What to Expect for the Total Solar Eclipse (April 8, 2024)

In this video I walk you through what a total solar eclipse is, the things you need to bring to maximize your experience, and what you can expect to see along each stage of the total solar eclipse. This video is geared to the April 8 2024 total solar eclipse.
For the resources mentioned in this video:
TIme and date: www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/s...
Mean weather: eclipsophile.com/2024tse/
Eclipse timer app: apps.apple.com/us/app/solar-e...
Fancy eclipse glasses: bit.ly/3vGmaQt
Less fancy eclipse glasses: bit.ly/3tY7NGy
Tutorials and more on my website: astrofalls.com/

[@solareclipsetimer]

Hi Bray, this is Gordon Telepun checking in, I am the developer of the app Solar Eclipse Timer that you mentioned numerous times during your video. Thank you for your recommendation and support! I hope I can help your subscribers and viewers of this video get more enjoyment out of the eclipse! My app is a useful tool, for sure. Your video was very good and you are going to help people know what to expect. Thank you for uploading it.

[@mark2220]

I found your app from this video and it was extremely helpful for me getting my first total eclipse and walking away with some killer shots from my astrophotography rig. thank you!

[@solareclipsetimer]

@@mark2220 Great Mark, thanks for your comment and your support. Glad you did well.

[@jeannihighlander9098]

Take lots of bottled water and food. Also keep your gas tank full- there will be gasoline shortages along the path of totality, especially afterwards when folks are stuck in traffic. Take along a white sheet to make observing shadows on the ground a little easier - it can serve as your picnic blanket as well. Take a garbage bag with you so that you "leave no trace!"

[@cdz9400]

You have no idea how helpfull this video is to me

[@Ibusers1]

You’re my man, Bray! Such great advice and tips you give there! 👍🏼

[@gomanastro]

Nice job Bray, great advice for the masses

[@chillah_pro5864]

Thank you so much for this! Your explanation is the best one I have found that I can use to help teach to my students!

[@ernie5229]

I wish he wasn't so vague about when you need to wear solar protection glasses. My eyes are important and want to be safe!

[@ranger5309]

The app for your phone is very accurate, and should help.

[@georgesimon1760]

You need solar protection for any time the moon isn't completely covering the sun. Once you see the diamond ring effect and it disappears, the corona will appear and at that point you can take the glasses off. You will have to put them back on before the 2nd diamond ring (3rd contact)

[@FsimulatorX]

3:06 those outbound flights to Europe are going to have a blast

[@justlanchen]

thank you!!! this was so helpful. Also, love the hair 😜

[@dama5075]

Merci beaucoup! Very clear and good explications! I am planing to appreciate this precious moment with my first grade students on the south shore of Montreal!

[@hudsonball4702]

My Dad and I got to see the 2017 Solar Eclipse when we went to Alexader, NC. One of the few places in NC that got any of totality it that year. It was the only Solar Eclipse my father ever got to see and the only One I've seen in my life so far. My dad passed last January (2023) from ironically, skin cancer. Not from the solar eclipse mind you. He had been dealing with little spots of it for about 8 years prior.

[@wandamannsmith8469]

Thank you! Looking forward to viewing in southeast Illinois. School year calendar scheduled it as a day off.

[@marianacamplese9519]

Thank You for your educational video.

[@maggie0285]

I remember when the sun started coming back out it reminded me of standing in a dark stadium at night and someone turned on a spotlight. That's exactly how it looked

[@rikksullenberger6864]

Woohooo Cleveland is on the map!!!

[@drunk_astronomy]

2017 was nuts, seeing totality was like seeing the face of god. This time I’m taking his picture. Got my gear ready and my spot reserved. See ya in Texas Bray!

[@FsimulatorX]

what's your gear? Thinking of doing the same

[@christianbowes7907]

Can’t wait for Eclipse festival in Texas.

