The difference between 100% & 99% eclipse

[@x9x9x9x9x9]

In Tulsa for 2024 I think it was 95% and lots of people I talked to said "its only a 5% difference. It can't be that much better." I tried to tell them they are wrong and that being in totality is something truly magical. My dad and I drove to arkansas so we could be in totality. We saw totality in 2017 but it was slightly cloudy and the difference between no clouds and slightly cloudy was insane. Seriously it needs to be a life goal for everyone to see an eclipse in totality.

[@TheRealPAX]

The one in 2024 was incredible

[@Avation233]

Real

[@papaursa5379]

Yes it was. We saw it in Texas.

[@Wendathesprunkirunaway1267]

I saw it in North America

[@CheeseTube777Official]

Fr

[@Bannnaboy12876]

6th

[@sholland42]

I saw over two and a half minutes of totality in the great American eclipse, it was spectacular. Waiting patiently for the one in 2024. Great video, thanks.

[@avatarmezzy2980]

Were you able to see it? I seen 2017 in Princeton KY and 2024 in Celina oh

[@HunterTube13387six]

:/

[@tygical]

@@HunterTube13387six ?

[@SUGAR_XYLER]

​@@avatarmezzy2980 I saw it in Columbia in 2017

[@DanielKolbin]

for the 2024 one, I live where it will be a partial solar eclipse at 99.66%. rip. but hey, at least it will be the closest to 100% in my life so far.

[@pearlcommodore4772]

You should be 20 minutes away from 100%. Go see it!!

[@sk84lifedb]

Yeah I don’t understand how you can be just okay with 99.66% when you can literally walk a mile or so and be in 100%. But that’s your loss

[@Pics2FlicksDennis]

That’s ridiculous. This was a life-changing experience, easily worth driving 20 minutes, or even 200 minutes, to experience. I’d been through 98%, and just saw 100% last week, having driven an hour. There is NO COMPARISON. 100% was MUCH better than 98.

[@DanielKolbin]

@@pearlcommodore4772 I wish

[@DanielKolbin]

@@sk84lifedb much longer than a mile. If I could have walked that short then I would, but I didn’t have transportation to get to totality. Should have been clearer i guess

[@adrianacj3318]

Thanks for this, preparing for the annular eclipse in a few days and this let me know the 80% I'd see in town wouldn't be much different from the 90% I'd have to travel for.

[@GreatPacNorthwest]

That was a good idea to get to the cross paths of both eclipses...you were one of the very small percentage of people to do so... Hopefully the one in 2024 won't be cloudy there!

[@EthanBWeather]

Cool video, I wish I would have seen this before the eclipse earlier this year, we were in a 98% coverage area and it was a lot brighter than I thought it would be.

[@forestpark3979]

Ethan B Me too Ethan. It was amazing.

[@EthanBWeather]

Sure was

[@Microshrimp]

This is one of the most informative videos I have seen. Excellent demonstration. Thank you for posting. I wish I had done more research earlier to learn this. I live close to Louisville, but I won't be able to drive to the path due to work. When I first learned about the eclipse happening, the main headline that I saw was, "Will be visible from all parts of the US" so I didn't think much about the path of totality until recently. If I had realized how unique totality is then I would have planned ahead better. Maybe I can be more mobile in 2024. You say that the 2024 won't be very long; any idea how long it might be?

[@forestpark3979]

Well, I stand corrected. Looks like it will be about a min longer than this one. This site will work (best bet as of now) to get good estimates. www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/map/2024-april-8 Mark your calendar ;)

[@forestpark3979]

Here too - xjubier.free.fr/en/site_pages/solar_eclipses/TSE_2024_GoogleMapFull.html

[@ilikespaghetti4458]

The difference is quite literally night and day.

[@Ayram9]

Thank you!! Any chance I could get a comparison video from you between Portland, OR and Brownsville, OR? Portland would make life easier re. horrific traffic, saving a lot of money and not having to deal with staying put in a heatwave in a tent for 3 or 4 days...but it will have only a 99.3% eclipse. Brownsville is just within the borders of the path of totality (I think the eclipse is only 30 seconds or so long there) but it would be cheaper, less crowded and would allow us to escape more easily as first on the freeway to where we're going.

[@forestpark3979]

Looks like Portland will get a 98.86% eclipse (not TOTALITY = Day) and Brownsville (I had to pick the lat & long for it) is just about the same. May I suggest shadowandsubstance.com/2017/States/Oregon/Oregon.html for help finding totality.

