Total Solar Eclipse 2024 - WHEN, WHERE, WHAT, HOW, & WHY

AD | To try everything Brilliant has to offer-free-for a full 30 days, visit brilliant.org/drbecky and you'll get 20% off Brilliant's annual premium subscription. | Here's all you need to know about the total solar eclipse visible across Mexico, the USA and Canada on Monday 8th April 2024 so you can make a plan for how and where to watch it.
DO NOT LOOK DIRECTLY AT ATHE SUN. Please always double check that any eclipse glasses or camera lens/telescope filters you are using pass the ISO 12312-2 international standard and do not have any scratches on them by holding them up to a light in your house first (all you should be able to see through them is the filament of the light bulb).
#eclipse2024 #eclipse #astronomy
Interactive eclipse map with timings from timeanddate.com - www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/m...
@TheEclipseCompany map with cloud coverage and community events - theeclipse.company/map/2024-t...
AAS advice on buying eclipse glasses from safe suppliers - eclipse.aas.org/eye-safety/vi...
How to make a pinhole camera - svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14391
00:00 Intro
00:30 WHEN is the total solar eclipse?
00:39 WHERE can I see the eclipse from?
02:11 WHAT is a total solar eclipse?
04:10 HOW can I safely watch the eclipse?
04:57 Eclipse glasses and how to find safe suppliers
06:37 Make a pinhole camera
06:47 Use a colander to view the eclipse
07:35 How to photograph the total solar eclipse
08:08 WHY should I care about the eclipse? What science can we learn (solar corona & Einstein's general relativity)
11:12 BRILLIANT | AD
12:33 Bloopers
Video filmed on a Sony ⍺7 IV
Microphone used: Comica VM20 shotgun microphone
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👩🏽‍💻 I'm Dr. Becky Smethurst, an astrophysicist at the University of Oxford (Christ Church). I love making videos about science with an unnatural level of enthusiasm. I like to focus on how we know things, not just what we know. And especially, the things we still don't know. If you've ever wondered about something in space and couldn't find an answer online - you can ask me! My day job is to do research into how supermassive black holes can affect the galaxies that they live in. In particular, I look at whether the energy output from the disk of material orbiting around a growing supermassive black hole can stop a galaxy from forming stars.
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[@thomaswade3072]

As someone with retinal scaring I can't stress enough, do not let your eyes get damaged. It is hell.

[@clockwise7391]

sorry to hear. was it from an eclipse incident?

[@thomaswade3072]

@@clockwise7391 a laser induced injury

[@lesterwebb1166]

On fort Smith Arksas

[@m-paws3788]

let me put my paw beans on them, I makes them better 😺

[@imperiousartifact1473]

Witnessed Totality in 2017. Totally worth it.

[@diaxus388]

one thing i loved about a full eclipse is the way the shadows go weird, stand under a small tree or something and look at the shadows of the leaves, do it and you will understand

[@jameswest4819]

Seen it several times. Finally saw a total Sun eclipse in Hawaii but the only animal sounds I heard was some of my idiot neighbors cheering loudly and clapping as though God or the Sun was performing, especially for them.

[@SUGAR_XYLER]

​@@jameswest4819 😂 I was too stunned to move. I was in total cosmic bliss then

[@bimmjim]

In Western Canada, we will have only a small sliver of the eclipse. I could project an image of the sun using my telescope. I've done this before to project a clear image of sun spots. Adjustments can be made to get a very clear image.

[@paulbrickler]

The last one we had over here in 2017, you could see stars in the sky during totality, and the roosters crowed. It was like a low-key 360-degree sunset everywhere.

[@skuNk_citY]

When using a colander, be careful not to 𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙞𝙣 your eyes.

[@jamesengland7461]

Ba dum tss!

[@MegaForrestgump]

My eyes rolled and I audibly groaned at that joke. I love it!!!

