Eclipse 2017 is on and here are some last minute links to help your eclipse experience! You may not be in the path of totality, but rest assured, if you are in the lower 48 you’ll notice some cool lighting changes and probably notice a strange, twilight chill creep over the landscape.
- Time Magazine comes through with a really useful a tool showing how the eclipse will look from any ZIP code and dials in the exact local times over which it transpires. The whole thing takes an hour or two from the time the moon fist touches the sun to when it completely clears, depending on location.
- Not to be outdone, for you more veteran, technical eclipsers, there are numerous interactive graphics using Google maps like this that show local times and places.
- Twitter will probably be where the best netizen pics of crowds and sky first appear, and it looks like the most popular general tags initially will be #Eclipse2017 and #EclipseSolar2017.
It’s not the end of the world, but it may look like it. So remember to think ahead and be safe, not just when your eyes are turned up at the spectacle, but driving and standing on roads, especially before and after, as tens of millions of people make a last minute dash to get as close to totality as possible. And if you plan to visit Daily Kos and share the once in a lifetime experience, keep an eye for eclipse diaries under the recent diary and recommended list in the right margins of the site.
Happy Eclipse 2017 viewing Kossacks!