Comparing natural phenomena on a scale of one to ten, a partial eclipse might be a three or a four. A total eclipse is a million!" Total Solar Eclipse of 2008 - 1 by Fred Espenak on Vimeo For more info: eclipseglasses.com (American Paper Optics) Mr. Eclipse (Fred Espenak) eclipse2017.nasa.gov NASA Eclipse Website "American Eclipse: A Nation's Epic Race to Catch the Shadow of the Moon and Win the Glory of the World" by David Baron (Liveright) Dave Dardis Studio, Makanda, Ill. Casey Jones Distillery, Hopkinsville, Ky. Solar Eclipse Viewing Events in Hopkinsville Kelly Little Green Men Days Festival, Kelly, Ky. (August 18-21) http://www...reat-american-eclipse-of-2017/
Trolly McSerious Member	Mon Aug 14 18:37:44 Fake news. Liberal conspiracy.
murder Member	Mon Aug 14 18:48:52 The Total Eclipse will be televised. There's even a pregame show and post eclipse analysis. lol :o)
TJ Member	Mon Aug 14 18:56:50 http://2017eclipse.org/#av_section_1 I purchased eye protection from NASA and need to travel 100 miles for the totality. I could care less about viewing the eclipse, but my wife has been persistently forceful. To save my hearing I'm going to oblige her wanting the experience. Its not exactly on my bucket list. HR, you are positioned fairly well in KC.
Hot Rod Revved Up	Mon Aug 14 18:58:15 It would be more fun to watch it. I wish I had prepared now.
murder Member	Mon Aug 14 19:12:30 Prepared how? It should go right over your head?
murder Member	Mon Aug 14 19:14:20 http://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/map/2017-august-21# You just have to make it another 7 days. ;o)
Sam Adams Member	Mon Aug 14 19:20:56 It is actually monday.
Hot Rod Revved Up	Mon Aug 14 19:22:23 Why don't you watch the entire thing and then tell me about it? You can post in braille if you have no other way.
Trolly McSerious Member	Mon Aug 14 19:23:29 Told you it was fake news.lol
Hot Rod Revved Up	Mon Aug 14 19:28:56 So it is. Sorry. I have an ear infection along with a fluid build up in it. I've been hearing Sunday.
Trolly McSerious Member	Mon Aug 14 19:30:59 Must have been vision related. Lulz.
Trolly McSerious Member	Mon Aug 14 19:34:10 Does this ear infection also interfere with you making you incapable of understanding facts?
Hot Rod Revved Up	Mon Aug 14 19:57:55 Not the kind you are talking about.
Trolly McSerious Member	Mon Aug 14 20:13:26 Lol youre so pathetic. "Facts omg dont show me facts it scares me" -hot rod
Hot Rod Revved Up	Mon Aug 14 20:18:09 They must scare you too. You don't seem to have any.
Wrath of Orion Member	Mon Aug 14 20:21:03 Don't forget that Retard Rod goes for "alternative facts," or whatever phrase that dumb bitch used.
Hot Rod Revved Up	Mon Aug 14 20:21:13 Give it up. You cannot out insult me. I'm older, smarter and I have tons more experience than you do Sonny.
Trolly McSerious Member	Mon Aug 14 20:22:20 Its amazing as long as you lived. You still cannot comprehend the most simple of concepts. Or distinguish between facts and opinions.
Hot Rod Revved Up	Mon Aug 14 20:25:36 You sir, are the one at a loss. Damned foreigners.
Trolly McSerious Member	Mon Aug 14 20:45:01 Again,you cannot disringuish between facts and opinions.
Nimatzo iChihuaha	Tue Aug 15 03:34:04 There is a cool visual effect that can appear during a full eclipse called "shadow bands". http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shadow_bands This will be the most studied total eclipse ever! Many science channels on youtube will be setting up fancy cameras to record it all. Some attempting to be in a place where they see the shadow hitting earth.
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