Subj : 4APRIL24 Solar Eclipse
To   : niter3
From : Ogg
Date : Mon Apr 08 2024 06:54 pm

Hello niter3!

 Og>> I'm in the fringe area too, but 97% coverage is expected.
 Og>> Totallity is expected at about 3:20 EDT to 3:25 EDT, roughly
 Og>> the same time as for Elmira NY.

 n> I don't specifically understand what sets this eclipse out from the rest?
 n> Why is the whole country shutting down things?

Which country.. USA?  well.. the path of the eclipse route  
covered quite a fair bit of the USA.  The next TOTAL eclipse  
over the USA won't be until 2045.

At best, there was a sliver of a crescent at my location between
3:15 and 3:32 EDT.  The sky was very cloudy but the eclipse was
visible from time to time. I have some pictures I should post.

I viewed it in conjunction with a pinhole viewer when the sun
poked through the clouds and it was simply not safe to look
directly at the event. The results were excellent. The whole
far end of the box projected a very large portion of the sky.
The moving clouds provided a greater sense of "real time" as
they passed over the sun.


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