2024 Solar Eclipse

Coyote · Post by **Coyote** » Sat Mar 30, 2024 7:08 am

Omaha Eclipse Timeline

April 6, 2024 eclipse timeline for Omaha, NE.

damonhynes · Post by **damonhynes** » Sun Mar 31, 2024 12:47 pm

I was planning on getting to Killeen for this event until my daughter planned her wedding for the 6th...

Coyote · Post by **Coyote** » Mon Apr 01, 2024 9:45 am

Mike Modrcin of the Omaha Astronomical Society explains the Purkinje effect.

Coyote · Post by **Coyote** » Mon Apr 01, 2024 9:54 am

Solar eclipse expected to bring economic boom as millions travel

A total solar eclipse will cross a large section of the U.S. on April 8, and up to 4 million people are expected to travel to be in the “path of totality” for the rare event. It will pump an estimated $1 billion into local economies.

Each weekday morning, "CBS Mornings" co-hosts Gayle King, Tony Dokoupil and Nate Burleson bring you the latest breaking news, smart conversation and in-depth feature reporting.

nativeomahan · Post by **nativeomahan** » Mon Apr 01, 2024 1:09 pm

I traveled to Auburn in 2017 to witness the last total solar eclipse. I will never forget it. Just such a unique experience.

almighty_tuna · Post by **almighty_tuna** » Mon Apr 01, 2024 3:24 pm

I'm taking a couple of the kids down to northern Arkansas for it. Hopefully the weather cooperates and I can get a corona photo.

Coyote · Post by **Coyote** » Wed Apr 03, 2024 9:13 pm

almighty_tuna wrote: Mon Apr 01, 2024 3:24 pm I'm taking a couple of the kids down to northern Arkansas for it. Hopefully the weather cooperates and I can get a corona photo.

Solar Eclipse 2024 - Cloud Forecast!

The 2024 Solar Eclipse is almost here! Will we see rain? Snow? CLOUDS??? Let's take a look!

GenX · Post by **GenX** » Thu Apr 04, 2024 1:00 am

I’ve been following this:

https://www.pivotalweather.com/eclipse2 ... tid=xfxF2i

Coyote · Post by **Coyote** » Fri Apr 05, 2024 6:22 pm

Bill Nye explains what makes this eclipse ‘spectacular’

Science educator Bill Nye encourages everyone to watch Monday's total solar eclipse, a celestial event visible across the country.

GenX · Post by **GenX** » Sat Apr 06, 2024 2:34 am

Looks more and more like almost the entirety of the path will be obscured by clouds. I may not be going to Carbondale, IL after all.

Coyote · Post by **Coyote** » Sun Apr 07, 2024 6:52 am

Solar eclipse:
Where you can see it and why it's important

CNN aerospace analyst Miles O'Brien explains everything you need to know about the total solar eclipse

Post by **nebugeater** » Sun Apr 07, 2024 7:38 am

are you ready?

almighty_tuna · Post by **almighty_tuna** » Sun Apr 07, 2024 8:40 am

Staging here in Joplin over the weekend. It'll probably be a game time decision whether I go south toward Mansfield, AR or east to the West Plains area. Leaning toward West Plains in order to avoid the crowds from Branson, Fayetteville, etc.

Coyote · Post by **Coyote** » Sun Apr 07, 2024 8:54 am

almighty_tuna wrote: Sun Apr 07, 2024 8:40 am Staging here in Joplin over the weekend. It'll probably be a game time decision whether I go south toward Mansfield, AR or east to the West Plains area. Leaning toward West Plains in order to avoid the crowds from Branson, Fayetteville, etc.

I would stay in West Plains, avoiding Branson..

Renovator2559 · Post by **Renovator2559** » Sun Apr 07, 2024 9:53 am

Does anyone know where the best clear sky location spots will be in the south? Dallas or Little Rock, we are debating driving to either from OKC.

Renovator2559 · Post by **Renovator2559** » Sun Apr 07, 2024 9:56 am

Coyote wrote: Fri Apr 05, 2024 6:22 pm Bill Nye explains what makes this eclipse ‘spectacular’

Science educator Bill Nye encourages everyone to watch Monday's total solar eclipse, a celestial event visible across the country.

