wmw999 2,289 #1 Posted April 8 Just got to watch a total eclipse of the sun, from a Walmart parking lot in Vermont. Along with plenty of other people who had the same idea. No good pictures (I only had glasses, not a camera filter), so you’ll just have to trust me Wendy P. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JerryBaumchen 1,236 #2 April 8 (edited) 3 hours ago, wmw999 said: Just got to watch a total eclipse of the sun, from a Walmart parking lot in Vermont. Along with plenty of other people who had the same idea. No good pictures (I only had glasses, not a camera filter), so you’ll just have to trust me Wendy P. Hi Wendy, About 5 yrs ago, I watched the one that was a total eclipse here in Oregon. Not everyday we get to do these types of things. Jerry Baumchen PS) Re: Lucky me. Someone here in Portland just won $1.3 b in Powerball. I was kinda close [ proximity only ]: but, as they say: Close only counts in horseshoes, dancing & grenades. PPS) This what it looked like in PDX: Edited April 8 by JerryBaumchen Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
oldwomanc6 38 #3 April 8 (edited) Drove to Austin, TX to visit our daughter and see the eclipse. We drove and saw it in Columbia, SC in '17. So cool to see it twice. The weather did cooperate, barely. Edited April 8 by oldwomanc6 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
David Wang 50 #4 April 9 WL wasn't exactly in the path of totality but still had 98-99% of coverage. Photo taken through solar glasses with my phone. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wmw999 2,289 #5 April 9 Well, you guys all did better than I did with recording it... But it was still cool. Wendy P. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lippy 852 #6 April 10 23 hours ago, wmw999 said: Well, you guys all did better than I did with recording it... But it was still cool. Wendy P. Our office was in the path of totality..big boss catered BBQ and we all went out and watched it together. Was a great show, but I'm in the same boat for lack of photos. I figured there'll be literally millions of pictures, many of them taken by better photographers than me. I'd prefer to watch it with my eyes rather than through my phone. 3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JoeWeber 2,519 #7 April 10 1 hour ago, lippy said: Our office was in the path of totality..big boss catered BBQ and we all went out and watched it together. Was a great show, but I'm in the same boat for lack of photos. I figured there'll be literally millions of pictures, many of them taken by better photographers than me. I'd prefer to watch it with my eyes rather than through my phone. in 2017 the DZ was in the path of totality. Instead of selling camping sites or anything we shut down and just let cool people come on the property to enjoy. We flew a single formation load with two Caravans and our jumpers. I got to fly trail. Super amazing. The jumpers who couldn't be on the airplanes got to enjoy it without a million people around. They also had amazing experiences. One of the spectators who made the cut because she likes to come out and watch took an incredible pic that we have in the lobby. Big fun and long term memories. 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
johnhking1 83 #8 April 10 We were in the path of the total eclipse but it was overcast. We did get a peak of the sun through thin clouds when it was about 25% covered. It was cool as things got dark to the west. When it got dark, we saw out door lights on some houses come on and a cell tower red light came on. It got dark as night for a little over 4 minutes, really cool. I could see a tower to the east with a white strobe. As darkness passed to the east, I could see that tower light change to red. Looking west, it looked like sunrise and east sunset. As the shadow completely passed east, I could see that tower light change back from red to white. Even though we couldn't see the sun, it was a pretty cool experience. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billeisele 130 #9 April 12 (edited) The 2017 eclipse went directly over my old house on Lake Murray. Monday was an off-day at the DZ, had one heck of a party. It was strange - the wind stopped, temperature dropped, birds stopped, frogs started then reversed. Edited April 12 by billeisele Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
airdvr 200 #10 April 18 Lucky to be in the path. Boss threw a parking lot party. Very cool. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
