Community Chat

[september]

Are you interested, and where will you be?   I'll be in Jackson Hole, one of the best viewing locations in the country.  Can't wait!

[dooBdoo]

          Lucky you, @september!   I haven't read about this one.   I'll have to investigate and see what the good locales will be.    My luck with the most recent celestial events has been that I was in a good geographic spot...  but the skies were filled with clouds.   Oh, well.   At least we have the internet, and we can see the lovely views from afar.    Thanks for the heads up!

[september]

The path where the eclipse will be total runs from Oregon to South Carolina.  however, if it's an overcast day, it won't be the same.  Jackson Hole is perfect because the skies are almost always clear in August.   

[mzlg]

12 of the best places to be to view the eclipse:

Oregon

Idaho

Wyoming

Nebraska

Kansas

Missouri

Illinois

Kentucky

Tennessee

Georgia

North Carolina

South Carolina

[sunshine45]

looks like it will only be a partial eclipse in the maryland area unfortunately.     Where Can You See It?

You can see a partial eclipse, where the moon covers only a part of the sun, anywhere in North America (see “Who can see it?”). To see a total eclipse, where the moon fully covers the sun for a short few minutes, you must be in the path of totality. The path of totality is a relatively thin ribbon, around 70 miles wide, that will cross the U.S. from West to East.  The first point of contact will be at Lincoln Beach, Oregon at 9:05 a.m. PDT. Totality begins there at 10:16 a.m. PDT.  Over the next hour and a half, it will cross through Oregon, Idaho, Wyoming, Montana, Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia, and North and South Carolina.  The total eclipse will end near Charleston, South Carolina at 2:48 p.m. EDT.  From there the lunar shadow leaves the United States at 4:09 EDT.  Its longest duration will be near Carbondale, Illinois, where the sun will be completely covered for two minutes and 40 seconds.

https://eclipse2017.nasa.gov/eclipse-who-what-where-when-and-how

[dooBdoo]

Thanks, @september, @mzlg, and @sunshine45!

[StylishLady]

Hope those making big plans for that have a nice clear sky. I remember 1963 when there was a total eclipse in NE North America. Cloudy day ruined the event. It was odd having it get dark for a while in the middle of the afternoon.

[spud188]

We are taking our 2 tween-age grands on a 2 week camping trip to Mackay,ID for the Eclipse.

[mima]

We live in a prime spot!  I think all the motels are filling up for that if they haven't already.

[Marp]

I live in an area of totality.  Local lodging is already almost 100% reserved and there are lots of festivities planned for the week leading up to the eclipse.