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Here Are the Best Places to View the 2024 Total Solar Eclipse (www.scientificamerican.com)

submitted 7 months ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/science@lemmy.world

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Weather predictions and population statistics show the best spots to see the total solar eclipse over North America this April

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[–] rockSlayer@lemmy.world 6 points 7 months ago (2 children)

They pointed out cities within 6 hours of the path of totality, but how far away from the totality can you be before you can't see the eclipse?

[–] CuddlyCassowary@lemmy.world 13 points 7 months ago

Even being at 1%, just outside of totality is completely different. Yes, you can still see it, but it’s still a lot of sunlight.

Here’s the answer to your actual question though: https://www.space.com/37878-solar-eclipse-2024-path-of-totality-maps.html

[–] l_b_i@yiffit.net 6 points 7 months ago

From the last eclipse, the difference between totality and not totality is night and day. Even at 99% you can't take the eclipse glasses off. The closer you get the more of the secondary effect you can see, like the crescent shadows, and the overall dimming. here is an interactive map. The percent for each of the lines is on the right and bottom.

[–] Nougat@kbin.social 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I recently booked a campsite inside totality, about 5 hours from here. Going down Sunday, coming back Tuesday.

When we went to see the last one, we did it all in one day. That was a mistake. Traffic on the way there was bad, traffic out after was horrible. If you have a plan to travel for this, it would serve you well to try and avoid having to travel back on Monday, unless you're already pretty close.

[–] BLAMM@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

Doing the same, except I'm doing it with a bunch of friends and we're making a gaming convention out of it at a ski resort. EclipseCon 2024 running from Apr 6 to Apr 9. I've been planning this since 2020, when I first heard the eclipse was going to pass close by.

[–] wjrii@kbin.social 2 points 7 months ago

Our house will get about 90 seconds or so of totality, so I am really stoked that I get to see it but don’t have to make it a whole thing. Only thing I haven’t decided is if I’m going to try to muscle in on my kid’s elementary school events or grab her after lunch.

[–] 93maddie94@lemm.ee 1 points 7 months ago

After the total eclipse in 2017 when I lived SUPER close but not at the point of totality I planned to go to Texas to see this one. At the time everything said that it was August of 2024. Then about last year I started seeing that it was April of 2024 and I can find almost NOTHING on the internet that says August. I know I don’t make it up but it makes me feel like I was going crazy, because I’m positive that this one was going to be in August.

[–] swab148@startrek.website 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Nice, I'm right in it! Time to get some glasses!

[–] Fal@yiffit.net -1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

No glasses needed inside the path of totality

[–] throwafoxtrot@lemmynsfw.com 1 points 7 months ago

Only during totality.

You still need them if you want to see the moon creep across the sun.

[–] CraigeryTheKid@lemm.ee -1 points 7 months ago

I now predict that moment will be very cloudy for my area.