I am already making my plans. I've figured out where the combination of closest to me and maximum totality timing is about 125 miles from me so I'm going. I've invited a few friends to ride along but no one except me seems to be excited about it. I'm 71 yrs old so my odds of seeing another one are next to zero. Let me repeat myself: I'M GOING!!!
I am flying to Mexico from Milan, you should listen to yourself just as I’ve done and if the answer is go, you must do it despite everything . I saw the northern lights earlier in January. I can assure you that nothing comes close to how nature can leave you speechless. I felt so overwhelmed with emotions as I first saw the green flashes appear. Don’t think about it and just enjoy :)
Once you get there you'll meet other people who are just as excited as you and you'll all share the moment together. I have friends who live in the path of totality - told them I'm coming for a visit. Clear skies!
@@JoshuaFatmannot entirely, it’s just that there are many variations of eclipses and that we have much more advanced technology than we’ve ever had so we can monitor and know about pretty much every single one before the happen.
@@Duckduckobtusegoose Also considering the simple fact that almost every year there's more people on earth so the likelihood of this happening should theoretically go up.
@@JoshuaFatmanbecause once in awhile you get 2 or so that are somewhat close together but they don’t happen on the same places of the planet all the time some happen over the oceans so this is it for North America for a long long long while
@@bbol745 I have property near Eerie in Chemung county but unfortunately I can't make it out at this time...We'll be watching from sunny San Diego today. Enjoy and safe travels everyone
For anyone on the fence, it's really hard to put into words what a total eclipse is like. The difference between totality and 90% is quite literally night and day. Do yourself a favor and go if you can. As close as you can to seeing the universe wink at you.
i was just thinking about all those that live in that crossing spot of the 2 paths of the eclipses> Yes, you are lucky! I have to travel for both far-far-far away.
Total or partial? Carbondale, IL and the immediate surrounding area is the only place where both total eclipses occur. Carbondale had clouds in 2017. If there is even .001% of the sun still showing(the diamond), your eyes constantly adjust to the dimming and not the same experience. Track the weather and go to totality. It's a big commitment for this eclipse. Your cell phone will probably not work so have paper maps ready and have patience with the traffic.
Drove 5.5 hours to see it. Drove another 10 hours back due to traffic. But it was worth every second of it. I have never experienced anything so....galactic in my entire life. I've seen a few lunar eclipses, but a total solar eclipse was otherworldly.
I was 11 years old when the last total solar eclipse occured over Canada. Every window of my Southern Ontario public school was prepared for safely viewing the eclipse, and every child was given viewing glasses. I vaguely recall being told that we were quite fortunate because the next time this "once in a lifetime" would occur over Canada was 2024, a lifetime away, far into the future of my fellow grade school children's lives. It's hard to believe that it's less than half a month away.
I'd add 2 things to what this video mentions. If you view it from an elevated position, you actually might see the moon's shadow traveling across the land at thousands of miles per hour. Also, look out for evening birds that will suddenly fill the skies in search of mosquitos and other insects that normally appear at dusk. The dramatic temperature drop is also quite eerie.
I have witnessed a total solar eclipse once. I am from Denmark, so if I wanted to experience it here in my country, I would have to wait until year 2142. Ain´t gonna happen. But in 2019, I had a rare chance to experience one. * It was in July (the month where we have our summer holiday) * It was passing through the Atacama Desert (A place in Chile, where you can be sure not to have clouds) * It was a total solar eclipse. Not an annullar one. And so, I was able to travel, prepare myself, and experience it. The probability of a total solar eclipse happening in one of my holidays while going through a deserted area is so small. I was lucky!
Every kind of eclipse - the path it follows and percentage of totality - REPEATS every 18 years, 11 days. This fact has been known for thousands of years. Stop trying to make it seem like everything is SO special. Eclipses happen on a predictable sequence known as the SAROS CYCLE. The Firmament above our world is designed like a massive clock and the movement of the lights within it happen according to design.
There's going to be a nice one in Egypt on 08/02/2027, with a 6 min. 27 sec max duration. I was in Egypt for the 2013 eclipse.....but this next one in 2027 will be in Luxor, home of the Karnak Temple Complex, the largest temple complex ever built...took over 2,000 years to construct. That would be pretty cool to observe the eclipse from there.
I saw one in the mid 80's in VININGS from a building 🏢 I worked in which had ceiling to floor tinted windows. It was surreal ... It was dark and the lights in all the buildings in Atlanta came on and you could see when the cars' headlights came on that were traveling on the roads and freeways. It truly was an amazing sight and slowly it began to come back to daylight and the world just kept on doing it's regular thing! I will never forget the eclipse and felt so priviledged to have witnessed this happen right before my very eyes. I so hope to see the upcoming event on April 8th!!!
Awesome, I have seen one full eclipse and one partial (just outside the path of totality). Edit: I looked up the eclipses I saw on Wikipedia and it turns out that neither was total from where I viewed them. One was just outside totality and the other was a long distance from it (but still very impressive).
I was in Utah in, I think it was like 2019 or 2020. Now I live in Maine so I get to see 2! I was distracted at work for the first one and only was able to see the totality for like a moment; before I had to rush back inside.
Three is my goal too. I was in Rexburg, for the one in 2017, my home town is getting one in 2044, and then I’ll be heading to Utah for the one in 2045.
I once witnessed a breathtaking lunar eclipse (when the moon moves into earth's shadow) in Montreal. In eclipse, the moon suddenly took on a jaw-dropping 3D dimensionality I had never seen before. It left me with tears in my eyes, it was like I was seeing the moon for the first time, like a giant ball floating in space, in full 3D, hanging above our heads.
