Solar Eclipse - for those of you out west

[RidgeRacer]

As usual we get the shaft here in the East. The snow sucks, The Mountains suck (for the most part). The scenery isnt as nice while the west gets to see cool shit like the Northern Lights and solar eclipses.

 

Utah ski resorts are actually opening up for the this so it should be cool.

 

http://www.cnn.com/2....html?hpt=hp_t3

[sibhusky]

supposedly it's the first time in ten years there's been one visible in Montana.

[Barb]

Boys are outside with their glasses they handed out in school trying to see something. Unfortunately too cloudy.

[sibhusky]

Same here. Total bust.

[NMSKI]

My mom, who lives in Albuquerque, NM was telling me that they got a great view of the eclipse from there. A bunch of people in her neighborhood made boxes with cutouts that you stand with your back to the sun and look at the eclipse through. She had bought some $1 eclipse glasses which were much better than looking though a box with a cutout.

 

To me it kind of seems like people are overly cautious with all the glasses and boxes and stuff. Just get a quick look and then look away. I'm not an astronomer or an eye doctor, but if you need special glasses to look at an eclipse, shouldn't you do the same when you look at a sunset? Nobody does that though.

[Timeless]

missed it, in f'in sweden where the sun wont get lost long enough to sleep, stupid place to live/ work if you ask me. apparently it was quite good in northern CA, my kids got some decent pictures.

[RidgeRacer]

This is what it looked like in LA. Pretty cool. .

Edited May 22, 2012 by Ridge Racer

[phillycore]

I thought this thread was going to be about Doug's girlfriend blocking the damn sun again... shitty thread.... Rock It!!

Edited May 23, 2012 by phillycore