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AKgringo
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I am amazed at how many people I have talked to here in La Paz that are not even aware that it is happening tomorrow. I have not seen any special
viewing lenses available, does anyone know of a place to get one here?
I will be flat on my back in a dentist's chair during most of it but I may get a break to look up at some time.
[Edited on 4-7-2024 by AKgringo]
If you are not living on the edge, you are taking up too much space!
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chippy
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I'm in Durango now and heading to Canatlán, Durango tomorrow a.m.
We'll be in the path of totality  
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lencho
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If all
else fails, cardboard is available everywhere! 
"I can normally tell how intelligent a man is, by how stupid he thinks I
am."
"...they were careful of their demeanor that they not be thought to have opinions on what they heard for like most men skilled at their work they
were scornful of any least suggestion of knowing anything not learned at first hand."
Cormac McCarthy, All the Pretty Horses
"Be kind, be patient, help others." -- Isabel Allende
"My gas stove identifies as electric." Anonymous
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JDCanuck
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91% in La Paz at close to 11 am
https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/in/mexico/la-paz?iso=202...
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David K
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My goodness... unless you are in totality, it will just seem like a cloud passing in front of the sun, dimming and cooling for a few minutes. I bet if
you turn on YouTube, you will find a live feed from the best location to see the corona.
I remember the '91 eclipse quite well... in Vista, CA where I was working at an irrigation and plumbing store... I stepped out (maybe it was my lunch
break) and experienced the darkening and cooling with about 75% coverage then... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_eclipse_of_July_11,_1991...
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surabi
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Quote: Originally posted by David K  | | My goodness... unless you are in totality, it will just seem like a cloud passing in front of the sun, dimming and cooling for a few minutes.
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Wrong. I'm in a 96% zone and it isn't at all like a cloud passing over, it's a very different kind of light. And it's been going on for much longer
than "a few minutes" and it's only about 50% covered at the moment.
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4x4abc
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looked great in La Paz
Harald Pietschmann
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surabi
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Clever. You should have looked for a slightly rounder avocado, though.
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4x4abc
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I wanted to make it easier for the not so bright.
Harald Pietschmann
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BoenBaja
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4 minutes 7 seconds of totality in Mena AR!
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mtgoat666
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Nice snapchat filter.
Woke!
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chippy
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INCREDIBLE in Durango!!!! Photos later.
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digcolnagos
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I am now oh-for-three on total solar eclipses. Clouds, again. Next time, I will go to La Paz.
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stillnbaja
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watching the eclipse sept 10, 1923
[Edited on 4-9-2024 by stillnbaja]
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My home town in Ohio was directly in the path. My brother didn't need to leave his house to see the diamond ring.
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mtgoat666
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| Quote: Originally posted by JZ | My home town in Ohio was directly in the path. My brother didn't need to leave his house to see the diamond ring.
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While you could watch the eclipse without leaving the house, through a window or skylight, it is often a better experience to go out in the yard to
view it…
[Edited on 4-9-2024 by mtgoat666]
Woke!
“...ask not what your country can do for you – ask what you can do for your country.” “My fellow citizens of the world: ask not what America
will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man.”
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JZ
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| Quote: Originally posted by mtgoat666 | | Quote: Originally posted by JZ | My home town in Ohio was directly in the path. My brother didn't need to leave his house to see the diamond ring.
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While you could watch the eclipse without leaving the house, through a window or skylight, it is often a better experience to go out in the yard to
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[Edited on 4-9-2024 by mtgoat666] |
'"House" in the broader sense. He has an eight acre spread in a suburb of Columbus.
My boys grew up racing RZR's down the 1/4 mile driveway in the summers.
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I grew up on a cattle ranch. I don't think I've ever heard a suburban home site in Ohio refered to as a "spread". I am , however, suitably impressed
by the wealth of the privileged classes of the Midwest.
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AKgringo
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La Paz....That was it?
I watched a total eclipse from Grass Valley in 2012, where we were right on the edge of totality. It was a unique experience, although it did not
last very long.
I left my dentist's office right about mid-way through the event, but did not have any dark Lense to watch the sun. I was hoping for a similar
darkening, and cooling that I had experienced in 2012, but it was more like a cloud passing over the sun as David described it.
[Edited on 4-9-2024 by AKgringo]
If you are not living on the edge, you are taking up too much space!
"Could do better if he tried!" Report card comments from most of my grade school teachers. Sadly, still true!
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thebajarunner
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Just got home from San Antonio
Most of Texas was a wipeout
We drove north to Fredericksburg and saw the start
Also saw the oncoming clouds
For the next 45 minutes we chased blue sky across the hills of Texas, finally ended up just out of Llano and had fantastic skies,
(with brief scuds of clouds going across to make it even more interesting)
My daughter whispered, amid the tears "Dad it never gets old.....but Baja 1991 was still the all time best" She was only 17 at the time.
Ah the majesty of this epic event of nature...
Alsready booking Spain for 2026....if I last that long
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