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Simon Calder's Independent Travel Podcast

March 25th - Chasing shadows: the 2024 North American eclipse

Simon Calder's Independent Travel Podcast

The Independent

Places & Travel, Leisure, Society & Culture

3.6628 Ratings

🗓️ 25 March 2024

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

With the total solar eclipse on the horizon, I explore the phenomenon's wonders with Dr. John Mason. Learn about the path of totality across North America, the unique experiences it offers, and how to secure the best vantage points. We also look ahead to 2026's eclipse in Spain, offering early planning advice for those seeking their next astronomical adventure.


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1:03.8

Hello and welcome to today's independent travel podcast with me, Simon Calder.

1:12.5

It's Monday the 25th of March, which makes it only nine months till Christmas Day.

1:17.5

But that's not important right now, because I want to talk about an impending cosmological miracle.

1:25.0

Two weeks from now, on the 8th of April April 24, a total solar eclipse is going to sweep

1:31.3

across North America. It will provide the most magnificent astronomical experience.

1:39.3

Hardly anybody when you look at humanity as a whole has ever witnessed a total eclipse. But on that

1:45.8

magic Monday, tens of millions of people will be able to do so because the zone or path

1:53.2

of totality is going to sweep from the Pacific to the Atlantic during the course of the day.

2:00.4

Here's why eclipses happen. It just so miraculously

2:05.3

happens to be the case that the moon is one four hundredth of the size of the sun. It's also

2:12.8

400 times closer to the Earth than the Sun is.

2:18.2

So, when you are occasionally looking upwards,

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