Posted: Jun 24, 2017 5:51 am
tuco wrote:Only in America
Heh, heh, just like a few other things, right?
Macdoc wrote:Lot of motorcycle trips planned around the event.
...will wait and see what the weather brings. I'm a days ride from the path.
I certainly hope your skies and roads will be clear.
Also, excerpts from the link in your post:
"The highest point in these mountains is Clingman's Dome with an expansive vista.", and:
"If the crowds are manageable, a high unobstructed spot in these mountains may be an appealing venue to watch the eclipse. The reason is that from a high vantage, you'll also have the chance to see the surrounding landscape darken and brighten again as totality races across. But be sure to have a clear vantage unobstructed by trees."
I have always dreamed of seeing an eclipse from an isolated mountain with a flat plain below - high enough to see the moon's shadow hauling arse towards me (and away) across the plain. But I'm not sure exactly how noticeable this effect would be, nor how much it would apply in this case. In North Carolina the shadow will be moving at 1452 mph (wrt the rotating surface of the Earth of course - please see my reply to minininja below, and the attachment).
Weaver wrote:
I'm not traveling for this one - but I also am on the edge of the totality path for 2024, and plan to travel about an hour to be dead center.
Yes indeed. I actually came across one of your posts from May 2016 in my search to see if anyone had already started a thread on this eclipse.
Weaver wrote:
I think my mother is heading out West for this one, though ... maybe I can scam some pics off of her.
Please try to, and may her skies be clear also.
minininja wrote:Cool video about watching the eclipse and particular things to watch our for:
Very cool, thanks. While the links that I gave above won't talk to you, they do provide info similar to the app in the video, as you can see from the attachment which gives the eclipse statistics for a point (just click at the point of interest of course) in western North Carolina, close to the location of reference in the quote from Macdoc's post. For anyone using a mobile device, be sure to use two fingers to pan around.