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ivytheplant
Obsessive Comic Disorder

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Supposedly, this is the last total eclipse until 2007. A long time for us humans, but in geologic time it's not even worth noticing. Anyway, I got a clear night and used my telescope (note to self: the barlow lens sucks ass) to watch it. I also took some photos with my digital camera. Not the best to use (I REALLY want a Minolta or Nikon for photography!) but they're okay.

Pretty much the whole sky:
http://www.ivytheplant.com/eclipse2004/

Cropped images of just the moon:
http://www.ivytheplant.com/eclipse2004/detailofmoon/

10-27-04 9:32pm (new)
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Spankling
Looking for love in ALL the wrong places, baby!

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We had a nice view of it in Seattle. I always like checking out a rare moon.

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10-27-04 9:47pm (new)
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Rabid_Weasle
Professional style cramper

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I didn't even know there was one...

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10-27-04 9:55pm (new)
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biped
Mr. Wonderful

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I watched it through binoculars.

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10-27-04 10:55pm (new)
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pita
La fille qui a joué avec le feu

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Thanks so much for sharing your photos, Ivy... the closest I got was on the net at work, we couldn't go outside the building without ruffling security's feathers :(
The next one that will be so phenomenal from a Northeast Ohio view is February 21, 2008.

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10-28-04 1:07am (new)
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boorite
crazy knife lady

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I stayed inside and watched South Park.

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10-28-04 6:41am (new)
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boorite
crazy knife lady

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M-m-m-my corona!

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10-28-04 6:45am (new)
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joshw
I'm spooky.

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Not the best to use (I REALLY want a Minolta or Nikon for photography!) but they're okay.

That's a good plan, I use a Minolta Dimage 7hi for art photography and, though it's a little dated, it's still fantastic. After almost 4 years it's still the 4th best digital camera they've ever made. 2 of the ones above it are just upgrades to it, and the other's their DSLR which is automatically better.

Unless you're not talking about digital. In that case all I know is you should still get a Minolta. A Maxxum.

But don't get nikon. I've had nikon. Nikon's "good" is several times more expensive than Minolta's "good", which means you'll pay roughly 200 dollars more for a Nikon(the 5700) which, aside from the name on the camera, is basically the exact same as the Minolta(7hi), except Minolta allows the use of additional filters and lenses, and is more versatile with the controls and properties.

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10-28-04 10:25am (new)
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joshw
I'm spooky.

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If you wish to see some sample images from the 7hi, just ask. Since this camera was discontinued, new, refurb and used ones are going on ebay for about 380-550 dollars. I got mine used for 440 american, and it came with a bunch of filters and stuff too, so they aren't all that expensive.

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10-28-04 11:11am (new)
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choadwarrior
Crash Magnet

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A rat done bit my sister Nell, and whitey's on the moon!

10-28-04 5:18pm (new)
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areallystupidguy
Poison Gas Pokemon

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My friend on the east coast said this thing was TOTALLY BLOOD RED over there. Over here it was barely tinted orange. Anyone else see and sweet, non drug related colors when looking at the eclipse?

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10-28-04 9:08pm (new)
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kaufman
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On this part of the east coast, it just got sort of dirty brown. Then the clouds started getting in the way.

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10-29-04 5:04am (new)
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Zaster
Wait for it...

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Over here, the moon turned the color of blood. Then the hordes of hell swept the land and the four horsemen of the Apocolypse appeared. It was totally worth staying up for.

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10-29-04 6:29am (new)
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boorite
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Over here, we only got the hordes of Amtrak and four bikers from Upper Marlboro.

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10-29-04 7:36am (new)
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jes_lawson
I don't know what I'm doing either

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Four guys turned up at my house. I had a hard time understanding them - I think they had damaged their voices or something. They were pretty ugly too, lots of little scars all round their mouths.

Anyway we couldn't see the eclipse from England (whether this was due to geography or the persistent rain I don't know) but me and the Four Hoarse Men of the Pock-marked Lips all went to the pub anway.

Gnarly photos.

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10-29-04 7:47am (new)
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little_kitty
I bop, you bop, a-they bop.

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It was completely foggy here, which was totally weird because we hardly get fog. But it made me sad because I wanted to see said eclipse

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10-29-04 9:32am (new)
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mmyers
Passing through.

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We had a good view over here, which we watched from the car while eating Red Lobster.
I looked at it through a tiny hole in a sheet of paper.

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10-29-04 12:47pm (new)
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NeoVid
Stripcreator Irregular

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I didn't know there was one until I happened to see it on my way to the game store.

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10-29-04 1:38pm (new)
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DragonXero
I'm Here, You're Queer, Get Used to it

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I tried my damndest to film it or get a picture, but we had nothing that would work. I did get to see it pretty nicely in binoculars though. That was the coolest view of the moon I'd ever seen.

I took some video with my dad's old video camera, but it just ended up being a big white circle in the picture, and my digital camera made it look like a white dot.

In reality, it was nice and reddish orange through the binocs. Beautiful image!

Hopefully I'll have a nice SLR by 2007.

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10-31-04 10:54pm (new)
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