Superfluous J Posted April 10 Share Posted April 10 10 hours ago, sevenperforce said: Doubly amazing because we were getting married during it. At a winery? If so I may have been standing nearby Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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sevenperforce Posted April 10 Share Posted April 10 13 hours ago, Superfluous J said: At a winery? If so I may have been standing nearby Nope, but it sounds like other people had a similar idea! This was at a public park in Terre Haute, IN. My Tiktok livestream of the ceremony caught this shot of the moonshadow whooshing overhead at the end of totality. Try to pay attention to the sky rather than the sun and you can see it: The setting and ceremony was really beautiful, and we had a great time. We catered our own wedding so I did eclipse tarts that all show varying levels of partiality: Some video of the eclipse etc: https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZPRTnu1Yd/ https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZPRTn3QRd/ https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZPRTnCKDv/ https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZPRTn4Vo4/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted April 10 Share Posted April 10 2 minutes ago, sevenperforce said: The setting and ceremony was really beautiful, and we had a great time. Wow, awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PakledHostage Posted April 10 Share Posted April 10 2030 in Namibia would be awesome. The Skeleton Coast and the Namib desert are both on my bucket list... And as an aside, a cool shot achieved with a lot of effort: https://www.redbull.com/us-en/solar-eclipse-photos 4 hours ago, sevenperforce said: The setting and ceremony was really beautiful, and we had a great time. Congratulations! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted April 10 Share Posted April 10 2027 Tangier would be pretty cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PakledHostage Posted April 10 Share Posted April 10 9 minutes ago, tater said: 2027 Tangier would be pretty cool. The problem I forsee with that eclipse is going to be cost. It's a long eclipse that passes over large areas of desert, but there are a lot of politically unstable areas along the path so everyone is going to be concentrated into a few areas (e.g. Morocco, Tunisia, etc.). Add to that the proximity to Europe with its large population of people with the means to go see the eclipse and it will probably result in some seriously inflated prices. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brotoro Posted April 10 Share Posted April 10 (edited) A selection of my eclipse photos. Taken from Midlothian, Texas. Nikon D90 300mm zoom telephoto. ASA 200. f/11. A partial phase shot through a cheesy filter (made from the lens of some old eclipse viewing glasses, mounted in a cardboard frame). 1/30 sec. You can see the two sunspot groups that were easily visible on the face of the Sun. Diamond ring just before second contact. 1/1000 sec. This shows the inner corona and solar prominences. 1/30 sec exposure showing middle of corona. The reason any eclipse photo has problems looking anything as cool as the naked-eye view is that your eye has a much larger dynamic range than a photograph, so the inner parts of the corona get washed out while the outer tendrils of the corona are too dim to register. One can take a lot of photos covering a range of exposures and then combine them in Photoshop...I did that with a sequence of photos I took of a 1999 eclipse, but it was a lot of effort and I didn't get good exposures of many intermediate times during this eclipse. Below is a 0.6 sec exposure showing outer corona. The ghost image on the left is due to internal reflections in the lens. The corona shape for every eclipse I've seen has been different, and in this one the two spikes off to the left were most noticeable (although the dark rift at the bottom in the photo above was also interesting). Diamond ring after third contact. The largest prominence was visible in the lower right during this half of the eclipse. You can see that we were fighting some clouds that were moving across the face at this time. 3 minutes ago, PakledHostage said: The problem I forsee with that eclipse is going to be cost. It's a long eclipse that passes over large areas of desert, but there are a lot of politically unstable areas along the path so everyone is going to be concentrated into a few areas (e.g. Morocco, Tunisia, etc.). Add to that the proximity to Europe with its large population of people with the means to go see the eclipse and it will probably result in some seriously inflated prices. Cruise ships are a possible way around this problem. Edited April 10 by Brotoro Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PakledHostage Posted April 10 Share Posted April 10 (edited) 5 minutes ago, Brotoro said: Cruise ships are a possible way around this problem. The Straight of Gibraltar is on the centerline, yeah, and one could observe it from a relatively small ship there (because you only need to make a day trip out of it), but see my earlier comment about hyper inflated prices. I think I am going to have to wait for the next iteration of that eclipse, 18 years later, when it passes over the American desert west in 2045. Edited April 10 by PakledHostage Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brotoro Posted April 10 Share Posted April 10 1 minute ago, PakledHostage said: The Straight of Gibraltar is on the centerline, yeah, and one could observe it from a relatively small ship there (because you only need to make a day trip out of it), but see my earlier comment about hyper inflated prices. I was referring to the problem of lack of locations because of politically unstable areas. Big cruise ships out in the ocean circumvent that problem, and cruises are often not hyper expensive. They also have the advantage of being able to move the ship to an area forecast to be clear. I've never done an eclipse cruise before, but I have friends who have and thought they were great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted April 10 Share Posted April 10 40 minutes ago, PakledHostage said: The problem I forsee with that eclipse is going to be cost. It's a long eclipse that passes over large areas of desert, but there are a lot of politically unstable areas along the path so everyone is going to be concentrated into a few areas (e.g. Morocco, Tunisia, etc.). Add to that the proximity to Europe with its large population of people with the means to go see the eclipse and it will probably result in some seriously inflated prices. At least in Morocco English is like the 4th language you get hassled in... French, then Italian/Spanish (depends on where), then even German before English. 33 minutes ago, Brotoro said: I was referring to the problem of lack of locations because of politically unstable areas. Big cruise ships out in the ocean circumvent that problem, and cruises are often not hyper expensive. They also have the advantage of being able to move the ship to an area forecast to be clear. I've never done an eclipse cruise before, but I have friends who have and thought they were great. Never done a cruise at all. Probably cheaper than renting a boat (with a skipper)—or learning to sail better, and just renting the boat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PakledHostage Posted April 10 Share Posted April 10 1 minute ago, tater said: At least in Morocco English is like the 4th language you get hassled in... French, then Italian/Spanish (depends on where), then even German before English. Namibia was once a German colony, so it's spoken there too. Maybe I'll get to practice my German there if I go in November 2030. