Gargamel

Yes, we know.

Quick side note. That field was roughly 50 acres. They had somewhere around 4,000 cars parked there, based on our estimates (as low as 3k, as high as 6k, we agreed 4K was most likely). At $40 a car. That’s $160,000 cash they took in that day. Roughly 32 years worth of revenue for the corn that normally grows there. Anyways, going to work on processing the photos tonight and get a start on building the time lapse. It’s going to need some editing and stabilization, for reasons. Got thinking about that one today after seeing it a few weeks ago. I now fully appreciate how ancient cultures thought eclipses were acts of a god or other such powerful being. Fully comprehend that feeling now. The sky broke. But back when they did this flyover, there must have been a large number of areas that had no warning the eclipse was coming. The day starts darkening, and then all of a sudden It breaks. And the BOOM, the passing sonic booms hits. Yeah…. That would really turn your world view upside down if you weren’t ready for it.

Yup! I was on the corner of the corn field next to lowes!

I saw at least two flares/prominences. The bright red spot on the bottom side, and a bigger one that only showed up in my photos at about the 4 o’clock position.

Only? Line for the air and space museum is only just out the door now. May head over. Post eclipse Waffle House called first.

The sky broke. Then my brain broke. Truly amazing. Got some decent shots of totality. Clearly noticeable solar flares. (Those bright red spots you saw with your naked eye) We’re already planning the trip to Morocco.

Yeah, I saw the projected crowd for today months ago, and went nope, I’ll just keep driving. All those people spent so much money to be there today and nada.

“Astronomer Dave Weixelman told the outlet that “the comet will lie just 6° west of Jupiter and about 24.5° northeast of the Sun.” During the brief period of totality, sky gazers can observe the bright green comet using a pair of binoculars.” So…… facing to the south…. Left and up a bit of the sun?

Having looked at the map, and seeing the influx of traffic at this location, and knowing how many large metro areas are all going to be fleeing to your area…….leave work now. Just go. Abandon ye all hope. Leave.

You know that scene in “Contact” where the outside of the VLA is a total party? Yeah, that’s here. But the pic doesn’t do it justice. Just the 2 hour line to get into he museum.

We were headed for Indiana, but the clear skies seem to be ahead of predictions, and we called an audible. Ended up at the Armstrong air and space museum. Clear blue skies predicted all day, and pretty dang close to center line. https://www.armstrongmuseum.org/

Departing for Muncie/Marion Indiana now, good luck all.

No, I just know how cities work generally

My morning commute starts at 6am and I have heavy traffic to deal with. If you're at all worried about it, leave 30 minutes early. Although, if you're heading out of town, it shouldn't be an issue.

Aight, Looks like North or West of Little Rock will be good for you on Monday. The maps slightly disagree, but that's where I'd go. I'd stop on the far East side of OKC, crash for the night, and make a final determination ~0600. Seems a 4 hour drive from OKC will get you to any good spot.

Figuring out where to go is an absolute crap shoot. NWS/NOAA has 3 different maps of predicted cloud cover, and they're all different for the same location by as much as 50%.

That's what this is designed to do. Uses simple mylar. If you can get bargain pop-tarts with unlabeled packaging, that would work too.

Seeing how this thread is no longer on any topic, it is moot.

Moved to Mod Discussion.

Given the latest forecast I've seen, which is close to this one. We're looking at the Ft Wayne / Ohio border area. And I know it's last minute, but here's a Go Pro filter holder I designed if you're planning on doing wide angle time lapse: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6568730

Nice work!

That’s what I’m afraid of. Heading west towards the central blue spot will be having to fight everybody west of Cleveland. Heading to the Adirondacks and New England means crowds, but on tiny winding roads through the mountains. I’m not sure what I’m going to do.

Yeah we’re not looking good for the north coast SJ. 30-60% from Paducah to Syracuse. This one has a slider you can adjust the date, and it has Numbers! Not just different shades of gray. https://digital.weather.gov/?zoom=7&amp=&lat=39.56936&lon=-86.31568&layers=F000BTTTFTT&region=0&element=13&mxmz=false&barbs=false&subl=TTTTF&units=english&wunits=nautical&coords=latlon&tunits=localt

Friar Mead, singing hymns,

I have not heard of any, and I’m pretty sure of being on the forums for a decade I would have seen somebody say “Trim out XYZ before posting!” If you’re only concerned with a few lines to a few paragraphs of the log, copy paste will do fine. If you post it and go “oh boy that’s big”, probably best to host it somewhere. There’s no set rule on the exact size beyond the “oh boy” rule of thumb.