Mike Masnick ✅Apr 24, 2023

Randomly noting: if you're in the US, in April of 2024, the US will have a solar eclipse pass over a bunch of states for the first time in 7 years, and for the last time in *decades*.

It is an indescribably wonderful experience to be in the zone of totality. This article kinda covers it:. If you're not sure if you've seen one, you haven't. It's the most bizarre thing where it feels like someone flips a light switch and turns off the sky. https://www.space.com/37791-go-see-the-solar-eclipse-in-person.html

Yes, the Solar Eclipse Is Worth the Hype (Trust Those Who Have Seen One)

E.C. Krupp, director of the Griffith Observatory, explains why you should really try to see the 2017 total solar eclipse. (Hint: It’s worth it.)

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Show threadKen FarinskyApr 24, 2023
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Things to note about total eclipses: First, you'll need special glasses to look at the sun until totality. Make sure you have them. Second, seeing it at 99% or 99.9% is NOT a total eclipse. Make sure you're in the range of totality, it matters.
Show threadMike Masnick ✅
@kfarinsky yup. that's what that article is basically saying. you need to be in the 100% part. Because the switch from 99.9% to 100% is like someone hitting a light switch.
Apr 25, 2023 at 12:36amWeb