How to "watch" the eclipse
Aug 14, 2017 12:13:08 #
lsupremo
Loc: Palm Desert, CA
I'm not photographing the eclipse and I don't have eclipse glasses, how can all of us unprepared people see the spectacle?
Aug 14, 2017 12:15:25 #
I plan to watch one of what I am sure will be 100s of streaming videos of it.
Aug 14, 2017 12:24:55 #
There will be lots of people with eye damage after the event do to bogus viewing devices , not worth the risk. Other ways to watch it.
Aug 14, 2017 12:31:43 #
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Aug 14, 2017 12:46:18 #
Put a pin-hole in a 3x5 card, put a poster-board flat on the ground, hold 3x5 card 3 to 5 feet above ground and align light from 3x5 card onto poster-board. Safe to look at and photograph.
Aug 14, 2017 12:47:13 #
lsupremo wrote:
I'm not photographing the eclipse and I don't have eclipse glasses, how can all of us unprepared people see the spectacle?
No reason to not be prepared. Eclipse is still a week away and glasses are only a couple of bucks. They're available everywhere.
Aug 14, 2017 14:42:15 #
lsupremo wrote:
I'm not photographing the eclipse and I don't have eclipse glasses, how can all of us unprepared people see the spectacle?
A week or past someone, I don't remember who, posted " an air conditioned bar, with a hot bar maid, cold beer, and a TV."
I agree.
Aug 15, 2017 06:24:03 #
lsupremo wrote:
I'm not photographing the eclipse and I don't have eclipse glasses, how can all of us unprepared people see the spectacle?
People have been doing it for years.
https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/make-pinhole-projector.html
https://www.wired.com/story/view-the-eclipse-with-this-simple-homemade-gadget/
Aug 15, 2017 06:29:39 #
lsupremo wrote:
I'm not photographing the eclipse and I don't have eclipse glasses, how can all of us unprepared people see the spectacle?
The seat in front of the TV is the best in the house.
Aug 15, 2017 06:49:42 #
I second, third, and forth the above words of wisdom. Stay indoors and watch it on TV.
Aug 15, 2017 07:22:00 #
Mary Kate wrote:
The seat in front of the TV is the best in the house.
Not really... nothing takes the place of being there: watching the shadow of the moon approach you, the birds stop singing, the eerie silence at the time of totality... so captivating and strange you forget to photograph it. Been there, done that! This will be my second one.
Aug 15, 2017 07:50:09 #
OddJobber wrote:
No reason to not be prepared. Eclipse is still a week away and glasses are only a couple of bucks. They're available everywhere.
Be cautious buying glasses. Eclipse frenzy, fake glasses. You can tell if the glasses are dark enough, but cannot tell if they are filtering dangerous unltraviolet and infrared light.
http://time.com/4899457/amazon-refunds-eclipse-glasses/
Aug 15, 2017 07:52:16 #
JR45 wrote:
A week or past someone, I don't remember who, posted " an air conditioned bar, with a hot bar maid, cold beer, and a TV."
I agree.
I agree.
The hot bar maid sounds good, but I would definitely miss the eclipse.
There have been many eclipses before, and will be many after. All have been well photographed.
If you can't actually be in totality, then go for the bar, maid, beer (and skip the TV).
Aug 15, 2017 07:53:24 #
Julian wrote:
I am willing to believe that experiencing the eclipse is special; I'm not so sure about photographing the sun during that time.Not really... nothing takes the place of being there: watching the shadow of the moon approach you, the birds stop singing, the eerie silence at the time of totality... so captivating and strange you forget to photograph it. Been there, done that! This will be my second one.
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