Have you ever held an eclipse in your hands?
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I'm sure a million other people are also posting their crappy cell phone eclipse photos, but I figure I'll put mine up, too. I'm not quite in the ring of fire area but we'll get about 80% coverage here at the peak in 30 minutes.
These are from closer to when it started:
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Baby’s first 100% eclipse! It was only annular, but I’ll get to see a total one six months from now! Got this good shot of it through my telescope!
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Misha Collins,2023 on Threads
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Photo: godwardphotography
Ningaloo, Western Australia 🇦🇺
Solar Eclipse 2023
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random daily misha [58/∞]
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Eclipse time! Enjoy my shitty phone-through-eclipse-glasses photo. 😆
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"Oh no," said I, "it's going to be cloudy the day of the solar eclipse."
Welp!
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information for the annular solar eclipse happening tomorrow, (October 14, 2023)!
Information on the eclipse in general
Information on timing for your city and what to expect in terms of coverage (works best on desktop)
Link to a livestream broadcast of the eclipse!
Remember to never look at the eclipse without ECLIPSE CERTIFIED eye protection!! It is probably too late to order eye protection for this eclipse, but you can still see the effects of the eclipse by indirect viewing methods (such as looking at the distorted shadows on the ground) or by watching the livestream.
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Today's solar eclipse as seen through palm fronds.
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Eclipse October 2023 Through Obsidian
One of the things I learned on my travels is how the ancient Mayans were able to observe the transit of the planet we call Mercury across the sun. Obviously not something easy to see. Mayans used obsidian as a sun viewer, like you see here. (they probably made theirs much bigger 😂 mine is a pendant.)
When I first learned this it blew my mind! I wondered if other ancient cultures also knew this. I asked an Egyptologist friend and he said that the Egyptians worked with obsidian all the time - they used knives made of it as scalpels. He didn't know if it was specifically used for astronomy, but it's highly likely.
I'd love to hear from other folks who've studied ancient civilizations if they it this way.
The one thing a Mexican astronomer warned me about is not to use obsidian to look at the sun extensively because it doesn't block UV, so staring could still damage my eyes. Thus, I also had regular eclipse glasses.
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