I’m so bright my mother calls me son!That sun....it's pretty bright.
What were you drinking?Got to watch the totality of the eclipse from my backyard with the wife and kids and a couple friends who came by. Wow, that was actually pretty neat!
Haven't caught up with the thread, so this question was maybe already asked/answered, but did anyone else see little bright red dots underneath the moon during totality? At first there was one, and then a second bright red dot appeared shortly before totality ended. We all saw them, and conjectured that they were coronal ejections (I think that's what they're called) but I didn't remember hearing anything in advance about them being visible. I keep trying to google to see what they were, but I just keep getting generic articles that basically just give info like date/time of the eclipse, and don't say anything about red dots around the moon.
Good pic!Flew back from spring break trip w wife and son and got to airport parking lot just in time. View attachment 345558
Im no expert but I believe they were solar flares.Got to watch the totality of the eclipse from my backyard with the wife and kids and a couple friends who came by. Wow, that was actually pretty neat!
Haven't caught up with the thread, so this question was maybe already asked/answered, but did anyone else see little bright red dots underneath the moon during totality? At first there was one, and then a second bright red dot appeared shortly before totality ended. We all saw them, and conjectured that they were coronal ejections (I think that's what they're called) but I didn't remember hearing anything in advance about them being visible. I keep trying to google to see what they were, but I just keep getting generic articles that basically just give info like date/time of the eclipse, and don't say anything about red dots around the moon.
CMEs (coronal mass ejections) I believe.Got to watch the totality of the eclipse from my backyard with the wife and kids and a couple friends who came by. Wow, that was actually pretty neat!
Haven't caught up with the thread, so this question was maybe already asked/answered, but did anyone else see little bright red dots underneath the moon during totality? At first there was one, and then a second bright red dot appeared shortly before totality ended. We all saw them, and conjectured that they were coronal ejections (I think that's what they're called) but I didn't remember hearing anything in advance about them being visible. I keep trying to google to see what they were, but I just keep getting generic articles that basically just give info like date/time of the eclipse, and don't say anything about red dots around the moon.
What freaks me out is the fact our sun has been burning for over 10,000 years!CMEs (coronal mass ejections) I believe.
Saw the same red lights. Very cool.Got to watch the totality of the eclipse from my backyard with the wife and kids and a couple friends who came by. Wow, that was actually pretty neat!
Haven't caught up with the thread, so this question was maybe already asked/answered, but did anyone else see little bright red dots underneath the moon during totality? At first there was one, and then a second bright red dot appeared shortly before totality ended. We all saw them, and conjectured that they were coronal ejections (I think that's what they're called) but I didn't remember hearing anything in advance about them being visible. I keep trying to google to see what they were, but I just keep getting generic articles that basically just give info like date/time of the eclipse, and don't say anything about red dots around the moon.
Im no expert but I believe they were solar flares.
I just talked to another person who was in the area viewing the eclipse, and he said that since it was an arc falling back into the sun, it was technically a solar prominence, and not a CME. He had actually had a telescope set up and taken pictures through it during the totality, and was able to show me the same red dot I had seen, but through the zoomed-in telescope view you could definitely tell it was an arc shape.CMEs (coronal mass ejections) I believe.
I am not allowed to wear my tactical thongs in the yard anymore. I save them for tactical classes.You sure she isn't just wearing that to keep from seeing you in a thong again?
Got to watch the totality of the eclipse from my backyard with the wife and kids and a couple friends who came by. Wow, that was actually pretty neat!
Haven't caught up with the thread, so this question was maybe already asked/answered, but did anyone else see little bright red dots underneath the moon during totality? At first there was one, and then a second bright red dot appeared shortly before totality ended. We all saw them, and conjectured that they were coronal ejections (I think that's what they're called) but I didn't remember hearing anything in advance about them being visible. I keep trying to google to see what they were, but I just keep getting generic articles that basically just give info like date/time of the eclipse, and don't say anything about red dots around the moon.
Great shot. Without it being all zoomed in.... it gives a good sense of what it was like.Flew back from spring break trip w wife and son and got to airport parking lot just in time. View attachment 345558