Back in 2017 I was wondering what everyone was looking up at with those 3-D looking glasses on. I was hopping in the passenger seat to go get pizza.. Instant regret. For a few hours I had that vision you get when you put pressure onto your closed eyelid.. and I remember the frustration of not being able to see the pizza behind the glass. Goodbye my 20-20 vision, hello blur and glasses.. and my vision continues to rapidly decline. Stay safe out there ya’ll.
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The odds of the size ratio between Moon & Sun *perfectly* matching the distance ratio between Moon & Sun is incredibly low. The probability of our Moon *perfectly* covering the Sun (not smaller, not bigger) is extremely low.
I've experienced a total solar eclipse back in 2017 when I was in school. They gave us special sun glasses so we could see the moon as it's passing in front of the sun in the sky. It lasted about 15-30 seconds, but it definitely was an ironic and majestic experience.
please get yourself to the path of totality! You won't regret it! Expect the very worst traffic on the day of the eclipse and try to get there a few days in advance! Good luck! Somewhere between Indianapolis and Cleveland might work for you. I hope you have friends or family in town :)
Which is him backing up what he said. Most of us will not, he could’ve been more specific and said “probably won’t” You could, you just have to be intentionally seeking them out and making your way to them. Which is not likely for the vast majority of the population
it's a given that it depends on location on the earth, right? You know that right? people have to travel to see these things. duhhhhh comprehension issues.
@@VandalayIndustries82 if you're rich enough to take a trip around the world for another eclipse I guess it's a bad reason. But for most of us if the eclipse is near us we'll see it, if it's not we won't. And it'll never be in this spot again. So I'd say that's a good reason in my book.
@@BasedChadliterally in 20 years it’ll be nearly the same path that the annular eclipse took in 2023. A lot of people traveled to the 2017 eclipse and even more are traveling to the 2024 eclipse. If the number of people traveling were considered “rich” the world would be a much different place. This video assumes you don’t travel at all.
@@BasedChadYou don’t have to be rich to travel to a different country, you have to not be on the poverty line sure, but in the US (assuming that’s who this video is targeting), plenty of people could afford to travel to another country at some point in their lifetimes.
My husband and I are literally leaving our house around 1am April 8th and driving 9 hours to see it then heading back after because we can’t afford a hotel! I wanna see it that bad and I’m super excited!!!
Don't plan on getting back home right away. We did that exact same thing in 2017. The roads were gridlocked, took 6 hours to travel from mid Illinois back to Chicago. This year we are taking our RV and staying still until the morning. Make sure you have plenty of gas and food in your car. Just in case. Enjoy the show
I live in indiana. And I had just moved here a few months ago from another state (i went to college here but didn;t think I would return). never in a million years would I have guess that I would have rented a 3 floor apartment with a private rooftop deck almost directly in the dead center of the path of totality. it's a small town 35k. and the whole town was going crazy over this. it was the most magical thing i think i've ever experienced as a human being. absolute FATE
oh and where i lived it was extremely cloudy.... the days leading up to the eclipse. eclipse day - PERFECT SKIES and now we are back to clouds again. WOWZA
LUCKY! It was nothing but clouds where i was sadly, even though I was not in the path of totality. I want to try and catch the one in October 2024 and then the one in 2026
I saw a total eclipse in Europe in 1998. The thing that impressed me the most was to see the moon's shadow RACING across the land just before totality. If you get to see this eclipse, be sure to look off to your right shortly before totality to catch this incredible event.
Interesting fact: Carbondale, IL, a town in the southern part of the state, was in the path of totality during the August 21, 2017 eclipse. And it is again on April 8, 2024, not seven years later. What are the odds of that?!
Adding to that fact, it's 6 years 6 months 6 weeks and 6 days apart from each other. That southern area of Illinois is also known as little Egypt. Oh yeah things are getting biblical up in here.
I've seen a number of total eclipses in my life, the last one in Kentucky in 2017. I never get tired of them. I always wanted to sing the Rain Chant from Woodstock during totality.
I was lucky enough to see one when I lived in Tokyo, Japan. But, it was fairly cloudy that day, and there were only brief moments where we could see it. I imagine seeing it in the middle of the day with bright, blue, clear skies would be magical.
@@ThatCanadianGuy-e1p - Actually, the odds of the moon being the exact size and distance to completely blot out the sun is astronomical. Plus it's pretty much unheard of to have a moon about 1/3 of the size of the planet it's orbiting. If God, didn't make this happen, someone else did.
I saw a total solar eclipse decades ago with welding goggles and it was incredible. The flares on the sun were so vivid and clear. I recommend using proper eyewear to see it if you are in the sweet spot.
If you viewed a solar eclipse with welding goggles, it was a partial eclipse. You don’t need eye protection for a total eclipse, and shouldn’t use it during totality. I use binoculars or a telescope.
@@randallolson7630 the totality phase of a solar eclipse when its safe to view it without filters doesnt last more than 7 minutes or so. No professor it was a total eclipse but thanks for your input.
5:08 “For a CITY in what’s called the path of totality to ever find itself in that shadow cone again, on average you’d have to wait about 375 years.” Also, the map with the dates on it shows the past & future total eclipses including the one that happened in 2017.
The last total eclipse was on 20 April 2023 (one year ago). The only place (on land) you could see it in totality was the tiny town of Exmouth - the westernmost point of Australia. Or you might have been on a fishing boat in the Indian Ocean. The next total eclipse will be on 2 October this year. The best place to see it in its totality will be at Punta Arenas, Chile, at the southernmost tip of South America. See you there!
