Eclipse...

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Just viewed the eclipse here and took a picture through my welding helmet...lolzzzzzzzz

The shadow of the moon is starting to come into play at position 1 O'clock.
 

Desdichado

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Through a welding helmet...that's awesome!
 

blue_ladybug

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It's live on Youtube if anyone wants to watch.. lol

I'm not, though.. boringzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
 

Billyd

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Also live on discovery science channel TV.
 

Angela53510

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Welder helmet also here in BC! I thought it would be ho-hum, but it was amazing! But the sun is super bright here in semi desert, the eclipse was only partial, so the sky only dimmed a bit. I got to see several phases of the moon blocking the sun.

But the birds went crazy. Chirping angrily and flying around in crazy patterns I have not seen before!

Well worth making hubby get out the welding equipment! LOL
 

Angela53510

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I also saw predictions by a number of so-called "prophets" predicting this eclipse was judgement on America. I guess they need to be stoned to death? Or should I wait till it has passed through the eastern US before I get out my stones? ;)
 
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I also saw predictions by a number of so-called "prophets" predicting this eclipse was judgement on America. I guess they need to be stoned to death? Or should I wait till it has passed through the eastern US before I get out my stones? ;)
lol, Well the judgement coming to America is correct but it's unwise for anyone to predict the specific day God will carry it out.
 

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I also saw predictions by a number of so-called "prophets" predicting this eclipse was judgement on America. I guess they need to be stoned to death? Or should I wait till it has passed through the eastern US before I get out my stones? ;)
Many believe that this is the sign of the rapture as well as the beginning of the tribulation since there will be another one exactly seven years from now.
 

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No man knows the day or the hour. I think that the things that happen on the earth are significant, but that God knows and we don't. It doesn't necessarily mean we're all doomed.

I think that we should see other stuff that's going on like wars, famine, ect, but that in the end God knows what's going on and we need to trust Him. And to keep our relationship with Him strong.

And on a totally random note someone took a video of it from a plane and it's AWESOME

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I have studied solar eclipses in part of my bible studies and solar eclipses happen yes but where they happen and when they happen are what make them important or just another cool sight. The sun and moon and the stars are to be used for signs and seasons and lots of people easily discount the signs God gives.

Before discounting this sign there are a few things to consider, a total solar eclipse happened when Jesus died for three hours on the ninth hour of the day and when they day became night that is what made the soldier believe. Now the total eclipse is only in America but not only that is in the star constelation of leo the lion which has always been symbolized as the king and of course we all know of the commonly used the sky will become black and the moon to blood scriptures but there is also something else to consider, the fact this happens 33 days before the eclipse in Israel in which the day will become night for three hours is not an accident.

God formed the stars and the sun and all the planetary systems to his precise measures he wrote the story of his plan from adam and eve to the end of revelation in the skies and the stars he knew exactly what he was doing, I am not saying to expect the rapture or the tribulation but I am saying for people who keep asking for proof or for signs that all this is about to go down I would consider the signs right in front of your eyes.

Out of all the supposed signs given by the so called prophets to pay attention to this is one of the very very few I will say with certainty to pay very close attention to
 
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I also saw predictions by a number of so-called "prophets" predicting this eclipse was judgement on America. I guess they need to be stoned to death? Or should I wait till it has passed through the eastern US before I get out my stones? ;)

Darn dispies! :D ;)
 
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It was cloudy here :(. We did have the welding helmets out, but it clouded over 1/2 or so before it started...and the sun was shining to beat the band an hour after it was done! Oh well. It was only supposed to be 75 or 80 percent here.
 
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It was cloudy here :(. We did have the welding helmets out, but it clouded over 1/2 or so before it started...and the sun was shining to beat the band an hour after it was done! Oh well. It was only supposed to be 75 or 80 percent here.
You could've at least wore the helmets while breathing like Darth Vader. :D
 

hornetguy

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You could've at least wore the helmets while breathing like Darth Vader. :D
Yeah.... I've got a Yorkie named Duke... I'll look at him and say (in a Darth Vader voice) "Duke, I'm your father"......

