Total Solar Eclipse 2017

The 2017 total solar eclipse was the single greatest experience of my life. I plan to see many more of them. My life is divided into before I saw a total solar eclipse and after I saw one. (And people are divided into those that’ve seen one and those that haven’t.) Seeing a 99% solar eclipse is missing the whole thing. That last 1% is everything.

Here’s a round up of the links from before and after the eclipse that got me stoked and/or captured some of the awe of it.

• Why a Total Solar Eclipse is Such a big Deal by Joss Fong at Vox

• You owe it to Yourself to Experience a Total Solar Eclipse by David Baron

• How to Watch the Eclipse (and Shadow Snakes) by Smarter Every

• Eclipse Searches by XKCD

• Eclipses Throughout Our Universe by The New York Times

• Total Solar Eclipse Interactive Map by NASA

• Why a Total Solar Eclipse is a Life-changing Event, According to 8 Eclipse Chasers

• Space Station Transiting 2017 Eclipse Working by Smarter Every Day

• My 2017 Total Solar Eclipse Trip by Jason Kottke

• TOTALITY in 4K by Erick Oh

Pretty cool to imagine this: NASA jets with nose-mounted telescopes will chase the eclipse across America on Aug. 2… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

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  (@pourmecoffee) July 30, 2017