Chasing the next solar eclipse: When, where and how to see it

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From scouting the optimal location to securing the right equipment, many details go into eclipse chasing. Here’s how to make sure you find yourself in the right place at the right time.

On 8 April 2024, I sat atop a grassy hill in Imperial, Missouri, waiting for the Sun to disappear. A solar eclipse was coming, and I was in the path of 99% totality.

I was anxious, but exhilarated; I’d missed the frenzy of the American solar eclipse in 2017 and vowed I wouldn’t miss the next. On the hilltop, my family and I played with shadows, each of us donning the flimsy solar viewing glasses that would help us witness the phases of the eclipse as the Moon’s shadow grew closer to the Sun. We ate round sweets – Oreos and Moon Pies – to mark the occasion.

Gradually, the sky darkened, the birds fell silent and a chill settled in the air. A pair of deer stood at the edge of the forest, unmoving. Our hilltop was now enveloped by blackness; utterly frozen in time and space.

Then, the sky brightened, and the world was back just as quickly as it had disappeared. I was awestruck. All was as it had been, but I knew I was forever changed.