2017 Eclipse
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2017 Eclipse
After a bit of research I'm thinking Caspar Mountain, near Caspar Wyoming. Trouble is, it doesn't seem to be possible to book hotels more than 1 year in advance! I was in Cherbourg, northern France, for the eclipse of 1999 but the clouds rolled in. I'm hoping Wyoming in August will be better.
Here's the philosophy part: Beauty and awe of natural phenomena like eclipses: evidence of divine design or a reflection of our empathy with the universe of which we are an inextricable part?
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When you say "Here's the philosophy part", I'm wondering if you should have posted in the science section. Anyways I regard eclipses as part of nature. They are something to behold.
As far as you trying to rent a room in Wyoming, how about a house as opposed to a hotel? Would that work out better for you?
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Interesting: If the entire US population decides to go and see the eclipse and stand on the line of totality about 1 yard apart from each other, by my reckoning that would result in a continuous line of people from coast to coast 60 people wide.
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I think the last para is a theological part. If it were a philosophical one, you'd be asking what do people use to justify that question, not actually ask it.Steve3007 wrote:Who's planning to travel to or be in the USA in a position along the path of totality for the August 2017 total eclipse? Where are you thinking of viewing it from?
After a bit of research I'm thinking Caspar Mountain, near Caspar Wyoming. Trouble is, it doesn't seem to be possible to book hotels more than 1 year in advance! I was in Cherbourg, northern France, for the eclipse of 1999 but the clouds rolled in. I'm hoping Wyoming in August will be better.
Here's the philosophy part: Beauty and awe of natural phenomena like eclipses: evidence of divine design or a reflection of our empathy with the universe of which we are an inextricable part?
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I've heard that Trump plans to launch a Twitter war against the eclipse, but it is as yet unknown whether the eclipse has a Twitter account.
Not only that, does the eclipse even exist? What is it's size, weight, mass? Do you really expect us to believe in something we can't even touch?
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I managed to crawl around the cliffs and enjoy the experience beyond the reach of anyone else.
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A friend of mine apparently watched the 1999 eclipse from a mountain in Romania. Said it was fantastic.
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Just so you know, Wyoming is also a very conservative place. Probably every one of those half million folks voted for The Dumpster, I mean Trumpster. Bring your cowboy hat and Bible.Steve3007 wrote:I've read that Wyoming has the lowest population of any state in the USA -
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