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Post by lonesomepolecat on Apr 9, 2024 3:00:53 GMT
I hope everyone got to enjoy the eclipse today! 🌖 Anyone get to see totality? Here in LA we saw a decent chunk blocked out until the sun looked like a crescent roll. Watched footage of totality around the country. Pretty cool!  In honor of the occasion we are watching an Eclipse movie — A CONNECTICUT YANKEE IN KING ARTHUR’S COURT.  Not only is there an eclipse, but it’s a major plot point — Bing Crosby gets out of trouble by pretending he caused it. After experiencing it again today, I could understand why ancient man would be terrified on an eclipse and misunderstand it.  Another Eclipse movie is LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS in which Audrey II appears during an “Total eclipse of the sun!”  We have been singing appropriate songs like: “Here comes the sun, and I say, it’s alright…”u “East of the sun and west of the moon…” “When the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie, that’s amore…” And the music from STAR WARS seemed appropriate too!  What other eclipse movies/TV episodes/songs can you guys think of? (No sparkly vampires allowed!) |
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Post by BunnyWhit on Apr 9, 2024 3:49:36 GMT
I hope everyone got to enjoy the eclipse today! 🌖 Anyone get to see totality? Here in LA we saw a decent chunk blocked out until the sun looked like a crescent roll. Watched footage of totality around the country. Pretty cool!
TOTALITY. WAS. AMAZING!! We got about four-and-a-half minutes to gaze at its splendor, then the sun peaked around, and the moon continued on its course. We stayed where we were until the event was completely over with the sun blazing again at 100%. It was the best day ever.
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I posted this following over on the Silent Film thread, but I copied it here as well:
The Eclipse: Courtship of the Sun and Moon (1907), Georges Méliès
Georges Méliès stars in this ten-minute French film as the Professor of Astronomy. Upon teaching his students of the impending total solar eclipse, they all rush to the observation tower to see the moon pass between the Earth and the sun. The splendor of the event is further amplified by a meteor shower and planets. The professor, so overcome with what he's witnessed, falls from the observation tower, but disaster is averted when he lands in a rain barrel.
Critics assert that the film is either a sexualized or homosexualized offering, based on the looks of anticipation and rapture on the faces of the sun and moon. My take on the film is that the looks are euphoric on a spiritual plane, purely a nonsexualized response to the grandeur of the celestial event.
Today, I was in the path of totality for the total solar eclipse which passed across the southern United States. It was stunning. My happiness at the sight could be expressed only by the tears which filled my eyes. It is beyond any mortal expression.
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Post by lonesomepolecat on Apr 9, 2024 5:31:39 GMT
I hope everyone got to enjoy the eclipse today! 🌖 Anyone get to see totality? Here in LA we saw a decent chunk blocked out until the sun looked like a crescent roll. Watched footage of totality around the country. Pretty cool!
TOTALITY. WAS. AMAZING!! We got about four-and-a-half minutes to gaze at its splendor, then the sun peaked around, and the moon continued on its course. We stayed where we were until the event was completely over with the sun blazing again at 100%. It was the best day ever.
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I posted this following over on the Silent Film thread, but I copied it here as well:
The Eclipse: Courtship of the Sun and Moon (1907), Georges Méliès
Georges Méliès stars in this ten-minute French film as the Professor of Astronomy. Upon teaching his students of the impending total solar eclipse, they all rush to the observation tower to see the moon pass between the Earth and the sun. The splendor of the event is further amplified by a meteor shower and planets. The professor, so overcome with what he's witnessed, falls from the observation tower, but disaster is averted when he lands in a rain barrel.
Critics assert that the film is either a sexualized or homosexualized offering, based on the looks of anticipation and rapture on the faces of the sun and moon. My take on the film is that the looks are euphoric on a spiritual plane, purely a nonsexualized response to the grandeur of the celestial event.
Today, I was in the path of totality for the total solar eclipse which passed across the southern United States. It was stunning. My happiness at the sight could be expressed only by the tears which filled my eyes. It is beyond any mortal expression.
Wow that is amazing!!! I am so jealous!!! Also-- perfect movie to add!  |
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Post by sagebrush on Apr 9, 2024 13:03:08 GMT
I got home in time to watch it occur live in Cleveland, OH, via the NASA channel on YouTube. I know it's not quite the same thing, but it was a good substitute and still stunning to watch!
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Post by BunnyWhit on Apr 9, 2024 15:54:39 GMT
I got home in time to watch it occur live in Cleveland, OH, via the NASA channel on YouTube. I know it's not quite the same thing, but it was a good substitute and still stunning to watch!
For anyone who might have cardboard eclipse glasses they don't intend to keep as mementos but don't know what to do with, please consider donating them to Astronomers Without Borders. They will collect, vet, store, and redistribute to the next place that experiences an annular or total solar eclipse. It is a good cause which allows many, particularly underprivileged, people to experience the grandeur we all deserve to share. |
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Post by dianedebuda on Apr 9, 2024 16:05:19 GMT
My place too was in the total path. Was cloudy here, but the low ones cleared at the perfect time and was able to see the eclipse at its peak. One of my solar tiki lights came on. Have seen partials before, but a total eclipse is in a different class.
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Post by BunnyWhit on Apr 9, 2024 16:49:30 GMT
My place too was in the total path. Was cloudy here, but the low ones cleared at the perfect time and was able to see the eclipse at its peak. One of my solar tiki lights came on. Have seen partials before, but a total eclipse is in a different class.
I agree -- a class by itself! We had a good annular eclipse in October 2023, and this amazing total eclipse. I feel so fortunate. |
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Post by lonesomepolecat on Apr 9, 2024 18:22:20 GMT
All these stories are amazing!
Other than seeing what I could through eclipse glasses, also watched the Disney Plus special with ABC news anchors that showed the eclipse across America. That was also awesome. Great to see everyone so excited and uplifted. Some good news for a change! Of all the coverage, this guy summed it up best:
I feel a little bad for you guys with cloud cover. I had friends who drove to Texas to watch and ended up with stormy skies. Here we had partial eclipse with clear skies — I wish I could have shared my clear skies with you guys on the path of totality.
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Post by lonesomepolecat on Apr 9, 2024 18:28:51 GMT
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Post by christine on Apr 15, 2024 0:59:46 GMT
Seeing the Eclipse was amazing and I also had a feeling of peace and humbleness.
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