Will you be in the path of the Total Solar Eclipse in the United States?

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The April 8, 2024 eclipse will be a total solar eclipse. During a total solar eclipse, the Moon moves between the Earth and Sun completely obscuring the Sun.

All of the United States will experience a partial solar eclipse.
An eclipse path sweeps across central Mexico,
parts of Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Missouri, Kentucky,
Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, Vermont,
New Hampshire, Maine and southern Canada.

During totality,
you may view the Sun without proper eye protection, such as solar glasses.
But during all other phases of the eclipse,
you should only look at the Sun when your eyes are protected.

https://nso.edu/for-public/eclipse-map-2024/

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2024 TOTAL ECLIPSE CITIES
Cities and times and duration of eclipse
https://nationaleclipse.com/cities_total.html


2024 PARTIAL ECLIPSE CITIES
Some cities and times and percentage of coverage
https://nationaleclipse.com/cities_partial.html

Yes, and you need to make sure it's totality. And we all make sure we have our ISO compliant eye protection at partially blocked times.

The birds will roost and the squirrels will go where they go, then a short time later their little minds will wonder wow, feels like I just went to sleep.

The eclipse path will really hit central Indiana here.

http://xjubier.free.fr/en/site_pages/solar_eclipses/TSE_2024_GoogleMapFull.html

Live eclipse special on ABC April 8, 2-4 pm EST.

ABC News, National Geographic announce live 'Eclipse Across America' special on April 8 (https://abc7chicago.com/abc-news-live-national-geographic-rare-total-solar-eclipse-across-america/14558505/)


Somewhere Bonnie Tyler better be singing…..

Somewhere Bonnie Tyler better be singing…..


The better title song is
A Total Eclipse Of The Sun
by Don McLean

Total Eclipse Of The Sun (3:12 long)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtZP972tBkk

Lyrics
https://genius.com/Don-mclean-a-total-eclipse-of-the-sun-lyrics

The better title song is
A Total Eclipse Of The Sun
by Don McLean

Total Eclipse Of The Sun (3:12 long)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtZP972tBkk

Lyrics
https://genius.com/Don-mclean-a-total-eclipse-of-the-sun-lyrics

I hadn’t heard that one. Apparently I’ve led a sheltered life of just listening to American Pie over and over :(

80% chance of seeing it in Maryland. But I'll probably be at work when it happens so I'll miss out.

I hadn’t heard that one. Apparently I’ve led a sheltered life of just listening to American Pie over and over :(

I guess you have to be a true Don McLean fan. :)
The song was on Botanical Gardens Album released on Jan 1 2018
Track 3. A Total Eclipse Of The Sun

80% chance of seeing it in Maryland. But I'll probably be at work when it happens so I'll miss out.

Where I live (50 miles East of Columbus, Ohio) we will have 98%-99% coverage. Approximate time from 3:09 to 3:13 PM EDT duration.

They are even closing schools in our area, so people can travel with their kids, to see the "Totality" Solar Eclipse. :)

With our luck it will be cloudy or raining that day! :lol:

Of course I'll see it live! I even got an extra day off of Easter Vacation!

I know the eclipse can damage human eyes, which is why I will be closing my curtains completely the night before to keep out any outside light. Can cat eyes be damaged as well? My parents' house has a few windows and doors with partial or no coverings their cats like looking out. They obviously won't wear the eye protection that is available for humans. :lol:

5 signs will have problems from this eclipse......

Libra
Cancer
Taurus
Aries
Capricorn

Im feeling it already!!! (I am a Libra)

www.hindustantimes.com/astrology/horoscope/first-solar-eclipse-of-2024-5-zodiac-signs-to-face-challenges-on-this-day-101707283725647.html

I'm not making this up. I was driving in NYC the other day when I saw an overhead sign on a highway:

Solar Eclipse on April 8. Use mass transit.

Yes I have seen signs saying EXPECT DELAYS :D

I'm not making this up. I was driving in NYC the other day when I saw an overhead sign on a highway:

Solar Eclipse on April 8. Use mass transit.

I do believe it!!!

In Columbus, Ohio they are putting up
construction digital signs on some highways
with the message:

"April 8
SOLAR ECLIPSE

NO PARKING
ON HIGHWAY"

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

I bet there will still be people PARKED ON THE SHOULDERS!!! :nod: :nod:

Those into it all, it's WILD, and the more highly specialized high test gadgets, the better for them....It's NUTS and so money driven too.

I know the eclipse can damage human eyes, which is why I will be closing my curtains completely the night before to keep out any outside light. Can cat eyes be damaged as well? My parents' house has a few windows and doors with partial or no coverings their cats like looking out. They obviously won't wear the eye protection that is available for humans. :lol:

If it can damage a human's eye sight it can definitely damage a cat's.