[@phillipmerritt1428]

Thanks for the information,

[@Cocosimcoe8]

It’s on my birthday! I will really darken people’s days… 🎉 😢😢😢

[@WildPenguinFromDaForest]

Yeeeahhh !! Total solar eclipseee !!

[@RandyMKE]

Fantastic video!

[@AsAboveSoBelowTarot-ly2ow]

I can’t wait

[@MarkLawry]

There are orther things to observe. Primarily shadow bands on the ground at C2 and C3. Also how your eyes' color perception changes. Notice the temperature changes, and the breeze this causes. Depending on where you are positioned relative to the circular shadow, look for changes in angle of the breeze, as the air moving in to the colder area is subject to coreolis effect, similar to storm rotation.

[@jeannihighlander9098]

Take a long a white sheet to spread on the ground to make observing shadows easier - it can serve as your picnic blanket too!

[@RandyMKE2]

Totally agree about the photo comments 13 minutes in

[@ILove1DC2A]

Thanks for this great video discussing the Total Eclipse next week! I do plan to try to take a Total Eclipse Selfie on April 8th. What are your recommendations for taking a Total Eclipse Selfie?

[@BrentMantooth]

Hey, i see you on astro bin all the time!

[@rarebreed-wj3ov]

You wouldn't believe but the oct 14 eclipse. Cloud Cover made it where I could photograph the crescent Sun.

[@williambuchanan5750]

Any chance that you'll be sharing and/or selling the code you wrote to process your 2024 eclipse photos?

[@joshharris3040]

I learned my lesson during the 2017 eclipse. Everyone in my viewing party will have their own pair of binoculars. I am 100% not sharing this time around :)

[@AstroSteff]

Europeans watching this 😭

[@Tp_astro]

Astrosteff from astrobiscuit?

[@astrofalls]

You'll get some good eclipses soon!

[@Tp_astro]

@@astrofalls 2025 will be one

[@AstroSteff]

@@Tp_astroyeah lol😂

[@NobodyUR]

Been living 42 years in Ohio this is the first TOTAL eclipse I’ve ever heard of in the area.we’ve gotten occasional partial eclipses which 🤷🏻‍♂️ not to exciting

[@keithhanssen7413]

I found it very strange how the sunlight streamed down to earth at 3rd contact. It seemed as if I could see the sunlight streaming from the moon down to earth. I think it takes a little over 1 second to travel from the moon to earth. It was sort of like a pillar or cone of light. It was weird.

[@mark2220]

There were a lot of weird sights and feels going on but this one had to be in your mind. The light from the light beam traveled faster than the beam itself to show you its progression towards earth? probably not..

[@tomnichols3970]

Hi Bray - At C2 & C3, my personal eclipse glasses will be on; however, is it okay to remove the filter on the front of the camera lens in order to capture the Diamond Rings & Baily’s Beads??

[@theastrophotographerjudah9421]

Yes, the camera will capture them just fine. Just makes sure you don't overexpose them, or they will be too blown out

[@CIubkid]

Im stills gonna take a photo 🦅🦅🦅

[@bralphchou9624]

I've been doing solar eclipse outreach and eye safety since 1972 and this will be my 30th solar eclipse. Your video was very nicely done! You covered everything very well. I hope your viewers will enjoy this eclipse safely. Thank you!

[@janmac218]

Someone mentioned that some parking lots may have dusk to dawn lighting that can interfere with viewing. Just heard this. Don't know if it's certain or not.

[@sharonm7039]

Thank you for making this video. Question...with just binoculars will I be able to see the detail of the Corona that your first picture shows or is that done with camera settings?

[@aagifford]

Not that enhanced but yes you can see a lot of the corona. I’m taking 2 binoculars and might get a third next week borrowed from a friend and switch from ones with filters to without and back.

