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spoopy, w [Eric Berger] Seeing this eclipse is probably the highest-reward, lowest-effort thing one can do in life
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Niagra falls City has preemptively declared a state of emergency because of how much of a shit show this eclipse is going to be

Graphy, (edited )

My wife works for the NPS and her old coworker invited us to help out with their eclipse event in Ohio. Apparently they’re already prepping to close all the parking lots and are real worried they won’t have enough rangers.

boredtortoise, w [Eric Berger] Seeing this eclipse is probably the highest-reward, lowest-effort thing one can do in life

Wanted to but the flight prices were too much

Daxtron2, w Event Horizon Telescope reveals magnetic fields around the Milky Way’s central black hole - NASASpaceFlight.com

I can’t get over how fucking cool these pictures are and how they keep getting better and better.

reddthat, w [Eric Berger] Seeing this eclipse is probably the highest-reward, lowest-effort thing one can do in life
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Make sure you cross post to !solareclipse ( reddthat.com/c/solareclipse ). We can’t wait!

Hikermick, w [Eric Berger] Seeing this eclipse is probably the highest-reward, lowest-effort thing one can do in life

I live in the path of totality and I’m already tired of hearing about it.

Letstakealook,

Agreed. I’m not looking forward to it either. I’ll be at work, most people are probably going to call in, and there will be hours of traffic when get off.

Rolder,

Best chance I’ll ever have personally. Live in the path, work from home, good time. Plan is to just step outside for a bit, look at it (with protection) then back to work.

Gork, w [Eric Berger] Seeing this eclipse is probably the highest-reward, lowest-effort thing one can do in life

Well some effort is required. You can’t just look up at the eclipsed sun with your bare eyes.

thessnake03,

I mean there’s that 4 minute widow it’s cool

ChaoticNeutralCzech,

It will be shorter unless you are in the center of the eclipse path.

Yarra,

Not with that attitude anyway

sin_free_for_00_days,

The last person I saw try to look at an eclipse was some idiot, I can’t remember his name.

https://sopuli.xyz/pictrs/image/b94921e2-48a4-4c0b-bb72-0f71e5c11db5.webp

JimVanDeventer,

During totality you can.

Gabu,

If you want to burn a halo on your eyes, sure.

JimVanDeventer,

Noticing a bit of misinformation here so let’s clear this up: take off your eye protection during totality. The corona is so faint you won’t see anything at all through eclipse glasses.

ShepherdPie,

When it’s completely covered you can. I did it in 2017. This is like saying looking at the moon will burn your eyes out.

Green13, w [Eric Berger] Seeing this eclipse is probably the highest-reward, lowest-effort thing one can do in life

If you waited to start planning until now it’ll be the hardest thing you’ve ever done.

xpinchx,

Yep. Anyone reading this that was planning on driving home right after - do yourself a favor and find a place nearby to stay the night.

Last time my 4 hour drive out was 17 hours back home. Gas stations out of gas, no bathrooms, bumper to bumper the whole way.

maculata, w [Eric Berger] Seeing this eclipse is probably the highest-reward, lowest-effort thing one can do in life

If you live near to the path.

lvxferre,
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If your instance is any indication of location: there’s an eclipse visible in most Oceania and SE Asian islands in 2028. For a good chunk of Australia and NZ, it’ll be a total eclipse. For further info, check it here.

For me (South America) there’s one already in October, but it’ll suck from my region (14% coverage). And another in 2027 (~75% coverage).

maculata,

Cool thanks! I still think it’s a broad brush of a statement that could be qualified a little.

kif,

I’ve got this one in my calendar already, and have organised preliminary accommodation!

BossDj,

The big difference is how close the sun is to solar maximum this year! The sun is at a point of peak electromagnetic activity, something that happens every 10 to 13 years, which is reflected in more chance of witnessing bursts of energy (flares and ejections) during the eclipse.

It in all likelihood will have passed by 2028.

DannyBoy,

That’s a very big qualifier. I wouldn’t want to be trying to get flights and hotels in cities along the path.

Fuck_u_spez_,

I drove eight hours or so to watch the one in 2017. No regrets.

Zitronensaft,

Me too, the clouds overhead parted just before totality and the corona was so dazzling and magnificent. I really hope there aren’t clouds in the way during this one.

Muscar,

Just driving 8 hours for it isn’t something the vast majority of the world can’t do. You were lucky small percentage.

maculata,

Which brings me back to my original critique of the title.

Mango,

I rented a Dodge Challenger to get into the path.

maculata,

All this strikes me as the opposite of ‘low effort’.

Mango,

It’s not quite staying in and playing videogames, but it’ll do.

maculata, w Daily Telescope: Peering into the remnants of an 800-year-old supernova

Cosmic sphincter

WWJD, w Stunning James Webb images show birth and death of massive stars

Janus coming for us

huginn, w Stunning James Webb images show birth and death of massive stars

I wish they had links to the full res in the article. Annoying to have a “stunning image” but it’s only a 1080x1080 jpg

chalk46, w Stunning James Webb images show birth and death of massive stars

If it's not seen as much, that probably means the green material is heavier than iron. It's less common, but large enough stars can fuse even heavier elements. That's where all those elements on Earth came from in the first place.

lordmauve, w A Mysterious Impact Left 2 Billion Craters On The Surface of Mars

Real scientists would say two gigacraters.

xantoxis, w A Mysterious Impact Left 2 Billion Craters On The Surface of Mars

~ Mysterious ~

I guess it’s true that we don’t know exactly what kind of rock hit the planet and created 2 billion craters from ejecta.

On the other hand, that makes every impact on every planet ~ mysterious ~

clickbaity.

Thorry84,

In true clickbait fashion the article then goes on to describe in detail said mysterious thing. Almost like it isn’t mysterious at all.

MeDuViNoX,
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Thank you for teaching me how to type ~ in the small. ~

then_three_more, w Northern lights predicted in US and UK on Monday night in wake of solar storms

It feels like this has happened a fair few times this year. Is the sun entering a period of heightened activity?

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