Great American Total Solar Eclipse Is Coming 2 Years from Today - Aug 17, 2017

[rdunk]

Here is an Earth/Solar System event for us to put on our calendars. And what is significant about this one is.......This total solar eclipse will cross the entire North American Continent!


by Joe Rao, SPACE.com Skywatching Columnist   |   August 21, 2015

Two years from today, on Aug. 21, 2017, North Americans will get an opportunity to observe nature's greatest sky show.

Picture this: The day starts off bright and sunny. Then, a bit later, you begin to notice that, although it is still sunny, the day doesn't seem quite so bright. And still a little while later, it almost seems like some big storm is brewing. Then, suddenly, and without any warning, the midsummer day turns strangely dark.

A few stars come out. Birds and animals become confused and quickly head home to sleep. Night insects begin to chirp. All around the horizon, there is a strange yellow-orange glow resembling a weird sunset. And meanwhile, up in the sky where the sun should be, there appears instead a jet-black disk surrounded by a softly glowing halo.

This is a photo of the eclipse of 2015 - very striking, The European Space Agency's Proba-2 satellite captured this view of this total solar eclipse - Credit: European Space Agency Astronaut Sam Cristoforetti.

More: http://www.space.com/30343-great-american-total-solar-eclipse-2017.html

[zorgon]

SWEET!!!  That will be my fifth one,

Just have to drive a few hours North

[ArMaP]

I have never seen a total eclipse.