Re: 2024 Solar Eclipse

by **Turtleneck** 2024-04-08, 16:48

Robert J Sakimano wrote:I walked outside with a group of colleagues and everyone seemed collectively underwhelmed.

I blame the internet.

Are those the same colleagues fascinated by Cheese Whiz and hot fudge fountains?

by **Turtleneck** 2024-04-08, 16:50

The Pantry wrote:Both mom & dad falcon seem a little agitated.

You would be to if some dude calling himself The Pantry was stalking you on the Internet.

by **tGreenWay** 2024-04-08, 16:52

Welp, here’s the first photo of today’s event.

by **The Pantry** 2024-04-08, 17:37

Turtleneck wrote:
The Pantry wrote:Both mom & dad falcon seem a little agitated.

You would be to if some dude calling himself The Pantry was stalking you on the Internet.

Sorry to learn you're animal hater.

Is it because they're all faster than you?

by **Robert J Sakimano** 2024-04-08, 17:50

Turtleneck wrote:
Robert J Sakimano wrote:I walked outside with a group of colleagues and everyone seemed collectively underwhelmed.

I blame the internet.

Are those the same colleagues fascinated by Cheese Whiz and hot fudge fountains?

possibly, but they're all smarter than I am, so...

by **Turtleneck** 2024-04-08, 18:10

Robert J Sakimano wrote:
Turtleneck wrote:

Are those the same colleagues fascinated by Cheese Whiz and hot fudge fountains?
possibly, but they're all smarter than I am, so...

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by **DWags** 2024-04-08, 18:38

So this is what Dendro saw. Holy shit.

by **NigelUno** 2024-04-08, 18:43

DWags wrote:So this is what Dendro saw. Holy shit.

I don't think the sun was that low in the sky.

by **duffy munn** 2024-04-08, 19:31

I was on the golf course in Williamston. Definitely had an eerie feeling while it was happening. It got a little dark and the temp dropped about 10 degrees

by **Trapper Gus** 2024-04-08, 19:36

NigelUno wrote:
DWags wrote:So this is what Dendro saw. Holy shit.

I don't think the sun was that low in the sky.

We saw something similar in Bowling Green, but it was much higher in the sky and smaller. It was cool though, it got dark for the 4 minutes that the sun was blocked by the moon, and it looked just like that.

by **tGreenWay** 2024-04-08, 20:13

The truth is finally revealed:

by Rick Saunders 2024-04-08, 20:25

DWags wrote:So this is what Dendro saw. Holy shit.

Only if she has telephoto eyes and was looking from Syracuse.

by Rick Saunders 2024-04-08, 20:31

The Pantry wrote:
Rick Saunders wrote:

It does rotate.
Okay, you got me.

Why does one side always face the sun?

It doesn't.

One side always faces the earth. The rotation of the moon takes exactly one revolution of the moon around the earth (tidal synchrony). The "dark" side of the moon is illuminated half the time. When you see a half moon, the other illuminated half is half of what you call the "dark" side. When the moon is new, the "dark" side is fully illuminated you just can't see that. A "day" on the moon lasts two weeks. Also, the side not facing the earth is made of green cheese.

by **The Pantry** 2024-04-08, 20:36

Rick Saunders wrote:
The Pantry wrote:
Okay, you got me.

Why does one side always face the sun?

It doesn't.

One side always faces the earth. The rotation of the moon takes exactly one revolution of the moon around the earth (tidal synchrony). The "dark" side of the moon is illuminated half the time. When you see a half moon, the other illuminated half is half of what you call the "dark" side. When the moon is new, the "dark" side is fully illuminated you just can't see that. A "day" on the moon lasts two weeks. Also, the side not facing the earth is made of green cheese.

Learn something new everyday. Thanks!

by **Robert J Sakimano** 2024-04-08, 20:49

Turtleneck wrote:
Robert J Sakimano wrote: possibly, but they're all smarter than I am, so...

exactly.

by Rick Saunders 2024-04-08, 20:51

The Pantry wrote:
Rick Saunders wrote:

It doesn't.

