I saw the last one in 2017 and it was the most amazing natural event I’ve ever seen. Absolutely exhilarating, and afterwards I completely understood why some people travel the world to see them whenever they occur. A few tips for anyone wanting to see this next one: 1) Don’t bother booking a hotel and plan to watch the eclipse there. You’ll have no idea what the weather will be like and if the weather is cloudy or worse, you won’t see anything. My family and I were planning on seeing the 2017 eclipse in Charleston, SC and we changed our minds literally 12 hours before the eclipse because of the weather reports. We ended up driving to the nearest spot in the path of totality that had a clear weather report, which was Greensville, SC. We drove an extra few hours but we got to see the eclipse for 2.5 minutes without a cloud nearby... while Charleston was a cloudy day. 2) Don’t think that anything less than 100% of totality is good enough. Its NOT! Only with 100% totality do you get the ring of fire of the corona in the sky and dark skies overhead with “sunset” horizons 360 degrees around you. I know people who saw the eclipse at 98% and said they were disappointed. Uh, yeah.. that’s because they didn’t see totality. That said... 3) Do your best to get to the center of the path of totality. The closer you are to the center, the more time of totality you get. If you’re on the edges, you’ll only get seconds of it. If you’re in the center, you’ll enjoy totality for close to 4 minutes. For 2024 I’ll be doing the same thing... keeping my travel plans flexible and going wherever the weather is looking the best right up to the day of the eclipse. One important thing to keep in mind is the fact that this next eclipse takes place in April. Remember the adage “April showers bring May flowers”? That’s right, there’s a better than 50/50 chance that most areas will be cloudy. There’s a great website that shows not only the path, time of day, and duration of the eclipse but also the historic weather record so you can see which areas have typically been cloudy on April 8. I’ll be using this website for sure... www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/map/2024-april-8 Here’s a link to the video I did for the 2017 eclipse trip: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ZWQdmz7_mM8.html
We drove all the way from MS to Hopkinsville KY for the last eclipse. Clouds hindered us from getting the full effect of seeing totality. We’ll be sure to check the forecast this go round!
The 2019 one that went through all the Jerusalem points will intersect with this making an x. This will pinpoint the exact location where the eruption of the super volcano will erupt. You have been warned
Find the highest hill or building you can in the dead center of totality so you have an clear 360 view out to the horizon and have your camera set up so you don't WASTE precious seconds looking through it, you want to watch the totality without messing with your camera. Enjoy it with your eyes, there will be millions of other pictures available. During totality, rotate 360 degrees and look at the edge of the shadow ( in my case in 2017, it was 35 miles away). It's like looking at a 360 degree sunset, as spectacular as the eclipse itself. Those who were too low or off center, missed 3/4 of the show.
Shadow is nearly double the size this time around the place where I plan to see it has a great almost flat view of the area where the shadow will come in from
At least this time I’ll be old enough to travel by myself so im driving down to Ohio to watch it if it’s cloudy in Ohio im going somewhere else to watch it
Yeah, you'll have to keep an eye on the weather forecasts in the days leading up to the eclipse to make sure you'll have clear skies. It's best to have an alternative location if things look like they'll be cloudy at your location.
@@markheying2830 I will be able to see it on that day, I looked it up on SkyPortal and the moon is going to be infront of the sun for most of the day until sunset because the sun and the moon are moving together
