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AT Hiker

AT Hiker

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I'll be hiking but I'm sure many of us will be hunting. Got a friend who will be elk hunting during the eclipse, should be an epic trip for him.

I just think it would be cool to be on stand during the event. Anyone going to try and stay out? Looks like it starts around 10:30am on the 14th.
 
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recurve60# said:
Is it a full eclipse here? I definitely will do my best to be in the woods.
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Not sure how accurate? But I was curious as well and found this map on-line....looks like 40% to 60% for Tennessee.
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AT Hiker said:
I'll be hiking but I'm sure many of us will be hunting. Got a friend who will be elk hunting during the eclipse, should be an epic trip for him.

I just think it would be cool to be on stand during the event. Anyone going to try and stay out? Looks like it starts around 10:30am on the 14th.
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While I was in Moab, Utah, they were preparing for the event. They said they expected 300,000 people in town for the eclipse.

Missed that one but I won't be missing the big total eclipse next year that comes through the middle of the country. Depending on weather, I'll be in Carbondale, IL. Period of totality will be much longer than the eclipse a few years ago. Something like 4 minutes.
 
Well, guess I was expecting something a little different, maybe more 2017-ish. Still pretty cool, especially once I realized what kind of eclipse this was.
We spent the peak eclipse hours at the base of the Wind River Range in Wyoming. I didn't notice any major difference in daylight, maybe just a tad but it was partly cloudy and we were in a canyon during mid morning hours.
The shadows were spectacular though. Almost every shadow cast was in a crescent shape.
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I tried snapping a picture off my phone through the eclipse glasses but failed. This "naked" photo was pretty cool though. Not sure if it's an optical illusion with my lenses or actually captured something. Anyways, gives you a view of how we viewed the eclipse in the canyon.
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I didn't see any elk out chasing cows, no giant mule deer bucks or aliens harassing Sasquatch's. Just a normal beautiful day.
 
redblood said:
We were floating 10 miles
Of river and i never noticed anything, but admittedly- i wasnt looking to hard
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We were in the 70% coverage area and I really don't think I would have noticed, except I was specifically looking for it.
 
I was outside working during it. The light was definitely different here for maybe 30 minutes or so. I tried looking at the eclipse through my welding helmet, but it wouldn't stay darkened, I did manage to see it while it was about a third covered though.

About an hour before the eclipse, I had a coyote come through my pasture with the horses. Probably didn't have anything to do with the eclipse, but who knows.
 
backyardtndeer said:
I was outside working during it. The light was definitely different here for maybe 30 minutes or so. I tried looking at the eclipse through my welding helmet, but it wouldn't stay darkened, I did manage to see it while it was about a third covered though.

About an hour before the eclipse, I had a coyote come through my pasture with the horses. Probably didn't have anything to do with the eclipse, but who knows.
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Werewolf 😱
 
AT Hiker said:
We were in the 70% coverage area and I really don't think I would have noticed, except I was specifically looking for it.
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I'm surprised by that. Perhaps it was because I was working in the woods, but I could easily tell the difference in color of light at peak, and we were only in 55% coverage. Vultures all went to roost as well.

VERY noticeable difference in light quality.
 
BSK said:
I'm surprised by that. Perhaps it was because I was working in the woods, but I could easily tell the difference in color of light at peak, and we were only in 55% coverage. Vultures all went to roost as well.

VERY noticeable difference in light quality.
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I suppose it was the partly cloudy skies or, which maybe is the explanation, the eclipse had the entire mornings light obstructed.
 
I think if I had been out in full sunshine, I wouldn't have noticed. But being back in a full canopy forest, the reduction in light intensity, and filtration of wavelengths to a more yellow spectrum, was quite obvious.
 

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