Nuhuh. I tried planning a trip a month ago and everything was sold out and airfare was astronomical. I’m gonna plan a trip for the Spanish one in 2026 a year early
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Well some effort is required. You can’t just look up at the eclipsed sun with your bare eyes.
When it’s completely covered you can. I did it in 2017. This is like saying looking at the moon will burn your eyes out.
Not with that attitude anyway
I mean there’s that 4 minute widow it’s cool
It will be shorter unless you are in the center of the eclipse path.
The last person I saw try to look at an eclipse was some idiot, I can’t remember his name.
During totality you can.
If you want to burn a halo on your eyes, sure.
Noticing a bit of misinformation here so let’s clear this up: take off your eye protection during totality. The corona is so faint you won’t see anything at all through eclipse glasses.
Except of course, when it’s cloudy. The only eclipse that ever happened where I lived in my lifetime was a total disappointment because you couldn’t see anything.
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It’ll be interesting to see just how little this is in the national news given the location of the path compared to times when the path of an eclipse has gone through major metropolitan areas in the northeast or west coast. Almost an indirect measurement of science education in each area. I didn’t even know there was an eclipse coming until this article.
Or maybe I’ll be proven wrong…
That sounds more like a normal population density representation. Everyone hears about CA or NY news because they have more significant national and global impacts, through number of affected people and volume of business. News about the state of Arkansas is less visible since it has less population than any of the major cities in the aforementioned states.
Despite that, I’ve seen plenty of coverage specifically because, compared to the 2017 American total solar eclipse, this one is more accessible to a vastly greater population: namely DFW TX and NYC. NYC has a longer drive, but the northeast is an incredibly dense portion of the country.
No, it’s really hard to go to America.
I can imagine the traffic jams anywhere along the path of totality. It’s gonna be a mess. We already booked a place in the path, but it’s in the sticks and I’m not looking forward to the lengthy drive back to civilization.
I actually looked up when the next total eclipse passes over my house, and the good news is I’ve only got to live to be about 170 years old.
Y’all, the article is obviously written for people in the path of totality. You’re not being clever complaining about the cost and hassle of traveling.
How the heck am I going to get there without putting in any effort?
If you live near to the path.
I rented a Dodge Challenger to get into the path.
All this strikes me as the opposite of ‘low effort’.
It’s not quite staying in and playing videogames, but it’ll do.
I drove eight hours or so to watch the one in 2017. No regrets.
Me too, the clouds overhead parted just before totality and the corona was so dazzling and magnificent. I really hope there aren’t clouds in the way during this one.
Which brings me back to my original critique of the title.
Just driving 8 hours for it isn’t something the vast majority of the world can’t do. You were lucky small percentage.
That’s a very big qualifier. I wouldn’t want to be trying to get flights and hotels in cities along the path.
If your instance is any indication of location: there’s an eclipse visible in most Oceania and SE Asian islands in 2028. For a good chunk of Australia and NZ, it’ll be a total eclipse. For further info, check it here.
For me (South America) there’s one already in October, but it’ll suck from my region (14% coverage). And another in 2027 (~75% coverage).
I’ve got this one in my calendar already, and have organised preliminary accommodation!
Cool thanks! I still think it’s a broad brush of a statement that could be qualified a little.
The big difference is how close the sun is to solar maximum this year! The sun is at a point of peak electromagnetic activity, something that happens every 10 to 13 years, which is reflected in more chance of witnessing bursts of energy (flares and ejections) during the eclipse.
It in all likelihood will have passed by 2028.
I live in the path of totality and I’m already tired of hearing about it.
Agreed. I’m not looking forward to it either. I’ll be at work, most people are probably going to call in, and there will be hours of traffic when get off.
Best chance I’ll ever have personally. Live in the path, work from home, good time. Plan is to just step outside for a bit, look at it (with protection) then back to work.
If you waited to start planning until now it’ll be the hardest thing you’ve ever done.
Yep. Anyone reading this that was planning on driving home right after - do yourself a favor and find a place nearby to stay the night.
Last time my 4 hour drive out was 17 hours back home. Gas stations out of gas, no bathrooms, bumper to bumper the whole way.
Wanted to but the flight prices were too much
