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✈️ 1 fun thing: Eclipse aloft

Illustration: Maura Losch/Axios

Airlines are offering special flights for viewing the total solar eclipse on April 8, when the moon will cover the sun, Axios Salt Lake City's Erin Alberty writes. Why it matters: At 30,000+ feet, you don't need to worry about clouds obscuring the effect. Delta is offering a "path-of-totality flight" that's "timed to give those on board the best chance of safely viewing the solar eclipse at its peak." Basic seats for the one-way fare from SLC to Austin are $469, and $449 to San Antonio. Southwest also announced a list of flights scheduled to operate in the direct and partial paths of the celestial event." More on the eclipse.

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Mark your calendar! Florida in prime viewing area for a different total solar eclipse

Residents across the United States are getting ready to watch April's total solar eclipse.

https://local.newsbreak.com/florida-state/3355062454372-mark-your-calendar-florida-in-prime-viewing-area-for-a-different-total-solar-eclipse?

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Hey!  People at 3 abn might see a wonderful event!!

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Judaism and the Solar Eclipse

Eclipse fever is growing as many people anticipate the “Great American Eclipse” on April 8^th 2024. A total solar eclipse will turn day into night across North America in a path from the southwest to the northeast.

https://aish.com/judaism-and-the-solar-eclipse/?

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Businesses are ready for April’s total solar eclipse with celestial-themed doughnuts and beer

NEW YORK (AP) — Eclipse-themed beer. Jewelry and ornaments. And doughnuts that capture the sun’s disappearing act with the help of buttercream frosting.

https://apnews.com/article/total-solar-eclipse-promotions-beer-food-c2e881062d0c366ab72b5d6ca1db3b59?

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🌓 Eclipse fuels busy travel week

A billboard in Erie, Pa. — shown last week — heralds the upcoming total solar eclipse. Photo: Gene J. Puskar/AP Spring break and the solar eclipse will likely combine to make next week the busiest travel week of the season, the FAA predicts. ✈️ The FAA says it's anticipating a peak of 50,670 flights on Thursday, April 4, followed by 48,904 flights the next day. 🌚 Travelers are heading to familiar spring break destinations, but also to spots within the April 8 eclipse's "path of totality," where cities will be entirely in shadow.

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🌑 Total eclipse of traffic

Illustration: Brendan Lynch/Axios

Next week's total eclipse is expected to draw so many visitors to Dallas-Fort Worth that state officials are warning traffic could be a mess. Why it matters: This is the region's first total solar eclipse since 1878. Texas is one of the prime spots for Americans to see the eclipse. State of play: North Texas expects thousands of visitors this weekend and on Monday for the eclipse. Hotels around downtown Dallas are already 99% booked, per a city memo. Traffic is expected to be especially heavy around parks and other viewing areas. The intrigue: Road congestion is likely to be bad enough that Dallas has canceled trash and recycling pickup for Monday. All sanitation collection will be delayed by a day next week. Flashback: About 12 million people lived in the path of totality for the total solar eclipse in August 2017. Nearly 32 million people live in the path of totality this year, per NASA. D-FW got a partial view of the 2017 eclipse, and Texas Department of Transportation officials said the event served as a lesson for how to prepare for this year. The agency has been preparing for two years for this eclipse, getting equipment and traffic signs together to help direct traffic safely. What to do: Pull over and park before looking at the eclipse. Don't stop on highways or major thoroughfares, per TxDOT. Don't wear eclipse glasses while driving. Keep your headlights on April 8, because the eclipse will make it darker. Be prepared for sudden stops. The bottom line: Don't look directly at the sun. And arrive early to wherever you plan to watch the eclipse.

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The expected path of the solar eclipse has changed.  For the latest, path see:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/new-solar-eclipse-map-shows-change-in-places-where-moon-will-block-sun/ar-BB1kXiqh?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=DCTS&cvid=795ae4b05a1e40129362a1010984edaa&ei=18

 

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🍩 1 fun thing: Eclipse food fever

Krispy Kreme's eclipse doughnut. Photo: Krispy Kreme You can only feast your eyes on Monday's solar eclipse for minutes. But businesses are floating deals for days, Axios' Kelly Tyko writes. Why it matters: Businesses are cashing in on the once-in-a-lifetime celestial event by offering fun eclipse-themed goodies or discounts. Some items come with free eclipse glasses. 🌑 Circular foods and brands with space-themed names are making for popular eclipse grub: Krispy Kreme has a special total solar eclipse doughnut (above). MoonPie is promoting "Solar Eclipse Survival kits." Pizza Hut is offering large pizzas for $12 on Monday, in a deal dubbed "Total Eclipse of the Hut." Keep reading ... Eclipse map.

