Why the 2024 total solar eclipse may 'outshine' 2017

Mother Nature Network ^ | August 21, 2017 | MICHAEL D'ESTRIES

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I remember being a kid with a cardboard box with a hole cut in it trying to see an eclipse and not seeing much of anything and finding out another one was coming along in 2017 or so and thinking, “Wow, that’s an incredibly long time from now.”

[PJ-Comix]

If a Babylonian King lived in Cape Girardeau, he would go absolutely nuts in 2024.

[ml/nj]

Only got back to NJ at noon today. I drove to Lexington, KY, on Sunday to give my self the best shot for clear weather. Lexington was pretty much equidistant from three possible viewing sites: Western KY, Central TN, and Eastern TN. I also guessed that it would be best to avoid driving the southern end of I-81. (I.e. from Lexington, VA, south.) I wound up in Eastern, TN, so I did drive north on that part of I-81 on my return trip and traffic was horrendous.

The picture below is one I took.

ML/NJ

[PJ-Comix]

Good pic. BTW, I found the BEST spot for viewing the 2024 eclipse in Texas. West of San Antonio near Kerrville there is a place called Stonehenge II where it will DEAD CENTER in the path of the eclipse.

[Jim Noble]

The problem here in New England, where Montpelier, Burlington, far Northern NH and North-Central Maine will have totality (as well as Montreal and Sherbrooke, PQ) will be clouds.

April 8 is a crapshoot for clear skies.