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March 7th, 2023 at 8:40:35 PM permalink
If anyone believes* the syzygy might affect the elements of random chance, I seem to recall that there are casinos in Buffalo, the south side of Indianapolis, Cape Girardeau, and Grant - all apparently in the path.

Best of luck.

It probably doesn't. Bet within your means, even on a sure thing.
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March 8th, 2023 at 5:29:19 AM permalink
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We stayed the night before the 2017 eclipse in Harrah's Cherokee, spent the day in Totality Town (Andrews, NC) where the skies were clear

We were about 30 miles east in Highlands, NC, and the clouds rolled in about 30 minutes before the eclipse! We jumped in the car and drove towards Franklin. We got to see a glimpse of it through a break in the clouds. We definitely want to be in a more arid area for the next one.

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We are trying to figure out where the closest CZR property is in Texas ;)

Not in Texas, but Harrah's Metropolis is in the totality path. I think it was in the 2017 path as well.

Hey, Wiz, no love for the annular eclipse (Oct.14) this year?
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March 8th, 2023 at 6:28:49 AM permalink
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Quote: Mental

We stayed the night before the 2017 eclipse in Harrah's Cherokee, spent the day in Totality Town (Andrews, NC) where the skies were clear

We were about 30 miles east in Highlands, NC, and the clouds rolled in about 30 minutes before the eclipse! We jumped in the car and drove towards Franklin. We got to see a glimpse of it through a break in the clouds. We definitely want to be in a more arid area for the next one.

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We are trying to figure out where the closest CZR property is in Texas ;)

Not in Texas, but Harrah's Metropolis is in the totality path. I think it was in the 2017 path as well.

Hey, Wiz, no love for the annular eclipse (Oct.14) this year?
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It appeared that downdrafts in Andrews kept the skies clear for us. Cumulus clouds were anchored on the peaks to the west.
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March 8th, 2023 at 6:57:03 AM permalink
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Hey, Wiz, no love for the annular eclipse (Oct.14) this year?
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To be honest, I didn't know about it. Here is the path.



I went to an annual eclipse in St. George several years ago.

Note how this one goes right over the four-corner memorial. Maybe I'll use this as an excuse to go there.
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March 8th, 2023 at 7:07:07 AM permalink
There is a town in Illinois that was right in the center of the 2017 and 2024 totality paths. I suppose the 2023 and 2024 paths intersect in some ranch in southern Texas.
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March 8th, 2023 at 2:16:31 PM permalink
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There is a town in Illinois that was right in the center of the 2017 and 2024 totality paths. I suppose the 2023 and 2024 paths intersect in some ranch in southern Texas.
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There was a piece about that on the Sunday Morning show shortly before the 2017 eclipse. There was a general store that had both eclipse lines (2017 and 2024) intersecting in the middle of the floor.

To be honest, I don't think annular eclipses are that big of a deal. Total solar eclipses are about 100x better.
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March 8th, 2023 at 2:29:01 PM permalink
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Quote: Mental

There is a town in Illinois that was right in the center of the 2017 and 2024 totality paths. I suppose the 2023 and 2024 paths intersect in some ranch in southern Texas.
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There was a piece about that on the Sunday Morning show shortly before the 2017 eclipse. There was a general store that had both eclipse lines (2017 and 2024) intersecting in the middle of the floor.

To be honest, I don't think annular eclipses are that big of a deal. Total solar eclipses are about 100x better.
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The temperature drop will be similar, but you won't be able to look at an annular eclipse safely without proper eye protection. Getting good photographs will be much harder. You should still get the weird shadows before and after the moon passes the center of the sun.
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March 8th, 2023 at 3:33:42 PM permalink
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Getting good photographs will be much harder. You should still get the weird shadows before and after the moon passes the center of the sun.
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At the moment the moon is directly in alignment, the shadows of the leaves are little rings of light.
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March 22nd, 2023 at 4:57:00 PM permalink
https://science.nasa.gov/science-news/citizenscience/ham-radio-operators-we-need-your-help-during-solar-eclipses

If you have your radio license, NASA is requesting help with ionosphere research during eclipses.
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March 23rd, 2023 at 3:57:48 AM permalink
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If anyone believes* the syzygy might affect the elements of random chance, I seem to recall that there are casinos in Buffalo, the south side of Indianapolis, Cape Girardeau, and Grant - all apparently in the path.

Best of luck.



As luck would have it, I live about halfway between the green line and the yellow line.

There is a Horseshoe in Shelbyville, IN. Which is fairly close to the green line.

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