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted April 10 Share Posted April 10 Just now, PakledHostage said: Namibia was once a German colony, so it's spoken there too. Maybe I'll get to practice my German there if I go in November 2030. Interesting. Wife and daughter are pretty fluent. Son and I... both took it, but not our best thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brotoro Posted April 10 Share Posted April 10 I've been using my Quest 2 VR headset to look at 360 VR recordings people have posted of the eclipse. Most of them suffer from the same problem of the camera's auto-exposure system making things look brighter than they should, and overexposing the sun so all you see is a blob instead of the coronal ring. Still, not terrible for getting some idea of the event (especially the recordings with people around reacting to the sight). Venus and Jupiter could be seen. There are places where people say they can see shadow bands, but I couldn't make them out in the recording (the wavering bands are very low contrast in real life, and video does not capture them well. We had a sheet of cloth spread out on the ground and could see some after third contact…but it's not obvious). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeSchmuckatelli Posted April 10 Share Posted April 10 3 hours ago, Brotoro said: eclipse photos I was excited to see these - unfortunately they're not showing up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevenperforce Posted April 10 Share Posted April 10 Just now, JoeSchmuckatelli said: I was excited to see these - unfortunately they're not showing up They didn't show up for me either, but if you right-click the image and hit "open in new tab" then they are visible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted April 10 Share Posted April 10 12 minutes ago, JoeSchmuckatelli said: I was excited to see these - unfortunately they're not showing up They show up fine for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brotoro Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 1 hour ago, JoeSchmuckatelli said: I was excited to see these - unfortunately they're not showing up I'm sorry. Maybe KSP forum has a problem with my file naming conventions? Does the webpage linked below work for you? http://brotoro.com/eclipse/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubinator Posted April 11 Author Share Posted April 11 (edited) 2 hours ago, Brotoro said: I've been using my Quest 2 VR headset to look at 360 VR recordings people have posted of the eclipse. Most of them suffer from the same problem of the camera's auto-exposure system making things look brighter than they should, and overexposing the sun so all you see is a blob instead of the coronal ring. Still, not terrible for getting some idea of the event (especially the recordings with people around reacting to the sight). Venus and Jupiter could be seen. There are places where people say they can see shadow bands, but I couldn't make them out in the recording (the wavering bands are very low contrast in real life, and video does not capture them well. We had a sheet of cloth spread out on the ground and could see some after third contact…but it's not obvious). Yeah, I could barely see the shadows on the grass IRL, so I didn't even bother trying to film them or watch them very closely. Maybe a project for next time. The most valuable thing to capture on the phone was the audience reaction. Finally back in my home state now. What an adventure! I objectively had a highly successful trip, and I'm ready for a rest now. Edited April 11 by cubinator Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minmus Taster Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 6 hours ago, PakledHostage said: 2030 in Namibia would be awesome. The Skeleton Coast and the Namib desert are both on my bucket list... And as an aside, a cool shot achieved with a lot of effort: https://www.redbull.com/us-en/solar-eclipse-photos Congratulations! Imagine a total eclipse above the Eduard Bohlen: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeSchmuckatelli Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 1 hour ago, Brotoro said: I'm sorry. Maybe KSP forum has a problem with my file naming conventions? Does the webpage linked below work for you? http://brotoro.com/eclipse/ Yep! Wow! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnemoe Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 12 hours ago, PakledHostage said: The problem I forsee with that eclipse is going to be cost. It's a long eclipse that passes over large areas of desert, but there are a lot of politically unstable areas along the path so everyone is going to be concentrated into a few areas (e.g. Morocco, Tunisia, etc.). Add to that the proximity to Europe with its large population of people with the means to go see the eclipse and it will probably result in some seriously inflated prices. You have one in north Spain the year before, its end just after, not sure the effect of that. On 4/9/2024 at 9:00 PM, Gargamel said: 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. The 70's in Africa yes imagine many did not know it was coming and getting an sonic boom on top Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darthgently Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 10 hours ago, JoeSchmuckatelli said: I was excited to see these - unfortunately they're not showing up I stopped at the no-SSL warning. Without SSL any hop along the path could inject an exploit. Don't have time for sorting that kind of thing out. Even a self-signed cert is better than nothing (still has problems with potential site spoofing though) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superfluous J Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 14 hours ago, tater said: Never done a cruise at all. Probably cheaper than renting a boat (with a skipper)—or learning to sail better, and just renting the boat. The big cruises are ridiculously cheap for what you get. Try to find a hotel for 7 nights, and all the food you can eat (including 7 full dinners) for less than $1000 a person. The downside is you are stuck on the ship for the bulk of the time and when you're not, you're stuck in a port you may have not otherwise chosen to be in, surrounded by other tourists and shops trying to swindle them. The smaller cruises are more expensive and suffer a lot of the same problems (which can be worse on a smaller boat), plus if you're prone to sea sickness you'll notice it a lot more. Source: Me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted April 12 Share Posted April 12 Will do 2027 instead of 2026. Duration for 2026 is way short, and the altitude is so low... Egypt in 2027 has totality >6 minutes. \ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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