It's irresistable to take a bare-eyed peek, but staring is a no-no.

(August 24, 2017 at 1:16 am)vorlon13 Wrote: If you don't mind a fun ship voyage, there's a nice one in the South Pacific in 2019.

A side trip to Pitcairn Island (YES!! Pitcairn Island !!!!!!!) is possible, weather permitting.

I checked into one of those. The cheap seats for a 14 day cruise were nearly 8 grand if you booked by the end of this month, closer to 10 if you booked later.

Yikes.

(August 24, 2017 at 2:56 pm)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote:

(August 24, 2017 at 1:16 am)vorlon13 Wrote: If you don't mind a fun ship voyage, there's a nice one in the South Pacific in 2019.

A side trip to Pitcairn Island (YES!! Pitcairn Island !!!!!!!) is possible, weather permitting.

I checked into one of those.  The cheap seats for a 14 day cruise were nearly 8 grand if you booked by the end of this month, closer to 10 if you booked later.

Yikes.

But think of the buffet!

It's a smaller, more maneuverable and faster ship. Great odds of seeing eclipse. They are never guaranteed, but this trip should be close to a certainty.

Also, quite a few of the pricier room options include butler service.

And eclipse chasers are fun people, I know it's pricey, but for the money, you're looking at an experience for the price that would be tough to beat.

I just found this, randomly, while searching for where to donate cut hair (i.e. not Locks of Love)

It's titled, "In case you missed the eclipse, I've got you covered"
https://gfycat.com/EdibleFeistyAmurminnow

Enjoy!

Hmmmmm, I wonder ?

Would observing an eclipse closer to the center line of totality reduce the duration and 'intensity' of Bailey's Beads ??

I'm still amazed at the difference in them I saw between '79 and '17 and I'm trying to noodle out the why of it.

(August 25, 2017 at 5:56 pm)vorlon13 Wrote: Hmmmmm, I wonder ?

Would observing an eclipse closer to the center line of totality reduce the duration and 'intensity' of Bailey's Beads ??

I'm still amazed at the difference in them I saw between '79 and '17 and I'm trying to noodle out the why of it.

Since bailey's beads form when, from the perspective of the viewer,  parts of the limb of the sun exactly coincides with parts of the limb of the moon, so rugged topography on the limb of the moon would interrupt sunlight into beads, it stands to reason bailey's beads would be most long lasting and intense from where the limp of the sun would coincide with longest stretch of the limb of the moon for the longest period.

It appears to me this would occur right on the edge of totality, you should see almost a half circle of bailey's beads right through the entire totality.

Another difference between two eclipse could be difference in relative apparent size of the sun and moon. Bailey's beads ought to be more intense and widespread during those eslipses where the visual size of the moon is exactly the same as the visual size of the sun, or a eclipse that is exactly at the boundary between an annular and a total eclipse.  This way you should see a circular string of bailey's beads for just a instant.   Of course I don't know if there is such a eclipse in my lifetime.

(August 25, 2017 at 12:46 pm)Clueless Morgan Wrote: I just found this, randomly, while searching for where to donate cut hair (i.e. not Locks of Love)

It's titled, "In case you missed the eclipse, I've got you covered"
https://gfycat.com/EdibleFeistyAmurminnow

Enjoy!

Cute, but it's backwards!  It should've gone from the upper right to the lower left.

I dragged my family up to Nebraska to see the eclipse. Thankfully a big break in the cloud cover allowed us to see the entire eclipse with no obstruction. However, I do not remember seeing any Bailey's Beads.

The next one will be much easier to see though down here in Texas. I'll wait and see what that one looks like.

(August 26, 2017 at 9:57 am)Rahul Wrote: I dragged my family up to Nebraska to see the eclipse.  Thankfully a big break in the cloud cover allowed us to see the entire eclipse with no obstruction.  However, I do not remember seeing any Bailey's Beads.

The next one will be much easier to see though down here in Texas.  I'll wait and see what that one looks like.

Where are you at in TX? Get you're ass to the Harvey thread.