04-08-2024, 05:36 PM
(This post was last modified: 04-08-2024, 06:22 PM by ShadowsDad.)
Yup, that's a moon! Too funny!
Everywhere easy to get to that I considered driving to is super crowded today and I really detest crowds so I'm not sorry I changed my plans for those places. The places in the middle of the williwacks... well, we had a spring snowstorm and I doubt those roads to them are open enough to get in and out again. So again, good on the changed plans.
The weather is absolutely clear, so clear that we have our dark blue skies during the day.
My telescope is all set up, and yes it has a solar filter in place. Typical daytime viewing, the atmosphere is in a turmoil and the focus comes and goes. But it's good enough to see granulation toward the edges of the sun and I see 3 sun spots from large, medium, to a tiny pinpoint.
I looked for the exposed and developed B&W film but something I should be able to put my hand on immediately has seemingly entered another dimension and has disappeared. It's probably just in a time warp and when I don't need it it'll be easily found "right there".
It'll start soon. I'm outta here.
Edit: I'm backkkk. There is Maine coverage of the event on TV and they're in Jackman on the us/can' border. That's near all te places I was considering driving to. To get there one has to go through Fairfield off of the Interstate. There really is only one road to get there in a reasonable amount of time. There were 1600 vehicles/hr using the offramp. Maybe not alot for other places, but for Fairfield that's a lot. Normally there might be 100/hr using that off ramp. So Jackman... it has a population of 900, there are over 10k there today. Lots of traffic on the road there. It might not be the middle of nowhere but from there you can see it. There is a "blink and you missed it" town on the way there, West Forks, and 600 cars/hr were going through there. The places in Jackman that I considered, yeah not for me. Lots of snow still there and the spots shown on TV were all open and in full sun. The places in the forest? No way I'd get in on unplowed roads still in heavy shade. Correction: I might get in, but just far enough to high center, then I'd have the enjoyment of trying to extricate my truck before enough snow melts to put me back on solid ground. Not my idea of trying to get to and from a place. When I was planning we had an "early spring" but 2 storms ruined that.
Back to waiting. Approx 1hr 10 minutes to the start. Sorry to the rest of North America that got clouded in!
Everywhere easy to get to that I considered driving to is super crowded today and I really detest crowds so I'm not sorry I changed my plans for those places. The places in the middle of the williwacks... well, we had a spring snowstorm and I doubt those roads to them are open enough to get in and out again. So again, good on the changed plans.
The weather is absolutely clear, so clear that we have our dark blue skies during the day.
My telescope is all set up, and yes it has a solar filter in place. Typical daytime viewing, the atmosphere is in a turmoil and the focus comes and goes. But it's good enough to see granulation toward the edges of the sun and I see 3 sun spots from large, medium, to a tiny pinpoint.
I looked for the exposed and developed B&W film but something I should be able to put my hand on immediately has seemingly entered another dimension and has disappeared. It's probably just in a time warp and when I don't need it it'll be easily found "right there".
It'll start soon. I'm outta here.
Edit: I'm backkkk. There is Maine coverage of the event on TV and they're in Jackman on the us/can' border. That's near all te places I was considering driving to. To get there one has to go through Fairfield off of the Interstate. There really is only one road to get there in a reasonable amount of time. There were 1600 vehicles/hr using the offramp. Maybe not alot for other places, but for Fairfield that's a lot. Normally there might be 100/hr using that off ramp. So Jackman... it has a population of 900, there are over 10k there today. Lots of traffic on the road there. It might not be the middle of nowhere but from there you can see it. There is a "blink and you missed it" town on the way there, West Forks, and 600 cars/hr were going through there. The places in Jackman that I considered, yeah not for me. Lots of snow still there and the spots shown on TV were all open and in full sun. The places in the forest? No way I'd get in on unplowed roads still in heavy shade. Correction: I might get in, but just far enough to high center, then I'd have the enjoyment of trying to extricate my truck before enough snow melts to put me back on solid ground. Not my idea of trying to get to and from a place. When I was planning we had an "early spring" but 2 storms ruined that.
Back to waiting. Approx 1hr 10 minutes to the start. Sorry to the rest of North America that got clouded in!