2017 Eclipse

It is a big deal...or people from Japan wouldn't be trying to rent the top of Menan Butte.




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Nick said:
To be fair, they would rent all of Coyote Buttes North if it was available.
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I am sure they asked. :)

I find it comical they want to rent the butte. There has to be more scenic places than the top of that butte.

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Hmmm...it's my daughter's birthday that day. She has school and I have work....but maybe this will justify a daddy-daughter campout up around Star Valley somewhere Sunday night and then hangout until the eclipse...What a birthday memory that could be for her...hmmm.
 
I've been pretty cynical about this whole thing, but it could give me a good reason to go on a weekend backpacking trip. Probably somewhere like the Gros Ventre area to avoid a potential zoo in certain backcountry areas. A good last hurrah for summer since school starts for the following day. :cry:
 
Nick said:
I need more @Artemus! Don't make me regret my coveted Desolation permit.
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Well my first argument... To the point of the rarity of the phenomenon the following two maps showing the eclipses in a forty year period should elucidate. Note, the totalities are the interesting ones. The annular eclipses are blah in comparison which I will describe later. Examine the north american totalities in these forty years. The one in 1991 in Mexico I attended and this August.

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source: https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEgoogle/SEgoogle2001/SE2017Aug21Tgoogle.html
 
Very cool, Art. So it turns out I take off the river the day before the eclipse. Maybe it's worth a drive north that Monday.
 
Looking at the map @Duke posted, I see the 90%, 80%, 70% and so on lines. What does this mean for Salt Lake that is well into the 90-100% range? Does that mean we'll get a partial eclipse if I'm too lazy to drive north?

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Nick said:
Very cool, Art. So it turns out I take off the river the day before the eclipse. Maybe it's worth a drive north that Monday.
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I'll set out a stool at our siege camp for your use...

You haven't even heard my second and third arguments yet!
 
Nick said:
Looking at the map @Duke posted, I see the 90%, 80%, 70% and so on lines. What does this mean for Salt Lake that is well into the 90-100% range? Does that mean we'll get a partial eclipse if I'm too lazy to drive north?

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It just means we will be in the range of a partial (90.80,70%) (blah!) eclipse. Not even an (blah!) annular eclipse. You will be able to see this baby from your deck (blah!) but it isn't a totality. See argument 2 and 3.

P.S. I personally really enjoy a partial or annular eclipse too and have seen several of each but they are (blah!) not as interesting and wondrous in my experience.
 
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I'm in Hawai'i, so definitely as far away as you can in the US. Alaska is probably as far away, too.
I don't know, if you're in the area it's probably nice to see. But I would not travel thousands of miles to just see it.
 
Jackson said:
I've been pretty cynical about this whole thing, but it could give me a good reason to go on a weekend backpacking trip. Probably somewhere like the Gros Ventre area to avoid a potential zoo in certain backcountry areas. A good last hurrah for summer since school starts for the following day. :cry:
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I was thinking something like Wyoming's Palisade Lakes area, but yeah, probably be a zoo all around there too.
 
Nick said:
Keep the arguments coming! I still haven't even heard what a total is actually like to experience!
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I've never seen one, but I suspect there are reasons why people pay $1000s and travel around the world to experience 3 minutes of night in the middle of the day. I agree with blueeyes, you are only going to be 3ish hours away, plan on making the drive.

Me, I'm taking my kids out of school and we are staying in Knoxville, TN with the plan to drive east or west depending on the weather that day. I'm hoping it is clear on the NC/TN line because I have the perfect place in mind in the middle of the national forest with amazing views. So, I am driving 4ish hours with 3 kids (8 and under) and staying in a hotel just to set us up for a possible once in a lifetime experience.

Plan on driving, you can tell us later if it was worth it :)
 
wsp_scott said:
I've never seen one, but I suspect there are reasons why people pay $1000s and travel around the world to experience 3 minutes of night in the middle of the day. I agree with blueeyes, you are only going to be 3ish hours away, plan on making the drive.

Me, I'm taking my kids out of school and we are staying in Knoxville, TN with the plan to drive east or west depending on the weather that day. I'm hoping it is clear on the NC/TN line because I have the perfect place in mind in the middle of the national forest with amazing views. So, I am driving 4ish hours with 3 kids (8 and under) and staying in a hotel just to set us up for a possible once in a lifetime experience.

Plan on driving, you can tell us later if it was worth it :)
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Awe Tennessee....I miss the fireflies and meat n 3's.

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