Looking around and up at the sun, everything seems surrealistic and otherworldly. There is no need for a telescope to enjoy a total solar eclipse, though binoculars may help. The corona and prominences generally are not visible outside of a total solar eclipse. Closer in, near the eclipsed surface of the sun, there are blood-red loops called prominences. Then there is the corona, a pearly-white glow of the outermost part of the sun’s thin atmosphere that extends outward a few diameters of the sun. The brighter stars and planets are visible.
Rather, it is more like deep twilight, with a 360-degree red glow “sunset” on the horizon. Of course, it gets dark during a total solar eclipse, but there is much more. The two total solar eclipses that I have experienced are the most remarkable things I have ever seen. That cannot be said of a total solar eclipse. If I hadn’t known there was a partial eclipse going on, I probably wouldn’t have noticed anything unusual. I’ve seen plenty of partial solar eclipses. The answer is an emphatic no-the difference is literally and figuratively the difference between night and day. Prior to the 2017 solar eclipse, some people asked me if 99% was about as good as 100% (totality). Just outside the path of totality, the sun will be 99% blocked. The maximum coverage of a partial eclipse can be expressed as the percentage of the sun that is covered by the moon. On either side of the path of totality, there will be large regions in which one may see a partial solar eclipse, where the sun is only partly blocked out. The path of totality is not very wide however, the 2024 path of totality will be greater than 2017’s eclipse-115 miles across as opposed to 70 miles. What to ExpectĪ total solar eclipse occurs when the moon’s shadow passes over the earth so that the sun’s light is completely blocked out. But if you miss this one, you’ll have to wait 21 more years for another total solar eclipse to cross the US. If you missed your chance in 2017 (or if you want to double-dip), another chance comes up April 8, 2024. Thanks to the internet, nearly everyone in the US knew about this eclipse with many websites giving detailed information of where to see it, so tens of millions of Americans flocked into the 70-mile-wide path of totality for this breathtaking event. In August 2017, the path of a total solar eclipse crossed the United States for the first time in a half century.
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