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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I live right in the middle of the path of the last one. Just went out in my backyard, full two and a half minutes or so - truly a sight to see. The shadows were bewildering.
Nice map.
X marks the spot. Imagine living in the area blessed to witness two total eclipses 7 years apart. Isn’t that very near the New Madrid fault line?
okay still not getting it
Which town names?
YOW! So it does!
Eclipses are racist. They only go through white folks neighborhoods.
90%, or even 99%, is nothing like totality. I went to the Nashville area for the 2017 one and because of it I was considering going to South America for the 2020 one until COVID killed travel. The only thing I missed in Nashville was the 360 degree twilight because I was in a wooded area so couldn't see the horizon.
When I was in Nashville, one of the guys near me was begging his mother to drive into the totality zone from where she was in the 99% area - so just a few miles. I don't know if he ever convinced her.
I was at the last one and there is a big difference between even 99% and 100%. Only at 100% is there the darkness.
I was told that once you see one, all you want to do is see another. So true.
Looks like I will be in the path. Knowing W. Oregon weather in early April, it will probably be raining.
That was the last eclipse...
I won’t be too far from the total eclipse, so I will travel to see it :)
I tried to see the last one but something blocked out the sun...
Saw the last one, God willing I will see this one also. Last one made a trip to South East Nebraska, wife was born there so got to see old home place and distant cousins. Clouds messed up all but a few seconds of totality but still a good event. Used to live on center line of next one in Central Tx but moved to coast a year ago. But the next one will only be a 3 or 4 hour trip instead of 2 days. Need to order fresh solar film for telescope and binoculars.
I was flipping between maps but the X appears over Egypt, Illinois.
Yeah, 90% wasn’t complete darkness, but considering I was in western Washington, I think I was lucky to have a cloudless day.
I can’t tell how many eclipses, meteor showers, and auroras I’ve waited for only to have clouds and rain.
The original pic posted required scrolling to see the whole thing. I posted it again with a height of 600 pixels so it would fit the page without scrolling.
I’ll fly my Lear Jet to Nova Scotia.
X marks the spot.
It looks like Illinois and parts of Missouri and Kentucky will be destroyed.....
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