One side always faces the earth. The rotation of the moon takes exactly one revolution of the moon around the earth (tidal synchrony). The "dark" side of the moon is illuminated half the time. When you see a half moon, the other illuminated half is half of what you call the "dark" side. When the moon is new, the "dark" side is fully illuminated you just can't see that. A "day" on the moon lasts two weeks. Also, the side not facing the earth is made of green cheese.
Learn something new everyday. Thanks!

Indeed. One of the things that make life worth living.

by **MiamiSpartan** 2024-04-08, 22:02

Rick Saunders wrote:
The Pantry wrote:
Okay, you got me.

Why does one side always face the sun?

It doesn't.

One side always faces the earth. The rotation of the moon takes exactly one revolution of the moon around the earth (tidal synchrony). The "dark" side of the moon is illuminated half the time. When you see a half moon, the other illuminated half is half of what you call the "dark" side. When the moon is new, the "dark" side is fully illuminated you just can't see that. A "day" on the moon lasts two weeks. Also, the side not facing the earth is made of green cheese.

If I can just add to this great concise explanation by Rick, the use of the term "dark" side of the moon is meant in the same context as the Dark Ages, referring to to not having much information on it, rather than a lack of light. No person had ever laid on eyes on it until the 1960s, and if someone lands a craft there, it can't be communicated with directly (would need a relay satellite orbiting the moon, which I believe is exactly what China did after being the first to ever land a craft there a few years ago).

by **Nordic** 2024-04-08, 22:13

Rick Saunders wrote:
The Pantry wrote:
Okay, you got me.

Why does one side always face the sun?

It doesn't.

One side always faces the earth. The rotation of the moon takes exactly one revolution of the moon around the earth (tidal synchrony). The "dark" side of the moon is illuminated half the time. When you see a half moon, the other illuminated half is half of what you call the "dark" side. When the moon is new, the "dark" side is fully illuminated you just can't see that. A "day" on the moon lasts two weeks. Also, the side not facing the earth is made of green cheese.

by **Nordic** 2024-04-08, 22:20

Jake from State Farm wrote:Now this is how life should be. Everyone sitting outside in lawnchairs and staring at the sun.

Post of the year

by **DWags** 2024-04-08, 22:21

You know, my dad and I made a solar system with a styrofoam base wooden skewers and styrofoam balls and paint.when I was in 6th grade. I remember a lot of nights arguing with him about size and aesthetics. Don’t remember my grade or much about the paper I had to write with it, but I remember doing it with the guy. That was cool.

by Rick Saunders 2024-04-09, 07:44

MiamiSpartan wrote:

the use of the term "dark" side of the moon is meant in the same context as the Dark Ages, referring to to not having much information on it, rather than a lack of light.

Interesting. You learn something new every day.

by gomersbro 2024-04-09, 08:31

Cool that there was so much interest. I remember a partial one back on Christmas 2000. I looked up the next total one here in Germany is 2081--I don't think I be able to make that one.

by **Trapper Gus** 2024-04-09, 10:09

by **Jake from State Farm** 2024-04-09, 13:48

by **tGreenWay** 2024-04-09, 14:19

Trapper Gus wrote:

Gozer?

by **tGreenWay** 2024-04-09, 14:22

DWags wrote:You know, my dad and I made a solar system with a styrofoam base wooden skewers and styrofoam balls and paint.when I was in 6th grade. I remember a lot of nights arguing with him about size and aesthetics. Don’t remember my grade or much about the paper I had to write with it, but I remember doing it with the guy. That was cool.

Arguments about size and aesthetics have kept men awake for generations.

by **Travis of the Cosmos** 2024-04-09, 16:48

Trapper Gus wrote:

Please only post photos of your latest colonoscopy in the colonoscopy thread tia

by **The Pantry** 2024-04-09, 18:08

DWags wrote:You know, my dad and I made a solar system with a styrofoam base wooden skewers and styrofoam balls and paint.when I was in 6th grade. I remember a lot of nights arguing with him about size and aesthetics. Don’t remember my grade or much about the paper I had to write with it, but I remember doing it with the guy. That was cool.

The big question is...did you make it to scale? 2024 Solar Eclipse - Page 4 1494614055

by **Floyd Robertson** 2024-04-10, 17:07

We're not done with cool eclipse stuff yet.

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