The website I visited, says last totality was 2017 and next one will be in 2026 in Spain. There’s “totality” before then, where’d u get the info, genuinely curious
We obviously visited different websites. And I grew up in Exmouth. It was a big thing last year in Australia. It wasn't in the USA, so it mustn't have happened.
@skatetoexplorevideos2477 I live in north Texas. I'm not in the path of totality, but it's only an hour away. I plan on traveling to either Hillsboro or Sulphur Springs. Sulphur Springs on on the exact point zero , right in the center of the total path. I believe totality is 4 minutes and 18 seconds. It's gonna be epic.
Hey Canadians, Mary Pickford was born on April 8, 1892. Join me in wishing her a happy 132nd birthday during the eclipse! ...she also died just prior to the eclipse that crossed Canada in 1979.
Probabilities are with me! I was in Charleston, SC in 1970, and in 2017, and I hope to be here in 2040 to see my third total Solar Eclipse! I really should take a trip to Dallas in April ...
I drove 13 hours total with worst traffic of my life from Boston to the north of new Hampshire to witnessed it. It was wonderful. I was the only person somewhere in a farm next to a street. I can't still believe what I saw. I close my eyes and still feel it and see it.
I saw a total eclipse in Oregon on August 21, 2017 along with millions of people mostly from British Columbia, Washington and California. There is no comparison between a partial eclipse and a total eclipse. I would also fly to Mexico if I had the opportunity.
I think it was also worth mentioning that one reason this eclipse is so special is that it won't happen in the US for another 20 years; making this experience more urgent.
Experienced it in 2017 @ STL, MO. If you are not in the path of 2024 eclipse and if you could travel to its path, go ahead. Its totally worth it. I am in Dallas, TX. Lets see if I am lucky to watch it again.
Saying that the fact the sun is 400 times larger and 400 times further away from us than the moon is luck is one of the funniest things I have ever heard!
I saw the totality on 4/8/2024 from my backyard in Cleveland. Truly a surreal and awesome experience, the whole town was cheering and in complete awe. Highly recommend.
I have experienced 2 total solar eclipses in my lifetime By virtue of where I was at the time they happened. Once when I was a little kid, at a park but I was paying too much attention to my new toy and wasn't interested in what was going on up in the sky. 2nd when I was in my mid 30's living in an entirely different State. (The following year I witnessed a parital eclipse) Today here in California I witnessed a partial eclipse. And in 2045, California will be in the direct path of another total solar eclipse. I will be in my 80's by then. If I am alive that will be my 3rd.
It was mind-blowing to see the eclipse in April! I was in a field in southern Illinois, and I was right in the middle of the path of totality. It was a clear, bright day. I just happened to be in the right place at the right time.
The fact is God has unquestionably made no mistake. Every creation is perfect. That includes you! Your a miracle. Life reflects some much of this unifying force. The sun and moon reminds of this perfection & harmony. I've seen two major total eclipses and its incredible.
I'm watching this video 22 hours after seeing the April 8 2024 eclipse in Wapakoneta Ohio at the Neil Armstrong Space Museum. In 2017 my family traveled to Hopkinsville KY for that eclipse and I realized that seeing totality and MAXIMIZING the amount of time you can enjoy that is a completely worthwhile life experience. Previously I'd seen two partial eclipses and those were merely interesting. Seeing totality is an completely different experience. Do what you have to to experience it at least once in your lifetime.
I saw the one in 2017, and swore I'd do what I can to see any more of them I possibly can - it's the most moving thing I think I've ever experienced outside of giving birth to my children! Any of them you can get to see, DEFINITELY get there and see it!!
I saw a total eclipse in Hawaii while visiting relatives in I think 1992 or 1993, as a young teen. It was a pretty surreal experience to see everything go dim for a few minutes, then back to a bright Hawaiian day.
Here's the thing. Leave your camera. Sit quietly and let the sky suck you into a world youve never seen and likely won't again. What the videos and photos cannot portray is how immense is the size of this phenomenon. It takes up the sky and you are now a particle floating in disbelief watching the cosmos. I was in Oregon in 2017 and honestly rather reluctant to drive in traffic to the place of totality but my daughter forced me and I owe her. It rocked me and the experience changed me. I'd give anything to see this next one but I'm now too old and frail. Take heed that partial totality will not give you the breadth, depth, scope. IF YOU CAN, go to the place where you have an unobstructed view. I promise, you will never regret it nor will you forget.
Edgar Cayce wrote about the correlation between sunspots and consciousness: Cayce saw sun spots, as well as earth changes as a reflection of our own state of consciousness, a result of our own actions, the boomerang of divine law. His readings offer simple metaphors to describe that eternal truth.
I'm not counting on clear skies either when I'm in Ohio to see it. However I think it will still be interesting to see the entire sky suddenly go dark as night for a couple minutes, even if it is cloudy.
It was an incredible experience to see it become nighttime at 3:17 pm. I'm planning a trip to Europe for 2026 to experience it again because that can't be my only time seeing a total solar eclipse.
I admire you so much. You provide information such a way Noone ever did before. Thank you sooo much for all these things you have been doing for us. And please keep doing this all the time. 😊😊❤❤❤❤
I am already making my plans. I've figured out where the combination of closest to me and maximum totality timing is about 125 miles from me so I'm going. I've invited a few friends to ride along but no one except me seems to be excited about it. I'm 71 yrs old so my odds of seeing another one are next to zero. Let me repeat myself: I'M GOING!!!
I'm 35 but my friends and family are also apathetic... it is a real shame. But I'M GOING TOO!!!
Enjoy, guys.
Hope you find some friends to go along. Maybe you can bring a nephew or grandson.
