2024 Eclipse: What to expect, from the awe-inspiring to the 'very strange'

On Monday, April 8, a rare total eclipse of the sun will be viewable across a swath of 13 states. Correspondent David Pogue talks with amateur astronomer Ed Ting about what to expect during the minutes of totality; and with Cari White, chairman of the Eclipse Oversight Committee for Jonesboro, Arkansas, where the town is expecting to temporarily double in size due to eclipse tourism traffic.
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[yippykiay]

Everyone’s talking about the eclipse today but no one’s talking about how it’s the perfect time to take down the fire nation.

[HTV-_Hypersonic_Glide_Vehicle]

I live in Waxahachie, TX and was scheduled to deliver for Amazon today. It was overcast cloudy and I clocked in and was told that I'd be on standby, so I was cautiously hopeful. I waited and then got let out before noon. I gunned it home to my parents with a few breaks in the clouds and set up a bluetooth speaker playing Pink Floyd, had a neighborhood friend bike over to my backyard, and after "Eclipse" finished playing at 1:34 P.M. it was just 3 more minutes until the beginning of totality.

It was the most awesome thing I will ever see in my life. 4 minutes of true awe that I probably will never experience again, right over my backyard. I completely understand now why people fly around the world to experience it, it is TRULY AMAZING, and that is an understatement. 😅

The best part is the last 10 seconds looking through the glasses and seeing the light around you dim quickly until it looks like the sky before dawn or after dusk, and to see a black circle block a bright star that you can do absolutely nothing about is something I will never take for granted.

After the Union Pacific Big Boy 4014 rolled through Waxahachie in 2021 and now 4 minute totality, I can say without a doubt that I have seen everything (except the northern lights, Starship launch, and the Milkyway Galaxy in person at a certified dark sky location) and can die now, and I wouldn't be upset.

It's like the mountains, unless you've seen it in person, you won't understand until you do, because pictures just DO NOT do it justice at all.

[rickintexas]

I’m in a suburb of Houston, we are expecting 94% coverage. I had a teammate schedule a meeting at the peak eclipse time. I made him push the meeting back 2 hours so we could go outside instead 😊

[markclowdus]

Was in Weezer Idaho for the 2017 eclipse with my wife in a field by ourselves. Huge crowd across the street but we had the field to ourselves. Animals went crazy and temp dropped a good 15 degrees. A TRULY UNFORGETTABLE EXPERIENCE. If you are close to a totality zone, don't miss it.

[kurtnewnam]

"Every second of my two minutes I'm gonna take in and enjoy" what a fun lady

[UmmYeahOk]

Tomorrow’s forecast: overcast, followed by darkness, followed by several days of powerful thunderstorms. 😕

[phantomblindsight]

"a total eclipse of the heart"

[georgiaboytrey]

I don’t recall all this for the 2017 Solar Eclipse 😑

[sathanakanarat]

Total solar eclipse is indescribable, rare, mysteriously beautiful, sacred moment in my lifetime. ❤ from Thailand

[sherriianiro]

That was really nice of them to give out those glasses for free - you had to pay for them here & even the park system charged for them!

[arnoldlee]

" I'm being followed by a moon shadow... moon shadow, moon shadow. "
Cat Steven's

[tobechukwuolumba]

I am so excited for this big event tomorrow.

[effdonahue]

🎶The sun is in tune but the sun is eclipsed by the moon 🌚 🎶

[jordanstechtalk]

I agree with that guy! Don’t miss it for a picture, it comes and goes very quickly!

[IOSALive]

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[Hof]

“The eclipse oversight committee”. You gotta be kidding me.

[chrisfinch]

It’s been nearly seven years, and I can still remember going out to the Naper Settlement in Naperville, Illinois, with a group of people watching, and it was one of the best feelings and experiences, in my life. 🌞🌞🌞🌞🌞

Truly felt like it was yesterday.

[PaiviProject]

Wow. I am so ready to see this. We are not in the path of total eclipse but we are still going to sit down, enjoy it & have a beer.

[AW-jxtd]

Because of God's AWESOME CREATION!❤

[scifisy]

I remember all this same hype from 2017, so many people don't seem to remember it.