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(04-01-2024, 02:19 PM)lostbook Wrote: I saw a Youtube video which stated that there are several events that are happening or planned for this eclipse:
The unplanned event is the Cicada awakening which is due to happen sometime around the time of this eclipse. Also, there will be two types of Cicada's.
Planned events include the Hadron Collider, Isreal's sacrifice of the Red Heffer which is symbolic of the building of the 3rd temple, and a Nasa launch of 3 rockets named after the Egyptian serpent deity APEP into the Moon's shadow.
It is a Youtube video so take it with a grain of salt.
Grain of salt accepted.
It's kind of regrettable that in promoting interest in the eclipse means people will monetize the event by associating all manner of things to it on YouTube.
Which is not to say that I don't follow all the 'prophesizing' and 'synchronous association' that accompanies most celestial events. It's kind of colorful, and alluring. Something is always happening everywhere... it's a sure bet it will coincide with something else. Some of those are scary... I guess that's the point.
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August 2044 looks like the next time for the U.S. denizens.
Here, you can input your location to see the degree of eclipse available to your location: 8 April 2024 Partial Solar Eclipse in Cayman Islands, Cayman Islands (timeanddate.com)
We will have less than 30% eclipse, which means that only those who have eclipse visual aids will be able to tell the differences.
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Happy April Fool's day...
There's an April Fools' Day prank about the 2024 solar eclipse — don't fall for it
It goes like this....
Fake headline: "Eclipse Path and Date Miscalculated"
And says something to this effect:
...failing to account for the time it takes light to travel from the sun, a laser-based model led by the U.S. National Observatory’s Measurement Alignment and Astronomy Ministration [NO-MA'AM], has been shown to be off by seven days and 1,843 miles." And that means "it’s coming at us, like, now,” Sarah Phillips, part of UVM's Class of 2025, said in the statement.
... astronomy humor...
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A "revised" eclipse path has been proposed.... I am uncertain how this might have been 'incorrectly' in the first place...
New Solar Eclipse Map Shows Change in Places Where Moon Will Block Sun
Published Apr 02, 2024 at 12:17 PM EDT
Grain of salt here....
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(04-06-2024, 09:12 AM)Maxmars Wrote: A "revised" eclipse path has been proposed.... I am uncertain how this might have been 'incorrectly' in the first place...
New Solar Eclipse Map Shows Change in Places Where Moon Will Block Sun
Published Apr 02, 2024 at 12:17 PM EDT
Grain of salt here.... It's a super cool thing to see in person. I can well understand those who want to do so. If I were of that ilk in the U.S., I would aim for some place where the bulk of folks weren't charted to go, such as a wee town juuuuust outside of the cone of totality. Some sleepy little town name something countryish, like Hochatown, OK, or Hugo, Grant, Antlers, OK, or Camden, Warren, Dumas, AK or Rolla, Salem, St. James, MO, or Monroe, Tecumseh, Ann Arbor, MI, etc. etc.
The totality cone is probably not worth the strife. Pick a place where you can easily drive to and find a sleepy little town with a hotel and a diner than you can live with. Maybe even a KOA campground, if they still exist.
The prescribed path isn't nearly as important as being involved in the event, if that is what you are grappling for. Choose a less-congested place where you can enjoy it with your family without risking you lives in the process.
JMHO.
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