Anyone watching the eclipse?

[sparrowsong]

It's sadly pretty cloudy in the western sky here. Not sure if I'll get a glimpse or not. I'm watching it online anyway since we're only getting a partial eclipse here in Denver.

We had some people come into the clinic today wanting some mydriatic specs (the disposable sunglasses we give you after dilating.) For some reason they thought they could stare straight at the sun with those on. Lordy. I hope I don't have a crapload of patients tomorrow who stared straight at the sun with nothing but sunglasses on and now are wondering why they can't see anything at all. Apparently they heard this on the news??? After I boggled for a minute I'm like, "disposable sunglasses from the eyedoc are nothing more than cheap disposable sunglasses!" She said, "oh we heard they were protective." Guess I'm hoping for clouds for that reason.

[bookbunny]

We had clear skies and great viewing conditions here in NorCal. The shadows looked really cool

[pixy0stix]

Is that what was going on? I thought I was tripping.

[earlgreyhot]

I missed it. Where was the best views?

[sparrowsong]

Northern California, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico... oh and part of Japan, and a big stretch of Pacific ocean.

[pescalita]

It was fun, but it looked a little like Independence Day.

[Deleted]

We tried but it was clear all day and then it turned cloudy right around 7 (we were only supposed to have a partial and it the sun was going down)

[meshaliuknits]

The skies were perfect for the show. If only we could get skies that clear on the 4th of July.

May 20, 2012 21:31:22 GMT -5 pescalita said:

It was fun, but it looked a little like Independence Day.

I really like you.

[basilosaurus]

A friend of mine from Japan posted pics. I was outside when it was happening here, but I didn't notice anything. In fact, we were talking about how we thought there was an eclipse, but no one could remember when. It was apparently going on right during that conversation.

[meshaliuknits]

On the topic, my favorite Wil Wheaton tweet of the day:

14h Wil Wheaton Wil Wheaton ‏@wilw

OMG YOU GUYS OBAMA IS TAKING THE SUN AWAY AND ONLY TED NUGENT CAN SAVE US!
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