Yeah, the shadows on our pecan leaves dancing around on a pleasant windy day have been quite entertaining.
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Didn’t get a good photo of the Ring of Fire this time. Probably about 30 miles too far east.
Assuming you got the “C” of fire?
My wife talked to my daughter, who was out in her back yard watching it with the protective glasses we bought for them. She could hear her neighbor on her phone, telling someone, “I’m trying to watch it but it’s so bright, even with my sunglasses.”
Sphinx, your shot is way cool. I got a special filter for shooting eclipses but I obviously have a lot to learn because I got no cool ring-y effects, just a crescent.
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I’m gonna get my camera a solar filter for the next one in April 2024.
It also got noticeably cooler. Pretty neat stuff.
Drove down 59 past Victoria. Cloud cover took me east to a little town called Tivoli where we joined the locals in the Dairy Queen parking lot for a great show. I had bought glasses on Amazon and they worked perfectly.
This was maximum extent up here in Vermont (15% coverage). Taken with an iPhone 14. Filters used were: 5-layer UV-x of my car sunroof and some well-timed ice crystal cirrus that had just moved in.
Looking forward to the 100% eclipse up here in April.
Thank you for saying that, as a Public Service Announcement. I was flippant in my first post, thinking that things that work for me work for everybody.
My relatives (I didn’t mess with a camera) got some great pics, I’ll share as soon as they share them with me
Troubling sign on different levels
An article about the rapid intensification of the Hurricane that hit Mexico, from a tropical storm to Cat 5 in a day.
This type of rapid intensification seems new, but also, even if the NWS gets good at identifying rapid intensification, how the hell can a coastline community adequately respond in such a timeframe?
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By moving away from the coast. Permanently.
Haven’t looked it up recently, but what’s the % of the world’s population that lives basically on the coast?
I suspect, over the very long run, this is the answer.
More than half. People eat a lot of shrimp.
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But then who is going to serve tequila shots at Señor Frogs?
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This was the most current reputable thing I could find: ~3 billion people
Where we moving 'em to?
Between you and Hudson, there’s a quality joke about Tilman Fertitta in there somewhere