The earliest well-established observation a solar eclipse was recorded on March 5, 1222 BCE. It was inscribed in a clay tablet from Ugarit, a city in modern-day Syria.
“So that’s where you look for aliens. In the course of an eclipse totality track. When everybody else is looking awestruck at the sky, you need to be looking round for anybody who looks weird or overdressed, or who isn’t coming out of their RV or their moored yacht with the heavily smoked glass.”
Where to look for #alien tourists – from Iain (M) Banks’s 2009 novel TRANSITION
Are you planning a trip to see the solar eclipse on April 8? You may be on your way to becoming an umbraphile, a name for die-hard eclipse chasers meaning “shadow lover.” Read about some of the most prolific eclipse chasers from USA Today, and find out where to go for the best chance to see the astronomical event.
Even if you don't get a chance to see the April 8 #totalsolareclipse live in person, it's a great opportunity to learn about the dynamics of our little corner of the cosmos. We put together a non-viewer's guide to the strange and wonderful things that will happen during the #eclipse, and explained the science behind them.
Here’s all you need to know about the 2024 total solar eclipse, where to go to experience it, and where you can still watch the partial eclipse in the Bay Area.
Don’t know if it’s true, but I have just heard from my sib Tidy that “a state of emergency” has been declared for Austin the weekend of the eclipse. She says so many fucking weirdos are heading down here to stare at the sun through cardboard gas station glasses that the population is expected to DOUBLE. My weekend farmhand has already told me she won’t be coming in because she fears the traffic. IN JOHNSON CITY TEXAS, POP 1627. I cannot get behind this. Stay home. I beg of you. #Eclipse