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shireen

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Thu Jun 2, 2016, 02:26 PM Jun 2016

2017 solar eclipse [View all]

Anyone going? I'm still trying to figure out what to do within my financial and health constraints. Finding accommodations along the route are going to be very difficult. Weather history for sites is a consideration too.

Some links:
http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEgoogle/SEgoogle2001/SE2017Aug21Tgoogle.html (Goddard’s eclipse site)
http://eclipsophile.com/total-solar-eclipses/total-solar-eclipse-2017-august-21/ (has interesting weather history info for diff. locations)
http://web.williams.edu/Astronomy/eclipse/ (Jay Pasachoff’s site)
http://www.greatamericaneclipse.com
http://www.eclipse2017.org/2017/path_through_the_US.htm

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2017 solar eclipse [View all] shireen Jun 2016 OP
Yes! I am planning on going. My husband too. CaliforniaPeggy Jun 2016 #1
sorry for the late reply ... shireen Jun 2016 #3
No worries, shireen! CaliforniaPeggy Jun 2016 #4
My husband wants to go to Jackson Hole for the week csziggy Jun 2016 #2
I hope you like biking nitpicker Jun 2016 #5
I haven't been on a bike in fifty years csziggy Jul 2016 #8
It is visible from Jackson Hole! shireen Jul 2016 #7
Hotels/motels are filling up quickly shireen Jul 2016 #6
Next month, we're going down to Oregon to scout sites pokerfan Jul 2016 #9
awesome shireen Jul 2016 #10
We're planning on sleeping in tents, cars, vans pokerfan Jul 2016 #11
yep! here2help Jul 2016 #12
Thanks, looks like my house is right in the middle SCantiGOP Jul 2016 #13
If you are in western Nebraska, you can also see it at CARHENGE. progressoid Jul 2016 #14
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