As the Sun slips towards the western horizon as seen from The Netherlands, it's fascinating to think that the Moon is also in this picture.
And that as seen from some points on Earth, the Moon is already partly covering the Sun, the path of totality sweeping across the Pacific towards the Mexican mainland to arrive in half an hour or so.
Being jealous of all y'all north Americans having an eclipse to watch today.
Best recommendation I can give: don't bother to try to photograph it. They'll be shit, and you'll be missing a spectacular event. Live the experience and marvel at professional's photos later.
The Moon is also in this shot albeit invisible, in the upper-left-middle moving towards the Sun 🌞🌑
And tomorrow evening our time, the Moon will pass in front of the Sun, totally or partially blocking it if you’re lucky enough to be in North America, Iceland, or the far west of Europe 🌎
I’ve seen one total solar eclipse, on Maunakea in Hawai’i in 1991 🌋
It’s one of the most truly awesome things you’ll ever witness 🙀
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.
I realized that the main reason the #TotalSolarEclipse is stressing me out is just impatience. As in, I want to do it right now, but if my goal is actually to see the eclipse it only benefits me to make a location decision as late as possible, based on the most accurate forecast.
Like, being wrong isn't the concern. It's simply knowing that whatever decision I make now is likely to just be overturned by Future Mallory.
There's so much uncertainty that "making a decision" has no meaning.
Possibly controversial opinion: fireworks are a completely unnecessary distraction during a #TotalSolarEclipse. A total eclipse is only a short number of minutes long. The eclipse, solar corona, daytime stars & twilight are the experience. Look! 👀😎 #SolarEclipse2024#astronomy
As April 8 #TotalSolarEclipse approaches, there's literally a day & night difference between 100% eclipse "totality", and 99% eclipse which is a million times brighter. The term totality is 100% eclipse. You can use percent for eclipse, not totality. #SolarEclipse2024#astronomy
If you can't get to the path of totality for Monday's #TotalSolarEclipse, there will be a partial eclipse across North America. (graphic by Fred Espenak made before he retired from NASA) Do not look at the sun.😎 Even if you don't have eclipse glasses, either make an eclipse projector or find bits of sunlight in the shadow of a tree, which project images of the eclipse. #Eclipse2024#astronomy
And people here in northern #Vermont are very concerned about what will happen if hundreds of thousands of people drive up from New York and southern New England to experience totality. Amusingly, one article points to the mess that happened 20 years ago when Phish had their massive event up in northern VT: