![]() You cannot look directly at the sun during the eclipse’s partial phases, so this is the time you’ll need to keep those glasses on. “The video can be a lot of fun.” 5) Don’t forget to take off glasses during totality! “You'll hear people crying, screaming, swearing, etc., etc.,” Kramer says. You can turn on the video camera before it happens, and then watch the sky show without fiddling with any buttons. Also, it happens within you, as well, so yes, it's how it can change you as a person.” 4) But you could set up your camera to record the people around youīill Kramer, a retired computer engineer who has seen 16 eclipses, says it’s fun to set up a video stream of the crowd witnessing the eclipse. “Really focus on what you're feeling and what you're thinking because there're some profound things that are gonna happen. “Try and be there in the moment,” Kate Russo, an eclipse chasing clinical psychologist, says. It all adds up to an awesome gestalt: a whole greater than the sum of its parts. It’s otherworldly: You’re surrounded by 360-degree sunset colors. It’s tactile: The winds shift and temperature changes. It’s auditory: People around you may scream in joy birds may start chirping their nighttime songs. The picture can’t really capture it because totality is so much more than just a visual experience. You're not very good, it's over very quickly, and you just want to do it again.” Joe Rao, a meteorologist who collaborates with the Hayden Planetarium, says, “trying to photograph your first total eclipse of the sun is like. “It seems to fill the sky, but your photograph will only be a memory.” “Anytime you've ever taken a picture of the full moon, it never captures how it felt in your eyes and in your heart, you know what I mean?” says Rhonda Coleman, an eclipse-chasing resident of Bend, Oregon. The eclipse enthusiasts we spoke to said this over and over: Totality only lasts a precious few moments, and photos never do it justice. 3) For the love of God, do not try to photograph totality If that’s the case, let people around you know not to bother you during the eclipse. “Maybe it's going to be a very personal, very spiritual thing.” “Just spend a little bit of time thinking about what it is that you want out of the eclipse,” Vicky Sahami, an astronomy professor and eclipse tour guide, says. Some want to take the time to be alone and contemplate their place in the universe without distraction. Some people want to experience totality in a crowd. See one minute, you'll be just as awestruck.” 2) Consider what kind of experience you’re looking for and plan for it Simply getting within the northern or southern limits is fine. “And I mean anywhere in the path of totality. “My best advice for first-timers is to at all costs try to get into the path of totality,” says Mike Kentrianakis, an astronomer with the American Astronomical Society’s solar eclipse task force. Make an effort to drive to the path of totality, if you can. 1) The most important piece of advice: Get to the totality!Ī 99 percent partial eclipse is still a partial eclipse.
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