Total Solar Eclipse 2017: When, Where and How to See It (Safely)

SPACE.com ^ | February 27, 2017 05:23pm ET | By Mike Wall, Space.com Senior Writer

[TruthInThoughtWordAndDeed]

Bob,

Yes. It is my site.

If you prefer watching videos, here is the companion playlist https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdiXfWAaBSYRroINkOiFzCB9R3yUjsAnT

Blessings to you and your loved ones.

[Red Badger]

Well, back in my day you put the lime in the coconut, and drink ‘em both up.........

[onedoug]

Maybe I’ll see you there.

[TruthInThoughtWordAndDeed]

Bob,

In case the first link did not work.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dd67RSUECsA&list=PLdiXfWAaBSYRroINkOiFzCB9R3yUjsAnT

[montag813]

The fact that total solar eclipses occur at all is a quirk of cosmic geometry. The moon orbits an average of 239,000 miles (384,600 kilometers) from Earth — just the right distance to seem the same size in the sky as the much-larger sun.

God is in the details.

[EternalHope]

We have reservations in a Wyoming RV park directly under the eclipse. Where we are going it will be totally eclipsed for over 2 minutes. :)

We made the reservations last September, within hours of finding out about it. We got the LAST space they had. (Apparently a lot of people found out about it before we did.)

I’ve always wanted to see a total eclipse, but never thought I’d be lucky enough to.

[CrazyIvan]

I’m thinking about flying my Learjet up to Nova Scotia to see it.

[cicero2k]

My wife and I are going to Central Oregon where the Super 8 motels cost $900 for the night of August 20, and drop to under $100 for the nights before and after.

It is that desirable.

No, I am not paying that.

[montag813]

You didn’t see Hale-Bopp? It was impossible to miss. That was once in a lifetime.

And then some. It will next fly by in 2,050 years

[RandallFlagg]

Trump’s fault!

*you know it’ll happen*

[eyedigress]

Smoky Mountains. Elevation 6643.

It is an observation area looking out onto TN and the Carolinas.

[Red Badger]

The event lasts only a few minutes, so why even get a motel room? Get up early, drive down then watch the show, if it’s not cloudy!

I’d be royally pissed if I spent $900 and it rained!.................

[Red Badger]

Here’s a hint:

You’re so vain, it won’t be there...............

[Conan the Librarian]

I am going to be somewhere in South Carolina near St Matthews.

If the weather turns bad, I can get on I-26 and scoot to where it’s better.

[Paradox]

I plan on driving up to Charleston SC. Been planning for about a year now.

[Red Badger]

Hopefully, Good Lord willing and the Creeks don’t rise, my wife and I will take a road trip to around Nashville in August...............

[Pete from Shawnee Mission]

For the sake of some of the respondants and any unaccompanied child that stumbles onto this thread:

https://www.nasa.gov/content/eye-safety-during-a-total-solar-eclipse/

https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEhelp/safety.html

here is one source for glasses: (and diffraction grates and suncatchers and stuff) There are others

https://www.rainbowsymphonystore.com/products/eclipseglasses

(I don’t sell this stuff, just don’t want anyone to go blind!)

[Tea Party Terrorist]

Unless of course there’s cloud cover. If so we will be heading for sunny skies.