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Total Solar Eclipse From Coast To Coast. The Sight Of A Lifetime Don't Miss It!

Discussion in 'Off-Topic Discussion' started by 20tacoma17, May 12, 2017.

  1. May 12, 2017 at 8:24 PM
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    InfernoTonka

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  2. May 12, 2017 at 8:27 PM
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    Visit as many museums as time allows. It is amazing, there are items in there that will leave you in awe. Trust me with this. The museums are unbelievable, to say the least. Whatever you think you'll see, is a fraction of what you will actually experience.
     
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  3. May 12, 2017 at 8:38 PM
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  4. May 12, 2017 at 8:42 PM
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  5. May 12, 2017 at 8:42 PM
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    Basically any significant size of mass that classifies as a planet that's outside the Kuiper belt. I wonder how it could support life so far away from a source of heat.
     
  6. May 12, 2017 at 8:43 PM
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    Think I'll be dead by then. Must get to the next "once in a lifetime" one. I'll probably fall asleep before it gets too dark, will regret it for the rest of my short life. Please post pictures!
     
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  7. May 12, 2017 at 8:45 PM
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    It's actually a big deal. Why anybody sneers at it is odd.
    "Astronomers now know that solar eclipses occur about 24 times somewhere on the planet each decade. There are never more than five each year, and never fewer than two"

    A big deal is those eclipses are often obscured by clouds, so actullay seeing one is a big deal.

    There's various methods to view a solar eclipse. The pinhole method works well, "a pinhole or small opening is used to cast the image of the Sun on a screen placed a half-meter or more beyond the opening"

    If there's no clouds, watching a full eclipse is nice. The shadow creeps, it's defined by minutes. Most people never see one in their lifetime.
     
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  8. May 12, 2017 at 8:59 PM
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    I've seen one, so no big deal, but I hear you. I looked at it directly, I can still see. Of course not very well, but that's age and not eclipse.




    The above statement does not reflect the opinion of the professional ophamologist. Viewing eclipses are at the risk of those who decide to view on their own. Please follow safe practices when viewing eclipses or other items that may affect your short/long term eyesight. By not following these recommendations you are responsible for your own short/long term eyesight. In other words, Don't fuckin' blame me!
     
  9. May 12, 2017 at 9:08 PM
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    My favorite Coast to Coast is...
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  10. May 12, 2017 at 9:10 PM
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    It probably doesn't but internal heat like molten core could do it, or gravitational pressure from another large body could "squeeze" it like Jupiter does to its moons.
     
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    True. Perhaps foreign beings require a different method to support life as it is :rasta:
     
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    Why do humans think that to support life means human like?
     
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    Because humans are superior beings above all other life forms in the universe and have dominion over all other things in nature.
     
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    Typically because it goes against laws of science where there are certain prerequisites that constitute how life can be formed and maintained. However I don't fully believe that as you are suggesting - there can be sheplidsydiums (random ass word) that breathe from straight methane and butyric acid.
     
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    That says it all. Very introspective. Couldn't possibly be a higher intellect anywhere, in all the trillions planets.
     
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    In a humans mind of what maintains life on this planet.
     
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    Human life has value and meaning only because we say it does. And inversely, other life has less value and meaning - because we say it does. We attribute intelligence to significance and purpose. Whereas, in respect to nature and our planet, we are the most destructive life form and no more useful than a cow.
     

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