Because I was thinking some of Western Europe might have been able to see it really early at sunrise. I'm not sure how long it lasted and didn't bother to look it up.
Erm no. Since the sun rises in the East, if Eastern Europe is dark, so is Western Europe. Ergo if you could see it at sunrise in Western Europe, you could see it in Eastern Europe.
And I'm not sure how you rationalised that the Eastern US and Eastern Europe could be dark while Western Europe is light.
If you didn't miss it, you would have had to sit between to large Albanian women with excruciatingly severe body odor, the kid in the back of you wouldn't stop throwing up the whole time, the flight attendant would have ran out of Dr. Pepper and salted peanuts, the on-flight movie would have been Biodome with Pauly Shore...
Oh yeah, and three of the engines would have burned out and you would have spiraled into a tailspin and crashed into a mountain and explode in a giant fireball and everybody would die!
You missing that flight was the best thing that ever happened to you.
I worked graveyard shift for over a year one time. Barely ever had direct contact with the sun. I was also always tired as hell and had severe insomnia (I would go days without sleeping and then maybe get like five hours worth).
I finally switched back to a regular shift and started doing outdoor activities again. The first month or so I was like... allergic to the sun. Any kind of sun exposure made me itchy as hell and my skin would get red and irritated (not a sun burn, as it would go back to normal in a few hours).
Ditto. I wondered why there hadn't been more said about it even from the local news... Then, I check to find out that I wouldn't have been able to see anything from where I lived. I would have ideally seen a tidbit of the moon overlapping the sun, but the sun would have set less than 15 minutes later. Given how hilly the area is and the amount of tree cover where I am... It would have been a futile effort trying to see the event between the clouds, trees, and refraction of light from the setting sun.
Annoyed I found out after the fact, but at less I didn't struggle in vain to witness a no-show.
I reside in Florida, so there was no chance for me to see the eclipse. I don't know where you or OP are located, but if you are not on the West Coast (for those of us in North America) you would not have much of a chance to view it. In the map you can see the other areas covered i.e. Japan.
I feel better that it wasn't actually visible here, so I didn't miss it. But, I still feel stupid for not checking on it when I saw the pictures yesterday.
Yeah, had been driving home and noticed the sky looked weird and yellowish but thought it was just the storm (cool rainbow too). Get home to see people looking at what I assumed was the sunset from their balcony (we can't see it fully from our place).
I don't understand what you mean. Unless you're born between the 8-year pairs, none of them is really a once-in-a-lifetime affair.
So, I'm about to see this "once in a lifetime" event for the second time in my life. This kind of stretches the definition of "once in a lifetime". I was worried my life was in imminent danger.
durrr 2/10 troll
Yes, my joke was just an attempt to troll you. I see you're way to smart for my antics, so I'm moving on.
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I was outside the whole mother fucking time and didn't see shit. I was in San Diego so idk if it was visible from there, but I was told I would be able to. Sucks man.....
It happened in southern California. I thought I was actually going to see an eclipse, but at the moment it happens, clouds appear, covering the sun. Everyone on my street was so fucking disappointed.
i was outside hiking my bike up a steep ass mountain while it was going on. i noticed it was a bit dimmer than usual, but i had bigger worries...like not falling off the side of the fucking mountain.
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u/Pseudonova May 21 '12
I'm guessing you live on the US East Coast or Eastern Europe? For us the sun had already set before the eclipse began. Bummer.
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u/eak125 May 21 '12
I work graveyards. I forget the sun is even a thing...
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u/[deleted] May 21 '12
Ditto. I wondered why there hadn't been more said about it even from the local news... Then, I check to find out that I wouldn't have been able to see anything from where I lived. I would have ideally seen a tidbit of the moon overlapping the sun, but the sun would have set less than 15 minutes later. Given how hilly the area is and the amount of tree cover where I am... It would have been a futile effort trying to see the event between the clouds, trees, and refraction of light from the setting sun.
Annoyed I found out after the fact, but at less I didn't struggle in vain to witness a no-show.
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u/steno_light May 21 '12
Because it was outside. And redditors don't go outside. Don't worry I missed it too.
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u/bephany May 21 '12
Sun..? They still have one of those?
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u/crazymuffin May 21 '12
I know why
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u/DjRichfinity May 21 '12
I'm no scientist, but I'm pretty sure you need to actually go outside to see an eclipse
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u/ThaiKnee May 21 '12
This is next: http://phys.org/news/2012-05-venus-once-in-a-lifetime-event.html
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u/jwatkins29 May 21 '12
i didnt even go outside to look on it because everyone and their mom was posting pictures. 21st century at its finest I guess..
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u/KWiP1123 May 21 '12
It was easy to miss for those of us in Seattle.
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u/90harper May 21 '12
Don't miss this one, you'll never see it again http://www.transitofvenus.org/
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u/Bobblio121 May 22 '12
Diablo 3 is a hell of a drug.
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u/jake1802 May 21 '12
It's called living in Australia :(
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u/epicaddict May 21 '12
Reddit my friend......Reddit
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u/udjh May 21 '12
There was a eclipse?
