Posted on 04/09/2022 9:15:28 AM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal
On April 8, 2024, the Great North American Solar Eclipse will cross the country, plunging a 124-mile-wide swath of land stretching from Mexico to Canada into night-like darkness.
First, the crowds gather, spreading out picnic blankets, setting up lawn chairs and stringing up hammocks. There's a social, even jovial atmosphere until the sunlight begins to dim, and an unnerving shadow seeps across the entire landscape like a rising tide. The chatter quiets as eyes lift to the sky. And finally, it happens — the sun is consumed entirely by a pitch-black disk, nighttime arrives in the middle of the day, and everyone gasps then cheers.
The spectacle of a total solar eclipse is an awe-inspiring moment, one that many skywatchers travel the world to witness. In 2017, the United States experienced its first total solar eclipse in nearly 40 years, with an impressive 88 percent of the adults in the country(opens in new tab) turning out to view the show.
Now, the next one is on the horizon. Two years from today, on April 8, 2024, the Great North American Solar Eclipse will nearly bisect the country, plunging a 124-mile-wide swath of land stretching from Mexico to Canada into night-like darkness.
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LoOKs like we will be very close to the swath
I live in the perfect spot for the last one, it was awesome. I recommend.
Looks like God crossing us off the map
XD
I’ll be looking forward to it for the next two years and watch it be cloudy that day.
“Looks like God crossing us off the map”
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Can’t argue with that.
I knew those solar binoculars that are sitting in the junk drawer would come in handy again!
I was in a great spot for the 2017 eclipse. I think it was 90% occlusion. The boss let us out to watch and one of the guys handed out welder's glass.
Dead center is a bit longer of totality but the other phenomena are less pronounced.
We were dead center of totality for the last one and will be chasing this one too.
You’re kidding right?
We drove from Maryland to south carolina where we hosted an eclipse party.
The funniest part was our son had the best view of the sun of literally anyone on earth and he missed the eclipse.
He was a data technician for the solar and heliospheric observatory at NASA. Since the observation satellite orbits well beyond the moon, he didn’t see a thing.
He did go outside and catch a small amount of partial eclipse.
Pull up a map and look at the names of the towns at the “crossroads.” Interesing.
Is an annular eclipse anything to get excited about? here’s one coming through the western USA Oct 14, 2023.
X marks the spot - the New Madrid Fault.
I’ve seen two. I don’t plan to miss a third.
I was between Idaha Falls and Ririe for
the 2017 eclipse. Nearly dead center. Amazing.
crossroads of what
My daughter and son-in-law chased the last one about two hundred miles north where it was total. Hubby and I watched from our home in Central California and saw a partial. I found it interesting to watch the traffic jams all across the country on my traffic application wax and wane in the wake of the eclipse track.
oh nevermind!
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