[@phukfone8428]

I hope McDonald's get your order wrong

[@kaleostaszkow8495]

😂

[@iitzfizz]

GET OUT!! 🤣

[@sporeman2334]

Becky i really love how you can allow yourself to be goofy like in 13:12 while being a scientist, who usually have an image of being overtly serious. thank you

[@hybridwolf66]

I live in Central Texas. I will have 4 minutes of totality. We are expecting hundreds of thousands to flock to the local towns. Dr. Becky, I wish you were one of them.

[@TheEclipseCompany]

Thanks for the mention and sharing such good information! Wishing everyone clear skies on the 8th!

[@steveegbert7429]

I was fortunate to be able to see the 2017 total eclipse here in Oregon in a remote forest location dead center of the path. I did spend too much time photographing it but got some memorable images. It was indeed an awesome experience; it is truly one of those 'you had to be there' things to understand.

[@christianellegaard7120]

I you are in the SouthWest, see if you can get to the top of a mesa.

[@LEDewey_MD]

Can't wait for the eclipse!! Have to drive about 100 miles south of where I live, so....COOL! I also saw the total eclipse from seven years ago. It is well worth one's effort to actually experience in real life. There is nothing else like it. Even the temperature drops several degrees. Easy to see why humans in the past were terrified by an eclipse. ❤❤❤

[@outlawbillionairez9780]

Ours in Oregon was impressive. If you have a 360° view, you'll have a sunset in the north and south!😊👍

[@christianellegaard7120]

After seeing the 2017 eclipse, in Idaho, we sat in a queue on the the Interstate for about 10 hours. The, normally, four hour drive to Salt Lake City took about 12 hours. Be prepared! Bring lots of snacks and make sure you have a full tank of gas.

[@danphillips8530]

i have to drive about 20 000 km, given the price of gas lately, I'm not sure I'm gonna be able to make it. Hope it's everything it's meant to be. Also, I've seen the Aurora Australias, which is a very mind-blowing thing.

[@SUGAR_XYLER]

​@@outlawbillionairez9780 Right, it looks like this 🌆 I drove over 100 miles to Columbia....worth every minute to see totality

[@pansepot1490]

If you go do your research and plan in advance. I heard a state has issued a warning to his citizens to stock up on necessary items because the influx of tourists for the eclipse could disrupt transport infrastructures and supply chains.

[@condorboss3339]

I saw the 2017 Solar Eclipse in a little town called Scio, Oregon. (They played 'Dark Side of the Moon' during totality.) I had previously seen a few partial eclipses, but the moment of totality is truly awe-inspiring. To look up and see the black hole instead of the sun, surrounded by the solar corona was incredible. Also took a moment to look at the stars - I remember seeing Venus - in the middle of the day.

[@SUGAR_XYLER]

Yes, I saw all of that too. It was total euphoria

[@kevinL5425]

I love that the video ends with you starting to sing “Total Eclipse of the heart” in the bloopers. I see what you did there … lol.

[@mikeselectricstuff]

I was so looking forward to the inevitable Bonnie Tyler moment & you didn't disappoint!

[@brotzeitsepp]

Didn't expect it to happen on the "turn around" instead of the "total eclipse"...

[@jursamaj]

Peter Hollens did a cover of Total Eclipse of the Heart in during the 2017 eclipse. He had… technical difficulties. But the video is worth watching anyway.

[@billnewby1976]

I feel really fortunate to live in the only place on the planet where both the recent annular eclipse and the upcoming total eclipse are visible.

[@9876karthi]

Hello Texasan

[@billnewby1976]

@@9876karthi 😁

[@colormedubious4747]

Same here, but the city is going to be jammed full of tourists. If I didn't have to work, I'd drive out to my place in the boonies to watch it.

[@mattslaboratory5996]

I've been fortunate to see two total eclipses in my life, both in Portland. It is unnerving and memorable. The first time it was cloudy, and that actually made it more frightening -- to me and the birds both.

