The Great American Eclipse - Aug. 21, 2017

[Walter Sobchak]

We had no trouble getting to our campsite today. The campground manager said it's the busiest he's seen in the last year, but there's still plenty of space.

Here's the view of our tent from the fire pit.

Looks like 5-star accommodations.

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[Dwight Schr-ute]

We were lucky to find a spot in the crowd to see the eclipse.

But how did the crucifixion go?!


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[Dwight Schr-ute]

Due to several issues, we left Vegas at 7 pm on Friday. Drove straight up Nevada's digestive system and pulled into Twin Falls at 4 am. Drugged the kids so they would go back to sleep for a few hours and then finished the drive to Boise the next day. Hanging out with a college roommate and the original plan was to drive up to Weiser tonight and either sleep in the car or drop a tent if there was any room. I haven't seen any indication of traffic problems yet, so we opted to spend the night in comfortable beds in Boise again and leave around 5 in the morning. I'm sure everyone else has the same idea.


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[Dwight Schr-ute]

This could go in the Facebook thread, but figured it was more applicable here.

There is so much excitement and anticipation around the eclipse coming up on Monday. I mean, what's not to love! The moon blocking out the sun and darkness in the middle of the afternoon! It's a phenomena that the whole country is anticipating (and hoping to have the right glasses to view). But could I tell you about another day that the sun was darkened and refused to shine? It was the darkest day in history 2000 years ago when the Son of Man was hanging on a cross. The scripture gives this account in Mark 15:33-34: "At noon, darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon. And at three in the afternoon Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?” (which means “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” The sun was darkened for three hours as the Father turned away from the Son. For the first time in all of eternity there was a separation of the Father and the Son. Our finite minds can't comprehend such love for us that God would sacrifice His Son. And why would the Son willingly give His life for the sins of the whole world? It's beyond our human comprehension. Darkness in the middle of the day. Creation mourning the killing and death of the Lord of Creation. But praise God it didn't end there...not in darkness! The darkest day in history was turned into a glorious daylight as the Son arose on the third day! Salvation was complete.

The eclipse on Monday will be an amazing event. Amazing, but not life changing. I pray that it is a reminder of that day so long ago when love eclipsed darkness and salvation became a reality for each and every person on the planet. That is life changing, but only if you receive it.

I hope you are careful on Monday as you look at the sun, but I pray that you are always careful to look AT The Son!
"Turn your eyes upon Jesus. Look full in His wonderful face. And the things of earth will grow strangely dim. In the light of His glory and grace."

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[Pelado]

Looks like 5-star accommodations.

Pretty much. Best campground we've been to all week.

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[Mormon Red Death]

As long as it's not over Idaho Falls, I agree. Anywhere in the path that is hit with cloudy weather is going to experience anarchy as all the locals and visitors scramble to find the nearest patch of clear sky. I'd rather not be a part of that.

We were planning on oak island (southern tip of nc) we going 67 miles north for a clear sky now and only 98%totality

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[Clark Addison]

77 and 85 could really be nasty. I spent the past two days on 85 and the DOT billboards the whole way were warning of heavy traffic tomorrow. On the other hand, this will serve as a good practice run for the flow of fans traveling to Greenville for the ECU game.

I came down to my sister's house yesterday, in South Carolina off of I-85. Usually a 90 minute drive, and it took almost two hours yesterday evening.

I would consider staying here another night and heading back Tuesday morning if my sister didn't have some sort of weird thing that prevents her from using the air conditioning too much at night.

[BigPiney]

Here’s every total solar eclipse happening in your lifetime. Is this year your best chance?

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Sweet. 2106 it is.

[cowboy]

But how did the crucifixion go?!


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If you look closely, we nailed every endangered species we could find to the pole.

[PaloAltoCougar]

Here’s every total solar eclipse happening in your lifetime. Is this year your best chance?

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For me, the most interesting thing about that map is how the paths of the various eclipses are so different, some almost perpendicular to others. One might think they'd be roughly parallel, but it's an interesting illustration, I assume, of the effect of the earth's tilt as it revolves around the sun.

The dates aren't as interesting as I'll be viewing nearly all of them from a very different location.

[smokymountainrain]

For me, the most interesting thing about that map is how the paths of the various eclipses are so different, some almost perpendicular to others. One might think they'd be roughly parallel, but it's an interesting illustration, I assume, of the effect of the earth's tilt as it revolves around the sun.

The dates aren't as interesting as I'll be viewing nearly all of them from a very different location.

will you be able to view them from down there?

[Omaha 680]

I saw some pictures of the Oregon eclipse festival on the internets today. Looks awful.

My four year old is pretty excited to experience 72% coverage from our roof today.

[Lost Student]

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Up in the foothills above IF. No clouds!

[Commando]

Lucky. I drove around Mesa this morning looking for eclipse glasses to peep that sweet sweet 60% coverage, but alas they are allll sold out everywhere.

[Northwestcoug]

Ready:

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