Eclipse....

[its-a-mario]

Really? The moon doesn't rotate like the earth? I did not know that.

It does rotate, but it's really slow. It's about 1 rotation every four weeks, which is the same amount of time it takes to orbit the earth. This synchronous rotation is why we always see the same side of the moon. And now the secret is out: I'm a geek.

 

[Cranky]

Now that it's over, I'm wondering how long it's going to be before the freaking news media shuts up about it! Geez....

 

[kiwigtx]

Really? The moon doesn't rotate like the earth? I did not know that.

That is why the Dark Side has never been seen by the human eye. The Moon rotates around Earth in a fixed position and does not spin on it's own axis, unlike other satellites and planets.

 

[440+6]

Didn't get my auto darkening helmet to work so I used my old backup helmet, I saw it and no big deal for me.

 

[747mopar]

Here near Sacramento, the sky just looked like filtered sunlight. It was like how it is when there have been forest fires with smoke in the sky. I did look up with welding googles and sunglasses, just for brief moments. I don't want to seem like an *** but I am amazed at the hype surrounding this. I recall another eclipse about 5-6 years ago that seemed about the same but with less fanfare.

100% agree, I keep hearing about people driving out of state, making a day of it, blah, blah..... I don't get it? I occasionally peaked outside with my hood to take a look while at work just to see what the big deal was..... can't tell you? Just another day with a brief period of less light. Guess if your an *** I am as well.

 

[440+6]

That is why the Dark Side has never been seen by the human eye. The Moon rotates around Earth in a fixed position and does not spin on it's own axis, unlike other satellites and planets.

It's phase locked, and there is no dark side, a day is a month long.

 

[kiwigtx]

It's phase locked

I like that term - and correct ....it is.

 

[ws23jrt]

Now that it's over, I'm wondering how long it's going to be before the freaking news media shuts up about it! Geez....

I'm with you on this. However--we all know where the media will go--back to their day job of trashing/blocking efforts our elected leaders are employed to carry out.

 

[ws23jrt]

That is why the Dark Side has never been seen by the human eye. The Moon rotates around Earth in a fixed position and does not spin on it's own axis, unlike other satellites and planets.

I've always known (have read) that. But also know that nothing is absolute (symmetrical) with the geometry and physics of our nearby community.
The moon is, in fact, drifting away from earth and eventually will not be able to block the sun like today.
It also must be turning on -an- axis like every other chunk of mass does. To not be doing so seems to be too odd to be true.

 

[cr8crshr]

Now that it's over, I'm wondering how long it's going to be before the freaking news media shuts up about it! Geez....

Yep Cranky I can agree on this one. Seems to me that this whole event is way over blown. I saw the last one back 38 years ago. Sam o same o. All the media can do his over hype every fooking thing these days. Spin Spin Spin. Who's doing it to whom. Whats all this infatuation or more succinctly febrile interest in things of this nature when more pressing things are at hand. But Hell!! I am just an ORF so I guess it explains it then now doesn't it??? Oh and by the way...The Moon is made of Green Cheese. I thought everyone knew that... cr8crshr/Tuck

 

[Brandy]

I'm waiting for the news to report in horror, how many people lost their sight from looking at it today...

 

[Richard Cranium]

This just in, the eclipse was racist!

https://wattsupwiththat.com/2017/08/21/the-great-american-eclipse-and-its-lack-of-diversity/

 

[ws23jrt]

This just in, the eclipse was racist!

https://wattsupwiththat.com/2017/08/21/the-great-american-eclipse-and-its-lack-of-diversity/

I am impressed that you were able to find the -first- -racial?-connection to the spinning of the earth, moon, and sun.

You--Richard-- are the man.

 

[Budnicks]

Yawn I watched some of it,
we got something like a 88% eclipse here,
we're 800+ miles south of the path
BUT I saw it thru my welding helmet, between wrenching
on my neighbors Jeep, IMO it was kind of none eventful &
kind of boring too, barely got darker, but I can say I saw it thou...
I was there in 2017, along with all the rest....


supposed to be some cool stuff NASA did
& flew around in 120' wing span plane, can't remember the name,
that follow & chase sort of, to get more than 2 min.'s average view,
they get like IIRC they said 8+ min.'s to study it, photograph it,
in real time, about the Aurora "exterior gases" of the sun...
That allegedly they can't see, because the sun is too bright
or only really truly visible when we have an eclipse supposedly,
than they can study it...
The gasses are what effects us the most, we can't usually see them,
or the radiation, it contributes to our heat/warming, the actual weather
& our electronics it all affects {mostly space & satellite stuff}...

 

[ws23jrt]

I had to read this again several times.
Let the moon shadow fall upon "white folks"--(In 2017 for two minutes in the US)--
Damn if that doesn't leave a message--what can?

I just added something to my bucket list.--I want to book passage on a cruise ship to the -edge- of the ocean. I have heard that lemmings and sheep -and the like make a big deal about it.-- Do black folks flow over the edge faster than white folks?
If an accurate count could be made --perhaps the race questions could be settled.

 

[Budnicks]

This just in, the eclipse was racist!

https://wattsupwiththat.com/2017/08/21/the-great-american-eclipse-and-its-lack-of-diversity/

 

[DeltaV]

The 98% eclipse in Savannah, Georgia was totally eclipsed by inclement weather.

 

[ws23jrt]

Yawn I watched thru my welding helmet, kind of none eventful
kind of boring too, I can say I saw it thou...

I'm with you and many that were not very near the total event.
My place was 99.3% and the light was like a full bright full moon. It lasted about the amount of time it takes to go to take a pee.
We see moon eclipses all the time and give them less than a second glance. Sort of like finding a old chevy in a barn.

 

[bobtile]

My neck of the woods.

 

[Pops1967GTX]