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  1. ice1972
    It would be nice if confidence in cloud cover in an April eclipse in New England was higher.....I've already told my wife we're headed to at least Texas.....after today you gotta do whatever you can to get in a spot where totality happens combined with low prob cloud cover.....that was brutal today.....would have been nice today to not have had to drive 350 miles to get to clear totality.....but I would totally do it again....lol
  2. ice1972
    No question....the approaching darkness from the west and the birds and wind thing were all real and the stars and planets thing....Venus in this case was awesome....and how the cu field dissipated....all of it was just so fantastic....I stayed the entire 3 hours....my glasses appear to not be fakes....keeping those for 2024.....
  3. ice1972
    Somstarted in Omaha headed south on 29 to 70 and got to Columbia MO.....then straight north through super rural MO into Iowa to Iowa City....hell of a day....like a chess match...playing with the clouds trying to get to a clear spot....amazing few days
  4. ice1972
    I just got back to my hotel in Iowa City.....there were a couple backups leaving Columbia MO but I think I was outside the major ****....took 5 hrs still
  5. ice1972
    Damn dude.....
  6. ice1972
    There's no question that all the work I put in today to get myself into the centerline and the miles I had to drive to do that was worth it.....for 2.5 minutes....some might say "are you insane that you drove 600 miles today for 2.5 minutes?".....and I would say "I see you've never seen totality.....next".....
  7. ice1972
    Lol....pretty much
  8. ice1972
    I also loved watching the incoming lightness from the west.....that was cool
  9. ice1972
    And Fella everything you said I noticed too.....all of sudden there was no more cu around....we still had the high haze but I could still make out the corona....really great.... also I didn't notice the birds until I heard start chirping again.....the diamond ring effect is awesome....man I'm hooked....Aruba right?
  10. ice1972
    The cell network went down for like 20 min after totality.....but man.....that was incredible....
  11. ice1972
    Sliver
  12. ice1972
    This is great
  13. ice1972
    I'm noticing it big time now.....8 min
  14. ice1972
    80% or so.....18 min....and I swear the cu field has diminished.....I'm doing a time lapse using my iPad of the crowd trying to capture the dimming to dark and back....I'll review the cu field after
  15. ice1972
    About 55% eclipse maybe 60%.....might get a clear opening in the clouds when this thing goes total
  16. ice1972
    Do we think now the CU field may get suppressed? As the sun is getting dimmer?
  17. ice1972
    Same here.....****
  18. ice1972
    Flirting with cu field here.....yikes....45 minutes to total
  19. ice1972
    Here we go......sun is bright but there's a faint haze but im pleased with where I got to from Nebraska and reading the visible.....
  20. ice1972
    Lol
  21. ice1972
    I'm done searching.....hot a spot in Columbia MO at Marriot.....there's some groups set up with some pretty sweet gear.....maybe I'll try to talk to them.....very faint high altitude cirrus but so far it's not a problem.....
  22. ice1972
    Diverting to Ashland....still 3.5 hrs until it begins
  23. ice1972
    Man am I happy I bailed on Nebraska....sun just came out from behind a cloud deck extending north....just has to hold on for a few more hours
  24. ice1972
    May just stop at Booneville....right on centerline....
  25. ice1972
    Thanks man but I think that's pushing it time wise.....Fayette is my target and I'm hoping it works out....95 miles left.... Also....the sun just came up....yay....
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