Live eclipse special on ABC April 8, 2-4 pm EST.

ABC News, National Geographic announce live 'Eclipse Across America' special on April 8 (https://abc7chicago.com/abc-news-live-national-geographic-rare-total-solar-eclipse-across-america/14558505/)


ABC announced first I guess, but now I see CBS and NBC are also doing one.

... and the solar eclipse can also be seen on almost any streaming live on the web .... below is a website with many that can be found carrying coverage ...

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=live+solar+eclipse+broadcast&atb=v314-1&iar=news&ia=news&iai=https%3A%2F%2Fmarkets.businessinsider.com%2Fnews%2Fstocks%2Fverizon-business-provides-nasa-with-a-network-solution-to-allow-for-a-live-broadcast-of-solar-eclipse-1033225623&pn=2



.... also
Verizon Business provides NASA with a network solution to allow for a live broadcast of solar eclipse.

April 05, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Verizon Business has partnered with NASA to provide a network solution that will allow for a live broadcast of the solar eclipse on April 8.

Verizon Business, with essential support from Leidos, provisioned 1GB E-Line service from the Great Lakes Science Center in Cleveland to the John Glenn Space Center.

This provisioning effort was accomplished in fewer than 30 days, which is key, as it has enabled NASA to thoroughly test video and broadcast applications in advance of the eclipse. (...)

(...)This connectivity will enable NASA to bring in multiple video feeds from across the United States, including telescope views and broadcast commentary, which are combined to deliver the broadcast to NASA viewers around the world. (...)

https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/verizon-business-provides-nasa-with-a-network-solution-to-allow-for-a-live-broadcast-of-solar-eclipse-1033225623

This is a longer version from the radio edit posted earlier. Total Eclipse of the Sun Don McLean

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfk8qrOyuMM

The Weather Channel has live coverage going as well.

Not much going on with the solar eclipse here in Southern California. If I didn't know we were having one , I wouldn't know. Not even dark here at all!!:confused:

Oh I guess a little bit? I just opened the blinds . It's sunny but the sky is a little bit darker than usual. Kind of freaky! :cool:

We have had TOTALITY in

Mexico
Texas .....

and going up the States

in less than a half an hour it will be in

OHIO

where I live.


It is COOL it looks like PAC-MAN
Chomp Chomp Chomp

Not much going on with the solar eclipse here in Southern California. If I didn't know we were having one , I wouldn't know. Not even dark here at all!!:confused:

Oh I guess a little bit? I just opened the blinds . It's sunny but the sky is a little bit darker than usual. Kind of freaky! :cool:


I'm sorry -- you are on the "wrong side" of the country to see much!

Watch it on the web. It is cool....


WOW!
I just saw a plane high in the sky go by ---I hope they have "Solar" glasses

Was anyone in the path of the eclipse and got to really experience it? Unfortunately, I didn't.

Was anyone in the path of the eclipse and got to really experience it? Unfortunately, I didn't.

On the board :
MrCleveland (in Cleveland Ohio) had Totality

Here with me it was about 98-99% (Zanesville, Ohio)

It was a very weird, eerie feeling/looking outside.
We had bright sunlight and yet darkness at the same time.
It was so dark the streetlights came on. :eek:

My wife, daughter with several of our grandkids traveled
(about 60 miles west) to where
three more of our daughters and more grandkids
meet up with them to be in the path of "Totality!" :)

It was a very weird, eerie feeling/looking outside.
We had bright sunlight and yet darkness at the same time.
It was so dark the streetlights came on. :eek:

My wife, daughter with several of our grandkids traveled
(about 60 miles west) to where
three more of our daughters and more grandkids
meet up with them to be in the path of "Totality!" :)

Wow! Must have been awesome! :)

We didnt see anything here!!

It got cloudy and maybe slightly dark but it only lasted a few mins...........

I really didn't get to see anything from where I was. Clouds blocked most of it.

It just got a little dark, like it gets when a storm is about to come, and it got cold.

The day came and went and I didn't experience any of it...the next one is 2044......

The day came and went and I didn't experience any of it...the next one is 2044......

You live in the "WRONG" part of the country to see "totality" just like Bonnie :( but you had plenty of places to see it listed on this board.

Also, you can watch this to see reaction from people as to what was seen in California. At about 6:44 minutes in, it's shown what was seen.

Southern Californians enjoy partial solar eclipse (7:14 long)
KTLA 5
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwdp4L3ugv8

Where I am there was totality but it lasted for only about a minute or so. When the moment of totality came, it wasn't completely dark outside, there was still some daylight, it basically resembled the time of dusk where there is still a little daylight before the darkness of night sets in.