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Is anyone planning to travel this summer to watch the solar eclipse in the United States? I’ve never done this before, but I am excited at the opportunity to see an eclipse and was wondering if anyone had any advice to offer.
Where and when is it? Don’t tell me in the sky.
August 18, 2017 will be a total solar eclipse visible in a bunch of the US including parts of the South east like kentuky and South Carolina
I was thinking of seeing it myself, thats one of those things Ive always wanted to see
Ummm… I remember not being allowed to view a solar eclipse when I was in elementary school. We took paper plates and wrapped them in aluminum foil, in some way that allowed us to see a mirror image of the eclipse safely.
According to my memory of my teacher’s words, looking at an actual solar eclipse can be blinding.
Sorry to be a wet rag on the flame … maybe my memory is incorrect and a quick online search will show that it’s indeed safe?
Eye protection is required.
Sorry ZD, according to NASA’s website, it’s on August 21. That is the day between 29 and 30 Av, so being that it is Rosh Chodesh then, that is the time of the moon/sun cycle that there can be an eclipse. The 18th is too early.
I plan to be in a remote jungle in south America, about to be cannibalized. Then, I’ll make the sun go dark, and they’ll make me their chief.
Wear a welding mask
Planning on taking the whole family to see it. Apparently only a narrow swath of the US will experience the total eclipse.
The CR famous ECLIPSE?!
What if it’s cloudy? That sounds like a waste of a trip
Also, can someone explain to me why it’s only visible in certain places? If it’s during hours when the sun is out, shouldn’t you be able to see it from any place the sun is visible?
If its cloudy, it will get dark, but you wont be able to see the eclipse.
The reason only some areas have total exclipse has to do with the position of the moon. The moon has to fully cover the sun to be an eclipse
Sounds like an amazing idea Ctrl Alt D!
Are you at all concerned about planning a trip that can be, like Meno says- a waste of a trip if it turns out to be a cloudy day?
Do you live so close to the area that it’s not a big deal?
Or are you an optimist counting on blue skies?
When I was a kid my family took a vacation to Florida. We lived up north and it was a special treat. It rained the whole time. Mosquitoes everywhere. It was still way worth it.
It’s the adventure and bonding that makes the experience. So even if the eclipse happens to be hidden that day, maybe they will have a good story to tell in the future.
Sometimes we plan and Hashem laughs right>?
Also, can someone explain to me why it’s only visible in certain places? If it’s during hours when the sun is out, shouldn’t you be able to see it from any place the sun is visible?
Take a lamp and shine it on the floor. Now take a marble (or similarly shaped object) and hold it between the lamp and the floor so that it casts a shadow on the floor.
Now, pretend the lamp is the sun, the marble is the moon and the floor is the earth. The marble is much smaller than the lamp bulb, and so only casts a shadow on a portion of the floor. Likewise, the moon is smaller than the sun, and so only casts a shadow on a portion of the earth. The part that is in shadow is the part that sees the eclipse.
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The moon has to fully cover the sun to be an eclipse
To be a total eclipse. A partial eclipse is when the moon only covers a portion of the sun’s disc.
The Wolf
If you’re still going to be around on May 1 2079, a total eclipse will go right through the city. In fact, you can see the totality by standing on Flatbush Avenue, just north of the Marine Park Bridge.
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I watched a total lunar eclipse in NYC on succos last year. It was magnificent and awe-inspiring. (I believe a lunar eclipse occurs when the earth’s shadow covers the moon.)
did anyone else see it?
“Eye protection is required.”
So after some research on the topic, it seems that you don’t need eye protection for a TOTAL solar eclipse (i.e. you are viewing the eclipse from an area where the entire sun is blocked by the moon), which is what I assume this thread is about.
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