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PostPosted: 07-25-2017 06:28 AM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


I need to go Northeast about 600 miles to get 100%... Whose gonna meet me in St Louis?...
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PostPosted: 07-25-2017 06:58 AM           Profile   Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Yeah, I need to go about 400 miles to the totality zone. I'm thinking about just staying home and viewing it. I'll be at about 87%.

But I'd still like to see it 100%...
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PostPosted: 07-25-2017 07:02 AM           Profile   Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Smithville Lake, north of Kansas City looks like a good spot. Get out of the city. Wanna meet me there Geoff? I've got an extra pair of viewing glasses...
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PostPosted: 07-25-2017 07:50 AM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


lol poor ppl who can't afford constant sun...
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seremtan wrote:
lol poor ppl who can't afford constant sun...

(LOL)



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PostPosted: 07-25-2017 09:06 AM           Profile   Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Geoff, we could wait until 2024. Totality path goes through Dallas...
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PostPosted: 07-25-2017 09:10 AM           Profile   Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Actually, it'll be damn close to where you live...

https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEgoogle/ ... oogle.html
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PostPosted: 07-25-2017 09:11 AM           Profile   Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Viewing party at Geoff's?
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PostPosted: 07-25-2017 01:00 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


xer0s wrote:
Yeah, I need to go about 400 miles to the totality zone. I'm thinking about just staying home and viewing it. I'll be at about 87%.

But I'd still like to see it 100%...


NIKE.... Just do it :)
Photos will be appreciated.... Wait, it's dark :rolleyes:



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PostPosted: 07-25-2017 02:13 PM           Profile   Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Just get your wife to walk past you.
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PostPosted: 07-25-2017 05:38 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Ooooooooo.

Will be peepin' it from Vancouver. Close enough for me. What is totality, 2 minutes or so? Not worth the trek... I'll stare straight into the eclipse on 300 mics of LSD, it'll be grand.
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PostPosted: 07-26-2017 12:27 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


I'm taking the day off of work to get closer to the 100% zone.
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PostPosted: 07-26-2017 02:45 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


saw a partial eclipse here 20th March 2015



pretty nifty. of course if this happened around geoff's way they'd probably sacrifice some virgins to bring back the day ball (assuming they could even find any virgins) :|
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PostPosted: 08-05-2017 07:09 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


sounds like you're gonna have a ball Geoff. :olo:
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PostPosted: 08-14-2017 07:47 PM           Profile   Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Got my hotel for Sunday in Topeka Kansas. Just gotta drive about an hour north of there to be in the path of totality :up:
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PostPosted: 08-14-2017 10:29 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Do yourself a favor and don't take pics. Have fun. :up:

It's too far of a drive for me, but in 2024 another total eclipse will actually come through my state, and I may not even need to leave my house for the best view. :up:



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PostPosted: 08-15-2017 04:38 AM           Profile   Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Damn, lucky.

The one in 2024 will be closer for me too, but I figured I might as well see this one too. Ya never know, the weather may not cooperate. Or I could even be dead...
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xer0s wrote:
Damn, lucky.

The one in 2024 will be closer for me too, but I figured I might as well see this one too. Ya never know, the weather may not cooperate. Or I could even be dead...


That's how I'm looking at it. A lot can happen between now and 2024.
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PostPosted: 08-15-2017 07:09 AM           Profile   Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


So Geoff made this thread but never responded about really going. Too poor to go?
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PostPosted: 08-17-2017 06:13 AM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


No... Too busy... Kids already in school.... My school starts soon...
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PostPosted: 08-17-2017 06:20 AM           Profile   Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Too poor to make it happen...
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PostPosted: 08-20-2017 04:30 PM           Profile   Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Change of plans. Clouds in Nebraska, so we drove to Wyoming. 12 hour drive, but I feel pretty confident the skies will be clear. Way excited for tomorrow :D :up:
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PostPosted: 08-20-2017 07:19 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


scared? wrote:
No... Too busy... Kids already in school.... My school starts soon...

time to have those testosterone and estrogen levels tested again because you're sounding like a huge pussy.
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PostPosted: 08-20-2017 07:20 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


http://www.asc-csa.gc.ca/eng/multimedia ... jector.asp
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PostPosted: 08-21-2017 08:10 AM           Profile   Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Well it's cloudy here with a chance of rain. Guess I will catch the next one.
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PostPosted: 08-21-2017 04:10 PM           Profile   Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Well, that was truly amazing. Something that is really indescribable. As cliche as it sounds, the photos and videos really fail to duplicate the experience. If I can say one thing to you guys, it's go see a solar eclipse in the path of totality before you die. Amazing.

It's practically impossible to photograph the eclipse without some serious gear. So all I can really offer you guys is the landscape before and during totality.
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PostPosted: 08-21-2017 04:14 PM           Profile   Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


I actually kinda regret taking pictures. It's such a short extraordinary experience, photographs are wasted on it...
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PostPosted: 08-21-2017 05:12 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Transient wrote:
Do yourself a favor and don't take pics.



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PostPosted: 08-21-2017 05:19 PM           Profile   Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


I took two pictures, killing maybe 10 seconds. Meh...
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PostPosted: 08-21-2017 05:21 PM           Profile   Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


I'm already planning to see the next one in 2024! Geoff won't even have to leave the house :rolleyes:




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PostPosted: 08-21-2017 06:30 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


reminds you of anything?
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PostPosted: 08-21-2017 07:13 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


There's a good Ted talk about total eclipses...I better not die before 2024/clouds... Or I will destroy God...
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PostPosted: 08-21-2017 11:21 PM           Profile   Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


lol at jeff sessions praying.
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PostPosted: 08-22-2017 12:40 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Tsakali wrote:
reminds you of anything?



Awesome shot Tsakali :up:



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MKJ wrote:
lol at jeff sessions praying.


wut
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