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 threadMike Masnick ✅Apr 24, 2023
Anyway, if you're at all interested in experiencing it (and, you should), I would recommend trying to find places to stay like... today. Many hotels opened up booking this weekend, and every one we had planned to try sold out almost instantly, despite ridiculous pricing. We eventually found a place and booked it, but rooms are disappearing quickly.
Show threadJonApr 25, 2023
@mmasnick Don't skip the campsites! Shawnee National Forest is going to have some great viewing spots in SW Illinois, if you can book them
Show threadJonApr 25, 2023
@mmasnick There's also a bunch of great camping in the Mark Twain National Forest in south Missouri that ought to be pretty close, based on the maps I've seen
Show threadMike Masnick ✅
@Phyrkrakr yeah, we did campsites for the last one. and had a campsite picked out in texas as a fall back. but we're bringing my parents and some friends who... are not really the camping type.
Apr 25, 2023 at 5:22amWeb