Jamie is an experienced science, technology and travel journalist and stargazer who writes about exploring the night sky, solar and lunar eclipses, moon-gazing, astro-travel, astronomy and space exploration. He is the editor of WhenIsTheNextEclipse.com and author of A Stargazing Program For Beginners, and is a senior contributor at Forbes.
A much bigger, grander affair than the annular solar eclipse just gone, this event will include totality — darkness in the day and a chance to see the sun's corona with your naked eyes — but only if you're in exactly the right place at the right time.
The path of totality will cross parts of the states of Sinaloa, Durango and Coahuila in Mexico, Texas, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Tennessee, Illinois, Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio, Michigan, Pennsylvania, New York, Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine. in the US, and Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick and Newfoundland in Canada.
The changing light, the twilight, the roosting birds and the look of astonishment and delight on the faces of loved ones are all highlights of experiencing totality. If the eclipse closes your house, why would you not stay at home? It's a once in 375 years opportunity, after all.
It's not often that any large cities experience totality, but this time they include Mazatlan, Torreon, Dallas, Indianapolis, Cleveland, Buffalo, Rochester and Montreal. There are dozens of other cities right on the edge of the path, too. Fancy shooting a sequence, a panorama or close-ups of the solar corona? Settings, filters, when to remove filters, when to put them on again, then fiddling with exposure settings during *the most incredible few minutes of your entire life*.
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