Annoying thread title ahoy! Hopefully this'll set off some OCD people
Anyhoo, I don't know if anyone has noticed, but the continental USA is getting a good eclipse next Monday. Right through the guts.
I want to know who's making a special effort to see this, any out-of-towners who might be going for a drive a few hours away to place themselves right under the path. I also want to know who's lucky enough to live close-by anyway, and what you're doing to watch it. Share your photos and stuff.
But I don't mean share your photos of the eclipse. You're definitely better off watching the eclipse like a normal person, but taking photos of things that are going on before and after - they'll be infinitely more interesting and the professionals will have lots of great eclipse imagery anyway.
I flew to Cairns in 2012 to watch an eclipse, but it was a complete flop. It was slightly overcast on the morning it rose (which was super early in the morning) but then the clouds cleared about half an hour later, such a bummer. But we did catch a 1 second glimpse of the sun and moon in totality, and the reaction of the thousands of people standing on the Cairns foreshore was quite cool. And it's so eerie when the sky goes dark not long after sunrise.
Trust me when I say this: other than the first time you got into Sally's knickers at the school dance, watching an eclipse will be the best two minutes of your life.