Solar Eclipse
Anyone in the path of totality on April 8th? I'm ssooooo close!
56-60, M
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ElwoodBlues · M
JimboSaturn · 56-60, M
@ElwoodBlues Cool, you are actually travelling! Where are you going?
ElwoodBlues · M
@JimboSaturn If I lived close to totality, I would definitely pick out a stretch of road or highway rest stop or a parking lot or something where i could go experience totality. A total eclipse where you see the corona is such a strange alien thing that it's worth a couple hours drive.
P.S. to take a photo of the partial eclipse you need a heavy duty solar filter. To take a photo of totality you don't need filters, but it helps to have a telephoto lens, say somewhere in the range of 200-400mm equivalent. A compact zoom camera would do the job nicely.
P.S. to take a photo of the partial eclipse you need a heavy duty solar filter. To take a photo of totality you don't need filters, but it helps to have a telephoto lens, say somewhere in the range of 200-400mm equivalent. A compact zoom camera would do the job nicely.
JimboSaturn · 56-60, M
@ElwoodBlues I am going to travel. I just live about 1 1/2 hours from the path of totality. I have special glasses I got in a astronomy magazine.