#april 8 2024 total solar eclipse

[pikatrainer99]

Got to watch the solar eclipse today and it was one of the coolest things I’ve ever seen! I had to take turns with my younger brothers (we only had one pair of eclipse glasses so we had no choice but to take turns), but it was so much fun for all of us to take our turn, point out what we saw, and pass the glasses over to the next person. I don’t think I’ll ever forget this day as long as I live, it was that interesting, fun, and just plain awesome to watch my very first solar eclipse even though my state was not in the path of totality (we did have like 92% of the sun covered though so we did get to see a lot of it)!

[incognitopolls]

On April 8th, 2024, there will be a total solar eclipse visible in parts of Canada and the United States! Below is a map from planetary.org showing the path.

If you are in the path of the eclipse, do not look directly at the sun, even while it's blocked by the moon– looking directly at the sun (at all, but especially during an eclipse) can cause severe damage to your eyes. You can get filters/eclipse glasses that meet the ISO 12312-2 international safety standard for solar viewing, or you can easily make your own pinhole camera to view it indirectly!

Sunglasses are NOT adequate protection. Do not look at the sun through a pinhole camera, binoculars, telescopes, or any other device unless that device is equipped with a solar filter meeting the international safety standard. When in doubt, protect your eyes– indirect viewing methods are safest.

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[shelbiewillhoite]

The day of the eclipse has arrived

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[hiimspooks]

Poptart wore his eye protection, and this is what he saw!

[thethirdman8]

Waiting for totality was amazing.. So dark so beautiful for 6 or so minutes.. 6 minutes.. 3:27 pm in the afternoon.. I can't stop thinking about this.

[youdelight-itolerate]

[vox-anglosphere]

A new Canadian stamp will honour the last eclipse of my lifetime.

[qyburnsghost]

the sun finally coming out after the eclipse is already over. Ugh

[dancing-coyote]

2024 Total eclipse progression

[kfithen]

April 8th total solar eclipse in Shelbyville, Indiana.

[ton-618-ton-618]

2024 March 31

A totally eclipsed Sun is seen in the distance. Around the eclipse is a dark region dipping down from above. Below that are clouds and below that is the wing and engine of an airplane.

Total Solar Eclipse Below the Bottom of the World

Image Credit & Copyright: Petr Horálek (ESO Photo Ambassador, Inst. of Physics in Opava) ; Acknowledgement: Xavier Jubier

Explanation: In late 2021 there was a total solar eclipse visible only at the end of the Earth. To capture the unusual phenomenon, airplanes took flight below the clouded seascape of Southern Ocean. The featured image shows one relatively spectacular capture where the bright spot is the outer corona of the Sun and the eclipsing Moon is seen as the dark spot in the center. A wing and engine of the airplane are visible across the left and bottom of the image, while another airplane observing the eclipse is visible on the far left. The dark area of the sky surrounding the eclipsed Sun is called a shadow cone. It is dark because you are looking down a long corridor of air shadowed by the Moon. A careful inspection of the eclipsed Sun will reveal the planet Mercury just to the right. You won't have to travel to the end of the Earth to see the next total solar eclipse. The total eclipse path will cross North America on 2024 April 8, just over one week from today.

[the-fools-hat]

My friends pictures, not my own, but honestly, seeing it in person was something neither I, my father, or any person of mortal stock could rightfully describe

The total solar eclipse is truly something that will stay with you your entire life, and not a moment less

[foreshvdowing]

oh yeah, i did a ritual & charged up some water under the total solar eclipse so that’s cool.