It's officially #only 14 years until...

[ABEL]

I get to see a Total Solar Eclipse! Something I've always wanted to see!

This weekend my friends and I were discussing the dissapointment we had in not seeing the total lunar eclipse this past Thursday night (May 15) because of the cloudy weather here. Of course lunar eclipses and partial solar eclipses are pretty common. We were reading up on Eclipses in the "Farmer's Almanac". There will be a TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE visible from the U.S. (viewable from Oregon to South Carolina) in the year 2017! I always thought I'd have to spend lots of $$$$ and travel somewhere far away to see one.

But all I gotta do is wait 14 more years and there will be one practically right in my backyard

Of course if I ever have enough money and given the opportunity, I would love the chance to see a Total Solar Eclipse in another part of the world sooner.

http://www.earthview.com/timetable/worldmap.htm

 

[KhanadaRhodes]

i don't know about you, but i know where i'll be this november!

 

[Lilly]

i saw that eclipse on accident actually. we were up north at the lake (<--look everyone, i'm minnesotan) and roasting marshmallows on the bonfire and just caught a glimpse of it. i thought it was a blood moon at first, then when we saw it go back to normal we figured it out.



in 14 years i'll be 33.

 

[Sicy]

nerd alert

 

[KhanadaRhodes]

this thread gets three oh abels.

nerd alert

who, abel?

 

[ABEL]

In 14 years I'll be 47

I had to figure that out with a calculator

 

[beegee]

in 14 years i'll be 33.

only five more months for me.

 

[ABEL]

only five more months for me.

I'm 33 now

 

[Sicy]

Re: this thread gets three oh abels.

who, abel?

ABEL

 

[KhanadaRhodes]

i'll be 34...eek. that eclipse is like a week after my birthday.

 

[ABEL]

nerd alert

my thread didn't get a Zoey pic

 

[Salome]

I get to see a total solar eclipse every weekend

beer

 

[adamswildhoney]

i'll be 34

same here!!

 

[adamswildhoney]

i'll be 34

same here!!

 

[ABEL]

I feel so old

 

[Sicy]

 

[KhanadaRhodes]

so cute!

btw thanks for the

 

[ABEL]

 

[Basstrap]

i don't know about you, but i know where i'll be this november!

in the middle of the ocean?

 

[zonelistener]

Yeah, another countdown thread.

one year and 346 days until I am 33.

 

[Lilly]

16 days till i'm 19.

 

[samralf]

I'll be 41 and I used a calculator too

 

[The_Sweetest_Thing]

I saw one...pre-1997. I in 6th grade so I would have been 12, I believe. Anyway, they kept telling everyone NOT to stare at the sun....it was cool, got really dark. It was such a momentous occasion that they hooked up a video camera in the library and some classes got to go down and watch the eclipse safely (direct video feed, watching it on the TV as opposed to staring at the sun).


Come to think of it, I wish I had known 'Staring at the Sun' back then. Would have made it more interesting.

In 14 years I will be 34
Hopefully I will have figured my life out by then

 

[ILuvLarryMullen]

in 14 years i will be 34 or 35 depending on the time of year.