[@migranthawker2952]

Why should it be frightening - it's just a natural phenomenon, no different than a cloud passing in front of the Sun just less often! The birds are not frightened, they just think it's getting dark and stop singing.

[@jeffswope1511]

It’s amazing how looking through the Time Machine that we call a telescope makes you feel so connected. Can’t wait to view the eclipse

[@falconnm]

"See the filament of the light bulb". Very 1990s. 😂🤣😂

[@deltalima6703]

She is old. Lightbulbs used to have filaments before LEDs came along.

[@niolss]

New studio? Looks great! Get some sound dampening for the roof and you are golden

[@waakca]

I'm ancient. I was born in 1961. We had paper maps, rotary phones and computers that used paper tape and computer cards upon which to store programs and data. In 40 years, if you make it, the young people then will laugh at the primitive tech that you think is so advanced now. I laugh now at what I used back in my youth.

[@glenndennis6801]

​@waakca Right behind you, 62 for me.

[@moritzheintze7615]

But it does work for the LED chip(s) just as well. It does not for fluorescent ligths, though.

[@stoffls]

People in the eastern US are lucky, as they had already the total eclipse of 2017. I watched the total eclipse of 1999, which will be the last one in central Europe until 2060 or so. We managed to get to a point in the core shadow in the last minute - and it was amazing, how the world changed for a short time and just a few hundred meters away the landscape was in "full" sunlight. I really hope to get the chance to experience another total eclipse in my lifetime, it is great. And I am really surprised, Dr. Becky, that you haven't seen one yet.

[@Silber7]

Ooh, never thought about that - still 'lit' areas can be in viewing distance 🤯 (Especially if the region is hilly i guess? I was at the North Sea in 99, still remember the 'grey' light of the partial eclipse. And it was a quite strong tide at the beach right then too)

[@Xane_Dragon]

Right, why is she even commenting then, she hasn't had the experience 🤦‍♂️ I was in totality in 2017 and it was a divine experience

[@tyrantworm7392]

@@Xane_Dragon Jeez dude, did you watch the video at all? When you have a proper intellectual understanding of why something occurs, then commentry of that intellectual understanding is entirely appropriate. Your argument would have a very low % learning anything STEM in school, because the teachers have no direct demonstrable experience of what they are teaching. Please try to engage the grey matter before commenting.

[@tyrantworm7392]

Not the greatest quality, but a great video from that era is of a Paraglider called Toni Bender. He crossed the Alps, Germany to Italy, at the time of the eclipse. Paragliders rely on thermal lift to fly, I think it's on his third day of flying as he enters northern Italy, the eclipse arrives, giving no option but to land as all lift is gone. Entirely expected of course, but what memories to have for him.

[@Adrian-jj4xk]

@DrBecky, you can totally come to my house for totality. We're having a party.

[@JaSon-wc4pn]

BYOB 🍻

[@billirwin3558]

Eclipse parties are a celebration of the cosmic ballet that we are all part of.

[@paulcwyuen]

I live and work in Evansville IN, my employer is kind enough to let us go outside and even provide protective eye pieces for us to watch.

[@barryfrench2534]

Saw the 1976 one from the top of a hill near Ballarat. Was surreal with the birds giving the night calls, the cows lowing and then...silence. Good ending because the clouds cleared and we saw the clear shadow edge appear on the Western horizon and transit to the Eastern horizon in moments.

[@gerardp4759]

I'm ready for it, Dr. Becky!! I have my eclipse glasses purchased!

[@randalscott7224]

Hoping to be in Texas for this, our third eclipse. Becky, you absolutely owe it to yourself to see at least one. You will never look at our Moon in the same way when you have stood in its shadow!

[@MCsCreations]

Thanks for all the tips and info, dr. Becky! 😊 Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊

[@MarxKosmos1024]

All set to see my first total eclipse outside of Columbus, OH. I'm praying for good weather, because this state likes its clouds.

