Astro Hawk (Ian Kluft) ✅🚀🛰️Long-range #weather outlook by @theeyewallwx / @mattlanza for April 8 #SolarEclipse: early Spring has high probability of clouds across much of the path of totality in central Mexico, eastern USA (Texas to Maine) & eastern Canada https://theeyewall.com/digging-into-the-model-data-to-tell-you-what-we-know-about-the-weather-for-april-8ths-solar-eclipse/ #SolarEclipse2024 #astronomy
Possibly controversial opinion: fireworks are a completely unnecessary distraction during a #TotalSolarEclipse. A total eclipse is only a short number of minutes long. The eclipse, solar corona, daytime stars & twilight are the experience. Look! 👀😎 #SolarEclipse2024 #astronomy
"A way-too-early look at the cloud cover forecast for the solar eclipse" by @washingtonpost / @stillmand - Another overview of #weather outlook/probabilities for April 8 #TotalSolarEclipse. Probabilities of clouds lower south. https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2024/03/27/solar-eclipse-cloud-forecast-totality/ #SolarEclipse2024 #astronomy
As April 8 #TotalSolarEclipse approaches, there's literally a day & night difference between 100% eclipse "totality", and 99% eclipse which is a million times brighter. The term totality is 100% eclipse. You can use percent for eclipse, not totality. #SolarEclipse2024 #astronomy
"Solar Eclipse Timer App Review" by Jason Barnette / Road Trips & Coffee blog - App for #Android & #iOS annunciates eclipse events. Free app, no ads, $2 data file each eclipse - reasonable to support developer. https://www.roadtripsandcoffee.com/solar-eclipse-timer/ #SolarEclipse2024 #astronomy #mobile #tech
"The 2024 total solar eclipse is 1 week away" by @SpaceDotCom / @DaisyDobrijevic - Trip planning & preparation. Climate data for April has poor odds for avoiding clouds anywhere. #Weather forecasts are just getting into range. https://www.space.com/total-solar-eclipse-2024-one-week-away-what-you-need-to-know #SolarEclipse2024 #astronomy
"Eclipse Coolness" by @XKCD comic - Even in 99% eclipse, it's daylight. At totality, it's suddenly twilight. The planets and stars come out. The Sun's corona is visible without a filter, beyond what #photography can capture. https://xkcd.com/2914/ #SolarEclipse2024 #astronomy
"Eclipse Clouds" by @XKCD comic - The #weather can very much control what kind of #eclipse you see. The comic suggests if you get clouded out, positive spin calls it a multi-layer eclipse with more than one thing blocking the sun.🤔 https://xkcd.com/2915/ #Eclipse2024 #astronomy
"What happens if it's cloudy for the April 8 solar eclipse?" by @SpaceDotCom / @JoeRaoWeather - Possible to use cloud cover to observe movement in arrival and departure of the Moon's shadow. Observe cooler temperature & darkness. https://www.space.com/what-if-it-is-cloudy-for-total-solar-eclipse-april-8-2024 #Eclipse2024 #astronomy
If you can't get to the path of totality for Monday's #TotalSolarEclipse, there will be a partial eclipse across North America. (graphic by Fred Espenak made before he retired from NASA) Do not look at the sun.😎 Even if you don't have eclipse glasses, either make an eclipse projector or find bits of sunlight in the shadow of a tree, which project images of the eclipse. #Eclipse2024 #astronomy
Wikipedia has a section of its solar eclipse article on viewing partial solar eclipses. Using a tree as a projector is fascinating and free. (images by Bree~commonswiki & Bhadrapriya BC on Wikipedia) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_eclipse#Partial_and_annular_eclipses #Eclipse2024 #astronomy
I have arrived in the path of totality for #SolarEclipse2024 in Mesquite, Texas. Now the #eclipse will come to me.
Already some fun as I was interviewed by Marcia Dunn, Aerospace writer at AP. #astronomy
Already some fun as I was interviewed by Marcia Dunn, Aerospace writer at AP. #astronomy
I arrived for #SolarEclipse2024 around noon. All afternoon I've seen traffic slowing down, probably happening to some degree everywhere along Monday's path of totality. Highway signs in Texas say:
Solar eclipse Monday
delays possible
arrive early
stay put
leave late
"Weather is the hot topic as eclipse spectators stake out their spots in US, Mexico and Canada" by @AP - I was interviewed by Marcia Dunn of AP when I arrived in Mesquite TX. Here's her article. https://apnews.com/article/total-solar-eclipse-sun-moon-06767dd9e63cce8eb2351c22e90e38b1 #SolarEclipse2024 #astronomy
Total solar eclipse 2024: Spectators stake their spots along the totality path
Eclipse enthusiasts are staking out their spots across three countries, fervently hoping for clear skies. Forecasts are calling for clouds along most of the sun-vanishing route stretching from Mexico to the U.S. to Canada on Monday. North America won't see another coast-to-coast total solar eclipse for 21 years, prompting the weekend's worry and mad rush. Four minutes of daytime darkness beckon in Mesquite, Texas, where many locals are getting the day off. Others traveled thousands of miles to witness the cosmic event, if the weather allows.
"NASA issues a warning about smartphones and the solar eclipse" by @PhoneArena - Just like you must not look directly at the sun except during totality, your phone camera can also be damaged by pointing it to direct sunlight. https://www.phonearena.com/news/nasa-warns-smartphone-users-about-solar-eclipse_id157041 #SolarEclipse2024 #astronomy
I'm at the Totality Dallas festival in Mesquite, Texas. Currently watching presentation by Alysha Shugart of the Rubin Observatory on "Eclipse Soundscapes", sounds to expect during an eclipse and effects on people & animals. #SolarEclipse2024 #astronomy
Previously overcast skies are breaking to partly cloudy at Totality Dallas in Mesquite TX. Hoping for a view of totality over an hour from now. Partial #eclipse has begun here. #weather #SolarEclipse2024 #astronomy
Cell phone networks will probably become overloaded in the path of totality, delaying social media reporting until later in the day. #SolarEclipse2024
The clouds parted just enough just in time to view totality here in Mesquite TX. (my cell phone pic) #SolarEclipse2024 #astronomy #weather
Some reporting about total solar eclipses is a bit misleading. It's correct there won't be another total eclipse in Dallas for 300 years, or continental US for 20 years. But eclipses happen somewhere in the world every 6 months. #travel #SolarEclipse2024 #astronomy
"AP PHOTOS: Total solar eclipse sweeps across North America" by @AP - In Mexico🇲🇽, the USA🇺🇸 and Canada🇨🇦, millions witnessed the total #SolarEclipse. The full story is more than just the view, also people's reactions. https://apnews.com/article/2024-total-solar-eclipse-photos-us-0a07725f59906849b00949e43177e6d9 #SolarEclipse2024 #astronomy
"What Were the Red Dots around the Total Solar Eclipse?" by Scientific American @SciAm - We all noticed the red solar prominence where I watched. This explains what it was. (Though we already knew.) https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/red-dots-around-total-solar-eclipse-explained/ #SolarEclipse2024 #astronomy
"Now is your moment to shine" by @Oatmeal comic - It was the ultimate photobomb when the Moon ran in front of the Sun. https://theoatmeal.com/comics/eclipse #SolarEclipse2024 #astronomy
"A tale of 3 eclipse chasers: Despite technological gains, nature calls the shots" by @GeekWire / @alanboyle - Reporters from #PNW viewed #SolarEclipse in Arkansas (abandoning Texas), Indiana and in flight. https://www.geekwire.com/2024/eclipse-chasers-tale-nature-vs-tech/ #SolarEclipse2024 #astronomy #aviation #avgeek
"Types of eclipse photo" by @XKCD comic - These actually do cover most of the pictures posted. https://xkcd.com/2917/ #SolarEclipse2024 #astronomy
Many used historical climate data to plan where to watch #SolarEclipse2024, since reservations would be gone months before #weather forecasts were in range. That's why so many went to Texas. Actual weather turned out backwards from expectations, better northeast. #astronomy
I heard from some people, and apparently this was a widespread problem, that their AirB&B reservations were cancelled by the hosts and re-listed for over $1000/night on other services. Some didn't find any new accommodations in the path of totality. #SolarEclipse2024 #astronomy
Some pics from my visit to #NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston. Almost everyone I met there was also visiting as a next stop after wherever they went to see #SolarEclipse2024 . #space
One more #space related landmark as last stop before leaving Texas on my #SolarEclipse2024 trip... I made my second visit to the Sierra Madera impact crater. It's 8mi/13km across. If you look up the Wikipedia page, it has a picture from my first time there. #astronomy #geology
Continuing to visit #space related landmarks on the way home from #SolarEclipse2024, I saw the US🇺🇸 National Science Foundation's Very Large Array (VLA)🔭 in Socorro County, New Mexico. 27 radio antennas use interferometry to act like a big dish the width of the array. #astronomy
JL Johnson 
@AstroHawk @ikluft on my to do list 🤩