Do you know where you’re going to be on August 21st, 2017? As it happens, at about 6:30 in the evening on that day, a total solar eclipse will be passing over The Tail of the Dragon in Tennessee and North Carolina.
Total eclipses don’t happen very often. This is complete totality, the moon perfectly covers the sun’s disk, the sky goes dark, birds go to sleep, and a couple of minutes later everything comes back and it’s another normal sunset in the mountains. It’ll be spectacular.
I got some nice shots of a partial solar eclipse during sunset a couple of years ago, but a chance to see totality is a bucket list item. If I can time it with another bucket list item (riding the Tail), what a day that’ll be!
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| I’ve seen a spectacular partial eclipse at sunset, but totality is something else entirely. If you’re able, try and get into the path of the total eclipse and the moon’s shadow slides across America at over 1000 miles per hour. |
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| Get between the blue lines (and as close to the red one as you can get) and you’ll see a total solar eclipse.On the Portland side you’re looking at a 5:15pm start, As the shadow slips into the Atlantic around Charleston, it’ll be a 6:46pm event. |