[@TobyFowler]

I got an awesome view of the 2017 eclipse via the little, pull-string-holes in the horizontal window blinds in my living room. the vertical column of holes nearest one edge of the window just happened to be in perfect alignment between the light outside and one wall of the hallway walls. the effect was a meter tall column of about two dozen eclipses, seemingly floating in a void. the pics I took with my cheapster-cam phone camera didn't come close to doing it justice. but the memory is still as vivid as when it happened.

[@user-dh6bj2me5p]

We saw an eclipse on our floor through the metal screens. Thousands of shadow eclipses.

[@jasonsumma1530]

I am one of those in 2017 who was able to enjoy the total solar eclipse. We had a good amount of clouds in my general vicinity but thankfully at my house, the clouds cleared with about half hour to spare. Many other places close by (within a 30-45 minute drive) still had too much cloud cover to see anything. You are correct about how the animals react to the total solar eclipse.

[@christadawnwheeler2696]

I live in Southern Indiana and will be seeing a complete eclipse. I'm both excited and anxious. We are expecting at least 20, 000 people to show up in our area. Schools and many businesses will be closed, and traffic will be chaos. This is a very memorable time.

[@christianellegaard7120]

After seeing the 2017 eclipse, in Idaho, we sat in a queue on the the Interstate for about 10 hours. The, normally, four hour drive to Salt Lake City took about 12 hours. Be prepared! Bring lots of snacks and make sure you have a full tank of gas.

[@trevinbeattie4888]

“Enjoyment comes first, capturing it is secondary.” So glad you made a point of that, having been out to the 2017 eclipse myself but missed the “diamond ring” phase because I was trying to photograph it with my phone at that moment.

[@Xane_Dragon]

You can't capture that beauty on film. It has to be seen with the uncovered eye at totality

[@TheREALJosephTurner]

That last blooper was the best blooper to have ever bloopered.

[@user-sx2tb5cb3j]

Dr. Becky I absolutely love your content and how you're able to explain it in the best way possible.... Your book is stunning ❤ read and repeat!

[@katanasteel]

if you have trees you can also see the eclipse through the leaves' shadows, similar to how/why the colander/strainer works. and is pretty amazing too.

[@michaelsnow4735]

Very interesting becky and I love your passion for this too

[@gheorghev0728]

You're amazing in many ways! Thank you for great, educational content!

[@neoanderson7]

I was hoping you’d do a piece on this. 👏🏻 I’m going to enjoy the eclipse with my solar glasses. 😎 ☀️

[@charleediaven6278]

Looking forward to it. I moved to Mx and I am in the total path. I am lucky because this will be my second. I saw the total eclipse in March of 1970, while attending the University of Delaware as a physics major.

[@jamesglover9668]

Thanks Dr. Becky!

[@mkpleco]

I had never been to a total solar eclipse. That's ok, because my once in a life time was in the eye wall of a hurricane with birds flying around and blue sunny skies. It was amazing.

[@TypoKnig]

The 2017 eclipse was my first, and it was amazing! I hope the weather is clear in New York on the big day.

[@rolsonn]

Thanks for the great material. Loved the colander idea. Fingers crossed you get an opportunity to see a solar eclipse in the near future.

[@jarosawulczok3541]

Dr. Becky z durszlakiem 🥰 - my favorite way to watch Solar Eclipse!

[@wolftaske]

I was one of the lucky ones that not only was I living in a state that saw totality my house was in totality and while I was sick during the day I was able to walk out my front door and watch it, it was amazing and while I don't think I will be a eclipse chaser I will try my best to see as many as I can in the future. And let me say luck was 100% on my side not only did I live in the path of totality but in a state that normally has heavy cloud cover during the spring (especially this year under a el nino this winter which meant we only saw the sun a handful of times the whole winter) but while there was cloud cover it was wispy and you could still clearly see the eclipse, and it rained literally that morning and the next day xD, it was close.

