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Re: 2017 US Eclipse thread
« Reply #60 on: 08/21/2017 05:24 pm »
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Re: 2017 US Eclipse thread
« Reply #61 on: 08/21/2017 05:30 pm »
NASA Servers are overloaded right now.

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Re: 2017 US Eclipse thread
« Reply #62 on: 08/21/2017 05:36 pm »
Youtube servers are good.

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Re: 2017 US Eclipse thread
« Reply #63 on: 08/21/2017 05:36 pm »
Where Chris G is....
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Re: 2017 US Eclipse thread
« Reply #64 on: 08/21/2017 05:37 pm »
NASA Servers are overloaded right now.

Yup - trying to watch on my tablet from my hotel room in Rome and the feed went to blank screen 5 seconds after first totality. I imagine its all archived later - but wanted to watch live :'(

EDIT: Caught some of the other events in the totality chain when the servers settled down! :)
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Re: 2017 US Eclipse thread
« Reply #65 on: 08/21/2017 05:39 pm »
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Re: 2017 US Eclipse thread
« Reply #66 on: 08/21/2017 05:57 pm »
My area is at about 40% obscuration, going to 73.9% in about 1/2 an hour.
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Re: 2017 US Eclipse thread
« Reply #67 on: 08/21/2017 06:00 pm »
About 30% covered in Ottawa, Canada according to the NASA Eyes app.
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« Reply #68 on: 08/21/2017 06:07 pm »
Still decent even with clouds...
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« Reply #69 on: 08/21/2017 06:11 pm »
And the most important thing for NASA:
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« Reply #70 on: 08/21/2017 06:17 pm »
They are still more interested in showing talking heads over the actual event with a camera staying on it.
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Re: 2017 US Eclipse thread
« Reply #71 on: 08/21/2017 06:20 pm »
In Denver area I watched my solar panel production drop to 130 watts with about 92% of the sun eclipsed. Normal for time of day is over 4000 watts.  :)

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« Reply #72 on: 08/21/2017 06:22 pm »
People in Kentucky have an awesome accent. :)
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Re: 2017 US Eclipse thread
« Reply #73 on: 08/21/2017 06:26 pm »
Very eerie feel right now as ambient light diminishes.  I will use these posts as place fillers for my pics.  I'm using an #18 Welders filter. About 9 minutes to my max obscuration.

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Re: 2017 US Eclipse thread
« Reply #74 on: 08/21/2017 06:31 pm »
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Re: 2017 US Eclipse thread
« Reply #75 on: 08/21/2017 06:35 pm »
I dont know if you know this but NASA TV Education and NASA TV Media are showing different streams. Technical images on NASA TV Media.

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Re: 2017 US Eclipse thread
« Reply #76 on: 08/21/2017 06:35 pm »
And 73%
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Re: 2017 US Eclipse thread
« Reply #77 on: 08/21/2017 06:39 pm »
This is the high point for Ottawa. 2:39 PM EDT.
Outside looks a little bit dim or "unnatural".
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Re: 2017 US Eclipse thread
« Reply #78 on: 08/21/2017 07:04 pm »
Rob Navias excited about todays events.
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Re: 2017 US Eclipse thread
« Reply #79 on: 08/21/2017 07:29 pm »
Even 95% in Fayetteville, NC was cool!

Looked with a coworker's eclipse glasses right near peak.  Just this tiny sliver of light right at the top.  What was weird to my senses was the over-all dimness without the long shadows my mind always wants to associate with those light levels.

A truly neat and unique experience.  I do wish I could have gotten off work to travel to an area of totality, though. :)
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