Only during the exact moment of totality, when the moon completely obscures the sun can you look with the naked eye. Only those within a 125-mile (200 km) wide path of totality can glimpse the sun's corona - its hotter outer atmosphere - with their naked eyes during totality. (Image credit: john finney photography via Getty Images)Ī dramatic view of the sun at' solar maximum' will await eclipse-chasers on April 8, 2024, during North America's total solar eclipse. This image shows the solar corona during totality close to the solar minimum in 2017. Read more: Immerse yourself in the total eclipse 2024 with 'The Eclipse App' from The Eclipse Company Their online interactive map allows users to track the path of the eclipse, find out the best viewing locations and see what eclipse events are being hosted in their local area. Users can browse local communities and save an itinerary of activities, as well as seek out official parking locations and explore local points of interest. The Eclipse App is a great resource for people wanting to connect with local communities that lie within the path of totality. It is available for free for iOS in the App Store and for Android in the Play Store. The Eclipse Company has developed 'The Eclipse App' in partnership with the Planetary Society. (Image credit: The Eclipse Company/background added in Canva by Daisy Dobrijevic) The Eclipse App helps users find eclipse events within their local communities, track the eclipse from start to finish and find the cloud forecast for their proposed viewing area. And if you're wondering which places see the most solar eclipses, Rob Lea has a story on that, too, today about where solar eclipses occur the most on Earth! That's all to say, that Potsdam officials say the village of 15,000 won't see another total solar eclipse until 2399. Some are SUNY Potsdam alumni coming back for the event, and at least one man, Kevin Drake, brought his family here from Syracuse - where they were ALREADY in the path of totality - to witness the event from SUNY Potsdam as an in-state getaway. We've met some great folks who have come from California, New Jersey (hey that's us) and across New York State to see the eclipse. I (this is Tariq Malik, Editor-in-Chief) am in Potsdam, New York at the State University of New York Potsdam, where my daughter Zadie and I are set up in a unused dormitory to stay for the eclipse. To help you prepare for the event, 's Rob Lea has this handy guide to the five main stages of the 2024 solar eclipse. POTSDAM, New York - We are now just over 24 hours from the total solar eclipse 2024 and the excitement is really building up. We are about 4 hours away from the totality of the eclipse as of this writing. The college prep introduction is underway on the 8th floor of SUNY Potsdam's administration building, with panoramic views of the village and university for the taking. "As soon as we learned that we were in the path of totality, we started making plans because we want to show off our campus, we want to show off our faculty and staff, we want to bring potential students to our campus and find ways for our students to do things that are different that they may not see." Suzanne Smith told me this morning as a small group of high school students, including my 15-year-old daughter Zadie, learned about the university. "What perfect event to have a solar eclipse," SUNY Potsdam President Dr. With an influx of visitors expected, the school is holding an ad hoc introduction for prospective students to take advantage of the eclipse interest. 's Tariq Malik reports from Potsdam, NY, that even with a total solar eclipse just hours away in this college town, but the potential teachable moment isn't lost on the folks at SUNY Potsdam here. SUNY Postdam educators see the eclipse as a teachable moment (Image credit: Future/Tariq Malik)
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