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.. 
 Visit TheEarthMinute.com

The Earth Minute presents: the American Total Solar Eclipse 

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