I remember seeing Bill Nye in the 2017 eclipse in Beatrice NE, it was surreal to see someone from my childhood tell us, that we could take off our eclipse glasses. He was literally a few feet away from me

Coyote · Post by **Coyote** » Sun Apr 07, 2024 10:53 am

2024 Eclipse:
What to expect, from the awe-inspiring to the "very strange"

On Monday, April 8, a rare total eclipse of the sun will be viewable across a swath of 13 states. Correspondent David Pogue talks with amateur astronomer Ed Ting about what to expect during the minutes of totality; and with Cari White, chairman of the Eclipse Oversight Committee for Jonesboro, Arkansas, where the town is expecting to temporarily double in size due to eclipse tourism traffic.

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Post by **nebugeater** » Sun Apr 07, 2024 12:51 pm

Renovator2559 wrote: Sun Apr 07, 2024 9:53 am Does anyone know where the best clear sky location spots will be in the south? Dallas or Little Rock, we are debating driving to either from OKC.

Will let you know on Tuesday

Renovator2559 · Post by **Renovator2559** » Mon Apr 08, 2024 6:44 am

Thank you gentlemen, and may your eyes fill with wonder as you look at the diamond halo with clear skies, wherever you may be.

Currently, the sun is rising here in Petit Jean state park Arkansas,
with clear skies . This is a glorious day.

We choose Jean Petit , since it's as close to the center of totality, and we'll get plenty of hiking too.

almighty_tuna · Post by **almighty_tuna** » Mon Apr 08, 2024 9:19 am

West Plains is the target for today. Hoping for clearer skies than there are in Springfield, MO

Coyote · Post by **Coyote** » Mon Apr 08, 2024 9:44 am

almighty_tuna wrote: Mon Apr 08, 2024 9:19 am West Plains is the target for today. Hoping for clearer skies than there are in Springfield, MO

West Plains sounds like a good idea, good luck!

Post by **Brad** » Mon Apr 08, 2024 12:51 pm

Quick shot from the patio at work in Omaha.

Post by **Brad** » Mon Apr 08, 2024 1:28 pm

1:15 PM

Coyote · Post by **Coyote** » Mon Apr 08, 2024 1:50 pm

See the initial moment of eclipse totality in North America

Watch the solar eclipse reach totality in Mazatlán, Mexico, as the moon appears to fully cover the sun there.

Post by **Brad** » Mon Apr 08, 2024 2:02 pm

1:55

Post by **BRoss** » Mon Apr 08, 2024 5:05 pm

Dallas ended up clearing off to where it was very visible.

Coyote · Post by **Coyote** » Tue Apr 09, 2024 6:59 am

Lincoln observatory hosts eclipse watch party

While the path of totality for this year’s eclipse wasn’t in Lincoln, folks still gathered on the lawn of Hyde Memorial Observatory to get in on the action.

Coyote · Post by **Coyote** » Tue Apr 09, 2024 7:05 am

NASA flys jet through solar eclipse totality

NASA will also fly a jet plane to capture data along the path of solar eclipse totality NASA's WB-57 plane will launch from NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston and travel 460 mph through the path of totality. "It does that so that we can actually extend the length of those experiments in totality," Gina DiBraccio, the deputy director of Heliophysics at NASA's Goodard Space Flight Center, explained. Traveling this path at this speed will allow NASA to gather more data because the eclipse will last 25% longer for the plane. "You would think that it would extend a lot longer. It's actually only maybe two minutes or so," DiBraccio explained. Every second counts for scientists trying to observe this rare event. On the ground, totality will only last approximately four minutes. In the air, scientists hope to extend their totality by 25%.

Coyote · Post by **Coyote** » Tue Apr 09, 2024 7:16 am

International Space Station views the eclipse

The International Space Station shares an out-of-this-world view of the celestial event. ABC News' Gio Benitez reports.

Post by **Brad** » Tue Apr 09, 2024 8:32 am

BRoss wrote: Mon Apr 08, 2024 5:05 pm Dallas ended up clearing off to where it was very visible.

Nice! Glad you were able to see it.

almighty_tuna · Post by **almighty_tuna** » Tue Apr 09, 2024 8:53 am

West Plains, MO was a complete win! Really excited for how the pics turned out. The kids had a blast, too.