I am flying to Mexico from Milan, you should listen to yourself just as I’ve done and if the answer is go, you must do it despite everything . I saw the northern lights earlier in January. I can assure you that nothing comes close to how nature can leave you speechless. I felt so overwhelmed with emotions as I first saw the green flashes appear. Don’t think about it and just enjoy :)
Once you get there you'll meet other people who are just as excited as you and you'll all share the moment together. I have friends who live in the path of totality - told them I'm coming for a visit. Clear skies!
I experienced totality in 2017 in my back yard in the middle of my granddaughter's 3rd birthday party. I'm never gonna top that one.
This is starting to become a common event for something that rarely happens
@@JoshuaFatmannot entirely, it’s just that there are many variations of eclipses and that we have much more advanced technology than we’ve ever had so we can monitor and know about pretty much every single one before the happen.
@@Duckduckobtusegoose Also considering the simple fact that almost every year there's more people on earth so the likelihood of this happening should theoretically go up.
@@JoshuaFatmanbecause once in awhile you get 2 or so that are somewhat close together but they don’t happen on the same places of the planet all the time some happen over the oceans so this is it for North America for a long long long while
I experienced the 2017 eclipse in my grandparents back yard… was beautiful and I can’t top that either
Drove 1000 miles to experience totality in 2017, and doing it again next month.
I love in Orange County NY so I only have to drive about 270 miles. I’m DEFINITELY going!
I drove to Columbia in 2017. Totally worth the few minutes of euphoria
@@bbol745 I have property near Eerie in Chemung county but unfortunately I can't make it out at this time...We'll be watching from sunny San Diego today. Enjoy and safe travels everyone
I drover over 2000 miles for this one......and it was absolutely worth it.
For anyone on the fence, it's really hard to put into words what a total eclipse is like. The difference between totality and 90% is quite literally night and day. Do yourself a favor and go if you can. As close as you can to seeing the universe wink at you.
We were in 99.8% (traffic jam, could not get closer) and it was like a reddish sunset but everything was visible.
@@scottekoontz
You missed the shimmering corona during totality.....the most beautiful part 💥
@@SUGAR_XYLER Heading to Cleveland tomorrow to watch in center of totality Monday. Only clouds can ruin it.
"seeing the universe wink at you" ❤️
@@SUGAR_XYLER AND the Prominences, don't for get the prominences!! In combination it was total magic.
I watched the 2017 eclipse and will stand on the exact same spot for the 2024 eclipse. Lucky me.
i was just thinking about all those that live in that crossing spot of the 2 paths of the eclipses> Yes, you are lucky! I have to travel for both far-far-far away.
Lexington Kentucky
Crazy! Same spot in a row must be rare!!!
@@yowthubert1731 same spot in a lifetime is very rare. but you said same spot in a row. which this isn't , and is impossible.
Total or partial? Carbondale, IL and the immediate surrounding area is the only place where both total eclipses occur. Carbondale had clouds in 2017. If there is even .001% of the sun still showing(the diamond), your eyes constantly adjust to the dimming and not the same experience. Track the weather and go to totality. It's a big commitment for this eclipse. Your cell phone will probably not work so have paper maps ready and have patience with the traffic.
I am fortunate enough to have witnessed three total solar eclipses and tomorrow will be my fourth
Well AllRight, Fantastic!
Drove 5.5 hours to see it. Drove another 10 hours back due to traffic. But it was worth every second of it. I have never experienced anything so....galactic in my entire life. I've seen a few lunar eclipses, but a total solar eclipse was otherworldly.
This one was WILD because of those bright prominences!
Saw the 2017 eclipse totality, and it's like nothing I've ever experienced before or since. It was almost spiritual to experience
I was 11 years old when the last total solar eclipse occured over Canada. Every window of my Southern Ontario public school was prepared for safely viewing the eclipse, and every child was given viewing glasses.
I vaguely recall being told that we were quite fortunate because the next time this "once in a lifetime" would occur over Canada was 2024, a lifetime away, far into the future of my fellow grade school children's lives.
It's hard to believe that it's less than half a month away.
I was 10 for the total eclipse in Nova Scotia in 1970, and 12 for the one in 1972. This will be the third once-in-a-lifetime total eclipse for me.
It's two days away!
Amazing
I was in grade 2 at Greendale public school on montrose road when I saw this
Our school in Ontario was locked down in 1979. I believe the concern was 'radiation'.
I'd add 2 things to what this video mentions. If you view it from an elevated position, you actually might see the moon's shadow traveling across the land at thousands of miles per hour. Also, look out for evening birds that will suddenly fill the skies in search of mosquitos and other insects that normally appear at dusk. The dramatic temperature drop is also quite eerie.
Imagine someone is on a plane looking down at that moment, must be an experience!
I have witnessed a total solar eclipse once.
I am from Denmark, so if I wanted to experience it here in my country, I would have to wait until year 2142. Ain´t gonna happen.
But in 2019, I had a rare chance to experience one.
* It was in July (the month where we have our summer holiday)
* It was passing through the Atacama Desert (A place in Chile, where you can be sure not to have clouds)
* It was a total solar eclipse. Not an annullar one.
And so, I was able to travel, prepare myself, and experience it. The probability of a total solar eclipse happening in one of my holidays while going through a deserted area is so small. I was lucky!
Every kind of eclipse - the path it follows and percentage of totality - REPEATS every 18 years, 11 days. This fact has been known for thousands of years. Stop trying to make it seem like everything is SO special. Eclipses happen on a predictable sequence known as the SAROS CYCLE. The Firmament above our world is designed like a massive clock and the movement of the lights within it happen according to design.
