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“It's very ... it almost is like a bit of a dreadful feeling. It's like, "Whoa, wait a minute. What's happening to my planet?" ... It's a topsy-turvy world. It's not like night. It's not like day. It's not like twilight. It's like nothing you've ever felt before.” From “Tales from the Shadow of the Moon”, Vox.com, by by Brian Resnick and Joss Fong
https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2017/8/10/16114762/total-solar-eclipse-chasers-2017
What to expect, where to go and how to watch the greatest solar eclipse in America's history.
“Some eclipse enthusiasts have spent years preparing for this solar spectacle, the first eclipse to cross the entire continental United States in almost a century. But even if you are just finding out about the eclipse, it's not too late to plan for the big event. Here's what you need to know...”
"You never forget your first kiss … you always remember your first time in the shadow," says one eclipse chaser.
“We wanted to know: What’s so special about total solar eclipses that you would chase them around the world? So we called up eight eclipse chasers and talked to them for hours, asking them all a similar set of questions. Their responses were much more moving and poetic than we anticipated. Chasing eclipses is not about a cheap thrill. It’s more like a pilgrimage, but one with a constantly moving shrine.”
A total solar eclipse will cross the United States from coast to coast on August 21, 2017.
Why "Great" American Eclipse? Because it will be accessible to millions of Americans. Remarkably, this will be the first total solar eclipse to pass exclusively over the United States since the nation's founding in 1776.
A technical exploration—how rare is a total solar eclipse REALLY? The program revealed two other moons in our solar system that can produce a total solar eclipse when the moon is at periapsis and an annular eclipse at apoapsis: Saturn’s Epimetheus and Pandora. But they create a low-quality eclipse. Earth—the only planet we know of that has sentient beings on it—receives the only TSE of its type.