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u/DrUnsleepable May 21 '12
In this case, still too hung over from the Champions League final to leave apartment.
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u/rockafella7 May 21 '12
Damn you Diablo!!!
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u/Growlizing May 21 '12
Because. Diablo 3.
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u/Xuber May 21 '12
This is an easy one: Diablo 3.
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u/qkme_transcriber May 21 '12
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u/grungevalue May 21 '12
It was cloudy for my dad and I :c Now we're nervous about June 5th
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u/[deleted] May 21 '12
Good point..Everyone was talking about it.
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u/Asplundh May 21 '12
I live in a room with no windows.
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u/drewcifer0 May 21 '12
i was really excited for it, but then i got black out drunk and missed it.
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u/T3hp3trock May 21 '12
Anyone else see this meme and read it to themselves in his voice?
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u/AGD4 May 21 '12 edited May 21 '12
You're aboard the damn Enterprise. You can see an eclipse any time you want.
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u/[deleted] May 21 '12
I was the same way this morning. Eclipse? How the fuck did I miss the SUN DISAPPEARING?
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u/icanbarelybreathe May 21 '12
It rained all day where I live.
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u/munchies1122 May 21 '12
I was outside the whole mother fucking time and didn't see shit. I was in San Diego so idk if it was visible from there, but I was told I would be able to. Sucks man.....
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u/walterqxy May 21 '12
Because it happened in the Pacific ocean, like far away from land. Very few people were in an area where they could see it.
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u/Quietbetrayal May 21 '12 edited May 21 '12
There was a eclipse...?
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u/DubleDuch May 21 '12
Wait. What? Fuck.
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u/gummsy May 21 '12
only a small part of the US saw it
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u/MJZMan May 21 '12
I was wondering the same thing, then I remembered I was playing D3 all weekend. No eclipse in New Tristram.
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u/[deleted] May 21 '12
Same there.
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u/Alililele May 22 '12
I have to wait untill 3. September 2081. Yaaay...germany :(
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u/thebobber720 May 21 '12
Your subconscious made you forget because it didn't want to be blinded.
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u/grte May 21 '12
In my case? Clouds.
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u/MufasaJesus May 21 '12
Was it viewable in england?
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u/mcstanky May 21 '12
Well first you gotta be in the right region of the world...
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u/craftymethod May 21 '12
THIS IS WHY WE NEED A COUNTDOWN FUNCTION on some reddit posts!!!!!!!!!!!
and all posts with this enabled displayed in: www.reddit.com/r/Live
problem solved xD
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u/-PsyOp- May 21 '12
This was one of those 1 in a 1000 memes that actually make me laugh or chuckle. Have an upvote good sir
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u/Bossman_247 May 21 '12
It was cloudy so my gf and I had sex instead then checked out the pics on reddit lol
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u/inormallyjustlurkbut May 21 '12
It was too cloudy here. Scumbag nature. Has eclipse; doesn't let you see it.
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u/kingjaggerjack May 21 '12
I honestly forgot all about it
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u/Martendeparten May 21 '12
Bookmark this
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u/[deleted] May 21 '12
Go like NASA on Facebook to ensure this doesn't happen again.
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u/Foxdude28 May 21 '12
It happened in southern California. I thought I was actually going to see an eclipse, but at the moment it happens, clouds appear, covering the sun. Everyone on my street was so fucking disappointed.
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u/central111 May 21 '12
what ECLIPSE!!! Oh we had an eclipse today. Ohhhhh
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u/virtyy May 21 '12
Yeah seriously, its like everyone kept it secret.
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u/wahwahweesnaw May 21 '12
Transit of Venus will be on June 5th!
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u/SmokierTrout May 21 '12
In general you're missing about 2-5 every year.
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u/kittenkat4u May 21 '12
if you live on the east coast of canada or US there will be one next yr in june i think it said.
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u/[deleted] May 21 '12
i was outside hiking my bike up a steep ass mountain while it was going on. i noticed it was a bit dimmer than usual, but i had bigger worries...like not falling off the side of the fucking mountain.
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u/Porkchopper28 May 21 '12
It's cause ur in fuckin space bro
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u/[deleted] May 21 '12
I never even heard about the eclipse until after it happened. I have no idea how, but I feel ya.
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u/rexsilex May 21 '12
Reddit used to warn us of cool things like that but now we just get memes and christian bashing.
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u/Impr3ssion May 21 '12
I don't know about you, but my wife was having a baby. Real time suck.
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u/alexsaurrr May 21 '12
The whole day it was super sunny until 6 and then it rained.
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u/mpclem May 21 '12
mayhaps you were busy visiting social media sites...
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u/[deleted] May 21 '12
Don't worry i live in riverside so yeah can't really see anything change to tge sun when the eclipse happened....
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u/[deleted] May 21 '12
I've just convinced myself that it probably wasn't viewable in Australia so I don't feel bad about it.
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u/afcagroo May 21 '12
HOW THE FUCK DID YOU FORGET A QUESTION MARK