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If you've never seen a total eclipse before and you live in the US, make every effort to see this one! It's not something that you can get the feel of by viewin
by idlewords 9y ago
If you've never seen a total eclipse before and you live in the US, make every effort to see this one! It's not something that you can get the feel of by viewing photos or video. Watching the sun get eaten by a black void activates something deep inside the animal brain. Don't settle for a partial eclipse, do what it takes to get in the path of totality.
If you have seen a total eclipse before, then you don't need any convincing.
- nicholas73 9y agoIs there something special about this total eclipse over others?
- qwerunf 9y agoIt's "relatively" easily accessible for those living in the United States and covers a huge swath of the country. Many total solar eclipses happen over the middle of the ocean, or at the poles, or in a location that is not as easily accessible. The next eclipse (after this one) to pass through the United States is in 2024.
- ngokevin 9y agoFor other people's information, it will cut through Mexico, Texas (incl. Dallas), Arkansas, New York (Buffalo), Maine.
- sulam 9y agoErr, what will? Partial? Totality cuts from Oregon to South Carolina and gets nowhere near Mexico or Maine.
- afterburner 9y agoHe's talking about the 2024 eclipse.
- sulam 9y agoAh! Fair! I hope I get to see it. :)
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- baursak 9y ago> Watching the sun get eaten by a black void activates something deep inside the animal brain. I was planning to have my 5 year old son see it. But now I wonder whether it will have any traumatic effect on him.
- cydonian_monk 9y agoI was five when I saw my first; only thing traumatic about it was the smell inside the welder's helmet we were passing around to watch it.
- dotancohen 9y agoWelders helmets are _not_ effective enough to make viewing the sun safe. Don't do that.
- TheSpiceIsLife 9y agoWelder here. A welding helmet with a Shade 14 lens should be okay. A lower shade, say Shade 11 or higher, plus dark safety glasses should be okay for short periods of viewing the sun while it is at least partially eclipsed. 1. https://www.space.com/15614-sun-observing-safety-tips-infographic.html https://www.space.com/15614-sun-observing-safety-tips-infogr...
- mnm1 9y agoYou would seriously let your son miss this because of some hypothetical traumatic event that might happen? I feel really bad for him if that's the case.
- bigiain 9y agoI don't think you worded this very well (which is probably why you're getting down votes), but I agree with your sentiment. This is 100% not something you should shield children from in my opinion - it's a very rare opportunity to see something quite magical - even when you know exactly what's going on.
- Angostura 9y agoI'd recommend finding somewhere near leafy forest if you can. Watching the dappled shade gradually become thousands of tiny crescents is really interesting. I'd never realised that the canopy created multiple pinhole-camera images of the sun until then.
- hellbanner 9y agoIs that the "Black circle"? Or is that the line of the path?
- idlewords 9y agoThe black circle. The closer you get to the line of the path, the longer the total eclipse lasts.