[@13ranzz]

They said we had 90% in CT for the 2024 one. News channels hyping it up! So I'm thinking 90% dark. That's good! Nope! Was barely darker than normal. Complete dud! I would have drove the 4 hours north for 100% totality. Had I known! ☻️

[@Zzyzzyx]

Man, I'm sorry.

[@papaursa5379]

My wife did an 18 vid of me watching the eclipse and using my solar glasses. It showed clearly how 99.99999% was different than 100%. No comparison. First you saw me and then you don't. 18 secs.

[@chrisrodriguezm13]

I had a 77% totality, but it happened at school. But my classmates said the sky was a bit opaque, meaning the partial elipse I had, was about to reach maximum (which is 77%)

[@NotreCarter]

Same with Massachusetts

[@pleskbruce]

Great video, all very true.. I saw 2017 from west of Columbia SC and 2024 from near the center of the line of totality in central Ohio. About 2:20 of totality in 2017 and 3:43 in 2024. What surprised me the most was how close you have to be to totality for it to get dark at all, really. Both times, 30 to 45 seconds before totality, it was light. It really is true that a matter of a mile or less can make the difference between darkness and light. 95%? No. 99%? Nope. We had 95% around D.C. in 1970.... total dud, not even as dark as an overcast day. Took 8 hours each way to see 100% in 2017 and 2024 and having done it twice, and experienced it, Id drive twice the distance if I could see another one in my lifetime. If you're young, PLAN ahead and go see it in 2045! Take good equipment.

[@papaursa5379]

Thanks and very true. I was 12 for the 1970 DC eclipse. My Dad had the foresight to drive somewhere to see it at 100%. My wife and I also saw this one from outside St. Louis and the '24 from Texas. So cool to see 100%. My wife actually took an 18 sec vid of me that shows me seemingly in day and then night. All in 18 seconds. Totally cool.

[@SUGAR_XYLER]

Saw it in Columbia too. I taped everything

[@geramie15]

Got to witness this in Spring City, TN 100% Totality 👍

[@ChristinaMagma]

Saw the 2024 solar eclipse in Texas. It was beautiful❤

[@supersoapdropper1826]

Never seen space engine actually used like this, epic!

[@elliottclarke871]

I could only imagine how the 2 differs when you see the 2024 eclipse. San Antonio was split between 95ish percent and 100% for about a minute or two.

[@Isolationn2]

what app / game / website is this

[@chrism3784]

Stellarium

[@Isolationn2]

@@chrism3784 tysm

[@SSCsafety-prodz]

For 2024 I was 97% but was over 3 hours away from totality

[@ImanGinga]

If you're wondering whats the app name, the app name is stellarium

[@EvenFive]

Hope you're doing alright, did you get to go back for 2024?

[@papaursa5379]

Yes we did, but Texas this time.b I wanted the max eclipse time.

[@jamiex.3960]

I don't live in the U.S. so the next total solar eclipse in my country is 2045

[@forestpark3979]

Joshua Dalgetty sounds like it's time to come visit.

[@Torturephile]

Funny thing is, looking at your comment, the U.S.'s next eclipse will be around that time as well.

[@ninadelisa1072]

SAME LOLL

[@Roman-R-2009]

that's gotta suck. I have to wait until about 2044 for the next one (That's actually worth looking at!)

[@HerpErik]

Also, just put your "location" to Portland, OR and fastforward time to 2084 and see the same thing.

[@chrism3784]

This guy's latest video was 5 years ago, I wonder if he made it to the 2024 one

[@papaursa5379]

I did. I fly to Texas to see the longest eclipse in the US. What about you?

[@chrism3784]

@@papaursa5379 Of course, I went to Arkansas. Lucked out with perfect viewing. I have a video on my page of it.

[@mattbrownruns]

I was there in Makanda for both eclipses

[@terrismith9662]

So it won't get relatively dark at 95% ?

[@forestpark3979]

The sky will darken but as I said, unless you go out every 15 to 20 mins, you may not notice due to relatively fast pupil dilation.

[@xCmOn3yx777]

it gets darker, the sky get this shadowy look, like a dim light bulb

[@dwmcever]

There Is no comparison between a partial and a full eclipse. Cameras cannot do a full eclipse justice. Only the Naked Eye can do a full eclipse justice.

[@brayanmendoza7520]

What is name the program?