[@chipskins123]

Happy to be in a perfect location for this event! Early forecast is looking promising as well!

[@jcr1138]

Hello Dr. Becky! I witnessed the 1991 total solar eclipse in Mexico City. I was ecstatic for such beauty up in the sky. It's been the best experience I've ever had! This time, it'll be a partial eclipse where I live.

[@mujernica]

We're so excited about this! We live in the Dallas area and the whole city is buzzing!! Several school districts have closed.

[@curlybrace314]

I have my eclipse glasses and I'm crossing my fingers for good weather in IN/IL!

[@CMansfield]

Here in Minnesota, I have become resigned to the fact that most astral phenomena are going to be obscured by clouds. MN is also far enough away from the track that it will only just be noticeable. No matter, I saw at least one total eclipse in primary school back in the '50s. Back then though, we only had bits of glass darkened by candle soot to protect our eyes. Thinking back, it’s a miracle any of us kids survived…

[@jerelull9629]

Considering what many/most of us did when younger, it's miracle that so many of us survived with pretty decent eyesight. My wife got her first glasses when she was about 7. It was a REVELATION to see that trees were topped by innumerable leaves, not just hazy patches of green.😃

[@mobinmobaseri]

I really appreciate your work. After "physics girl" you are my favorite physicist/youtuber.

[@TheOldBlackCrow]

That link about the cloud coverage and events is wonderful! Already found some cool stuff where we're going. 😃

[@scottriker]

Doctor Becky thank you for your video. Wife and I had 4 minutes of totality in Cape Girardeau Missouri USA with clear skies. Was able to see Venus to the West of the Sun/Moon and Jupiter to the right. Really cosmic experience and totally worth the trip from New Jersey.

[@Notalawyer101]

Thank you very much for such an informative video. I've been wondering about the solar glasses I purchased and I'd not seen or heard the test of looking (briefly) at a light bulb. The map links are also great.

[@KTJEagle]

Loved the 2017 eclipse at home in South Carolina, heading to Torreon Mexico for this one, I'm hooked, already planing my next!

[@erictaylor5462]

I got to watch the 2017 eclipse from the street in front of my house in Salem, Oregon. It was *AMAZING* do not miss this chance if you can see it.

[@richardtoninicholls8569]

Dr. Becky, Arkansas here. Will have more than 4 minutes in totality from my front yard. How lucky is that?

[@DrBecky]

So lucky!

[@kennethmurphy8585]

We live in Maine, and will travel 4 hours to witness totality- along with 30,000+ others coming to Maine from all over the US and world. It’s so crazy to read and hear about all the prep and concessions being organized for the masses coming here for the this very brief but extraordinary opportunity. Thanks for this awesome video, Dr. Becky!!!

[@Styphon]

Come on over to Northeast Ohio, before all the rooms get booked! It might actually be sunny!

[@frankhudek4916]

Me too.

[@rjlesch]

"Turn around ...." -- loved that bit!

[@Sh0nX]

I went to Compton, Quebec, 888 miles (1430km). What can I say, OH MY GOD, it is surreal, got colder, the blue-white around the moon i didn't expect. Not yellow blue-white. What a view, never will forget that moment!!!!

[@shawnbottomley6381]

I did link your video to a friend who want to watch the solar eclipse. I figure it will help him figure out his day on April 8th.

[@stefanschulz4523]

Its sad to hear you haven't seen a total eclipse yet. I saw my first one in 1999 and i still get emotional thinking about it. it was truly life changing. And i am looking forward to see two more in Spain in 2026 and 2027. I cannot encourage anyone enough to go and see it!

[@enockmarere3113]

Thanks Doctor Bee for getting to the point as usual instead of beating around the bush in the video like most

[@bethgoldman2560]

Already have plans to head to my brother’s place in Vermont. Glasses purchased. So excited!

[@user-bh2mf5uv7c]

Wish we had a way of knowing what pod casts are correct and accurate. I am not capable of always knowing knowing. I have learned to accept your podcasts as being accurate and carefully correct. Thank you, Dr. Becky.