Coyote · Post by **Coyote** » Tue Apr 09, 2024 9:43 am

almighty_tuna wrote: Tue Apr 09, 2024 8:53 am West Plains, MO was a complete win!

Nice pics

Post by **Brad** » Tue Apr 09, 2024 9:52 am

almighty_tuna wrote: Tue Apr 09, 2024 8:53 am West Plains, MO was a complete win! Really excited for how the pics turned out. The kids had a blast, too.

Very nice. Cool to see the solar flares. I caught some back in 2017 and I was totally not expecting that.

almighty_tuna · Post by **almighty_tuna** » Tue Apr 09, 2024 10:19 am

Thanks, guys!

re: flares - Me neither! It was a wonderful surprise when I sat down last night to edit.

Post by **BRoss** » Tue Apr 09, 2024 11:30 am

Brad wrote: Tue Apr 09, 2024 8:32 am Nice! Glad you were able to see it.

Yeah, it was nice that it worked out just perfect.

almighty_tuna wrote: Tue Apr 09, 2024 10:19 am Thanks, guys!

re: flares - Me neither! It was a wonderful surprise when I sat down last night to edit.

Those solar flairs are those red things I was talking about seeing yesterday when we were talking about the snakes. They were visible by the naked eye.

Post by **nebugeater** » Tue Apr 09, 2024 1:13 pm

BRoss wrote: Tue Apr 09, 2024 11:30 am
Brad wrote: Tue Apr 09, 2024 8:32 am Nice! Glad you were able to see it.
Yeah, it was nice that it worked out just perfect.

almighty_tuna wrote: Tue Apr 09, 2024 10:19 am Thanks, guys!

re: flares - Me neither! It was a wonderful surprise when I sat down last night to edit.
Those solar flairs are those red things I was talking about seeing yesterday when we were talking about the snakes. They were visible by the naked eye.

I hope you didn't mean by the naked eye literally!!!!

Post by **BRoss** » Tue Apr 09, 2024 1:48 pm

nebugeater wrote: Tue Apr 09, 2024 1:13 pm
BRoss wrote: Tue Apr 09, 2024 11:30 am
Brad wrote: Tue Apr 09, 2024 8:32 am Nice! Glad you were able to see it.
Yeah, it was nice that it worked out just perfect.

almighty_tuna wrote: Tue Apr 09, 2024 10:19 am Thanks, guys!

re: flares - Me neither! It was a wonderful surprise when I sat down last night to edit.
Those solar flairs are those red things I was talking about seeing yesterday when we were talking about the snakes. They were visible by the naked eye.
I hope you didn't mean by the naked eye literally!!!!

lol. I was in 100% totality, so it was without any glasses or cameras. Didn't need to zoom or anything.

Post by **nebugeater** » Tue Apr 09, 2024 2:41 pm

BRoss wrote: Tue Apr 09, 2024 1:48 pm
nebugeater wrote: Tue Apr 09, 2024 1:13 pm
BRoss wrote: Tue Apr 09, 2024 11:30 am
Brad wrote: Tue Apr 09, 2024 8:32 am Nice! Glad you were able to see it.
Yeah, it was nice that it worked out just perfect.

almighty_tuna wrote: Tue Apr 09, 2024 10:19 am Thanks, guys!

re: flares - Me neither! It was a wonderful surprise when I sat down last night to edit.
Those solar flairs are those red things I was talking about seeing yesterday when we were talking about the snakes. They were visible by the naked eye.
I hope you didn't mean by the naked eye literally!!!!
lol. I was in 100% totality, so it was without any glasses or cameras. Didn't need to zoom or anything.

Well the good news is you are still able to read my reply unless you are using some of that fancy technology stiff!

Post by **BRoss** » Tue Apr 09, 2024 4:40 pm

nebugeater wrote: Tue Apr 09, 2024 2:41 pm Well the good news is you are still able to read my reply unless you are using some of that fancy technology stiff!

Good thing is you can look at it during 100% totality, but only during that time and only in areas of 100%.

Post by **Brad** » Wed Apr 10, 2024 11:11 pm

A Beer Channel that Omaha Cowboy and I both follow did a nice Eclipse Video: