Total Eclipse

[Basil]

Is anyone besides me planning to photograph the upcoming total eclipse (April 8th)? Here is a good site that allows you to pick any location, then tells you whether you will see totality and for how long. Also shows you when eclipse (partial begins) and all the various phases.

Total Solar Eclipse on April 8, 2024: Path Map and Times

Interactive map showing where the total solar eclipse of April 8, 2024 is visible—with local times and average cloud cover for any location.

www.timeanddate.com

 

[NutmegCT]

Excellent site. Thanks.

(Every time I see the words "total eclipse of the sun", I think of Carly Simon.)

 

[Basil]

Excellent site. Thanks.

(Every time I see the words "total eclipse of the sun", I think of Carly Simon.)

Except this time you'd be better off flying your Learjet to Labrador instead of Nova Scotia

PS: If you have never seen a total eclipse in person, I highly recommend making the effort to go somewhere to see it.

 

[waltesefalcon]

Where I live it'll be nearly total, 93.79%. I plan on getting a few photos, but my last attempt was a disaster, so I'll need to study up a bit first.

 

[Basil]

Where I live it'll be nearly total, 93.79%. I plan on getting a few photos, but my last attempt was a disaster, so I'll need to study up a bit first.

Why don’t you drive a little ways southeast and get totally? There’s a BIG difference between partial and total. When it goes total it’s a whole different level of experience!

 

[John Turney]

Weather prediction for here: It will be cloudy on April 8th.

 

[Basil]

Weather prediction for here: It will be cloudy on April 8th.

Still kinda far out. Keep an eye on the forecast as it might improve

 

[Silverghost]

Here's a couple of options:

Event | Solar Eclipse Vintage RV Rally

Experience the darkness with us at the Solar Eclipse Vintage RV Rally in Mineola, Texas. We welcome all Vintage Class A RVs to come join in the festivities!

www.vintagervrally.net

Indy's 2024 Solar Eclipse Weekend

Indianapolis lies in the path of totality for the 2024 solar eclipse and the city is pulling out all the stops to design programming and events to make this once-in-a-lifetime experience one you'll never forget.

www.visitindy.com

 

[YakkoWarner]

I will probably be at work when it happens. I am supposedly in an area of near totality, but I don't know when it will occur - I expect as the event comes closer there I may hear more.

 

[Basil]

I will probably be at work when it happens. I am supposedly in an area of near totality, but I don't know when it will occur - I expect as the event comes closer there I may hear more.

Go to the web site I posted and zoom in on the map. Click on a spot to place a pin at your location and it will tell you when the eclipse starts at your location, as well as when totality starts and ends and when to whole event ends.

 

[John Turney]

Still kinda far out. Keep an eye on the forecast as it might improve

No, whenever there is something exciting to see in the sky here, it's always cloudy.

Our luck will be April 7th - clear, April 8th - cloudy, April 9th - clear.

 

[Basil]

No, whenever there is something exciting to see in the sky here, it's always cloudy.

Our luck will be April 7th - clear, April 8th - cloudy, April 9th - clear.

I hear you wanted to join the Pessimists Anonymous club but figured they wouldn’t accept you?

 

[Basil]

Weather prediction for here: It will be cloudy on April 8th.

If you’re still in CA there’s you’ll not be anywhere near the eclipse. Or have you moved?

 

[John Turney]

If you’re still in CA there’s you’ll not be anywhere near the eclipse. Or have you moved?

Sill in CA; I know I won't be anywhere near it; I already looked. Just making a comment on our weather luck. It happens for every meteor shower, planet alignments and even partial eclipses.

 

[waltesefalcon]

Why don’t you drive a little ways southeast and get totally? There’s a BIG difference between partial and total. When it goes total it’s a whole different level of experience!

I'll be at work. I'll be able to step outside for a few, and probably even take my class out, but I can't drive two hours.

 

[Basil]

I'll be at work. I'll be able to step outside for a few, and probably even take my class out, but I can't drive two hours.

Is it possible to procure a school bus and arrange a field trip?

 

[waltesefalcon]

Is it possible to procure a school bus and arrange a field trip?

Not for an English field trip, unfortunately. Anyway, I'd have to bring all of my kids along, and that's over 100 students.

 

[Basil]

Not for an English field trip, unfortunately. Anyway, I'd have to bring all of my kids along, and that's over 100 students.

Oh. Too bad.

 

[waltesefalcon]

Spending all day with a few of those kids would be excruciating. So, it's not all bad.

 

[bobhustead]

The AP news feed on my I-Phone is advertising an AP sponsored program on how to photograph the eclipse with their staff photog Julio Cortez. Seminar date appears to be 3/27. That's all I know.
Bob