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Whatever you do on April 7, do NOT settle for a partial eclipse! Annie Dillard said it best: "I had seen a partial eclipse in 1970. A partial eclipse is very

Whatever you do on April 7, do NOT settle for a partial eclipse! Annie Dillard said it best: "I had seen a partial eclipse in 1970. A partial eclipse is very interesting. It bears almost no relation to a total eclipse. Seeing a partial eclipse bears the same relation to seeing a total eclipse as kissing a man does to marrying him, or as flying in an airplane does to falling out of an airplane. Although the one experience precedes the other, it in no way prepares you for it." From https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2017/08/annie-dillards-total-eclipse/536148/ https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2017/08/annie-di...

AbraKdabra 3y ago
I went to see the Piedra del Águila total eclipse in Argentina (December 2020) and it was something out of this world, like really, I'm there for every partial eclipse and this experience was worth the money spent, the distance I traveled, the absurd amount of sand I've eaten that day, the heat, the sudden freezing temperatures, every negative thing before the actual eclipse was instantly vanished when I looked up and saw the ring of fire, you're suddenly not in this planet, all the people near you are screaming with tears of joy, clapping, hugs everywhere, it's just incredible. If you're in a relative near location to the path, leave everything you're doing and go see it, this is not just an astronomical event for astronomy fans, it's a social gathering to see the most amazing thing in your life.