Door County, Wisconsin, USA - Where the strong survive and the weak are killed and eaten.
The eclipse has come and gone and I live to tell the tale.
Someone notify Marjorie Taylor Greene that eclipse events are predictable. And where was she during COVID? That was a friggn' plague. Sheesh. Some days I think the House Freedom Caucus consists of cowards led by morons. But I digress.
Here's a couple of pics from an unrepentant blogger has survived both earthquake and eclipse.
Not a night sky opportunity but an astronomical event worth your time and attention.
On August 21, 2017 a total eclipse sliced from coast to coast across the Lower 48 states. For up to almost three minutes the moon blocked the view of the sun. Today it happens again.
You snooze - you lose.
Want to impress your friends and relatives?
Since there is a solar eclipse on tap for tomorrow try this on for size:
Umbraphile
Latin for shadow lover. As eclipse enthusiasts are known.
For the first time in eleven years, on Saturday, October 14, an annular eclipse will cross North, Central and South America. For everyone across this region a partial solar eclipse of varying degrees will be viewable.
An annular solar eclipse happens when the moon is relatively small in the sky and does not completely cover the sun. Within the range of annularity (word of the day) which is about 118 to 137 miles wide is called the ring of fire.
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That path will stretch from Oregon, central New Mexico and southern Texas. It will then cross the Gulf of Mexico, Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Columbia and Brazil.
The point of greatest eclipse where a ring of fire will be viewable for five minutes will occur off the coast of Nicaragua and Costa Rica.
Pro Tip - Never look directly at a solar eclipse. The only safe way to look directly at the sun is through special-purpose solar filters or handheld solar viewers.
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