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Title: The Eclipse
Post by: 4stringer77 on April 09, 2024, 02:11:41 PM: Hey anybody else get a view of it? Here are some pictures I got with my phone in Colebrook NH. You can see Dixville notch next to the ski resort known as the Balsams. The spot I was at was my cousin's Christmas tree farm.
(https://i.imgur.com/2ZPw0uI.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/qb6aJ7Y.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/bZOLTEE.jpg)
Title: Re: The Eclipse
Post by: westen44 on April 09, 2024, 02:21:16 PM: I wish I could have been in the path of totality.
Title: Re: The Eclipse
Post by: Ken on April 09, 2024, 05:20:26 PM: I looked at it through my office window (NYC - Lower Manhattan) with a coworker's glasses. It looked just like I remembered from 2017. Totality would've been great. Here it was... cool.
Title: Re: The Eclipse
Post by: morrow on April 10, 2024, 04:28:53 AM: We were in the midst of getting a couple of sheds built. Close to totality , so it darkened , but not completely.
Title: Re: The Eclipse
Post by: 4stringer77 on April 10, 2024, 07:36:28 AM: It was no doubt a great thing to witness and I'm glad my kid got to join me and see it as well. The traffic on the way back, on the other hand, was horrendous. Here's a piece from the local news channel about it. There's a little close up video of the eclipse further down the page.

https://www.wmur.com/article/traffic-new-hampshire-eclipse-4924/60445331
Title: Re: The Eclipse
Post by: Dave W on April 11, 2024, 06:03:36 AM: Do you need special glasses to see this?

Mexican TV outlet accidentally airs man’s testicles during solar eclipse coverage (https://nypost.com/2024/04/09/world-news/mexican-tv-outlet-accidentally-airs-mans-testicles-during-solar-eclipse-coverage/)
Title: Re: The Eclipse
Post by: uwe on April 11, 2024, 06:36:46 AM: Huh ???, I thought an eclipse was about a ball of fire disappearin' - not a-ppearin'?

Don't miss the mighty celestial cojones! ¡Arriba, Arriba! ¡Ándale,
Ándale!

(https://gifdb.com/images/high/speedy-gonzales-running-t0uvc86wu0vlqdwv.gif)

Sometimes the universe just pulls a prick on you.
Title: Re: The Eclipse
Post by: slinkp on April 11, 2024, 01:55:16 PM: I got to see it from here in NYC (non-total but still pretty great).

I can't help remembering this Ozzy clip of a brilliantly timed concert gimmick...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2j3kF2EexDo
Title: Re: The Eclipse
Post by: morrow on April 11, 2024, 05:11:06 PM: Sheds are now built. Most of the stuff has been placed in them , rain tomorrow.

Slid just under the wire there …
Title: Re: The Eclipse
Post by: westen44 on April 11, 2024, 05:15:46 PM: Quote from: Dave W on April 11, 2024, 06:03:36 AM
Do you need special glasses to see this?

Mexican TV outlet accidentally airs man’s testicles during solar eclipse coverage (https://nypost.com/2024/04/09/world-news/mexican-tv-outlet-accidentally-airs-mans-testicles-during-solar-eclipse-coverage/)

I sometimes watch comedy shows in Spanish. To be honest, often they aren't very funny to me. Maybe because my Spanish is so poor. But this is really funny! Latin Americans must have more of a sense of humor than I realized. Duping that TV show was the ultimate way to pull off this joke.
Title: Re: The Eclipse
Post by: uwe on April 12, 2024, 06:21:53 AM: Quote from: slinkp on April 11, 2024, 01:55:16 PM
I got to see it from here in NYC (non-total but still pretty great).

I can't help remembering this Ozzy clip of a brilliantly timed concert gimmick...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2j3kF2EexDo

You mean The Prince of Darkness did all this? :mrgreen: