The last full solar eclipse visible from the United States was 38 years ago. 38 years!!! Most of us don't remember anything, and many of us weren't even born. This latest eclipse, then, was a major event. The path of totality was rather thin, and there were many rumors that traffic to reach the path would be terrible. Here are some of the statements I heard: "Oh, a five-hour drive? Ha! Make that fifteen. The traffic is going to be insane!" "I don't envy you that road congestion." "Oh, you should've left Tuesday if you're going. There's already a 30-mile slowdown." "Eh. I'll just stay right here and see the partial eclipse. Who needs to go through all that trouble?" This small path ran along the US as shown below in this photo from Eclipse2017.org : I can definitely see why so many people were dissuaded from trying to find a point along the path. That's a tiny band, and the sweet spot was located alo
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