Solar Eclipse October 14, 2023: Where To View It

Above, the Great American Eclipse of 2017. Photo by Armand Vaquer.

During the next two years, there will be two solar eclipses crossing over the U.S. 

One will be an annular solar eclipse (2023), where the moon won't completely block the sun as it is further away from earth. This will produce a "fire ring" effect. The other will be a total solar eclipse (2024), like the one I saw in 2017 in Idaho.

AccuWeather posted an article on the best places to be to view the eclipses. The annular one will be crossing over New Mexico, so I won't have to go far to see it.

The total solar eclipse will be crossing over Texas, so it is likely that I will be going there to view it. I have to talk my cousin in to going in their RV so we can make this a family outing.

According to AccuWeather:

Life changing. Spiritual. Better than any photo. These were the phrases used to describe the most recent total solar eclipse over the United States, and the cosmos are about to align again in spectacular fashion with two solar eclipses taking place over the U.S., just 177 days apart from each other.

"These eclipses are very different," eclipse photography expert Dr. Gordon Telepun told AccuWeather.

The first eclipse on the docket will take place on Saturday, Oct. 14, 2023, and will be visible from Oregon to Texas. Included in the path of that eclipse will be major cities, Native American reservations, national parks and sections of cross-country highways. This will be followed up by a total solar eclipse on April 8, 2024, that will be visible over Mexico, the eastern U.S. and eastern Canada.

Although an eclipse only lasts a few minutes, the experience is still well worth traveling to where totality can be observed. I highly recommend it!

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