[@Michiganian8]

I don’t need no glasses, oh please 😆

[@vallaeiasprings9870]

also theres supposed to be a comet or asteroid going by during the eclipse

[@susieharman2479]

Hi Brey. I have tried 3 times to order the solar glasses from your suggested website. First…I received a page saying they have changed the order #s since you posted that link. I did that and had my order ready to charge. Unfortunately, the orange PLACE ORDER button wouldn’t work. I thought I missed something so I went back and checked all the requirement information. I even read through all the info about the problems they’ve had with shipping issues. So, I started over the complete process again and it did the same thing. I’ve never had a problem like this so I sent an email to them. I’m hoping to hear from them but want to ask you if you have another company you have vetted that sell these solar glasses? Thank you

[@curveball1318]

If you want to view it with great protection, and if you're a cheapskate, buy a welding mask and return it later that day or the next.

[@Michiganian8]

I don’t need no glasses, oh please 😆

[@Anonymous99997]

I will be on a plane flying from Virginia to Arizona and will be flying right through the area of totality about two hours too soon. We expect to see partial eclipse during the last hour or two of the flight.

[@Michiganian8]

50,000 more ft, & you’ll be right in it 😄

[@JoaquimLuizinho]

Expect a cloudy day

[@phill7507]

It will probably be cloudy and rainy in Ohio the day it happens. It may get darker but it will probably be covered by clouds

[@Dug2479]

Don’t say that

[@julieb8433]

Do I need to be on the red dotted line or in the red shaded line?

[@Parallax-3D]

The closer you are to the red dotted line, the longer the totality will be, but anywhere inside the red shaded area will see totality.

[@canlite]

Wear a welding shield. Lol. Way better than anything. Put good clean lenses in it.

[@TheCosmicGuy0111]

A welders mask doesn’t block out the rays of the sun that’ll make you blind, better off just buying actual eclipse glasses lmfao.

[@joshs2444]

Is it still worth it, even on a cloudy day?

[@maggie0285]

Oh yes. It will get even darker and you'll hear the crickets

[@rudyastro]

Kinda late but nice hair bro. As a European I’m watching this to cope with having never seen a total eclipse in my life 😭

[@tobiasyoder]

13:49 “one of the most difficult things to photograph in all of photography bar none” seems a bit over top for something that is incredibly predictable and requires the photographer to make basically zero decisions or react to anything… I guess you’d need to find a spot without clouds?

[@haydenmendoza738]

I need ur help

[@starrylynn._.]

this is only the 2nd one i get to see, the first was a partial! but i am right in the way of a total eclipse this time! and its supposed to hit my state at 3:15, the EXACT time i get out of school! i’ll have to be sure to bring my camera!

[@sportnik23]

His comment about "knock-off" glasses is, frankly, wrong. Real cheap glasses are so easy to make that there would be no reason to make fake ones. He suggests you buy $15 glasses with paper frames, whereas you can buy the same thing for 10/$10. If you want proof that they are safe you can put them on and look directly at the sun. If the sun doesn't appear blindingly bright then they are working. Or turn on a light in your house and look directly at it first if you are worried. But order them now. I went to Tennessee to see the Eclipse in 2017 and by a week before the event I couldn't find any cheap glasses left online. I took my welding glasses, but was in a place where there was a big crowd and someone just gave me a cheap set. Go see it with a crowd if you can. Just like watching a movie in a theater, even the crowd reaction is awesome.

[@Michiganian8]

I don’t need no glasses, oh please 😆

[@xaedmon]

