Eclipse 2024

[GospelX]

Thanks! I exercised patience this time. Hard to do with two little kids latched on…

[Grey_Devil]

Update 2 for ATX. Cloud cover seems about the same, perhaps cloudier then earlier

[IronEdithKidd]

Figures. Anytime anything interesting happens in space, southeast Michigan is covered in clouds.

@GospelX: If you came from Michigan, “locked in” might be an understatement.

[anon87143080]

Oooh look at all that traffic!

[Grey_Devil]

Holy Toledo

[anon87143080]

https://rammb-slider.cira.colostate.edu/?sat=goes-16&sec=full_disk&x=6528&y=6112&z=0&angle=0&im=12&ts=1&st=0&et=0&speed=130&motion=loop&maps[borders]=white&p[0]=geocolor&opacity[0]=1&pause=0&slider=-1&hide_controls=1&mouse_draw=0&follow_feature=0&follow_hide=0&s=rammb-slider&draw_color=FFD700&draw_width=6

Images from GOES-16. You can see the moon’s shadow starting to move eastward over the pacific towards Mexico

[IronEdithKidd]

Yeah, thinking I-94 is going to start backing up within the next hour. I zoomed out a bit too far to see it, but US-24 (AKA - Telegraph) is backing up, too.

[GospelX]

We learned our lesson from the 2017 eclipse when we got stuck in the car for 13 hours driving back from Portland to Tacoma. We found ourselves a nice Airbnb in Toledo a few minutes from the University. Even in bad traffic afterward we should be able to complete our 2 mile drive in about an hour.

[danimagoo]

NASA livestream

2024 Total Solar Eclipse: Through the Eyes of NASA (Official Broadcast)

[anon94804983]

It’s completely clear RN here in Midtown Detroit.

Inonibird

[anon87143080]

It begins!!!

[anon23281680]

Yay! The cloud cover is thin enough to see. The clouds moving across look cool too

[anon23281680]

Ok. Maybe I spoke too soon looks like it will be variable. Which makes sense. But I did get to see some of it!

[IronEdithKidd]

Thin upper level clouds have moved into A2. It’s getting grayer by the minute.

On the bright side, the traffic backup on US-23 south has moved south.

[Brainspore]

Far from the path of totality and didn’t bother to make a pinhole camera but I do own a colander.

[IronEdithKidd]

Don’t forget to put it back on your head after the eclipse is over!

[sqlrob]

Trees are awesome too. The first eclipse I remember I was sitting under a tree during lunch, surrounded by mini eclipses.

[anon23281680]

The traffic around Austin is actually less than usual.

The highschool athletic fields are about 2 blocks away with only one row of houses between. I can hear students being loud over there

[Brainspore]

Of course I will! What kind of Moranis do you think I am?

(Not the kind who is planning to buy a plant of unknown origin in the next few minutes, that’s for sure)

[anon72357663]

I followed the guide!