Millions of skywatchers have gathered along a narrow corridor stretching from Mexico to Canada, eagerly awaiting today’s total eclipse of the sun.
It is North America’s biggest eclipse audience ever, thanks to the densely populated path it will take across the US and all the social media buzz surrounding it.
Mark Cornelius, who traveled with his young daughter to Niagara Falls to view the eclipse, said, “We’ve been talking about coming to this event since, what, three months before she was born?”
In the zone of totality–a four-hour trek stretching from Texas all the way to Maine and 115 miles wide–the darkness will last up to 4 and half minutes with temperatures dropping as much as 10 degrees.
So many tourists have traveled to see the phenomenon, roads could be clogged, and some areas have declared a state of emergency.
But whatever you do, don’t try to view the eclipse without the proper eye protection.
Astronomer Jake Foster warns, “Looking at the sun with the naked eye is incredibly dangerous. The sun’s UV radiation is capable of destroying the soft tissue in the back of your eyeballs.”
Almost everyone in North America will be guaranteed at least a partial eclipse, weather
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