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For those in the US are you planning on attending any particular eclipse totality event / festival?

• dboreham 9y ago
  We're making our own somewhere in Idaho, which is the closest area of totality (less than 4h drive). All the hotels, camp grounds, etc were sold out months ago so it'll be a "pull off onto the shoulder and set up camp" type thing. Order your eclipse glasses and 16 stop filter for your camera now before Amazon sells out..
  • legolas2412 9y ago
    What's a 16 stop filter. I just purchased a cheap solar filter sheet and uv filter for a gopro, seems to work okay.
    • PhasmaFelis 9y ago
      I would spend those precious minutes actually looking at the eclipse, not taking photos that are identical to all the other eclipse photos.
      • dboreham 9y ago
        Agree, but since I didn't have a solar ND filter, and they're likely to sell out, I figured may as well get one now.
    • taejo 9y ago
      "16 stops" means a ratio of 2^16, so in this case a 16-stop filter is a filter that allows 1/2^16 = 0.0015% of the light through. This is presumably "neutral density" that blocks all colours of light equally and has no other effect.