OT: Total Eclipse April 8th

[tomtom80]

Heading up I-91 now to Newport VT- traffic on highway is heavier than usual. First plans were to go to Burlington, VT, but forecast has clouds arriving there around 1 pm. Newport is supposed to be sunny until 5 pm. Temps expected to be 55 up there.

I’m in Glover vermont, just 10 min south of Newport. Bluebird day here, got the Adirondack chairs sitting In a foot of snow

heard the Walmart parking lot in Newport ( unobstructed view all the way to Jay peak) was completely full of campers bonfires and parties yesterday. Hope you got a destination scoped out cuz the area is filthy with visitors

 

[husky429]

I'm paddling my wife and dogs out to a remote lake (about 3 portages from where motor boats are allowed) with some of my family members. Enjoy, folks!

 

[Deepster]

Sitting on top of a mountain waiting for the gummies to kick in.

 

[Conndog]

Newport is great, very festive, big lake dividing it from Canada, people everywhere! Also, very blue sky!

 

[Mister P]

 

[Waquoit]

I caught a good enough one last fall and I call tell you for real, don't look. It will burn your retinas.

 

[Kolumbo]

Ya don't stare at it. It's too risky. You get a sense of it and then ya look away!

 

[Letsgohuskies11]

 

[Kolumbo]

Rapture . . .

 

[geohusky]

They shouldn’t have scheduled the eclipse on the same day of the National Championship

 

[Scrutineer]

I also imagine Burlington will be a nightmare with traffic

To some it's a nightmare with or without traffic.........

 

[superjohn]

 

[BugsyCT]

Live feed

 

[fireford]

Let's hope the eclipse Kentucky fans are looking for doesn't happen:

 

[auror]

I’m in Glover vermont, just 10 min south of Newport. Bluebird day here, got the Adirondack chairs sitting In a foot of snow

heard the Walmart parking lot in Newport ( unobstructed view all the way to Jay peak) was completely full of campers bonfires and parties yesterday. Hope you got a destination scoped out cuz the area is filthy with visitors

Glover, VT. Hops for an avatar. Hill Farmstead country. It all checks out.

A few of my friends will be at Hill for the viewing.

 

[Marat]

I caught a good enough one last fall and I call tell you for real, don't look. It will burn your retinas.


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Didn't use those glasses?

 

[Waquoit]

Didn't use those glasses?

I figured I'd be fine with just a quick look to aim my phone. My eyes hurt for a couple of days, not my best call.

 

[Marat]

I figured I'd be fine with just a quick look to aim my phone. My eyes hurt for a couple of days, not my best call.

Now I'm afraid to look even with those glasses !

 

[Waquoit]

Now I'm afraid to look even with those glasses !

Not agony but sore. And I already have retina issues.

 

[Conndog]

70% covered in Newport VT- starting to see light level diminish, and am I imagining or is it feeling a little cooler?

 

[bendm]

i could not care less about the eclipse

 

[Kolumbo]

 

[Conndog]

85% now, maybe more- Newport, vt

 

[Conndog]

The light is really weird and it’s definitely cooler at 95%

 

[superjohn]

That was fairly unimpressive, it was cool seeing people actively boo the sun when it came back out though.

Go Huskies!

 

[alexd]

 

[Kolumbo]

 

[Conndog]

Full eclipse happened/ oh my God! It was night outside- completely blocked! Last part that got covered was rim from 11 to 1 o’clock- there was the thinnest white glow surrounding a perfect black circle of moon. The light emerged again, the first return light came from around 5 o’clock and it looks like day again, but with solar glasses you can see moon is still covering at least 95%. When it was full eclipse, you only could see it with bare eyes.

 

[Kenny11]

Cad Spencer just told the moon to go the fckk home

 

[That Guy]

Am I the only one that didn't really notice a difference with the naked eye? I just went outside my office with some coworkers to check it out and we were supposed to be at 90% totality here in Connecticut, but the sun literally looked just as bright as it normally does to me lol.