E: For clarification a “bucket list” is a list of things you want to do/see before you die

    • davidgro@lemmy.world
      11·
      17 days ago

      I finally managed to see them a couple years ago when we had that one incredible geomagnetic storm. Be ready for them to just look like faint gray streaks to the naked eye, but look just like those colorful professional photos through a smartphone camera with a night mode.

      • Davel23@fedia.io
        10·
        17 days ago

        It really depends on their intensity and local light conditions. I saw them once when I was a kid while sitting around a campfire out in the middle of nowhere and they were spectacular.

        • davidgro@lemmy.world
          3·
          16 days ago

          Ah, I figured that was probably the case, still a good idea for OP to be aware that it might be like I saw them and not just assume they aren’t there.

    • brewbart@feddit.orgDeutsch
      5·
      17 days ago

      That was actually crossed off my list for me thanks to nature itself. In the last few months there were solar storms so intense that all I had to do was go out on to the balcony and look up. Totally worth getting cold from staring so long!

    • Iconoclast@feddit.uk
      6·
      17 days ago

      I live in southern Finland and we’re just coming to that part of the year right now. Though it’s not 24 hours of daylight exactly but rather a sunset that turns into a sunrise without night in between.

  • DredPyr8Roberts@lemmy.world
    9·
    17 days ago

    Mostly travel, but the list continually grows after I visit a place, and thus will never be exhausted.

    I have rudimentary woodshop skills and want to build my own kitchen and bath cabinets. I still have a lot to learn.

    There are a lot of books i want to read; another never ending list.

    Learn a new language; working on German.

  • SwingingTheLamp@piefed.zipEnglish
    7·
    17 days ago

    Nothing, because I think the whole concept is dumb. If I were diagnosed with a terminal disease, I don’t need a huge to-do list waiting for me. Sure, I have things I’d like to do, and if I get to them, cool. If I die first, then it won’t matter, because I won’t care.

      • SwingingTheLamp@piefed.zipEnglish
        6·
        17 days ago

        Indeed, so why add the anxiety of an achievement checklist to our lives so we can feel anxiety about possibly not achieving everything? There’s no awards ceremony, nor completion bonus, at the end.

  • Bahnd Rollard@lemmy.world
    6·
    16 days ago

    Thru-hike the AT. Unfortnatly I work a regular america job. So being insured for 6 months and not being at work is a non-starter for now. Perhaps 2028-2030 will be a better time.

    • white_nrdy@programming.dev
      2·
      16 days ago

      This is something I’ve always wanted to do. However your caveat is my bid non starter. Especially given you’re at higher risk for injury

  • Iconoclast@feddit.uk
    6·
    17 days ago

    I need to start coming up with new things because I’ve pretty much achieved everything else already.

    Perhaps a second property with plenty of forest as my private playground.

    Edit: oh yeah, magic mushrooms

  • ExLisperA
    5·
    17 days ago

    Total solar eclipse. There will be one where I live in 2028 so I just hope it will not be cloudy. There’s also one this year in my country by father north, I will probably try to get there as well so I have a backup.

    That’s pretty much it.

    • XeroxCool@lemmy.world
      3·
      16 days ago

      It’s so weird. Take pictures because it won’t happen like this again. Don’t take pictures because you don’t have time. It doesn’t matter if it’s 1 minute or 4 minutes, your brain will only experience 30 seconds. While I wasted time on pictures, it was still a neat learning experience after the fact. There was a particular solar prominence we all saw, but orientation indicated where the photo was taken (trusting reported locations and that “up is up” in the photo).

      The one I saw has mixed memories. I brought 10x50 bincoluars so my view ended up being very similar to good photos that came out of it. I can’t tell which are my memories and which are memories of high end photos.

      I traveled 7 hours each way to see it. Because cloud cover was predicted, I left myself the option to either go east or north for the best sky forecast. Still, the loss of sunlight does have a slight cloud-clearing effect. We had a high altitude haze but it was fine enough.

      I barely remember it happening. It doesn’t go night time dark, but rather twilight dark. Everything went quiet. Even cars stopped driving. The whispy tails of the corona were so foreign to see.

      And as you finish reading this stream of consciousness I’ve written, it’s over.

      I can’t wait for the next one.

      • ExLisperA
        3·
        16 days ago

        I heard they are addictive. I will definitely try going north this year. It’s about 7h drive for me as well. Next year it will be right where I live.

    • Bahnd Rollard@lemmy.world
      2·
      16 days ago

      Random internet stranger, I have inportant instructions from THE FUTURE [queue scifi music] (also this is a big assumption is still a US in 20 years). On 2044-03-30, buy tickets to Disney World for 2045-08-12. Current policy allows booking 500 days in advance and the park will be in the path of the next total solar eclipse. This will be the single most expensive day to ever be in the park and you can try and sell the tickets.

      But real, non-joking answer. Got to Banff NP, Alberta Canada on 2044-08-23. It will be going through part of the lower-48, but lets be real, North Dakota is kinda dull.