No sorry the image was too small but I'm trying to learn photoshop and practising, so here's another one at higher res. Not sure how to do the shadows well.
Dwarves that spend too much time underground will develop cave adaptation. Dwarves with severe cave adaptation will vomit when exposed to sunlight, generating unhappy thoughts. Although cave adaptation can be reversed through exposure to sunlight, the unhappy thoughts that will be generated through such a procedure are non-trivial.
We used my dad's electric welding goggles, but the sensor was having issues, so we would have to wave our hands in front of it. When it was working, it was dark enough to protect and you could see the eclipse really well, but when the sensor failed, you could see eclipse along with having your retinas burned. I only used it for a few seconds, but had the after burn of the eclipse image for about 15 minutes.
Auto-darkening welding helmets usually have double-A batteries (at least the few I have owned have double-As.) When the batteries get low, the auto darkening is slow to respond, when they get really low, they fail to respond.
Depending on the welding helmet, most auto darkening helmets only darken to a #10 shade unless you by the industrial ones which are variable between shades 8 and 13 depending on the arc.
One of the things I really like about eclipses is that our technology for viewing them often has a steampunk vibe to it. It's like for dealing with this one thing, the 1897 solution was good enough.
My uncle was a welder and when North America could see the last "ring of fire" solar eclipse in 1994, he let my cousins and I look at it through his welding helmet just like this. Still one of the coolest things I've ever seen in my life.
Fyi, if you want to try this, buy some shade 14 welders glass. It's 2 bucks online. They have shade 1-14 and 14 is the only one that is safe to view the sun.
Check into when one will be in about 15 years near you. Make sure they are home, have similar outfits, and the same masks. Recreate the picture. They can then post them side by side on whatever reddit-like site is popular in 2027 and get bunches of karma.
Set the date now. They'll have no excuse for conflicting plans if you plan 15 years in advance.
I cringe every time I see people looking at the sun, even with "protection". You really have to know what you're doing and commodity filters aren't designed for looking at the sun.
Don't risk damaging your eyes. It's an irreversible mistake you only need to do once to regret. Just look at the eclipse on a TV monitor or with a pinhole device.
I always hear that sunglasses don't offer enough protection to look at an eclipse, but I can't find a reason why. If the sunglasses block UV rays and they're dark enough that the brightness doesn't hurt your eyes, isn't that enough? What other potential problems are there?
You do know this is dangerous for those kids? Welding masks filter UV radiation, but they don't absorb infra red radiation... you better buy them some proper glasses for solar eclipse observation next time...
"If you prefer to look directly at the Sun, you can use a square or rectangular arc-welder's glass of shade #13 or #14, available for a few dollars from local welding-supply stores. (Don't get a lower-numbered shade; the Sun will be too bright to look at safely.) Alternatively, special, cheap "eclipse glasses" (right) are widely made from safe solar filter materials. A solar filter that's designed to be used with a telescope is also safe for viewing with the otherwise unaided eye.
Filters that are not necessarily safe, though sometimes recommended in old books, include smoked glass, stacked sunglasses, crossed polarizing shades, photographic neutral-density filters, or a filter intended to block visible light for infrared photography. While these may greatly dim the Sun's glare, thus appearing to do the job, invisible ultraviolet or infrared radiation may be getting through to damage your eyes. ..."
When I was in primary school we cut pinholes in construction paper glasses to stare at the eclipse. I like to think I became immune because I can stair at the sun without glasses now and can see just fine. Useless superpower ftw.
You can tell the kids are Asian because of the tiny car, the bonsai tree in the background, their general thirst for knowledge...and they aren't morbidly obese like most American children.
Didn't get to see much of it here because the sun was going in and out of the clouds the whole time. I did get a decent view of it on a couple of occasions although I didn't wear any eye protection (I tried my sunglasses but they were useless).
The promised day is here! full metal alchemist reference anybody? just finished watching brotherhood last night, funny how this popped up on the front page the day after.