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One Tech Tip: How to use apps to track and photograph the total solar eclipse

Monday’s total solar eclipse might become one of the most filmed and photographed events of the year.

https://apnews.com/article/tech-tip-total-solar-eclipse-507ec461a8b84e521d9c55044d428788?

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😎 Mapped: Eclipse booking bonanza

Data: AirDNA. Map: Erin Davis/Axios Visuals Airbnbs are booked solid in and around the path of totality for Monday's total solar eclipse, Axios' Alex Fitzpatrick and Erin Davis report from data by rental analytics platform AirDNA. Data: NASA. Map: Erin Davis/Axios Visuals Mapping out fully booked cities paints an almost perfect picture of the path the eclipse will take as it crosses America from Texas to Maine. Keep reading.

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😎 Bill Nye's eclipse viewing tips

Bill Nye, sporting a nifty pair of eclipse glasses. Photo: Courtesy of the Planetary Society

Bill Nye — yes, the science guy — will head to Central Texas this weekend as part of the Planetary Society's two-day camping festival in Fredericksburg for Monday's total solar eclipse. Fredericksburg, an International Dark Sky Community, is expected to experience 4 minutes and 24 seconds of darkness, among the longest in the country. Dallas-Fort Worth also lies within the path of totality. Here are Nye's eclipse-viewing tips: Stop and listen: "When it really goes completely dark, it's just amazing. The birds chirp; the crickets cricket. There's usually a bit of a breeze because the ground gets cool and then that cold air is squeezing the warm air up." Skip the selfie: "Try to be in the moment. Do not focus — pun intended — on taking pictures. Try to just really be there. It's cool." Look up: "While looking through your eclipse glasses, look out for a couple of bright points of light at the edges, as the Moon passes between the Sun and the Earth." "You might see two or even three very bright points of light, and that's where the light is passing by mountains and valleys on the Moon. If I may, how cool is that?" Look around: "And then if you have the presence of mind, don't just look up at the sky in the darkness. Look around. Just look at what everybody else is doing. And of course listen and feel the breeze." More tips

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Luxury eclipse trips

Illustration: Shoshana Gordon/Axios

Wealthy travelers will be able to watch Monday's solar eclipse in the lap of luxury, far away from the droves of tourists planning road trips or camping outings to catch a glimpse of the eclipse, Axios' Jacob Knutson reports. 🍷 For a little over $5,000, Smithsonian Journeys will take you on a five-day eclipse trip to the Texas Hill Country, including a winery tour, a sunset cruise, guided nature tours and a private viewing party. 🥾 Adventure travel company TravelQuest International organized a 12-day, $7,000-plus eclipse tour across northern Mexico. 🛳️ Those who paid at least $1,400 for a 22-day Holland America cruise will see the eclipse off the coast of Mexico before landing in Hawaii. Zoom in: Texas, which appears to be this year's prime eclipse destination, could see a $1.4 billion spending boom from the eclipse. Vermont is expecting to see between $12.9 million and $51.8 million in eclipse-related spending, and Oklahoma may pull in over $20 million. 🔭 Whatever your vantage point, this will be the last total solar eclipse viewable from the contiguous U.S. until 2044.

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🌓 Eclipse gear: DIY pinhole camera

Data: NASA. Infographic: Lindsey Bailey/Axios If you can't find proper glasses for the total solar eclipse on Monday, you can make a NASA-approved pinhole viewing camera. How it works: The simple contraption projects the eclipse onto a small piece of card stock, Axios' Analis Bailey notes.

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🌒 Greatest show on earth

Photo: Charles Rex Arbogast/AP People traveling toward Austin brace for delays and congestion. The Texas capital — along with Dallas, Indianapolis, Cleveland and others — is one of the big cities in the path of totality for Monday's social eclipse. Go deeper: Hospitals brace for eclipse mania.

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Get your glasses ready

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In Houlton, Maine, a statue of George Washington is ready for tomorrow's eclipse. How to safely watch the eclipse

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Solar eclipse maps show 2024 totality path, peak times across the U.S.

