So, tomorrow is the big day A SOLAR Eclipse
By rebelann1949
@rebelann (111171)
El Paso, Texas
August 20, 2017 10:14pm CST
I just found this shot of my sweet Sophie, finally. She lived with me for 15 years and I will always remember her.
So I am curious, will you be able to see the eclipse? I will not, I always seem to be in the wrong place for these special events.
I recently read that if you try to take a picture of it that it would fry your camera. I hope you will see the affects, I'd love to know if it really does get dark.
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@Shellyann36 (11385)
• United States
25 Aug 17
Sophie is a cutie, she looks sweet and smart.
We did not have the glasses to watch here at home. Keith was lucky because someone from work brought a pair of glasses and they passed them around. He did take a picture with his iPhone and it did not mess the iPhone up.
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@rebelann (111171)
• El Paso, Texas
25 Aug 17
She was the sweetest. I worked a lot throughout her life so the poor baby didn't have it as easy as Ally or Mykey.
all those warnings were probably made by people who didn't have a clue.@rebelann (111171)
• El Paso, Texas
29 Aug 17
I hope so too @Shellyann36 in fact anyone whose bought a digital camera and read the rules of operation should know never to aim their camera directly at the sun without a filter.
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@Tampa_girl7 (48954)
• United States
21 Aug 17
We are supposed to get around a 90% eclipse at 1:30.
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@Tampa_girl7 (48954)
• United States
21 Aug 17
@rebelann I'll certainly tell you.
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@1hopefulman (45123)
• Canada
21 Aug 17
They say that here it will only be a 60% eclipse but hopefully the weather is favorable to notice something and that I'm not at my dentist when it happens.
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@1hopefulman (45123)
• Canada
21 Aug 17
@rebelann I was still at the dentist when it happened. Maybe next time.
Were you able to see it?
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@rebelann (111171)
• El Paso, Texas
21 Aug 17
No, it wasn't visible from my perspective @1hopefulman I'm too far south of that event.
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@petatonicsca (7070)
• Japan
23 Aug 17
I was sound asleep since it happened during my night. I did see one in 2012 that went right over Tokyo. It was amazing.
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@rebelann (111171)
• El Paso, Texas
23 Aug 17
Did it get as dark as night?
I've never been anywhere that an eclipse was visible.
@lovinangelsinstead21 (36850)
• Pamplona, Spain
21 Aug 17
Over here its only been partially seen in the Canary Islands and a bit of Spain but nothing else.
I have felt it though but don´t know how to explain that.
Lovely photo of your Dog Sophie very sweet too.
Did you get to see any of it.
You seem to be in the right place to have seen it.
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@rebelann (111171)
• El Paso, Texas
21 Aug 17
No, I'm too far south of that event but I did notice that although the sun was out it wasn't as hot as it should have been.
@silvermist (19702)
• India
21 Aug 17
That is a nice photo of Sophie. 15 years ! You must be still thinking of her often.No,we will not be able to see the Eclipse here.There is TV and internet.We will know how it went.
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@ilocosboy (45157)
• Philippines
21 Aug 17
I hope there's possibility that this can also be seen in my country. I hope its not cloudy
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@rebelann (111171)
• El Paso, Texas
21 Aug 17
Maybe, but since looking up at it could cause blindness about the only thing anyone can do is let the rest of us know if it got dark during this event.
@rebelann (111171)
• El Paso, Texas
21 Aug 17
Thank you.
Yes, I heard the same thing. It won't be visible from my perspective in TX so I'm not worried about it.
@DesirousDreamer (34783)
• Peoria, Arizona
21 Aug 17
Aww what a sweetie. That is a wonderful image.
We will be seeing a little bit of it. Not much. But it is still pretty cool! Hopefully it doesn't fry too many cameras because I really want to see some pictures
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@rebelann (111171)
• El Paso, Texas
21 Aug 17
I think there are ways to get photos but since I won't be able to see any of the eclipse I figured why worry about it, right?
Thank you, she was such a sweetheart.
