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pinto

(106,886 posts) Sun May 20, 2012, 02:45 PM May 2012

Solar Eclipse in the USA, 5/20 (NASA) [View all]

ScienceCasts: Solar Eclipse in the USA

A "ring of fire" solar eclipse is coming to the USA on Sunday, May 20, 2012. The Moon will pass in front of the sun, transforming sunbeams across the Pacific side of Earth into fat crescents and thin rings of light. It's the first annular eclipse visible from the contiguous United States in almost 18 years. The event will reveal itself in the shadows. Look on the ground beneath leafy trees for crescent-shaped sunbeams and rings of light. NEVER LOOK DIRECTLY AT THE SUN.

http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/videogallery/index.html?media_id=143918651

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Solar Eclipse in the USA, 5/20 (NASA) [View all] pinto May 2012 OP

I'm trying to find the glasses Control-Z May 2012 #1

Not sure about glasses, but best view is highest elevation in your area, clear NW view. pinto May 2012 #3

that would have been the beach Control-Z May 2012 #11

This message was self-deleted by its author Control-Z May 2012 #2

I was planning to go fishing this evening and enjoy the eclipse, but it's clouding over here in WI. Viking12 May 2012 #4

LUBBOCK! Get your cameras ready! Octafish May 2012 #5

More Here: WillyT May 2012 #6

We'll completely miss it here on the East Coast. UnrepentantLiberal May 2012 #7

Map - best spots, best times for viewing: dana_b May 2012 #8

The sun will still be up Colorado (barely) so we can should get about 86% totality, except... Johnny Rico May 2012 #9

We need one of these every afternoon here Plucketeer May 2012 #10

You should get one of the better Control-Z May 2012 #12

We did indeed Plucketeer May 2012 #16

Cool guide to eclipse watching Vanje May 2012 #13

We have had 24 hours of cloud cover and rain so we did not get to see it in NE MN. Rain was jwirr May 2012 #14

Clouds moved in here right as it was time to start. Pithlet May 2012 #15