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Re: Total Solar Eclipse 2017
« Reply #225 on: August 22, 2017, 11:54:00 AM »
We should find more reasons to stop what we are doing and marvel together and celebrate.

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« Reply #226 on: August 22, 2017, 12:05:55 PM »
drove to Watkins Mill St park up north of town for some totality and the clouds parted about 20 minutes before the moment. one of the most amazing moments of my life. if you believe in a creator, it was an amazing display of his creation and beauty. if you don't believe in a creator, what a moment to marvel at the natural world. either way I hope all who experienced it were humbled by it in some way. I found it moving, humbling, beautiful, fun, kinda spooky, and exciting. what a day.

Very well said.   :thumbs:

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Re: Total Solar Eclipse 2017
« Reply #227 on: August 22, 2017, 12:09:17 PM »
We should find more reasons to stop what we are doing and marvel together and celebrate.

yes we should.

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Re: Total Solar Eclipse 2017
« Reply #228 on: August 22, 2017, 12:15:02 PM »
Happy hour.

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Re: Total Solar Eclipse 2017
« Reply #229 on: August 22, 2017, 12:23:38 PM »
did anyone else think, "what if the lights don't come back on?"  i did.  but then i was like, of course they will- we live on earth.  but then i thought of the millions of places around the galaxy that are pitch black 24/7.  it wouldn't be fun, folks.  be happy with our ecosystem and don't crap on it like wacky did.


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Re: Total Solar Eclipse 2017
« Reply #230 on: August 22, 2017, 12:57:51 PM »
Do you guys get all spiritual when it gets dark during a daytime thunderstorm too?
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Re: Total Solar Eclipse 2017
« Reply #231 on: August 22, 2017, 01:03:04 PM »
Do you guys get all spiritual when it gets dark during a daytime thunderstorm too?

I didn't really get all spiritual, just marveled at the spectacle was my point. And I often find thunderstorms humbling as well. I bet if I'd gone my life without seeing a massive thunderstorm before yesterday I'd have been awed by it just like I was with the eclipse, perhaps more so.

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« Reply #233 on: August 22, 2017, 01:21:06 PM »
did anyone else think, "what if the lights don't come back on?"  i did.  but then i was like, of course they will- we live on earth.  but then i thought of the millions of places around the galaxy that are pitch black 24/7.  it wouldn't be fun, folks.  be happy with our ecosystem and don't crap on it like wacky did.
Very well said.

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Re: Total Solar Eclipse 2017
« Reply #234 on: August 22, 2017, 01:28:00 PM »
I am very happy for those of you that were able to enjoy this two minute wonder of gloriousness. Sometimes I get to witness/interact in these brief one of a kind moments myself on Sunday's with Mrs. Wacky.  :thumbs: Life is great!


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Re: Total Solar Eclipse 2017
« Reply #236 on: August 22, 2017, 04:08:15 PM »
I'm already getting tired of these "in case you missed the eclipse" videos where a dark thing moves in front of a light thing (dog, bald head, etc.).

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« Reply #237 on: August 22, 2017, 04:12:06 PM »
I'm already getting tired of these "in case you missed the eclipse" videos where a dark thing moves in front of a light thing (dog, bald head, coin purse, etc.).

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Re: Total Solar Eclipse 2017
« Reply #238 on: August 22, 2017, 04:39:31 PM »
Anyone send you the testicle one?

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Re: Total Solar Eclipse 2017
« Reply #239 on: August 22, 2017, 04:42:02 PM »
Anyone send you the testicle one?

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Re: Total Solar Eclipse 2017
« Reply #240 on: August 22, 2017, 05:10:50 PM »
Anyone send you the testicle one?
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Re: Total Solar Eclipse 2017
« Reply #241 on: August 22, 2017, 06:46:53 PM »
http://astronomerswithoutborders.org/awb-programs/community-based-programs/eclipse-2017.html
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Re: Total Solar Eclipse 2017
« Reply #242 on: August 23, 2017, 11:25:43 AM »
Anyone send you the testicle one?

Well I just saw one on Facebook which was the shadow of a penis in front of the moon. Why doesn't Mark Zuckerberg ban that?

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Re: Total Solar Eclipse 2017
« Reply #243 on: August 23, 2017, 01:40:52 PM »
I am very happy for those of you that were able to enjoy this two minute wonder of gloriousness. Sometimes I get to witness/interact in these brief one of a kind moments myself on Sunday's with Mrs. Wacky.  :thumbs: Life is great!
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Re: Total Solar Eclipse 2017
« Reply #244 on: August 23, 2017, 02:09:54 PM »
At my eclipse watch party, I overheard a woman ask "is it the sun or the moon that is causing the shadow?" And at first I thought "what a stupid question," but then I asked myself whether she was actually asking a much deeper philosophical question, like "if a tree falls in the forest..." I mean, what actually casts a shadow - the light source, or the thing in front of the light source? Or is it really both?

In reality, she probably wasn't sure if the dark thing was the sun or the moon.
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Re: Total Solar Eclipse 2017
« Reply #245 on: August 23, 2017, 02:11:14 PM »
it was neither fwiw

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Re: Total Solar Eclipse 2017
« Reply #246 on: August 23, 2017, 02:11:32 PM »
That is pretty deep ksuw, thank you for sharing, I'm going to mull this over a bit this afternoon
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Re: Total Solar Eclipse 2017
« Reply #247 on: August 23, 2017, 02:36:45 PM »
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Re: Total Solar Eclipse 2017
« Reply #248 on: August 23, 2017, 04:28:33 PM »
the sun creates an environment where it's possible to create a shadow, but guys the moon is making the shadow

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Re: Total Solar Eclipse 2017
« Reply #249 on: August 23, 2017, 04:59:55 PM »
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