Aug 2017 was my life changing experience. Drove more than 1000 miles to watch it
I’m gonna be in Niagara Falls, riding my dirtbike on trails for the eclipse. It’s gonna be epic.
What are the trails called? Always looking for new riding trails
hope it's not cloudy, I'm looking forward to seeing photos from that area
Hope the weather cooperates, good luck.
Bring protection. Many animals act differently during a solar eclipse, including humans.
eclipses are unlucky omen. it is better to stay inside
I was near the point of max totality in 2017. At 73, I'll feel fortunate to see one more!
Eqypt August 2026, 6 minutes totality. Luxor.
Me too...I just turned 70.
You have to be in 100% totality or you'll miss the whole comic show.....the corona
There's going to be a nice one in Egypt on 08/02/2027, with a 6 min. 27 sec max duration. I was in Egypt for the 2013 eclipse.....but this next one in 2027 will be in Luxor, home of the Karnak Temple Complex, the largest temple complex ever built...took over 2,000 years to construct. That would be pretty cool to observe the eclipse from there.
Then you were at Hopkinsville KY. I was so glad the weather cooperated. The folks in Carbondale weren't so fortunate.
I thought clouds were gonna obscure the 2017 eclipse in Idaho and about 40 minutes before totality… the sky cleared!
A few miles N of Howe for that.
Same we were at Idaho Falls
@@nayman2801I was in Idaho Falls too!
So was I! I drove 10ths from Las Vegas to a park in Idaho Falls. Didn’t even check the weather. Got lucky.
Exact opposite for us in southwest NC. Clear skies, then about 40 minutes before totality, cloud cover. Never saw the corona. It did get dark...
I've been lucky enough to have seen three eclipses in my lifetime.
I saw one in the mid 80's in VININGS from a building 🏢 I worked in which had ceiling to floor tinted windows. It was surreal ... It was dark and the lights in all the buildings in Atlanta came on and you could see when the cars' headlights came on that were traveling on the roads and freeways. It truly was an amazing sight and slowly it began to come back to daylight and the world just kept on doing it's regular thing! I will never forget the eclipse and felt so priviledged to have witnessed this happen right before my very eyes. I so hope to see the upcoming event on April 8th!!!
Awesome, I have seen one full eclipse and one partial (just outside the path of totality).
Edit: I looked up the eclipses I saw on Wikipedia and it turns out that neither was total from where I viewed them. One was just outside totality and the other was a long distance from it (but still very impressive).
I was in Utah in, I think it was like 2019 or 2020. Now I live in Maine so I get to see 2!
I was distracted at work for the first one and only was able to see the totality for like a moment; before I had to rush back inside.
You must be like a 1000 years old according to this guy
Three is my goal too. I was in Rexburg, for the one in 2017, my home town is getting one in 2044, and then I’ll be heading to Utah for the one in 2045.
I once witnessed a breathtaking lunar eclipse (when the moon moves into earth's shadow) in Montreal. In eclipse, the moon suddenly took on a jaw-dropping 3D dimensionality I had never seen before. It left me with tears in my eyes, it was like I was seeing the moon for the first time, like a giant ball floating in space, in full 3D, hanging above our heads.
Was this in the late 90's? I remember something like this
were having one a month from today i am scared look scary
I seen a full lunar eclipse in the mid 2000s in my area very worth it!
1997 @@someone28
this one will be my 2nd Lunar eclipse so excited to not look at it lol it will probably be over cast that day here anyway
I wish I could go back in time and see the effect eclipses had on people who had no idea what was going on.
I know what's going on but never seen any
Hundreds of people left blind or with permanent eye damage.
Back in 2017 I was wondering what everyone was looking up at with those 3-D looking glasses on. I was hopping in the passenger seat to go get pizza.. Instant regret. For a few hours I had that vision you get when you put pressure onto your closed eyelid.. and I remember the frustration of not being able to see the pizza behind the glass. Goodbye my 20-20 vision, hello blur and glasses.. and my vision continues to rapidly decline. Stay safe out there ya’ll.
The one in "Apocalypto" was epic!"
@@viama3175The pizza behind the glass... What are you talking about?
Fact: A total solar eclipse is far less common than a total eclipse of the heart
But only one will make you turn around
Nothin’ I can say…
@schadenfreude7169Only Heaven knows
How is a total eclipse of the heart like a bat out of hell?
Now I’m only falling apart
Traveled 8 hours to southern Illinois to see totality, and it was completely worth it!
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The odds of the size ratio between Moon & Sun *perfectly* matching the distance ratio between Moon & Sun is incredibly low. The probability of our Moon *perfectly* covering the Sun (not smaller, not bigger) is extremely low.
I've experienced a total solar eclipse back in 2017 when I was in school. They gave us special sun glasses so we could see the moon as it's passing in front of the sun in the sky. It lasted about 15-30 seconds, but it definitely was an ironic and majestic experience.
Was it really? Was it really the Moon that passed across? Did you check closely or just believe blindly whatever crap your teachers told you?
@@kwimms you're probably just mad jealous because you probably never seen one.
I am 70 YO this year. I live in MN. Thank You for running this information.
please get yourself to the path of totality! You won't regret it! Expect the very worst traffic on the day of the eclipse and try to get there a few days in advance! Good luck! Somewhere between Indianapolis and Cleveland might work for you. I hope you have friends or family in town :)
"In theory you could see dozens of them in your lifetime, but you won't."
**interviews Eclipse Chaser who has seen 17 total solar eclipses**
"Why you'll never see a total solar eclipse again*"
* unless you catch one in the next billion years
Which is him backing up what he said. Most of us will not, he could’ve been more specific and said “probably won’t”
You could, you just have to be intentionally seeking them out and making your way to them. Which is not likely for the vast majority of the population
That’s all a lie, I have seing already two total solar eclipses !
If I drove to Texas it would make two since 2018.
it's a given that it depends on location on the earth, right? You know that right? people have to travel to see these things. duhhhhh comprehension issues.
I must have missed the part where he explained why I'll never see it again
You did. It's extremely unlikely that the eclipse will happen at this spot again
@@BasedChad that's a horrible reason for why I'll never see a total eclipse again
@@VandalayIndustries82 if you're rich enough to take a trip around the world for another eclipse I guess it's a bad reason. But for most of us if the eclipse is near us we'll see it, if it's not we won't. And it'll never be in this spot again. So I'd say that's a good reason in my book.
@@BasedChadliterally in 20 years it’ll be nearly the same path that the annular eclipse took in 2023. A lot of people traveled to the 2017 eclipse and even more are traveling to the 2024 eclipse. If the number of people traveling were considered “rich” the world would be a much different place.
This video assumes you don’t travel at all.
@@BasedChadYou don’t have to be rich to travel to a different country, you have to not be on the poverty line sure, but in the US (assuming that’s who this video is targeting), plenty of people could afford to travel to another country at some point in their lifetimes.
My husband and I are literally leaving our house around 1am April 8th and driving 9 hours to see it then heading back after because we can’t afford a hotel! I wanna see it that bad and I’m super excited!!!
Don't plan on getting back home right away. We did that exact same thing in 2017. The roads were gridlocked, took 6 hours to travel from mid Illinois back to Chicago. This year we are taking our RV and staying still until the morning. Make sure you have plenty of gas and food in your car. Just in case. Enjoy the show
You better leave earlier, cuz the roads will be a nightmare both before and after.
I drove during the night for the last one....camped out in the car at Walmart 😂
It will be worth it. I saw the one in Columbia, SC with clear skies.
Sleep in the car. Traffic will be a pain just like the first reply said.
I live in indiana. And I had just moved here a few months ago from another state (i went to college here but didn;t think I would return). never in a million years would I have guess that I would have rented a 3 floor apartment with a private rooftop deck almost directly in the dead center of the path of totality. it's a small town 35k. and the whole town was going crazy over this. it was the most magical thing i think i've ever experienced as a human being. absolute FATE
oh and where i lived it was extremely cloudy.... the days leading up to the eclipse. eclipse day - PERFECT SKIES and now we are back to clouds again. WOWZA
LUCKY! It was nothing but clouds where i was sadly, even though I was not in the path of totality. I want to try and catch the one in October 2024 and then the one in 2026
I was 12 when i saw my first eclipse...i cried of happyness.
I saw a total eclipse in Europe in 1998. The thing that impressed me the most was to see the moon's shadow RACING across the land just before totality. If you get to see this eclipse, be sure to look off to your right shortly before totality to catch this incredible event.
Interesting fact: Carbondale, IL, a town in the southern part of the state, was in the path of totality during the August 21, 2017 eclipse. And it is again on April 8, 2024, not seven years later. What are the odds of that?!
Adding to that fact, it's 6 years 6 months 6 weeks and 6 days apart from each other. That southern area of Illinois is also known as little Egypt. Oh yeah things are getting biblical up in here.
The next eclipse will be Aug 2 2027 in Egypt. Just to add more fuel to the fire.
@@Isaac-fp1nxAugust 21, 2017 - April 8, 2024 is 2422 days which = 6 yrs, 7 mo, 18 days.
But that “666 fact” was funny. 😂
@@mightymight3656 weeks and 6 days is 1 month and 20 days. 2 leap years have passed, giving 2 extra days.
6 months, 6 weeks, and 6 days checks out.
@@mightymight365 still a fact, it works both ways 🤷♂️
I've seen a number of total eclipses in my life, the last one in Kentucky in 2017. I never get tired of them. I always wanted to sing the Rain Chant from Woodstock during totality.
I was lucky enough to see one when I lived in Tokyo, Japan. But, it was fairly cloudy that day, and there were only brief moments where we could see it. I imagine seeing it in the middle of the day with bright, blue, clear skies would be magical.
You are misremembering things. Tokyo hasn't had a total eclipse since the 15th century.
This is not “luck” this is the perfection of God’s hand….so excited😊
You call it God.....I call it coincidence
I'm extremely grateful to live in a time to experience the Great Conjunction and a total solar eclipse.
This will be my third solar eclipse to experience but my first total solar eclipse. I am insanely excited about this event.
I absolutely love describing an eclipse as a Kids In The Hall skit 😂
Yes , it's proof of God's design
@@dongshengdi773 You're wrong.
It's so Canadian. (I mean that in a good way.)
@@ThatCanadianGuy-e1p - Actually, the odds of the moon being the exact size and distance to completely blot out the sun is astronomical. Plus it's pretty much unheard of to have a moon about 1/3 of the size of the planet it's orbiting. If God, didn't make this happen, someone else did.
@@TodaysDante Sorry, the only thing responsible for an eclipse is physics, no deity or anything else responsible.
it turned out that Montreal and it south shore was one of the best clear sky of the whole path
I saw a total solar eclipse decades ago with welding goggles and it was incredible. The flares on the sun were so vivid and clear. I recommend using proper eyewear to see it if you are in the sweet spot.
If you viewed a solar eclipse with welding goggles, it was a partial eclipse. You don’t need eye protection for a total eclipse, and shouldn’t use it during totality. I use binoculars or a telescope.
@@randallolson7630 the totality phase of a solar eclipse when its safe to view it without filters doesnt last more than 7 minutes or so. No professor it was a total eclipse but thanks for your input.
Liar! The sun has no flares. It is energy
@@JohnSmith-os7zm so solar flares dont exist? Lol....dumba$$
@@randallolson7630 The glasses are for the period leading up to and following totality, which is a very brief portion of the entire event.
I feel lucky to have been in the path of totality!
“Be ready for 2024! This only happens once every 375 years!!”
2017: 🗿
5:08 “For a CITY in what’s called the path of totality to ever find itself in that shadow cone again, on average you’d have to wait about 375 years.”
Also, the map with the dates on it shows the past & future total eclipses including the one that happened in 2017.
The bext total solar eclipse in North America will not happen until 2044.
2045:🗿
dude they said the same thing in 2017 too. wonder why they keep lying about that. cause we all klnow they dont lie for no reason...
@@GardenisLife your lack of ability to comprehend what people are saying does not mean they are lying
I feel so blessed that i live smack down in the MIDDLE of that band.
I just saw one 15 minutes ago, it was amazing
Yes 😃
The last total eclipse was on 20 April 2023 (one year ago). The only place (on land) you could see it in totality was the tiny town of Exmouth - the westernmost point of Australia. Or you might have been on a fishing boat in the Indian Ocean.
The next total eclipse will be on 2 October this year. The best place to see it in its totality will be at Punta Arenas, Chile, at the southernmost tip of South America. See you there!
The website I visited, says last totality was 2017 and next one will be in 2026 in Spain. There’s “totality” before then, where’d u get the info, genuinely curious
We obviously visited different websites. And I grew up in Exmouth. It was a big thing last year in Australia. It wasn't in the USA, so it mustn't have happened.
I’ve seen a lunar eclipse so many times and now this will be the first time I will see a total solar eclipse in America.
Same. Traveling to Texas from California to see this. Lunar eclipses are boring. Yup.
Did you not get to see the 2017 eclipse? That was amazing.
@skatetoexplorevideos2477 I live in north Texas. I'm not in the path of totality, but it's only an hour away. I plan on traveling to either Hillsboro or Sulphur Springs. Sulphur Springs on on the exact point zero , right in the center of the total path. I believe totality is 4 minutes and 18 seconds.
It's gonna be epic.
@@Dobiegal I only saw about 60% of the it when I first saw the eclipse. Now I will see about 80% this time.
@@Dobiegal I'll be in Sulphur Springs.
Hey Canadians, Mary Pickford was born on April 8, 1892. Join me in wishing her a happy 132nd birthday during the eclipse!
...she also died just prior to the eclipse that crossed Canada in 1979.
Probabilities are with me! I was in Charleston, SC in 1970, and in 2017, and I hope to be here in 2040 to see my third total Solar Eclipse! I really should take a trip to Dallas in April ...
Nice, it going straight through my city....like the most center in can be😏
I drove 13 hours total with worst traffic of my life from Boston to the north of new Hampshire to witnessed it.
It was wonderful. I was the only person somewhere in a farm next to a street. I can't still believe what I saw. I close my eyes and still feel it and see it.
I witnessed it today, April 8, 2024, at 01:41 PM here in Dallas, TX. Moon 🌙 🌚 🌔 😮👌
good thing im planning on watching it 500 mil years from now, i wont have to wait a billion for that opportunity to go away! thank you!
I saw a total eclipse in Oregon on August 21, 2017 along with millions of people mostly from British Columbia, Washington and California.
There is no comparison between a partial eclipse and a total eclipse. I would also fly to Mexico if I had the opportunity.
I think it was also worth mentioning that one reason this eclipse is so special is that it won't happen in the US for another 20 years; making this experience more urgent.
Experienced it in 2017 @ STL, MO. If you are not in the path of 2024 eclipse and if you could travel to its path, go ahead. Its totally worth it. I am in Dallas, TX. Lets see if I am lucky to watch it again.
Is it coming to England?
@@Threemore650 No. Some websites mention you could see this eclipse from UK but its less 1% of the total eclipse and at sunset.
Saying that the fact the sun is 400 times larger and 400 times further away from us than the moon is luck is one of the funniest things I have ever heard!
It is not sheer luck, but from The Almighty One.
Very well explained, Andrew. I now look forward to April 8th, more than ever. Gotta get me some eclipse glasses, this should be celebrated.
This will be my fourth total solar eclipse
I saw the totality on 4/8/2024 from my backyard in Cleveland. Truly a surreal and awesome experience, the whole town was cheering and in complete awe. Highly recommend.
I'm going to the Texas Eclipse Festival in Burnet. So excited to dance to music and shout with the other people there!
Georgetown,sit by the pool.
Is gonna be cloudy. They told you Mexico. Is Mexico or nothing
Saw the 2017 one, there’s another one in North America in 2044 and I think I’ll be alive for that. I hope
I'm personally not betting on that especially w/liberals In office
I have experienced 2 total solar eclipses in my lifetime
By virtue of where I was at the time they happened.
Once when I was a little kid, at a park but I was paying too much attention to my new toy and wasn't interested in what was going on up in the sky.
2nd when I was in my mid 30's living in an entirely different State.
(The following year I witnessed a parital eclipse)
Today here in California I witnessed a partial eclipse.
And in 2045, California will be in the direct path of another total solar eclipse. I will be in my 80's by then. If I am alive that will be my 3rd.
The Creator has given us a demonstration of the Creator's eye for Symmetry.
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I just experienced this in Cornwall. I’m planning to go around the world just to see it again. What a beautiful phenomenon it was.
By “SHEER DUMB LUCK” they always want us to believe it’s always a fluke or just an anomaly, when it’s really divine design.
It's a shadow it's nothing supernatural and it is sheer dumb luck
It was mind-blowing to see the eclipse in April! I was in a field in southern Illinois, and I was right in the middle of the path of totality. It was a clear, bright day. I just happened to be in the right place at the right time.
The fact is God has unquestionably made no mistake. Every creation is perfect. That includes you! Your a miracle. Life reflects some much of this unifying force. The sun and moon reminds of this perfection & harmony. I've seen two major total eclipses and its incredible.
What a wonderful gift to see this total solar eclipse. It so happened on my 32nd birthday. I wish it could be seen throughout the whole earth.
There's a total solar eclipse somewhere on earth about once every 18 months.
But of course, that would oftentimes be over oceans.
I'm watching this video 22 hours after seeing the April 8 2024 eclipse in Wapakoneta Ohio at the Neil Armstrong Space Museum.
In 2017 my family traveled to Hopkinsville KY for that eclipse and I realized that seeing totality and MAXIMIZING the amount of time you can enjoy that is a completely worthwhile life experience. Previously I'd seen two partial eclipses and those were merely interesting.
Seeing totality is an completely different experience. Do what you have to to experience it at least once in your lifetime.
I saw the one in 2017, and swore I'd do what I can to see any more of them I possibly can - it's the most moving thing I think I've ever experienced outside of giving birth to my children! Any of them you can get to see, DEFINITELY get there and see it!!
It's 1000x better than kids
@@Former_Pastor it's definitely cheaper, quieter, and much more well-behaved than kids, LOL!
@@MaryAnnNytowl Not true.
@@Former_Pastor Maybe YOUR kids, but not mine and others. Kids are God's gift to this planet. Respect that.
I saw a total eclipse in Hawaii while visiting relatives in I think 1992 or 1993, as a young teen. It was a pretty surreal experience to see everything go dim for a few minutes, then back to a bright Hawaiian day.
I’m driving 3 hours to the airport, flying 6 hours, and driving another 5. My mom booked the Airbnb nearly 2 years ago. Let’s go people
Ok……
God is amazing! You can’t deny that He is real and is the Master creator of all things!😁🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾
John 3:5 & Acts 2:35
It's not sheer dumb cosmic luck, it's a gift.
Here's the thing. Leave your camera. Sit quietly and let the sky suck you into a world youve never seen and likely won't again. What the videos and photos cannot portray is how immense is the size of this phenomenon. It takes up the sky and you are now a particle floating in disbelief watching the cosmos.
I was in Oregon in 2017 and honestly rather reluctant to drive in traffic to the place of totality but my daughter forced me and I owe her. It rocked me and the experience changed me. I'd give anything to see this next one but I'm now too old and frail.
Take heed that partial totality will not give you the breadth, depth, scope. IF YOU CAN, go to the place where you have an unobstructed view. I promise, you will never regret it nor will you forget.
haha.. "By sheer dumb cosmic luck.." Everything is by accident??
haha.. The host is funny!
But that's what it is
Edgar Cayce wrote about the correlation between sunspots and consciousness: Cayce saw sun spots, as well as earth changes as a reflection of our own state of consciousness, a result of our own actions, the boomerang of divine law. His readings offer simple metaphors to describe that eternal truth.
Looks like I only got a billion years to see the total eclipse.
Thank you you're the only one teaching so people cannot understand it. You have a gift.
“Sheer dumb cosmic luck” RIIIIIGHT
I've been waiting for this since 2015, hope we have clear sky, if not, well, I'm going to CRY!!
Same. I've had it bookmarked on my calendar for years. Unfortunately my area has a high chance of clouds, so I'm not getting my hopes up.
I'm not counting on clear skies either when I'm in Ohio to see it. However I think it will still be interesting to see the entire sky suddenly go dark as night for a couple minutes, even if it is cloudy.
.....MAGA tears !!! ......
It was an incredible experience to see it become nighttime at 3:17 pm. I'm planning a trip to Europe for 2026 to experience it again because that can't be my only time seeing a total solar eclipse.
Loved this explanation and your videos Andrew, keep them coming! ❤
2017, my back yard, a brand new Questar.........I'll never forget it!🔭
Damn Andrew is strong holding that camera rig 2:18
It's not "pure dumb cosmic luck", it's biblical and by wise design. There's a designer behind them.
idk why but it feels like a religious experience
......because the gullible are easily duped....even when there is a scientific explanation......
I live almost exactly in the middle of the path and I'm so excited!
"Sheer dumb cosmic luck." The naturalist's explanation for all of existence 😅
I had to laugh when I heard that, too.
Couldn't believe he said that!
"The heavens declare the glory of God;
And the firmament shows his handiwork." Psalm 19:1
Both in 2017 and 2024 it was in totality in southern Illinois where I’m from
I admire you so much. You provide information such a way Noone ever did before. Thank you sooo much for all these things you have been doing for us. And please keep doing this all the time. 😊😊❤❤❤❤
Let’s pray that it doesn’t rain on the day 🙏
Great video, thank you 😊
“Dumb cosmic luck” God did it
In about a billion years the earths oceans will boil too though.
The best eclipse is the Total Eclipse of the Heart.
"By sheer, dumb cosmic luck." *Sigh* talk about not WANTING to appreciate true majesty.
they can't, their ego and self-indulgence "eclipses" the beauty, diviner design, and beauty...
I was surprised on how small the sun looks through solar glasses. Videos make it look way better then what one well see
After watching this video, I'm pretty excited to witness the Total Solar Eclipse here from Toronto.
It won’t be a total eclipse in Toronto, look carefully at the eclipse path. You have to go further south towards Niagara Falls.
I was in the right place, at the right time, with the right whether :') total eclipse 04/08/2024♥🙏