[IL-Talk] Eclipse is anyone going to watch?

[Deborah Kent Stein]

I experienced a total eclipse in Mexico in 1990, and it was pretty spectacular. As Glenn noted, the temperature suddenly dropped, the crickets came out, and all the dogs started barking. It really felt like night at midday.

Debbie S.



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Subject: Re: [IL-Talk] Eclipse is anyone going to watch?

Only if your dog were staring at it more than he or she would normally look at the sun.
The risk is that while much darker than normal, there's still light from the sun's corona that extends further out and isn't obstructed by the moon (also, I think the ultraviolet corona extends further than the visible corona so even more uv light isn't blocked. It's certainly not more harmful than staring at the normal sun but it's people's altered behavior to stare up at an eclipse. Since we're all equally blind to UV light, sighted people might not realize it's still brighter than it seems.

By the way, Patti, If I can get a cheap bus ticket, I might take a trip to Indianapolis for the eclipse. I've seen one before in Columbia, MO. It did indeed  get dark like twilight, animals either got quiet or came out like it was nighttime and it gets noticibly cooler for a few minutes.
Unfortunately in Chicago, there may be no noticibly changes. The strength of the shadow of totality is concentrated in a small area of land and if you'reeven maybe a hundred miles from totality, there would be no dimming at all.

-Glenn III

On Tue, Mar 26, 2024, 7:24 AM Leslie Hamric via IL-Talk <il-talk at nfbnet.org>
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> I just thought of this, but could it damage my guide dogs eyes too?
> Leslie Hamric
> Cello and Braille Music Teacher
>
> > On Mar 26, 2024, at 6:41 AM, Robert Hansen via IL-Talk <
> il-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> >
> > Be careful with that even though you may have total blindness or 
> > limited visual acuity or light perception that can damage your eyes. 
> > I probably won't be watching that thing. I'll be indoors in some 
> > classroom. But just be careful that stuff. That's what they say. I 
> > know it might be kind of
> fun
> > to look at but you know it's also very dangerous to expose your self 
> > because the sun reflects off of the moon or some thing like that. 
> > And
> they
> > say that it's not good to look at that directly.
> >
> > Robert Hansen
> > hansen.robert70 at gmail.com
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> >
> >> On Mon, Mar 25, 2024, 6:26 PM Leslie Hamric via IL-Talk <
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> >> wrote:
> >>
> >> I'm watching from my own patio. Last time, I was outside on the 
> >> patio
> with
> >> my dog and all of a sudden everything got quiet. The bugs stopped
> buzzing
> >> and the bird stopped singing and my dog just laid down. It sounded 
> >> as
> if it
> >> was nighttime.
> >> Leslie Hamric
> >> Cello and Braille Music Teacher
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> >>> On Mar 25, 2024, at 12:35 PM, pattischang--- via IL-Talk <
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> >>> Pls let me know.
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> >>> Patti Chang
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