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Honestly, you'd have a hard time convincing me that it was worth it unless it was part of some other trip. If you're willing to travel 30 hours for a total sol

Honestly, you'd have a hard time convincing me that it was worth it unless it was part of some other trip. If you're willing to travel 30 hours for a total solar eclipse, wait a few years and travel 10-20 hours instead. They're not _that_ rare.

dylan604 3y ago
Such a procrastinator's response. Who knows where someone might be in their life in a few years, physically, medically, financially, whatevs. You might put off this to wait for something closer, but then the day of it's cloudy or something. If you have the chance to do it today, go for it. Plus, the more times the merrier. However, if it's not your thing, then it's not your thing. Nothing anyone says will really change that. But discouraging someone else is kind of an asshat move
- slumberlust 3y ago
  Aye, but they've already put it off until now, so it can't be THAT much of a priority.
  - gwill 3y ago
    maybe they have more of a desire now than they did in the past, or maybe they are finally in a place in life where they're able to.
- cldellow 3y ago
  By all means, the OP should go. Eclipses are cool! But they weren't asking if they should go, they were asking how to convince someone else to spend 30 hours travelling for 4 minutes of eclipse. My answer was that they should roll it into a larger trip, to amortize the cost. I was giving them an opinion on how I'd feel in that person's shoes. And I say this as someone who has travelled for eclipses, and will travel for this one.
awongh 3y ago
From what I can figure out this is the longest one that: is on land. In/on a first world country (with a good level of logistical infrastructure) for the next 30-50 years. There are other ones but the path of totality doesn’t pass completely on land or if it does it passes through Libya or something. reference: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_solar_eclipses_in_the_21st_century https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_solar_eclipses_in_th...
- khuey 3y ago
  I believe there's one in Sydney towards the end of the decade.

dylan604 3y ago

Such a procrastinator's response. Who knows where someone might be in their life in a few years, physically, medically, financially, whatevs. You might put off this to wait for something closer, but then the day of it's cloudy or something. If you have the chance to do it today, go for it. Plus, the more times the merrier. However, if it's not your thing, then it's not your thing. Nothing anyone says will really change that. But discouraging someone else is kind of an asshat move

slumberlust 3y ago
Aye, but they've already put it off until now, so it can't be THAT much of a priority.
- gwill 3y ago
  maybe they have more of a desire now than they did in the past, or maybe they are finally in a place in life where they're able to.
cldellow 3y ago
By all means, the OP should go. Eclipses are cool! But they weren't asking if they should go, they were asking how to convince someone else to spend 30 hours travelling for 4 minutes of eclipse. My answer was that they should roll it into a larger trip, to amortize the cost. I was giving them an opinion on how I'd feel in that person's shoes. And I say this as someone who has travelled for eclipses, and will travel for this one.

awongh 3y ago

From what I can figure out this is the longest one that: is on land. In/on a first world country (with a good level of logistical infrastructure) for the next 30-50 years. There are other ones but the path of totality doesn’t pass completely on land or if it does it passes through Libya or something. reference: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_solar_eclipses_in_the_21st_century https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_solar_eclipses_in_th...

khuey 3y ago
I believe there's one in Sydney towards the end of the decade.