See the 2017 Total Solar Eclipse - Greetings from Wyoming!

August 21, 2017
A roadside pull out on the Wind River Reservation.

Clouds stream by, covering the sun... did we pick the wrong spot?

First Contact:
Kind of Cloudy

The temperature begins to drop
The morning birds become quieter.

 

The sky clears!

Darkness slides over the road and the nearby farm.

Crickets start to chirp - extreme shadows!

A few seconds before totality! 
Bailey's beads!
Diamond ring!

Second Contact:
Totality!

Third Contact:
Diamond ring again!

  Darkness peels away and the sun hits you like a hammer.

A rooster crows restarting his day....

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The Earth Minute presents: Preview to the American Total Solar Eclipse August 21, 2017

In Hot Water - Yellowstone Basin - Visiting Yellowstone National Park  

Storm Brewing over Grand Tetons National Park, WY 
See Yellowstone Hot Pools Bubbling (Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming)
Listen to The Dragon (Yellowstone National Park)

Where will you be for the American Eclipse? - August 21, 2017

Coming up on Monday, August 21, 2017

 

Totality

OK, OK we know...
But do you, really?  Where will you be?

NASA Eclipse State Maps: 
https://eclipse2017.nasa.gov/eclipse-maps
(includes viewable and printable maps showing the eclipse pathway and times)
You can see a partial eclipse anywhere in North America!

 In Southern California? 

See the 60-70% partial eclipse!

What Do You Need For Viewing?

0. Solar filters for eyes, cameras, and scopes:
   
   
   
    
   
   
   Camera Obscura (indirect observation): a pinhole in a card to project the image of the Sun. 
   
   

For our friends in Los Angeles, the Griffith Observatory posted a great .gif to show the partial eclipse.

 Sun Viewed through a solar filter

We really like their name for the eclipse:

THE ALL-AMERICAN TRANSCONTINENTAL TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE!

http://griffithobservatory.org/events/Solar_Eclipse_August_2017.html

http://griffithobservatory.org/events/Special_Event_Partial_Eclipse_2017.html 

Look for the patterns in the shadows from leaves on the ground.. or your house!

 For More on Eclipses.. 
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The Earth Minute presents: the American Total Solar Eclipse 

 Visit the FANTASTIC NASA Site
https://eclipse2017.nasa.gov/
 

The Earth Minute presents: the American Total Solar Eclipse Only 5 Months Away

On August 21st, 2017 a coast to coast Total Solar Eclipse will cross the United States from Oregon to South Carolina.

Totality will touch Western Oregon around 10:10 am PDT and hit the Atlantic in South Carolina at about 2:50 pm EDT.
The maximum duration along the path will be 2 minutes and 40 seconds.

IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THIS, YOU HAVEN'T SEEN A

TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE!

Where will you be for this rare astronomical event?
Below is a video of the progression of the Mongolian Total Solar Eclipse taken by Michael Lawshe in 2008.
The path of totality is narrow, in 2017 it will be only 60 miles wide. 
Keep an eye on this site: TheEarthMinute.com for more information and posts about this great upcoming adventure that YOU can be a part of!!

 Visit the FANTASTIC NASA Site
https://eclipse2017.nasa.gov/
Here is a link to a pdf map of the path.

Thanks to the amazing work of Xavier Jubier for the interactive google map of the total solar eclipse.
NASA: Eclipses and Eclipse Wise by Fred Espenak.


http://xjubier.free.fr/en/site_pages/solar_eclipses/TSE_2017_GoogleMapFull.html 

 OPEN THIS LINK!
THEN, Click on the map in this link and find out how much of the eclipse YOU will see.

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Storm Brewing over Grand Tetons National Park, WY
See Yellowstone Hot Pools Bubbling (Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming)