Choosing a region to visit for the eclipse
The eclipse is now less than 5 months away, so it's a good time to be looking at places to go for it. (if you need inspiration, please read the first post on this blog, and please continue to follow for more stories!) As a reminder, the totality path is between the red lines: http://xjubier.free.fr/en/site_pages/solar_eclipses/TSE_2024_GoogleMapFull.html Perhaps this will be a good topic to bring up at upcoming holiday gatherings. 🙂 When choosing which general region to visit for the eclipse, there can be multiple factors. Proximity to the path can be a factor. If you are lucky enough to live close to the path, your drive to see an incredible natural event is a short one! Remember: a deep partial eclipse- including over 90%- does NOT come close to comparing to totality! There are things you would see and experience during totality that you can't experience at any other time - but only if you go to the path. Some of you may live close enough to make it a day trip (although