In seriousness, let me remind you, do not look directly at the sun! It can cause permanent blindness.

This Sunday, May 20, folks along the west coast of the United States will be able to view a solar eclipse (where the moon passes in front of the sun) for the first time in eighteen years. The eclipse can also be viewed from Japan and eastern China.

Sources:
Time article
NASA map

I wish I didn't live on the stupid East coast... I've wanted to see a solar eclipse forever! D:

Aw, I wish I was there to see it D:
Well, I hope people enjoy the solar eclipse if they see it ^_^

Some information on how to view the eclipse without looking at the sun unprotected can be found here:
http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2012/...sun-ring-fire/
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/47369820...uns-ring-fire/

Will people in minnesota be able to see this? I never got the chance to see this kind of thing.

Funny that it's on my birthday, and I'm on the west coast...

Looked at the map, the path of greatest eclipse soars north of where I am. Guess we'll be seeing a crescent of sun...

Oh well, I better get my sunglasses ready.

Based on my location, it might be difficult to see a crescent of the sun. If anything, I might just see the moon near the sun.

well you know what they say....
looks like i'll be permanently blind on monday. i cant miss the chance of staring directly at a solar eclipse.

I used a makeshift solar filter of four thick pairs of sunglasses with my camera (f14.8, 1/1000 sec, 64 speed) to take 82 photos of the solar eclipse. Here are the eight best ones.

Yeah, the colors are a little distorted, but hey, that's what happens when you build your own filter and can't align the parabolic plastics together perfectly. It also wasn't very easy to photograph, as there was a tree and a chimney in the way of the only area in our yard the sun can be seem at that angle.

8 attached images

So much

To be specific, this was an annular solar eclipse. Because of the moon's elliptical orbit, sometimes it is smaller than the solar disc and sometimes it is larger. When it is larger, we get a total solar eclipse. When it is smaller, we get an annular solar eclipse. /science

How neat! I wish I could've seen it myself. Darn overcast Oregon skies. x3

I don't know if I missed it or if we just didn't get it on the east coast. The curtains had been drawn since we came back into the hotel room a couple hours ago.

Ooooh~ Pretty colors~ You're SO lucky. I wish we had this.

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Originally Posted by NismoZ I don't know if I missed it or if we just didn't get it on the east coast. The curtains had been drawn since we came back into the hotel room a couple hours ago.