[@jerryh1895]

I can't wait to listen to Dr. Becky's Greatest Hits on Spotify

[@timpointing]

Can we all agree that, close to, but not on, the path of totality, the proper name for the sun's visible shape is the "Toenail Sun"?

[@jerelull9629]

Can hardly beat that in this space.🥹

[@t2k777]

can watch from my front yard, my second, first was 1970 at Virginia Beach

[@LotusFlowerClips]

*Chuckles* Nice explanation prop.

[@kevinconville3199]

Thanks!

[@CourtneyK87]

I saw the 2017 one. I was in Kentucky, I believe, traveling. Got a lot of cool pics.

[@Johnnycrystalblue]

The last one the total dark went right over my place. The birds stopped singing everything went totally silent. Coyotes even started singing was very Erie goosebumps 😅 I got a photo by putting an extra pair of solar glasses over my phone lens. Welders glasses work also.

[@n.sykes.pharmd]

👋🏻👋🏻 I'm from Charleston, SC and was there for the total solar eclipse ❤ There was this amazing shimmer to everything for one or two seconds before and after totality that is very hard to explain... It is somewhat like the reflection of sun light from the surface of a body of water but covering everything you can see. Ribbons of light dancing on houses, trees, etc. for a split second! It was as you said, a defining life experience.

[@SUGAR_XYLER]

I was in SC too and the corona was shimmering like an actual silver mirror in the sky. That was the best part

[@niecyb3873]

Thank you.

[@grahamrankin4725]

August 2017, the totality passed through our town in Oregon. Definitely fabulous and checked off my bucket list.

[@bhaskaranktn8605]

I too watched total solar eclipse, enjoyed shadow band, diamond ring, Bailey beeds, dark sky with full of stars and planets close to sun, unforgettable experience 🤝

[@DarkHorseSki]

I was in Tennessee in 2017 and I took the day off for this event many months ago. I live in Michigan and am driving down with my kids (a much quicker drive than what I had to do in 2017.) WEATHER is the big issue that always concerns me. I saw an annular eclipse a couple decades or so ago, and I bought some excellent welding goggles to view that. I used eclipse glasses for 2017 and will again for this one, and this time I am trying a better filter for my phone for recording this one.

[@dragon-ed1hz]

Thanks for the links. Glad to be able to order safe viewing glasses. I'm in SW Virginia so it looks like it will be about an 80-90% eclipse at my house.

[@alowry2002]

If you can go to totality. It is worth it.

[@haggis525]

I saw it today from my own balcony... I'm right on the path in Quebec... 98.8% totality but it was bloody brilliant!

[@modelismerivesud8487]

I live in Montérégie (south shore of Montreal, Canada) and I can't wait to experience this extraordinary day.

[@mjpottertx]

Thanks for letting us know it will be visible during the day....

[@AysiaKardo]

Cyberopolis's responsiveness to community feedback is impressive.

[@fritzwiest5787]

I’m excited! Here in Fort Worth Texas should be great!

[@MichaelSiegel14]

As a fellow professional astronomer, I can say that ... you will be blown away if you ever see one. I just posted a video on my own channel talking about eclipses and included video of the 2017 one. And you can hear me, with 25 years of astronomy under my belt, shouting out like a little kid. I hope you get to see one soon!

[@SUGAR_XYLER]

Same 😂

[@timesurfingalien]

Make your own eclipse glasses. Mylar potato chip bags 4 or more layers. Test it beforehand. Ive used this method the last 2 eclipses ive seen.

[@leemichaelgeller4420]

Becky, I have to tell you that I’ve been planning this for seven years as it falls on my birthday 🎉 I’m traveling from the northwestern US to Texas just to see this four minutes it’s happening… and I’m so looking forward to it!

