August 21

>>8951407
I took the day off from work. Figure I can drive down from Gencon in Indy.

>>8951407
Got a hotel booked in St. Joseph, MO. Gonna be dope.

My university is in the total eclipse zone and it is the first day of classes. It will be rad

My university called the day off.
Going hiking with a friend in southern Illinois to see it. Bringing some alcohol.

>really want to go
>tfw need to drive from texas
>tfw have no friends

I'm pretty stoked for it. I took the day off, and it passes right through where I live.

Yet again, no one could plan their trip if it wasn't for some funded scientists to figure out when solar eclipses happen. As long as everyone has a personal use for it, no one complains. But as soon as some scientific research has no immediate effect, everyone starts complaining about how research is useless.
Some great irony right there.

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Too poor to travel out of NY

Will be there.

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>>8951831

>>8951407
So OKC, OK is not going to see this?

>>8952255
Everyone in the US will see it pretty clearly. It just won't be a perfect, full eclipse if you're not near that path shown on the map.

>>8952255
If you wanna go up to Nebraska with me and save $, I'm down.

>>8952270
Thanks, but not really keen to roadtrip that far. Maybe the farthest I would be willing to go is Miami.

>>8952278
dude Miami is further away from OKC than Nebraska. Just say you don't want to go, no need to lie

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>>8952281

>>8952285
oh lmao, nevermind

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>>8952293
I'm not sure how worth that trip will be because area around NW OK, Joplin MO, etc, while it will be in a higher coverage area, it's still not total. What will the difference be like?
https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/solar/2017-august-21

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>>8952302
here's another

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>>8952306
And I used ffmpeg to convert this to webm for you guys.

>>8951802
Some /out/ists including myself are going to be in Grand Teton NP in Wyoming if you want to drive up. Just take US 287 all the way north.

>>8952302
the difference between 100% coverage and 90% coverage is HUGE.
a 90% partial eclipse would not even be noticed by the population, unless you happen to know about it.

if you do travel, please choose a location with 100% coverage.

>>8952488
>a 90% partial eclipse would not even be noticed by the population, unless you happen to know about it.
normies

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lets make a map of where anons will be

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>>8952497
Yo i need people to go with me, I don't want to drive by myself for 15 hours.

>>8951948
They aren't wrong, though.

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>>8952497

>>8951407
Can someone explain the lines? I live in Kansas City which is touched by the bottom purple line. Should I take a trip to st joe or will I still be able to see it?

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>>8954676
you want to be in the blue, which is the path of totality.

http://xjubier.free.fr/en/site_pages/solar_eclipses/TSE_2017_GoogleMapFull.html

>>8954712
Thanks m8. Hit up my family and we are scouting out good hiking spots up north. Hopefully it won't be cloudy

>>8951407
driving up from tampa. my first one

>>8955499
>>8954712
In the whole-country maps, you need to be in the purple band. The blue line is the center line, maximum duration. The purple line represents where totality lasts just an instant. Beyond purple is only a partial eclipse. The closer you can get to the center, the longer the duration of totality.

>>8955499
If you can get a view from up high of a valley (especially to the west), you will be able to see the shadow approach along the ground. This is an especially awe-inspiring sight.

>>8951481
>>8951594
>Inb4 it's cloudy and you don't see shit.

>>8951407
I live outside of Philly whats my best bet to see it nearby without cloudcover . Kentucky/TN or the south carolina ?

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>tfw living in Columbia

>>8952522
im tempted to. im in college station, you could swing by and get me.

>>8957299
don't forget the condoms

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Be ready

>>8957598
Piss off.

>>8951407
>most Burgolanders give not a shit
FTFY

Should someone launch a "eclipse are made up lies by corrupt so called scientists" movement?
Just claim that it's not dark, and you can have light with electricity anyway so it doesn't count, and that your opinion is as valid as anyone else.

>>8951778
>alcohol
>not weed and lsd

BOI

GRIFFITH!!!!!!

>>8951610
rolla?

>>8951778
Dude - save the alcohol for afterwards. Do not be drunk during the eclipse. Alcohol affects vision and memory - neither of which you want diminished during this event.

>>8952317
Dat's pretty cool!

>>8958206
>not alcohol and lsd

do you even euphoria?

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>>8961581
kek

What I'm waiting for, from Yurop, is Trump's tweets and WH report.
Will he claim the global eclipse is a scam by Macron against Murica, or will he deny its existence entirely? Will he claim he did the bestest eclipse in America while Obongo couldn't even get a partial one?

I'm from Philly, play to take a road trip to someplace on the line to see it. Maybe someplace in Idaho/Wyoming