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Old Feb 20, 2008 | 09:06 PM
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I googled the eclipse and found that the blue color you're seeing in and out is an affect from the ozone layer. Kinda neat eh?
 
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Old Feb 20, 2008 | 09:08 PM
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Yeah Fixer, it's on the rise a little high in the Eastern Sky.
Just called the wife. She had to drive up the road to get out of the trees to see it. Just a little low for her to get a good view from the house.
Here at work, it's wide open and crystal clear High Sierra skies. I wish I had my camera.
 
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Old Feb 20, 2008 | 09:15 PM
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I'm jealous, Tim. I gotta look over rooftops.
 
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Old Feb 20, 2008 | 09:21 PM
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Well, the clouds cleared finally. Pretty impressive. Went to look out the front door and I caught it behind some clouds, so I stood there waiting for the cloud to move.

I'm sure I freaked out a neighbour across the street, he started closing his blinds...
 
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Old Feb 20, 2008 | 09:23 PM
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Steve, can you see the blue color coming in and out from where you are? It may be because it's so clear up here that I can see it. Just curious. I don't want to sound like some hippie on phsycadelics (sp). But the color thing going on from up here is really impressive.
 
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Old Feb 20, 2008 | 09:24 PM
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Originally Posted by bigrigfixer
Well, the clouds cleared finally. Pretty impressive. Went to look out the front door and I caught it behind some clouds, so I stood there waiting for the cloud to move.

I'm sure I freaked out a neighbour across the street, he started closing his blinds...
Right on! Glad you got a break in there.
 
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Old Feb 20, 2008 | 09:24 PM
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I didn't see any blue. Just orange. And real dark over 2/3s of it.
 
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Old Feb 20, 2008 | 09:27 PM
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Originally Posted by olfordsnstone
Steve, can you see the blue color coming in and out from where you are? It may be because it's so clear up here that I can see it. Just curious. I don't want to sound like some hippie on phsycadelics (sp). But the color thing going on from up here is really impressive.

Copper, and a bit of turquoise color - the clouds are making it hit and miss, but i have seen those colors. I'm sure it's far more intense up there in the hills.
 
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Old Feb 20, 2008 | 09:28 PM
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Where I can see the blues coming in isn't in your face kinda blue. Just subtle and in and out, mostly on the brighter side of the moon. Filtering light through the atmosphere / ozone.
 
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Old Feb 20, 2008 | 09:30 PM
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Copper, and a bit of turquoise color - the clouds are making it hit and miss, but i have seen those colors. I'm sure it's far more intense up there in the hills.
That's great news. I'm glad to know that it's not just me.
I haven't even had a beer tonight, (at work and all) so I couldn't use that for an excuse.
 
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Old Feb 20, 2008 | 09:44 PM
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I did see part of it, in between the clouds and the fog.

Kind of cool.
 
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I saw the entire thing - clear skies with no cloud here in the 'burbs of Toronto - was amayzing to see - I never paid much attention to stuff like this before, so this was something new for me.
 
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Old Feb 21, 2008 | 12:48 AM
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Originally Posted by FlaresideGlenn
I saw the entire thing - clear skies with no cloud here in the 'burbs of Toronto - was amayzing to see - I never paid much attention to stuff like this before, so this was something new for me.
I got hooked on that kind of stuff when I first saw the rings of Saturn, through a home made
telescope.

It was a bunch of San Francisco Sidewalk Astronomers, who set up their home built telescopes,
for the public to view.

Now, that was real cool.
 
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Old Feb 21, 2008 | 08:10 AM
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you could see saturns rings last night during to total eclipse, the copper orange tone comes from past volcanic eruptions, the particles are in the atmosphere

i had nothing but clouds to look at
 
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Old Feb 21, 2008 | 09:17 AM
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I went outside for a while before it started and we had some haze to rhe west of the moon.
The moon was so bright it lit up the haze and it looked awsome.
I saw some of the eclipse from the kitchen window, then went to bed.
 
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