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This yr I have another excuse to visit the Foothills Trail -totality. I'll either be standing on a rock in the Chatooga River where GA, NC, and SC meet or at the Mt Sassafras summit. Rabun or Brasstown Bald might work too.
There is a site the uses Google maps to show the route of the eclipse. It gives Lat/Lon when you click on a point and the exact times.http://www.eclipsewise.com/solar/SEn...017gmapNE.html
Fontana Dam is within the path of totality. That path is about 60 miles wide. While WSG is in a great place (so is Albert Mountain), there are about 140 miles of the AT that will get the full eclipse. Since we're talking about the southeast in August, being in a position to move in case of forecasted cloud cover is one reason I abandoned my plan to hike in, stay overnight, and view the eclipse.
"The woods are lovely, dark and deep,
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep."
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I live about 6 miles (as the crow flies) outside of the path of totality so I haven't decided whether to just stay home and enjoy an almost total eclipse or drive 8-10 miles to get inside the path. Can anyone give me some kind of an idea how much difference there would be between totality and being just outside the path? I remember experiencing (as a child) the total eclipse in the seventies. Oddly I was living at the same location I live now. I remember my grandparents had chickens and they all went into the coop when it got dark and as it started getting light again a few minutes later the roosters started crowing.
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Long Trail! Finally getting another LDH in, so looking forward to it!
Where would be the best place to camp out in NC to be in place for 8/21 event?
In Georgia the entire AT north of Woody Gap is in the TES path. I expect to see some serious crowds on Blood Mtn.
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I should be in NJ, on the Kittatinny Ridge of the AT, with my SF buddies finishing up our leg of a charity hike for the Green Beret Foundation.
I've never seen a total eclipse, but everything I've read says that there is a HUGE difference between totality and almost totality. Even 6 miles from the path of totality is probably enough to prevent you from seeing the most striking features of the eclipse. There's a whole large part of the sun (corona) that we can't see because the photosphere is too bright . DO NOT LOOK DIRECTLY AT THE SUN UNTIL THE ECLIPSE IS TOTAL!!! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_eclipse#Viewing 6 miles from totality you might see Bailey's Beads (the sun peeking through valleys on the edge of the visible moon).
Clingman's Dome is pretty near the edge of totality, so it won't last very long there.
I'm planning on heading to the Sweetwater TN area as it is darn near close to the center of the path of totality. If weather isn't looking so good, I'll look into driving somewhere else.
Caney Fork River, Buffalo Valley, TN.
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