[@papaursa5379]

Stellarium

[@mreggs3731]

it says in the video

[@Mike-fb6zw]

97% in MA Boston RIP

[@SpaceBaconHair]

100% science ∞% astronomy

[@papaursa5379]

Haha

[@ericktaylormusic]

Julian day? JMANCURLY DAY!!!

[@Kevinriacs]

The 2024 is making me blind ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

[@spencervarsh8337]

whats the name of this game

[@dbnyterthingidk]

man WV only got 85% will WV ever get totallity

[@TWBHunter_VR0604]

I got 98%

[@SimonsAstronomy]

0% 😂 🇪🇺

[@TheDominican2002]

What is the name of the simulator?

[@papaursa5379]

Stellarium

[@everesthines2228]

I saw 75% partial eclipse

[@jacquelyndupcavitch3103]

In the great American I got 96.484495838487458864947384% in pa Altoona PA

[@nolancrider]

We have another one today. Can’t get to full totality sadly, I only get 99.2

[@Alan-xy9qn]

We got 99.35 it was ruined by the clouds

[@nolancrider]

@@Alan-xy9qn There were a few in the way for me, but luckily not ruined. I saw video of Niagara Falls and they had thick cloud cover.

[@Alan-xy9qn]

@@nolancrider some parts of it looked nice tho but the rest was lowkey dog

[@papaursa5379]

100% is the bomb.

[@lindawolffkashmir2768]

If I had stayed at home, I would have seen a 98-99% eclipse. By driving to Van Wert, OH, I saw 3:30 of totality. It was worth it!

[@aminasheikh2356]

I got 99 eclipse %

[@tntsand3045]

ok so where is it going to be 100%

[@forestpark3979]

Try shadowandsubstance.com

[@_Andrew2002]

xjubier.free.fr/en/site_pages/solar_eclipses/TSE_2017_GoogleMapFull.html this works as well.

[@user-be9oe9hz7k]

@@_Andrew2002 But I trust only in Fred Espenak & NASA.

[@rustydespain]

The moon has nothing to do with this event we have two clues.. the first clue is that we can see other planets thru the area that is supposed to be the moon and the second clue is the length of time we see a totality, the moon would have to stop its orbit and make a long pause and then resume orbiting..

[@eklypz01]

Please explain for me

[@Literally_stone]

Did you just say the moon has nothing to do with a solar eclispe 💀

[@perrolocoyt]

the moon is literally looking like 5% bigger than the sun during perigee, they are not exactly the same size and if it was apogee 5% smaller than the sun then it would be a annular and if they were exactly the same size than you think, it would obviously last very little to no seconds like a hybrid one in a only 1-kilometer wide shadow on japan around the 40's.

[@franklinchavez3876]

😂

[@franklinchavez3876]

😂😂😅

[@DinGamingRobloxRealAlt]

I got the 95.18% :(

[@ethanpaulplays]

99.9% ARGH IS DARK 100.0% WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[@jamesclarkdalayat3280]

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[@tonyflatearther]

you actually believe that the Moon is a magical multi tasker Moon huh? It's gonna magically eclipse the Sun while it's orbiting Earth at 2,388mph at the same time without ever slowing down, that's gotta be some real magical fkn shït show right there 🤦🤣🤣🤣 I wanna see that shït

[@papaursa5379]

You need to study a bit of physics before making a comment like that.

[@tonyflatearther]

@@papaursa5379 so you've got no real proof of the real globes & other planets existence huh? ok, I accept your concession

[@papaursa5379]

I am sure that most folks consider science to be answers. I guess you aren't part of that. I will concede that.

[@tonyflatearther]

Great video but that wasn't even the Moon

[@papaursa5379]

You mean the Sun wasn't the Moon or the Earth wasn't the Moon?

[@tonyflatearther]

@@papaursa5379 I mean, the Moon didn't magically eclipse the Sun, no Moon approached or left the Sun

[@LUFFY_EDITZ2015]

Karma, bad video

[@pawn6]

cry

[@Mapleshade...]

Tf u mean "Karma, bad video"

[@pawn6]

@@Mapleshade... It’s an 8 year old who lost a 3 vs 1 (he was teaming) and is raging. There is absolutely no reason to hate this video.

[@Mapleshade...]

​@@pawn6true lol

[@LUFFY_EDITZ2015]

@@pawn6 my opinion if you like it it’s alright I don’t like it I’m allowed to think that