A total solar eclipse crosses North America on April 8, 2024, with parts of 15 U.S. states within the path of totality. Maps show where and when astronomy fans can see the big event .

https://local.newsbreak.com/tennessee-state/3394791520644-solar-eclipse-maps-show-2024-totality-path-peak-times-across-the-us?

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Florida will experience a partial solar eclipse on Monday

We don’t have to tell you not to look directly at next Monday’s solar eclipse without protective eyewear, do we?

https://floridaphoenix.com/2024/04/05/florida-will-experience-a-partial-solar-eclipse-on-monday/?

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Watch replay: Solar eclipse in Central Florida

The solar eclipse has ended here in Central Florida.

https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2024/04/08/watch-live-solar-eclipse-across-the-us-partial-eclipse-in-central-florida/?

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Eclipsed

View of the total solar eclipse from Eagle Pass, Texas. Photo: Eric Gay/AP The total solar eclipse is making its way across North America, covering entire cities in shadow as the Moon passes between the Earth and the Sun. Photo: Chet Strange/Bloomberg via Getty Images The eclipse has been moving north and east over the course of the day. People in Texas got one of the first views of the phenomenon within the continental U.S. Above, people watch as the eclipse settles in over Bloomington, Indiana. Photo: Mike Lawrie/Getty Images Cleveland Guardians shortstop Gabriel Arias pauses to look up at the eclipse before the team's home opener. Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Washington, D.C., wasn't in the path of totality, but it still got a taste. Here, the peak of the Washington Monument is visible in front of the Sun and Moon. What's next: If you missed it today, you'll have to wait until 2045, when another total solar eclipse will stretch from California to Florida. Or if you're motivated to travel, parts of Iceland and Spain will see an eclipse in 2026.

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A Perfect Solar Eclipse

A total eclipse of the sun is a mysteriously beautiful display of God’s design and purpose. Explore the science and significance of one of the most remarkable wonders in the universe.

https://adventistreview.tv/programs/aw_aperfectsolareclipse_jn1010mp4-81322-27cfba

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📸 Ring of Fire eclipse

The moon moves across the sun during an annular solar eclipse yesterday in Easter Island, Chile. Photo: Esteban Felix/AP A "ring of fire" solar eclipse was visible yesterday from parts of Chile and Argentina, and a partial eclipse was visible elsewhere in Central and South America. 🔭 The annual phenomenon occurs when the moon passes between the sun and Earth while the moon is at its farthest point from Earth. Go deeper.

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🌙 1 for the road

Photo: Jonathan Martins/AFP via Getty Images This combination image shows stages of the "ring of fire" solar eclipse as seen from Isla de Pascua, Chile, yesterday.

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🌕 1 for the road: Total eclipse

Image: NASA Late Thursday and early Friday will bring a rare chance to see a total lunar eclipse, Axios' Kelly Tyko writes. It'll be the first total lunar eclipse since 2022 — and the only one visible from the U.S. this year. North America and South America are expected to get the best views of the eclipse, but it'll be visible around the globe in the Western Hemisphere. 🌙 A lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes into Earth's shadow. 🩸They're sometimes called "Blood Moons" because the Moon will appear to turn reddish. How to watch.

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‘Blood moon’

Sky-gazers across the Western Hemisphere will be in for a celestial treat overnight when the full moon appears to turn crimson during a total lunar eclipse. Here’s how to watch.   Watch the moon turn red during a total lunar eclipse tonight NEW YORK (AP) — A total lunar eclipse will flush the moon red Thursday night into Friday morning across the Western Hemisphere. https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/03/10/total-lunar-eclipse/?   🌚 1 for the road: Blood Moon eclipse   This photo combination shows stages of a Blood Moon lunar eclipse over Los Angeles early today. Photo: Ringo Chiu/ZUMA Press Wire The Blood Moon total lunar eclipse made the Moon appear red briefly early this morning — a rare sight not expected again until March 2026, Axios' Kelly Tyko writes. The Moon appears red or orange because "any sunlight that's not blocked by our planet is filtered through a thick slice of Earth's atmosphere," NASA said. "It's as if all the world's sunrises and sunsets are projected onto the Moon," NASA said. 7 more photos on one page, including New York and D.C.