#eclipse party

[hiimspooks]

Poptart wore his eye protection, and this is what he saw!

[tasiaadams18art]

Eclipse Is Amazing.

[leifandthorn]

The two moons in Leif & Thorn are "the Sisters" in Iuilic mythology. Which means any time one of them eclipses the sun, (even Little Sister, who doesn't fully block it out) it's a party!

Normally the Sisters are drawn in really formal/traditional garb. For this, I did a modern redesign and put them in cocktail dresses.

Comes in two color variations. Support on Patreon to get the high-res versions!

[htgzoo]

I had an eclipse party today, been planning since the 2017 eclipse we drove hours to see. Half my guests were sick and bowed out but those of us who were there had fun and the eclipse was amazing.

[somethingusefulfromflorida]

This has been my bio for several months now. Some people may recognize why, but I'd like to make a formal announcement and extend an open invitation to friends, mutuals, and followers alike.

On April 8th, 2024, a total solar eclipse will be visible across the United States, and the path ot totality just so happens to pass through the small town of Wapakoneta, Ohio, the birthplace of astronaut Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the Moon.

I think it's amazing that everything has lined up so perfectly, it's a big magical cosmic coincidence. The Moon will be directly overhead where the first moonwalker was born; it feels like a prophecy

Anyway, right now this fact is pretty obscure, but as we get closer to the eclipse I guarantee that people will start talking about it. The town will advertise it to draw in tourists, they may even plan an eclipse party, so I'm getting out ahead of the crowd and planning one myself. The specific coordinates I chose are for the Armstrong Air and Space Museum, though who knows what the museum will have planned for that day; it's too soon to set anything in stone, but I want to get the word out so we can start making plans in that general direction. Whether the museum is open or not, I'm gonna be in Wapakoneta that day, and I want you guys to come too!

I'm going on roadtrip from Florida all the way up the I-75 to Ohio, some 1200 miles, I'll make the weekend of it, see the country, pass through Atlanta, Knoxville, Lexington, Cincinnati, maybe make some stops along the way to see Civil War sites, who knows? I've never been allowed to plan my own vacation before, I've always just gone with the flow of what everyone else wanted to do.

If you want to attend the eclipse party and live within, say, 3 or 4 hours of the I-75, we can carpool or caravan together. If you live way further out and can't make the drive, but catch a flight that lands nearby, I can swing by the airport and pick you up. I'm willing to make detours, we can coordinate everything as we get closer to the date.

There's no official RSVP yet, but if you're interested in coming feel free to hit me up. It's still 2 years out from the eclipse, and a lot can change between now and then, so nothing is concrete yet. It won't be until the middle of next year that we have to start finalizing stuff, so we have plenty of time to figure iron out the details.

I've got friends from all over the country, and I think it would be really nice to have a big meetup. I never got to go to any conventions before the apocalypse started, so this will be a nice public get together as things hopefully return to some semblance of pre-covid normalcy by then. It'll also be a nice distraction from the sure-to-be dumpster fire of the presidential election.

Monday, April 8, 2024

Wapakoneta, Ohio

3:10 PM

Be there, or be square

[nightlyfieldlog]

January 20th, 2019, 23:52, total lunar eclipse. RA/Dec (J2000.0): 8h10m28.55s/+20°00'52.6".

[imaginesteverogerss]

Imagine the Avenger's having an eclipse party.

“Oh my god Steve, put on your glasses.” Sam wanted to feel like a mother hen, but he was pretty sure Fury wouldn’t take too kindly if someone hadn’t at least tried to get Steve to be responsible.

“I have a supersoldier serum.  That should cover me for any eclipse-related injuries.”

“It’s not an insurance policy, jackass.”  Bucky glowered.  

Clint handed Steve a pair of eclipse glasses.  “But think of the children.” He despaired.  “What will they want to do if they see Cap not wearing his eclipse glasses?”

Steve scowled.  “That’s a cheap shot.”

“It’s the truth.  You know, that thing you’re supposed to be a beacon of.  Along with like, justice, the American way, and not skipping Leg Day.”

Bucky cackled.  

“I brought half-moon cookies.”  Natasha announced from the doorway to the penthouse patio.  She was decked out in a huge pair of eclipse glasses, one lens surrounded by the sun, the other by the moon.  

“I didn’t know you baked.”  Tony observed around a bite of cookie.  

Natasha smiled serenely.  “I never said I couldn’t, either.”

Tony shrugged.  “Fair enough.”  He looked up at sky for a few moments through his own paper glasses.  

“Want to head for the path of totality up north in a few years?  This is great but imagine how much fun it’d be to see a total eclipse.”  Sam asked.

“That’d be perfect.  It’ll give me time to prepare a playlist.”  Clint took two cookies for himself.

“If there’s anything but ten hours of ‘Total Eclipse of the Heart’, I’ll be disappointed.”  Tony grinned.  

“I’m a reliable guy, Stark.” Clint reached over and tapped on the paper glasses that were sitting on top of Steve’s head, making them fall to the bridge of his nose.  “And so is Steve.  Wear your glasses.  You’re supposed to be a role model.”

Steve turned his back on the group and held up his phone.  “Smile!”  He posted the group selfie to his Instagram account with the hashtags #eclipseparty and #viewresponsibly (just to sass Clint).

[nemfrog]

Observing a solar eclipse near the Cherniaevo Station in the Tian-Shan mountains. Color separation negatives. Sergeĭ Mikhaĭlovich Prokudin-Gorskiĭ, Jan. 1, 1907. Library of Congress.