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The second solar eclipse I witnessed was in Landstuhl, Germany...
The next morning at a rock overpass there were 100’s of flowers — I asked a local about them and apparently someone made the Darwin list during totality by driving
with his upper body out of the drivers window and swerving too (waaaaaaay too) far left, obviously without watching the road...
I’ve seen three but will miss these.
My old neighbor at last count had seen eight...but then he is an astrophysicist and had been up on Skylab multiple times and also on the Space Shuttle once (having gone up & back on the Challenger).
Thanks for the APOD list!
They are opening the Indianapolis Motor Speedway for this. That might just be worth the trip. It would really be terrible if it was cloudy.
Looking forward to this from Texas. I only have less than an hour’s drive to get to the totality path in Central Texas.
Better not be cloudy!!!!
The only total eclipse I’ve ever seen was the one in 2017. I live in Denver, but drove up to tiny Jay Em Wyoming, which was dead center in the path of totality. I thought I was prepared, but what I witnessed when totality arrived was beyond my wildest imagination. All I could do was stand there saying, “Oh wow!” over and over again, while my knees almost buckled under the emotion of it all. The unworldly pure white of the sun’s corona, and seeing it dancing around slowly while bright red prominences were visible beyond the edge of the moon was indescribable. It was as if a veil had been pulled away and you could see straight out into the universe. To anyone who is a believer in God it was deeply, profoundly moving, and to anyone who isn’t it will mightily test your ability to maintain your doubt.
And if you think, “eh…what’s the point?…it’s going to be 99% total where I’m at, so that’s just as good”: There is NO comparison between even 99% totality and true totality, 100%. The sun is so bright that even 1% of its light peeking around the moon is still a lot of light, making it just appear like a normal day, only a bit dimmer.. 100% totality is like being transported to another planet, with the most alien thing you’ve ever seen hovering in the sky.
There’s no point in trying to describe it any further because words, and even the best of photos, do it absolutely no justice. Whatever it takes, just be there when it happens. You will never regret it.
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Cool! It will be hovering over our area in Rochester NY at 3:20.
We made sure we got our solar eclipse glasses last year - before they run out.
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