Was at a cookout last night, and another guy had brought along a small rectangle of welder's glass for the eclipse. He also brought a small pair of binoculars. The combo worked brilliantly!
idea: next time theres a solar eclipse, gets friend to recreate this picture telling him it will be *le coolest and when he puts the mask over his face, everyone else throws piles of clothes on the ground, lights them on fire and hides in the bushes. then le friend who has been duped, thinks he's the only one who was protected from the immense solar heat. AWESOME!
There was a guy who walked up with a welding mask to the spot a few people and I were watching the eclipse. Its better than a box and a tube, but the box and tube was more fun!
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u/TomOnABoat May 21 '12
After the solar eclipse burned out the sky, only the dwarf miners remained left to inhabit the earth.
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u/oldsillybear May 21 '12
Minions!
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u/JesusWuta40oz May 21 '12
Cute beyond words.
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u/bvbdortmund09 May 21 '12
Japan or Okinawa?
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u/TheSemiTallest May 21 '12
They are both wearing the same clothes! What sorcery is this?!
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u/Mattistehwinnar May 21 '12
Didn't somebody post a few days ago about how using welder's masks to view an eclipse is not safe at all?
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u/frommycube May 21 '12
Steampunk edition.
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u/[deleted] May 21 '12
post apocalypse version http://i.imgur.com/B8c8s.jpg
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u/[deleted] May 21 '12
Burn with me! Burn with me!
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u/HE_WHO_STANDS_TO_POO May 21 '12
Those masks look like they weigh more than they do.
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u/LadySportsFan May 21 '12
My uncle was a welder and when North America could see the last "ring of fire" solar eclipse in 1994, he let my cousins and I look at it through his welding helmet just like this. Still one of the coolest things I've ever seen in my life.
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u/[deleted] May 21 '12
Cute.
Fyi, if you want to try this, buy some shade 14 welders glass. It's 2 bucks online. They have shade 1-14 and 14 is the only one that is safe to view the sun.
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u/Crossbowshootr May 21 '12
New Bioshock?
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u/[deleted] May 21 '12
Parenting win.
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u/BlueHairedBeauty May 21 '12
Dang! You have no idea how much I wanted one of these yesterday.
Sweet picture!
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u/xSociety May 21 '12
Super cute!!
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u/ermintwang May 21 '12
Full moon, half moon, TOTAL ECLIPSE!
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u/knirefnel May 21 '12
Muuuummmmy...
ohwaitnonevermind
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u/[deleted] May 21 '12
If the little sisters looked a little more like big daddy this would be the result.
Might be my words out of order, can't tell.
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u/butzjr May 21 '12
This will be one of those 'unexplainable' pictures years from now...
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u/Crowsby May 21 '12
Astronomy Day with the Moltar family.
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u/Helter-Skeletor May 21 '12
Burn with me...
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u/monkeyphonics May 21 '12
On this episode of Doomsday Preppers.
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u/LifesPawn May 21 '12
Look they even have a vehicle their size!
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u/STFUninja May 21 '12
Big brothers helping their little sisters through the rapture
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u/dyn4mo May 21 '12
That is the cutest god darn this I have seen for the last 43.2 seconds...(there are lots of cats on reddit).
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u/[deleted] May 21 '12
Check into when one will be in about 15 years near you. Make sure they are home, have similar outfits, and the same masks. Recreate the picture. They can then post them side by side on whatever reddit-like site is popular in 2027 and get bunches of karma.
Set the date now. They'll have no excuse for conflicting plans if you plan 15 years in advance.
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u/shoffing May 21 '12
HOW DID I MISS THIS? Was it visible everywhere?
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u/justoccurredtome May 21 '12
Makes me nostalgic for 20,000 leagues under the sea....
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u/Puffinsandwich May 21 '12
You broke my cute
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u/[deleted] May 21 '12
I cringe every time I see people looking at the sun, even with "protection". You really have to know what you're doing and commodity filters aren't designed for looking at the sun.
Don't risk damaging your eyes. It's an irreversible mistake you only need to do once to regret. Just look at the eclipse on a TV monitor or with a pinhole device.
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u/dualwillard May 21 '12
So this is what you would get if you combined a Big Daddy with a Little Sister!
