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Sorry for my ignorance, but can someone please explain what I'm looking at here?

embedding-shape 2mo ago
Today there is a eclipse, the map shows where the eclipse will be. In the path of the eclipse, there are also a ton of live webcams, and this map shows those and let you preview the webcams. Does it make sense now?
- rob74 2mo ago
  Even more specifically, it will start off over Greenland, continue over western Iceland and then finish with the sunset in northeastern Spain and the Balearic Islands.
  - voidUpdate 2mo ago
    If you pan to the right, it shows that it actually starts in a bit of russia
    - plorg 2mo ago
      That area (Taymyr Peninsula) looks crazy remote and inaccessible. It would be wild to be there, let alone experience an eclipse there. I think it might even be illegal to do so without a permit, though I'm also curious what enforcement looks like in an area so far from what we think of as normal infrastructure.
      - embedding-shape 2mo ago
        > I think it might even be illegal to do so without a permit Do what, just visit? Seems to be public land as far as I can see, and very empty on top of that, I don't think anyone would mind you being there to see an eclipse :)
      - voidUpdate 2mo ago
        It still started in russia though, even if nobody was there to see it
        plorg 2mo ago
        Oh, sure, this is just my rumination on experiencing something that seems so existential in such a solitary place.
msdz 2mo ago
About five hours from now, the sections of Europe indicated on the map will experience a total solar eclipse, with other regions of the continent experiencing a partial one. The map shows feeds to watch it.
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tamimio 2mo ago
It’s like kik or twitch stream but for nerds (that’s us btw), the live stream is a bunch of live cameras in different cities/countries, these locations today will experience something called totality sun eclipse, it’s when the sun is totally covered, day turns to night, and you see a pretty yet scary ring in the sky instead, it lasts for minutes at best, and it’s a really cool thing to witness in person, but in case you can’t, at least you see it through someone’s lens in a live stream, like that site!

Today there is a eclipse, the map shows where the eclipse will be. In the path of the eclipse, there are also a ton of live webcams, and this map shows those and let you preview the webcams. Does it make sense now?

rob74 2mo ago
Even more specifically, it will start off over Greenland, continue over western Iceland and then finish with the sunset in northeastern Spain and the Balearic Islands.
- voidUpdate 2mo ago
  If you pan to the right, it shows that it actually starts in a bit of russia
  - plorg 2mo ago
    That area (Taymyr Peninsula) looks crazy remote and inaccessible. It would be wild to be there, let alone experience an eclipse there. I think it might even be illegal to do so without a permit, though I'm also curious what enforcement looks like in an area so far from what we think of as normal infrastructure.
    - embedding-shape 2mo ago
      > I think it might even be illegal to do so without a permit Do what, just visit? Seems to be public land as far as I can see, and very empty on top of that, I don't think anyone would mind you being there to see an eclipse :)
    - voidUpdate 2mo ago
      It still started in russia though, even if nobody was there to see it
      - plorg 2mo ago
        Oh, sure, this is just my rumination on experiencing something that seems so existential in such a solitary place.

msdz 2mo ago

About five hours from now, the sections of Europe indicated on the map will experience a total solar eclipse, with other regions of the continent experiencing a partial one. The map shows feeds to watch it.

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tamimio 2mo ago

It’s like kik or twitch stream but for nerds (that’s us btw), the live stream is a bunch of live cameras in different cities/countries, these locations today will experience something called totality sun eclipse, it’s when the sun is totally covered, day turns to night, and you see a pretty yet scary ring in the sky instead, it lasts for minutes at best, and it’s a really cool thing to witness in person, but in case you can’t, at least you see it through someone’s lens in a live stream, like that site!