Maybe they can turn all the solar panels on in reverse to make it light.
If it’s cloudy, don’t worry there’s gonna be another eclipse in North America in 2026
I was present in Cap Chat, Quebec, on the banks of the St. Lawrence on July 10, 1972. It was completely overcast. About 1/2 hour before totality, the mosquitoes came out in droves. We could see the edge of the moon’s shadow on the clouds racing towards us and the wind picked up. At totality, the temperature dropped 15 degrees in two minutes, condensed the clouds, and the wind picked up and the rain pelted us mercilessly. It was incredibly cataclysmic and whet my appetite to go to Mauritania the following year for the 7+ minute eclipse of June 30, 1973.
I’ll laugh at the the people spending thousands on travel and lodging.
One of my cameramen once said, with awe in his voice, “Clouds. They’re God’s scrim.”
Partial Solar Eclipse - Trumpet Voluntary - Helmut Wobisch
A music video of an older partial eclipse videoed from my backyard. The clouds act as a scrim for viewing.
The you don’t get to watch it.
The local meteorologist on the 6:00 p.m. news sounded so apologetic.
If clouds cover the eclipse and people cannot see it, there could be riots.
I'm planning the 3.5 hour drive north of St.Johnsbury, VT with New Hampshire as backup.
Very eager to witness this event. Pink Floyd's Eclipse will be playing on my mind's jukebox the entire day...
And everything under the sun is in tune
But the sun is eclipsed by the moon
A truly dumb question
bttt
My sister lives in the Minneapolis, Minnesota area.
Rain most of the day there.
You can take your private plane and fly to an area where the total eclipse will happen....
It looks like clouds and rain in Minneapolis on Monday...... 🌧️
Around 74% of the Sun will be obscured by the Moon for the eyes of Twin Cities residents — with the eclipse starting around 12:50 pm and peaking around 2pm, per NASA.
Live view from Texas
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lb1kgHP5g80
The total solar eclipse will be visible along a narrow track stretching from Texas to Maine on April 8, 2024.
A partial eclipse will be visible throughout all 48 contiguous U.S. states.
You can download the map at:
https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5123/
2024 Path of Totality
https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5219/
This visualization closely follows the Moon's umbra shadow as it crosses North America during the April 8, 2024 total solar eclipse.
It covers the one hour and 50 minutes between 10:57 a.m. Pacific Standard Time and 4:47 p.m. Atlantic Daylight Time.
Annotations include a running clock and the location of the center of the shadow.
Everyone within the dark oval sees totality.
Then all those people who bought those goofy glasses will just have to wear them at the beach....