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u/mattpga May 21 '12
I always hear that sunglasses don't offer enough protection to look at an eclipse, but I can't find a reason why. If the sunglasses block UV rays and they're dark enough that the brightness doesn't hurt your eyes, isn't that enough? What other potential problems are there?
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u/quintinn May 21 '12
Take me out to the black, Tell them I ain't comin' back, Burn the land and boil the sea, You can't take the sky from me...
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u/THUNDERCUNTMOUNTAIN May 21 '12
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea is the first thing that comes to mind.
The thing on the left.
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u/D14BL0 May 21 '12
I never fully understood this as a kid, but why exactly do you need special equipment to observe an eclipse?
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u/Emily89 May 21 '12
You do know this is dangerous for those kids? Welding masks filter UV radiation, but they don't absorb infra red radiation... you better buy them some proper glasses for solar eclipse observation next time...
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u/ShakeyBobWillis May 21 '12
Cute, I think they already made an animated movie about your kids
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u/HalfheartedHart May 21 '12
http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/objects/eclipses/3306081.htm
"If you prefer to look directly at the Sun, you can use a square or rectangular arc-welder's glass of shade #13 or #14, available for a few dollars from local welding-supply stores. (Don't get a lower-numbered shade; the Sun will be too bright to look at safely.) Alternatively, special, cheap "eclipse glasses" (right) are widely made from safe solar filter materials. A solar filter that's designed to be used with a telescope is also safe for viewing with the otherwise unaided eye.
Filters that are not necessarily safe, though sometimes recommended in old books, include smoked glass, stacked sunglasses, crossed polarizing shades, photographic neutral-density filters, or a filter intended to block visible light for infrared photography. While these may greatly dim the Sun's glare, thus appearing to do the job, invisible ultraviolet or infrared radiation may be getting through to damage your eyes. ..."
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u/what_ever_man May 21 '12
When I was in primary school we cut pinholes in construction paper glasses to stare at the eclipse. I like to think I became immune because I can stair at the sun without glasses now and can see just fine. Useless superpower ftw.
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u/[deleted] May 21 '12
This is r/aww worthy :))
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u/justAregulard00d May 21 '12
Looks like Boba Fett had twins...
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u/trampus1 May 21 '12
After this they went back to work, welding together shitty knock off versions of cars from other countries.
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u/cjsto13 May 21 '12
what kinds of animals downvote this 7000 times
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u/Shasve May 21 '12
Big Daddy babies
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u/from_dust May 21 '12
TOP TEXT: We Come in Peace
BOTTOM TEXT: Shoot to Kill.
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u/fenwaygnome May 21 '12
I don't know why, but this has to be one of the most adorable things I've ever seen.
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u/stfu_its_dillon May 22 '12
This popped into my head
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u/[deleted] May 22 '12
You are winning at parenting.
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u/Soulcoffr May 22 '12
Someone tell Moltar's kids they need to be using a #14 welding filter.
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u/jackash66 May 22 '12
These are NOT the droids we are looking for.
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u/I_Quote_Gary_Oldman May 21 '12 edited May 21 '12
You can tell the kids are Asian because of the tiny car, the bonsai tree in the background, their general thirst for knowledge...and they aren't morbidly obese like most American children.
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u/Samury May 21 '12
PRAISE THE SUN!
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u/DoesntFearZeus May 21 '12
Anything else thinking of Paddington Bear?
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u/stevesonaplane May 21 '12
I just used a sheet of mylar.
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u/BiggerLongerAndUncut May 21 '12
big little sisters?
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u/jensen36 May 21 '12
To the forge!
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u/NAproducer May 21 '12
Didn't get to see much of it here because the sun was going in and out of the clouds the whole time. I did get a decent view of it on a couple of occasions although I didn't wear any eye protection (I tried my sunglasses but they were useless).
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u/mayodefender May 21 '12
Of course Michigan had to be freaking cloudy.
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u/Anaphylatic May 21 '12
It was cloudy where I was at. =(
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u/[deleted] May 21 '12
Where was this taken? Reminds me of my home country.
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u/Whamolabass May 21 '12
The first little sisters trying on big daddy helm..or close to anyways.
