October 12, 20232 yr Man, I never thought of that. What do fish do for those couple hours of partial or couple minutes of totality? It'll be a mild day so probably won't make a difference either way very much. But I've never given any consideration to like a dead of summer or dead of winter eclipse. What does that do to the fish? Not like they live long enough to see multiple ones. High in the Shower thoughts by Deej. Join us next week for "If you drop acid in the Southern Hemisphere but drive quickly into the Northern Hemisphere before it kicks in, do you hallucinate in Black & White?" Overall window in Central Texas is 10:30-1:30p. Not quite totality, but pretty damn close will be 11:30-12:00p. Give or take a few minutes depending on your exact position. Looking to be only light cloud cover so be patient, there'll be some great viewing windows in there.
October 12, 20232 yr 1 hour ago, YGIFS said: still not allowed within 50 yards of the public libraries giving them away, no?
October 12, 20232 yr 34 minutes ago, YGIFS said: Man, I never thought of that. What do fish do for those couple hours of partial or couple minutes of totality? It'll be a mild day so probably won't make a difference either way very much. But I've never given any consideration to like a dead of summer or dead of winter eclipse. What does that do to the fish? Not like they live long enough to see multiple ones. High in the Shower thoughts by Deej. Join us next week for "If you drop acid in the Southern Hemisphere but drive quickly into the Northern Hemisphere before it kicks in, do you hallucinate in Black & White?" Overall window in Central Texas is 10:30-1:30p. Not quite totality, but pretty damn close will be 11:30-12:00p. Give or take a few minutes depending on your exact position. Looking to be only light cloud cover so be patient, there'll be some great viewing windows in there. Bass tend to feed more in lower light conditions, in my experience. It's why sunrise and sunset are so productive. I figure I'll get an extra feeding window on Saturday.
October 12, 20232 yr Mine too. But there’s also a circadian rhythm even to subsurface marine life. Surely a midday blackout would mess with em a little bit but then some modicum of “but we have only been done eating for a couple hours” would kick in. I dunno. Can’t take the girls fishing for this one but maybe April one wilL make for a fun experiment and fishing excursion.
October 12, 20232 yr HEB sells eclipse glasses, as well. Thanks, was not aware…sure enough Oak Hill was open and had them.
October 13, 20232 yr Just a heads up if you have those cheap paper glasses. I got a pair today and tested them. They work well, but they are so narrow that bright sun gets in around them. I did it for only about 10-20 seconds and an hour later my eyes felt like I'd been around someone welding. I took a piece of cardboard, cut out two eyeholes and then taped the glasses over them to block more light
October 14, 20232 yr I don't trust the paper glasses ... just my opinion. I will be making a pinhole camera to check it out, which is really simple to do. Something to check out during the eclipse tomorrow. Find a tree with leaves throwing a shadow on the ground, or on a building. You may see some half moon shapes, which is pretty cool.
October 14, 20232 yr Or use a colander to see the shadows/images. Edited October 14, 20232 yr by miguelito
October 14, 20232 yr A few years ago my dad made me some Spaceman Spiff glasses for a halloween costume. They are pretty damn good. I plan on using them tomorrow. Science bitches!
October 14, 20232 yr 3 hours ago, Texas Jeff said: I don't trust the paper glasses ... just my opinion. I will be making a pinhole camera to check it out, which is really simple to do. Something to check out during the eclipse tomorrow. Find a tree with leaves throwing a shadow on the ground, or on a building. You may see some half moon shapes, which is pretty cool. Eclipse shadows from the live oak tree in my front yard during the 2017 partial eclipse. Didn’t know this happens and I noticed it as I was going into the house to get some stuff to view with. A programmable shade level welding helmet also works pretty good for viewing eclipses.
October 14, 20232 yr I'll be on the golf course for this one. It should be a great preamble to next April.
October 14, 20232 yr 8 hours ago, Born to Run said: 14 hours ago, Born to Run said: I live in west Austin is it worth driving further west? Once more? If you want to see the full ring of fire, head west or south.
October 14, 20232 yr Author I sure hope this isn't a glimpse at April, because it's raining all day here
October 14, 20232 yr This place sells four packs for those wanting them if you’re headed south/west for the Ring of FIRE. Pretty cool. Just thought I’d share.
October 14, 20232 yr 21 minutes ago, Nicole44 said: This place sells four packs What does it say that I immediately thought you meant beer.
October 14, 20232 yr I used my reading glasses to focus the partial eclipse in August 2017 onto the sidewalk. It was pretty cool.
October 14, 20232 yr This works remarkably well as an eclipse viewer - I did this in 2017 and I just made a new one. Working great. Use an actual pin to make the hole in the foil - you may have to experiment, but if you use, say, a writing pen to make the hole, the image will be blurry.
October 14, 20232 yr 11:52am will be the maximum for those of us in DFW. Just looked it up to see the next time our area gets the total annular eclipse and it's September 5, 2165.
October 14, 20232 yr 29 minutes ago, Biff Tannen said: So looks like about 11:50 am in Austin right? https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/in/usa/austin
October 14, 20232 yr 36 minutes ago, Biff Tannen said: So looks like about 11:50 am in Austin right? For me it’s already worth checking out now if you have glasses or a viewer as the moon started peeking over the sun about 20 minutes ago. Such a small and simple visual, but I find it so cool to look at. Edited October 14, 20232 yr by LonghornSean
October 14, 20232 yr From Round Rock it looks like the moon took a bite out of the sun when I went to look just now. Pretty cool.
October 14, 20232 yr The colander trick is really cool as well. Just take your standard colander and use the refracted light to see the “negatives” on the ground. Here’s one from ‘17 Edited October 14, 20232 yr by Trey3216
October 14, 20232 yr I was setting up to try to focus on a book cover with my readers and got this by accident. Blurry, but it is going through my head.
October 14, 20232 yr It is eerie outside. Not a cloud in the sky near noon but it’s like someone dimmed the lights to 40%. Plus there are little crescents of light in ever tree’s shadow. Pretty cool.
October 14, 20232 yr 2 minutes ago, DaysOff said: This is a bust. I thought it'd be way darker out even with the ring. It makes it look like kind of a cloudy day for a few minutes, just without clouds. I have no idea why people get excited about eclipses.
October 14, 20232 yr 4 minutes ago, NorthLoop said: Got the full ring in NB for about 3 minutes Sure that wasn't South Austin's mom?
October 14, 20232 yr 4 minutes ago, DaysOff said: This is a bust. I thought it'd be way darker out even with the ring. I want my money back!
October 14, 20232 yr That was pretty cool. You can easily see how it would scare the shit out of a civilization that worships a Sun God. Would have been a very powerful tool for Aztec and Maya priests that could predict it.
October 14, 20232 yr 1 minute ago, deadshank said: From deer camp. Cloud cover helps with viewing. I stole this pic.
October 14, 20232 yr 16 hours ago, Texas Jeff said: Something to check out during the eclipse tomorrow. Find a tree with leaves throwing a shadow on the ground, or on a building. You may see some half moon shapes, which is pretty cool.
October 14, 20232 yr 2 minutes ago, deadshank said: From deer camp. Cloud cover helps with viewing. I can see why ancient civilizations just assumed this was the end of days
October 14, 20232 yr 5 minutes ago, BrickHorn said: It is eerie outside. Not a cloud in the sky near noon but it’s like someone dimmed the lights to 40%. Plus there are little crescents of light in ever tree’s shadow. Pretty cool.
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