The total eclipse IS a sight to behold, but IMO way too much is made of the event, while way too little talk about the underlying REASONS the Eclipse occurs in the 1st place. As, reasons for the event is far more fascinating than the event itself, and as I see it- those who have taken it upon themselves to decide for us what we "need to know"... have decided they would rather NOT shine a mainstream spotlight on the TOTALITY of all the facts that work together so an eclipse can occur. I would like to just tell you what I am talking about, but I haven't the time- and IMO it is best for one to discover such things for themselves. But, will go as far as to say this- There are no coincidences. Coincidences are simply a fanciful notion favored by those whose depth perception concerning relative probability & possibility has not come into fruition of applicable comprehension- the coincidence "theory" if you will- is employed as a handy answer to spontaneous intrusions/impositions of inconvenient questions people cannot quickly & easily answer. The coincidence idea is basically just an easy go-to for those who's understandings have not matured enough to allow for the possibility of a reality rooted in pure reason moving predictably according to dictates of definitive universal purpose. Everyone bar none, has had the age-old seed of this "coincidence" notion planted deeply within us by virtue of communal "hand me down" logic and reasoning. Some of us grow out of the shoes of such adolescent reasoning, then again some do not... they walk through life with shoes of understanding too small to allow for beliefs to grow any larger than they are. So- perhaps belief in the coincidence fallacy- is symptomatic of those with an arrested development of universal perspective? Anywho- that's the totality of my thoughts on the matter... for today :) Enjoy the cosmic coincidence! ;)

[@statikquote9265]

Never saw a moon that day

[@godfreynicholson3202]

You still didn’t explain the whole full of the eclipses, and why are they happening more frequently now? Revelations ✨

[@astrofalls]

They aren’t happening more frequently now

[@godfreynicholson3202]

@@astrofalls Keep your eyes on the world, but still live your life Amen

[@curveball1318]

A cool experience, yes. But life changing? Not even close.

[@superwildside4585]

Lol A globe with bendy oceans lol

[@susieharman2479]

Sorry I misspelled your name BRAY😊

[@marykohler9281]

So what is all the panic about where they have to call in a national guard what for Something that won't last 5 minutes Just total silly

[@BooRadley452]

Magnetic flop is happening ⁴

[@Peaceful_Vegan_Warrior]

April 8th 2024 I’m going to yell out SOLAR FLARE when the sun reappears. 😂😂😂

[@perryweeks9577]

Expect religions to freak out😂

[@LarryJamesWulfDesign]

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[@JAYDELROSARIQ]

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[@Trippypanda99]

What to expect, absolutely Nothing

[@rodgerpetrick6502]

Here's what to expect. It will get dark during the day for aproximently 3 to 5 min. Depending on where you live. Thats it. No big deal

[@yacoabreu9]

No need for exaggeration It's not life changing.

[@mrgeraldbroughton1105]

Its not just a eclipse, its the sign of Jonah mentioned in the bible from Jesus Christ. The separation of the church and the heavens declaring the glory of Jesus Christ. The rapture of born again christians. Its amazing how people refuse to read the bible and what it says about the signs of the times, not nothing about star gazing or totality. The Devil has sent you a strong delusion

[@scottpringle]

2026-2070 possibly rapture

[@mikedrown2721]

George Carlin

[@S.TJohnsun-to3vc]

This doesn't sound like eclipse but someone mentally lost.

[@user-ph6kk6cy3z]

What are you talking about? He’s well informed, giving proper information about the event.

[@infinidimensionalinfinitie5021]

don't forget to expect the unexpected; like wild pigs!!!

[@moonmissionpassagetototali1952]

Agreed, you have given the best advice to the neophyte NOT to get involved in taking photos of the eclipse for the reasons you explained. So many people fall into this trap 🪤, which they will regret😢. Seasoned eclipse chasers know this all too well. The most seasoned eclipse chasers show up with glasses, binoculars, or maybe just a pillow😅.

[@Parallax-3D]

Hogwash! I took photos of my first eclipse in 2017, and they were just fine. I’m going to do it again in April, with better equipment this time.

[@moonmissionpassagetototali1952]

@@Parallax-3D, take it up with Bray. I agree with him based upon my own experiences and that of others who got caught up with eclipse photography that interfered with experiencing the eclipse. I will be photographing the April 8 eclipse, but only passively, using video. I have gotten burned at past eclipses. No matter how well prepared one thinks one is, “Murphy” has a way of showing up uninvited. If he can, then he will. Definitely not for the neophyte using advanced equipment. If you’re not one, then congrats. It took me four TSEs to get it right.

[@JAYDELROSARIQ]

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