%*!#&%!382th Official Hard At Work Thread!%&#!*%
08-21-2017, 08:31 AM
#791
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Water, water everywhere. Not a drop to drink. 
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tacocat (08-21-2017)
08-21-2017, 08:38 AM
#792
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One of my colleagues just went around and gave us all eclipse glasses. 
Given that I'll be driving home around that time, I guess I should pull over before I put them on. 
And... It just dawned on me... I totally should have driven the S today.
Given that I'll be driving home around that time, I guess I should pull over before I put them on. And... It just dawned on me... I totally should have driven the S today.
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tacocat (08-21-2017)
08-21-2017, 09:45 AM
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08-21-2017, 10:01 AM
#795
Where'd the second sun come from? 
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tacocat (08-22-2017)
08-21-2017, 10:36 AM
#796
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It's over 
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tacocat (08-22-2017)
08-21-2017, 10:37 AM
#797
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I posted one video on Facebook of the ground which I thought was neat. All the street lights etc cane on but it never got totally dark it just was more like a thunderstorm kinda dark vs night
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tacocat (08-22-2017)
08-22-2017, 03:04 AM
#798
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tacocat (08-22-2017)
08-22-2017, 03:09 AM
#799
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I thought that the people that were weeping in the streets or otherwise totally loosing their shit were a little silly but I have to admit that it was one of the coolest things I have seen in a long time. 
I went outside just before the peak here and looked at it through the glasses for a few seconds then through a pin-hole camera a colleague brought in - you could see the eclipse clearly in both - then bolted for home.
Kinda like what Alex said, the quality of the light had a sort of stormy-ness to it and was very odd. It didn't last very long at all - maybe 10 minutes? - and it was gone. I got home in record time (under an hour! unheard of!) because everybody was looking up while I was moving west. 
All and all... Super cool and I am glad I got to experience even the 83% (I think) totality.
But I'm also glad that I didn't loose my mind or fall to my knees weeping. 
I went outside just before the peak here and looked at it through the glasses for a few seconds then through a pin-hole camera a colleague brought in - you could see the eclipse clearly in both - then bolted for home.
Kinda like what Alex said, the quality of the light had a sort of stormy-ness to it and was very odd. It didn't last very long at all - maybe 10 minutes? - and it was gone. I got home in record time (under an hour! unheard of!) because everybody was looking up while I was moving west. All and all... Super cool and I am glad I got to experience even the 83% (I think) totality.
But I'm also glad that I didn't loose my mind or fall to my knees weeping.
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tacocat (08-22-2017)
08-22-2017, 04:06 AM
#800
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wut I didn't see anybody crying wtf
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