Posted on 04/07/2024 10:24:33 AM PDT by MtnClimber
Explanation: Will the sky be clear enough to see the eclipse? This question is already on the minds of many North Americans hoping to see tomorrow's solar eclipse. This question was also on the mind of many people attempting to see the total solar eclipse that crossed North America in August 2017. Then, the path of total darkness shot across the mainland of the USA from coast to coast, from Oregon to South Carolina -- but, like tomorrow's event, a partial eclipse occurred above most of North America. Unfortunately, in 2017, many locations saw predominantly clouds. One location that did not was a bank of the Green River Lakes, Wyoming. Intermittent clouds were far enough away to allow the center image of the featured composite sequence to be taken, an image that shows the corona of the Sun extending out past the central dark Moon that blocks our familiar Sun. The surrounding images show the partial phases of the solar eclipse both before and after totality.
For more detail go to the link and click on the image for a high definition image. You can then move the magnifying glass cursor then click to zoom in and click again to zoom out. When zoomed in you can scan by moving the side bars on the bottom and right side of the image.
Wow, beautiful.
Nice!
Mrs. BBB333 & I were in Casper, WY to witness it. Lot’s of fun!
There were 20+ folks from Japan that began setting up all sorts of gear hours before the the eclipse...
I do not recall the National Guard being called up nor the hysterics being attributed to this eclipse.
On August 11th, 1999 there was a total solar eclipse that tracked across Europe. I witnessed it in Landstuhl, Germany and folks were sensible, however the night before we were in France having dinner and there was a parade of folks dressed up oddly holding signs (translated): ‘The world will end tomorrow’ so I think they were having fun with the eclipse...
Thanks for the images and I hope a few of us get to see the eclipse today!
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