[@Farmer-bh3cg]

One can also use Lincoln arc welding shield glass for arc welding hoods. These are designed to allow working with the very bright glare from electric arc welding. They come in different densities and can be tested the same way Dr. Becky says against incandescent light bulbs. Welding supply houses and hardware stores have them; they are very inexpensive. Cut an oblong hole in cardboard and tape the glass in place . The glass is about 2X4 and allows plenty of safe viewing area.

[@sirmintyclack]

Thank you for the helpful information. I'm really excited about this eclipse. I won't get the total solar eclipse but it will be cool to observe what I get.

[@likebot.]

Oh Dr. Becky, I didn't get to the total eclipse, my car broke down the day before, but that's only 30 minutes away. I had 3 straight minutes of shadowbanding - I'll take it! Had the telescope out, a big white board and a camera. Life doesn't get any better. Oh, and we had a clear sky and expected overcast!

[@MartinRajkovic]

People tend to forget these once in a lifetime events. Four years ago I thought there was something wrong with my memory when none of my family members nor my collegues remebmered the Hale Bopp comet. I was 12 when the comet flew by and it was the most amazing thing ever... That comet was plainly visible for weeks and weeks and yet none of the people I asked could recollect ever seeing it. I dont know how is that even possible.

[@adamc1966]

That was the first comet that I ever saw. Very strange to see it "sitting still" in the night sky.

[@foozlebagel7488]

The new microphone sounds great!

[@thatfuzzypotato1877]

I feel so lucky I live only a 3.5 hour drive from the path of totality. 100% worth the drive. Bringing my 6 year old with me

[@trippystipples]

I'm in Toronto. Can't wait.

[@jordanyu2180]

@DrBecky cou;d you also make a video about the new black hole image from EHT please?

[@paulbrickler]

So, 15 years ago, I designed and built my parents a nice little lodge / cabin in SE Missouri which just happens to be in the direct center of the path of totality. So we are going there. But the forecast is ~ cloudy - we will see.

[@beenaplumber8379]

We used a punch card for lunch tickets in 1979. When my social studies class went out to view the 1979 eclipse, I'd poked a hole in paper, but the real treat was seeing all those partially eclipsed crescent suns in the shadow of my lunch ticket! Nerdy things like the colander and my lunch ticket make fun memories!

[@Lucy88ujh]

Great, I will be waiting for it...

[@neilrobson8426]

I'm lucky enough to be going to Texas for this one😊 -- leaving Monday ! Thanks for another great video Dr Becky

[@christianellegaard7120]

After seeing the 2017 eclipse, in Idaho, we sat in a queue on the the Interstate for about 10 hours. The, normally, four hour drive to Salt Lake City took about 12 hours. Be prepared! Bring lots of snacks and make sure you have a full tank of gas.

[@neilrobson8426]

Thanks for the advice my friend. 😊

[@lindaward5376]

I've booked a trip to St. Catherines - southwestern shore of Lake Ontario, 3 minutes totality - leaving the day before, spending 2 nights at an Airbnb, and returning home the next day, and I'm packing 2 days worth of meals and snacks; the weather forecast says partly cloudy, so I'm crossing my fingers!

[@neilrobson8426]

Good luck Linda, if you're successful I'm sure you won't be disappointed. 😊

[@sundaynightdrunk]

Lucky enough to be in totality for this one. Really looking forward to it.

[@bornnaked2928]

New mic sounds good 👍

[@ehsnils]

I'm outside the area for the eclipse, but I'd use electrical arc welding glass to cut down the intensity, it will definitely cut down the glare from the sun, but probably even more than you'd like. However I think that it would be even better to use a camera with strong filters and good optics on a tracking tripod.

[@DJEscreet]

I know what you mean about seeing the solar system in real time. I've never seen a total solar eclipse, but I saw the transit of venus in 2011 (or was it 12?) and it absolutely blew my mind. It really did make the solar system appear to be a three dimensional object moving before my very eyes! Incredible .