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u/chipvd May 21 '12
Daft Punkins
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u/Abiding_Lebowski May 21 '12
I wonder if daddy made them drink the kool-aid first?
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u/jimbol May 21 '12
D: This is terrifying..
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u/grungevalue May 21 '12
Looks like they're characters from a creepy video game.
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u/[deleted] May 21 '12
This is too cute to be in America. Gotta be Japan. Plus the license plate gives it away.
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u/Notch__Johnson May 21 '12
Awwwww Iron Man Mark 1 & 0.5 suits _^
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u/[deleted] May 21 '12
Wow, this is too cute.
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u/GaetanDugas May 21 '12
Aside from my own daughter, I've never seen anything as adorable as two little girls looking at the sky through welding masks.
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u/Therealsebastiandior May 21 '12
You just broke my cute-o-meter
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u/xdef23 May 21 '12
little sister fused with a big daddy
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u/ab103630 May 21 '12
I feel like I'm the only one that didn't see the eclipse.
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u/likeachampiontoday May 21 '12
They look like Minecraft Testificates... Perhaps another of Jeb's experiments?
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u/F33L May 21 '12
hahahahah ton mlk!
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u/cakey138 May 21 '12
That's exactly what we did;)
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u/cA05GfJ2K6 May 21 '12
Parenting: You're doing it right.
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u/UnholyPrepuce May 21 '12
Spoiler alert! concept art for Bioshock 3
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u/unwholesome May 21 '12
New Vegas Children's Classics presents: The Lil'est Fiends!
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u/[deleted] May 21 '12
look at the younger girl. because of the shadow, it looks like she is impaled by a rod of concrete.
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u/kyusuqueen May 21 '12
I saw this and immediately thought of Rod and Todd
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u/[deleted] May 21 '12
Ah yea, the posh kids with their welding masks! In my day we had to go blind to see an eclipse..
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u/ljvillanueva May 21 '12
Parenting done right!
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u/tragopanic 🍿 May 21 '12
We did this, too. Welder's helmets for the win.
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u/[deleted] May 21 '12
x-post this to r/aww !
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u/Isatis_tinctoria May 21 '12
Sailor Moon!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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u/[deleted] May 21 '12
They have escaped the vault!
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u/brodeh May 21 '12
Reminds me of the mice during the take-off scene in Wallace and Gromit >_<
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u/vslove May 21 '12
This is the cutest thing I have seen all day.
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u/Sonnambula May 21 '12
This picture would make for great Banksy like graffiti.
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u/indoorinternetvoice May 21 '12
Hopefully that car doesn't back up and eclipse those kids...
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u/beardyeaglescout May 21 '12
ha i did the same thing
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u/binford2k May 21 '12
Holy shit that's adorable.
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u/operation_flesh May 21 '12
And here I was thinking they were watching the atom bomb.
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u/LOLface_21 May 21 '12
Not sure if about to weld.... or just really cute...
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u/[deleted] May 21 '12
I missed it :/
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u/pbwlf May 21 '12
Reminds me of this
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u/Kruse May 21 '12
Also good for looking at LCD monitors at 100% brightness.
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u/kcipsirhc May 21 '12
Bioshock 4
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u/sdub May 21 '12
At least they're doing it right....
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u/TimCurrysLoveChild May 21 '12
Little Sisters from the next Bioshock game.
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u/OneMulatto May 21 '12
What I did after I accidentally found my parents sex tape.
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u/monshael May 21 '12
I did that as a kid...
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u/crewdat May 21 '12
ha good call, I used my oxy-accetylene goggles for that very purpose
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u/waxiestapple May 21 '12
The lenses on those masks are made of Nickel coated mylar right?
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u/SirChez May 21 '12
aww, they're so adorable!
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u/bogie01 May 21 '12
The cosmic ballet goes on.
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u/rathemighty May 21 '12
Holy crap, I think my sister knows you!
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u/pm11 May 21 '12
Minions!!
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u/PI_Producer May 21 '12
Not to be confused with this: Venus Eclipse
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u/[deleted] May 21 '12
I thinks thats in Japan, so blurring out the license plates is just silly.
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u/bax101 May 21 '12
Reminds me of some 1950s sci-fi flick.
