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Total Solar Eclipse 2024: The Complete Guide Plus the 2023 Annular
At 166 equivalent 8x10 pages, this book is the most complete guide available to the 2024 eclipse.
Road trip! Or perhaps a laid-back cruise to the umbra?
Seven years ago—the summer of 2017—everyone was talking about The Great American Eclipse as it crossed the USA. For the fortunate few who witnessed totality, the experience was spectacular and awe-inspiring—a bright beacon—connecting us to the ancient ones and reminding us of our common humanity, the vastness of our cosmos, and the fragility of our home world floating in the blackness of space.
Lucky for us, we only have to wait until April 8, 2024 for the next one. But don’t miss it—we won’t get another total eclipse in the US until 2045—a 21-year wait!
In your hands is the most approachable, fun, and complete guide for understanding and exploring the 2024 Total Solar Eclipse and the 2023 Annular Eclipse. This book includes everything to plan a successful trip, with dozens of tips from veteran eclipse it’s like to see totality, how an annular is different and why you want to see one.Where on Earth to see them—including maps, best viewing locations and weather guidance.What tours and events are planned for the 2024 event and how to find others.Explanations for how it works—the corona, Baily’s beads, the diamond ring and more.Secrets explained—why the shadow moves east when the Sun and Moon set in the west.What gear to take, choosing binoculars, getting the best pictures from your camera.How to observe safely plus a step-by-step guide to making binocular and camera filters.Viewing a total solar eclipse is an emotional experience that should be on everyone’s bucket list. Soon the universe will reveal itself in an epic show more astonishing than anything ever devised by the magic of Hollywood or Disney. Mother Nature’s multi-gigaton, 24/7 nuclear inferno in the sky, is going to put on a show. Don’t miss the performance.
Road trip! Or perhaps a laid-back cruise to the umbra?
Seven years ago—the summer of 2017—everyone was talking about The Great American Eclipse as it crossed the USA. For the fortunate few who witnessed totality, the experience was spectacular and awe-inspiring—a bright beacon—connecting us to the ancient ones and reminding us of our common humanity, the vastness of our cosmos, and the fragility of our home world floating in the blackness of space.
Lucky for us, we only have to wait until April 8, 2024 for the next one. But don’t miss it—we won’t get another total eclipse in the US until 2045—a 21-year wait!
In your hands is the most approachable, fun, and complete guide for understanding and exploring the 2024 Total Solar Eclipse and the 2023 Annular Eclipse. This book includes everything to plan a successful trip, with dozens of tips from veteran eclipse it’s like to see totality, how an annular is different and why you want to see one.Where on Earth to see them—including maps, best viewing locations and weather guidance.What tours and events are planned for the 2024 event and how to find others.Explanations for how it works—the corona, Baily’s beads, the diamond ring and more.Secrets explained—why the shadow moves east when the Sun and Moon set in the west.What gear to take, choosing binoculars, getting the best pictures from your camera.How to observe safely plus a step-by-step guide to making binocular and camera filters.Viewing a total solar eclipse is an emotional experience that should be on everyone’s bucket list. Soon the universe will reveal itself in an epic show more astonishing than anything ever devised by the magic of Hollywood or Disney. Mother Nature’s multi-gigaton, 24/7 nuclear inferno in the sky, is going to put on a show. Don’t miss the performance.
253 pages, Kindle Edition
Published March 3, 2023
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