He doesn't get it....looks at me like..... Duke.jpg
 

Angela53510

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Many believe that this is the sign of the rapture as well as the beginning of the tribulation since there will be another one exactly seven years from now.

Blain, this is so naive! If there was going to be a rapture, which is NOT in the Bible, why would there need to be a sign? I thought there was to be no warning?

Or, we've all been left behind!! NOT!

Start reading the Bible in context and stop listening to Internet false teachers, and you will benefit a lot more! The eclipse was one of many which have happened all over the world, for millennia! Just because this astronomical phenomena happened in America, doesn't mean Jesus is going to return, let alone this stupid, fictitious rapture the blind fall into the trap of believing!
 
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! Blain, this is so naive! If there was going to be a rapture, which is NOT in the Bible, why would there need to be a sign? I thought there was to be no warning? Or, we've all been left behind!! NOT! Start reading the Bible in context and stop listening to Internet false teachers, and you will benefit a lot more! The eclipse was one of many which have happened all over the world, for millennia! Just because this astronomical phenomena happened in America, doesn't mean Jesus is going to return, let alone this stupid, fictitious rapture the blind fall into the trap of believing!
Mmkay so you and others are on record calling the rapture stupid & fictitious. So if yall do witness people getting taken & if you do get left behind I hope yall wont be screaming why was i left behind, lol.
 

Billyd

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I have studied solar eclipses in part of my bible studies and solar eclipses happen yes but where they happen and when they happen are what make them important or just another cool sight. The sun and moon and the stars are to be used for signs and seasons and lots of people easily discount the signs God gives.

Before discounting this sign there are a few things to consider, a total solar eclipse happened when Jesus died for three hours on the ninth hour of the day and when they day became night that is what made the soldier believe. Now the total eclipse is only in America but not only that is in the star constelation of leo the lion which has always been symbolized as the king and of course we all know of the commonly used the sky will become black and the moon to blood scriptures but there is also something else to consider, the fact this happens 33 days before the eclipse in Israel in which the day will become night for three hours is not an accident.

God formed the stars and the sun and all the planetary systems to his precise measures he wrote the story of his plan from adam and eve to the end of revelation in the skies and the stars he knew exactly what he was doing, I am not saying to expect the rapture or the tribulation but I am saying for people who keep asking for proof or for signs that all this is about to go down I would consider the signs right in front of your eyes.

Out of all the supposed signs given by the so called prophets to pay attention to this is one of the very very few I will say with certainty to pay very close attention to
Break out your Bible. You're going to have a lot of Biblical significant events this century to work into your theory.

During the 21st century, there will be 224 solar eclipses of which 77 will be partial, 72 will be annular, 68 will be total and 7 will be hybrids between total and annular eclipses. Of these, two annular and one total eclipse will be non-central,[SUP][1][/SUP] in the sense that the very center (axis) of the moon's shadow will miss the earth (for more information see gamma).[SUP][2][/SUP] In the 21st century the greatest number of eclipses in one year is four, in 2011, 2029, 2047, 2065, 2076, and 2094. The predictions given here are by Fred Espenak of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center.[SUP][1][/SUP]

Wiki's List of 21st-century lunar eclipses

Just thought you might need a heads up so you can get everything lined up for the next one.

There have been a similar number every century in the past, and a similar number will occur every year into the future.

I wouldn't be concerned unless there were a solar eclipse and lunar eclipse on the same day. Only God could make that happen.
 
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Blain, this is so naive! If there was going to be a rapture, which is NOT in the Bible, why would there need to be a sign? I thought there was to be no warning?

Or, we've all been left behind!! NOT!

Start reading the Bible in context and stop listening to Internet false teachers, and you will benefit a lot more! The eclipse was one of many which have happened all over the world, for millennia! Just because this astronomical phenomena happened in America, doesn't mean Jesus is going to return, let alone this stupid, fictitious rapture the blind fall into the trap of believing!
AMEN!!!!!!
 
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I expected it to get a lot darker than it did, we were at around a 97% eclipse, got kind of dusk like for a minute.