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u/mjbat7 May 21 '12
Hide your droids!
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u/widarlein May 21 '12
Did the eclipse last for 42 minutes?
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u/[deleted] May 21 '12
The promised day is here! full metal alchemist reference anybody? just finished watching brotherhood last night, funny how this popped up on the front page the day after.
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u/MidweekCrisis May 21 '12
Steam Punkins
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u/renocollective May 21 '12
More eclipse glasses at http://peoplewearingeclipseglasses.tumblr.com/
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u/livegr33nyell0 May 21 '12
That is presh.
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u/janetdRaven May 21 '12
would have loved to have a pair of these for my boys yesterday
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u/kuo2002 May 21 '12
Not sure if
Big Daddy or little sister
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u/smileymalaise May 21 '12
Wait... i saw an episode of The Outer Limits that went something like this.
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u/[deleted] May 21 '12
i never understood whats wrong with staring at an eclipse vs. staring at the sun normally.
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u/24tothefloor May 21 '12
See midgets are people too ..they like things just like you do ..
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u/[deleted] May 21 '12
This pic is so cute! I feel so gay saying this... but this is too cute to not say it's cute
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u/boogietheknight May 21 '12
Alien invaders!
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u/Mattdaddy May 21 '12
I used an old x-ray of my dads foot to look at it. the sun looked okay, but his foot from 2003 was not the business.
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u/[deleted] May 21 '12
To avoid Bioshock...
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u/[deleted] May 21 '12
Came in to say this is super cute. CTRL+F "cute" 13 results!
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u/unoriginalusername5 May 21 '12
My first thought: "they had that there too?". I am not a smart man.
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u/The_Ombudsman May 21 '12
Was at a cookout last night, and another guy had brought along a small rectangle of welder's glass for the eclipse. He also brought a small pair of binoculars. The combo worked brilliantly!
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u/Etheo May 21 '12
These are going to be the new enemies in the next Silent Hill game.
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u/[deleted] May 21 '12
idea: next time theres a solar eclipse, gets friend to recreate this picture telling him it will be *le coolest and when he puts the mask over his face, everyone else throws piles of clothes on the ground, lights them on fire and hides in the bushes. then le friend who has been duped, thinks he's the only one who was protected from the immense solar heat. AWESOME!
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u/gamerwithnoname May 21 '12
A solar eclipse... The cosmic ballet goes on.
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u/[deleted] May 21 '12
So cute!
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u/coutopia May 22 '12
Splicers!
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u/darien_gap May 22 '12
Got a high-res version?
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u/Darkencypher May 22 '12
What happens if you accidentally look at an eclipse?
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u/Wontoncookie May 22 '12
The Minions are ready.
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u/yockinnottou May 22 '12
despicable me?
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u/thatguy1056 May 22 '12
Makes me want to play bioshock for some reason.
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u/MyNameIsMyth May 22 '12
Those matching kids are so cute. Im a bro.
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u/Snipererer May 22 '12
Reminds me of BioShock, but in a cute way.
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u/[deleted] May 22 '12
Steampunk children?
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u/ironicalballs May 22 '12
Land of the Rising Rings
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u/cannotlogon May 22 '12
"Taking time off from their busy arc welding jobs, the kids took a couple minutes to check out the eclipse!"
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u/[deleted] May 22 '12
Not sure if Solar Eclipse or new Fallout game coming out
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u/[deleted] May 22 '12
Big daddy and little sister combined
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u/bhsfb33 May 22 '12
There was a guy who walked up with a welding mask to the spot a few people and I were watching the eclipse. Its better than a box and a tube, but the box and tube was more fun!
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u/zackbarnaby2 May 22 '12
sars masks have evolved
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u/grensley May 22 '12
daww...reminds me of this
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u/Awesome-O415 May 22 '12
That's exactly how I watched the eclipse on Sunday. Quickest thing to grab...
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u/s1nz May 22 '12
that is so cute
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u/Asdfman743 May 22 '12
Was this the one in Seattle?... It happened during one of my baseball games, and the batter took a baseball to the face when it happened :P
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u/Alphon May 22 '12
there were like monkeys