So I found this map online for the totality in 2024, it shows some sort of swoosh that is the path of the eclipse, but to see the ‘perfect’ ring around the blacked out sun yaddayaddayadda you have to be in that specific spot off the Canadian coast? Or how do I interpret the map?
On the plus side, it does seem to be passing right over the Rochester NY area, though i may not be living here at that point in time …
There is the same ring on the lower left hand corner off the Mexican coast. It just means that the band going through the two is where the total eclipse is happening.
Do you also see all of the other partially-obscured suns with a percentage (95%, 90%, 85%…10%, 5%)? Each “parallel” line has its own corresponding level of eclipse, represented by a little icon that shows you how much of the sun is going to be obscured. Those “swooshes” just indicate which line is the path of totality.
A ring is what you’d see in an annular eclipse, which is not nearly as impressive (the Moon appears a little smaller than the Sun, and so can’t block it completely). Unless you mean the corona, which is visible only in a total. Everywhere on the path of totality will see totality for at least some time, though it will be longer in some places than in others.
Yeah, the orange lines are contours of constant sun obscuration. If you follow them to the edges of the map, you’ll find out how much of the sun will be obscured at that particular location. The central yellow-orange band is the path of totality, and if you follow that to the edge, you get total eclipse anywhere along the band.
Ah, thanks all =)
Hey, I didn’t know my house was on the path for that one! Thanks! 