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[Judi Lynn]

Apr 3, 2021,10:00pm EDT|4,872 views
At Least 32 Million People Will See The ‘Great North American Eclipse,’ The Most Watched Celestial Event In History

Jamie Carter Senior Contributor

In almost exactly three years there be will a dramatic total solar eclipse across North America. On Monday, April 8, 2024, those in Mazatlán, Mexico will experience totality—when the Moon blocks the Sun—for a whopping 4 minutes 26 seconds. A moonshadow will then move across the continent enveloping in darkness those in Dallas, Indianapolis, Cleveland, Buffalo and Burlington.

Hasn’t this all happened before? Yes it has. On Monday, August 21, 2017, a “Great American Eclipse” ripped across the continental U.S. from sea to shining sea—Oregon to South Carolina via Idaho, Wyoming and plenty of other lightly-populated areas. Totality peaked at 2 minutes, 41 seconds in Cerulean, Kentucky.

It’s going to be different in 2024—it’s going to be better … clear skies allowing. On April 8, 2024 it will be possible to experience 4 minutes 26 seconds of totality at Eagle Pass, Texas on the U.S.-Mexico border and 2 minutes 52 seconds as the Moon’s shadow departs the continent at Newfoundland, Canada.

As well as this total solar eclipse lasting longer, the path of totality will be much wider. In 2017 it was between 60 and 70 miles wide. In 2024 it will be 120 miles wide as it arrives reducing to 100 miles as it departs.

More:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamiecartereurope/2021/04/03/at-least-32-million-people-will-see-the-great-north-american-eclipse-most-watched-celestial-event-in-history/?sh=54f209de1953

[Hugh_Lebowski]

1. Sounds like Biden's eclipse is going to be WAY Greater and more American than Trumps was (nt)

[wnylib]

2. And it crosses the border, from Mexico into the US!

An undocumented eclipse will slip past ICE.

[dem4decades]

3. Build a wall, and a dome. The last one a woman had a piece of welder's

Glass to look through to see the eclipse, she let everyone use it, it was the best thing ever to view the eclipse. FYI

[central scrutinizer]

4. Get your cameras ready

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[ThoughtCriminal]

5. I will be there

I went to Wyoming for the 2017 event. As soon as it was over everybody seemed to be asking the same question: When can I see this again?!

I was fortunate to find a good camping spot near Casper a few days prior. Motels were booked and charging any times above the normal rates. I anticipate that finding good locations for the 2024 eclipse will be a challenge along the path of totality.

[yellowdogintexas]

6. we went to Kentucky for the 2017 eclipse, got t shirts and everything

The totality line went right through the part of Western KY where I grew up and in fact my sister's
farm was right under it.

We saw it in Franklin a few miles away with a bunch of other Democrats. It was so cool One of the other women is already figuring out 2024 for us