Old-Biscuit wrote:
SidecarFlip wrote:
Wife and I are going shopping (now), stores will be empty.
Was sitting in FRY's parking lot while GF ran in to get milk.
Cloudy/overcast skies
Most of the stores employees were outside passing glasses back forth....but not getting to see much due to clouds.
AT the moment of totality (maybe 65% here) clouds parted so I stepped out of truck, flipped my auto darkening hood on and had a good look. Then shared it with employees/other shoppers as they came out of store.
GF came out just in nick of time to catch a glimpse before the cloud cover came back
It was darker from the clouds then the eclipse.
Oh well.........
Next event.....death defying asteroid :B
I was going to use my Miller but the welding goggles were handy (little dusty though).
I'm going to get some coordinates on the asteroid and start observing it. I figure either my Swarvoski bino's or my 60X 100mm ocular spotter will do the trick.
Not sure of the exact trajectory but I heard it will pass between the moon and earth so it should be very visible even to the naked eye. Scary part is if the calculated trajectory is off. The gravitional pull of Earth could impact that. A 2 mile wide rock travelling at over a couple thousand mph would wipe earth out in a second. Space objects impact the atmosphere every day and burn up in the upper atmosphere but this is much, much larger. Has a number designation, no name.
